favors

So we had wanted originally to do little favor boxes as favors for people, but then we were stumped with what exactly to fill them with. We didnt really want to do candy, since there is already going to be a candy buffet, and everything else just seemed like something little that people wouldnt necessarily appreciate it and expensive. Not to mention the cost of the little boxes, which were alot more than we anticipated, and we know that few, if any, people would actually keep them and the majority would end up in the trash.

So then we started to throw around ideas of something "fall" that we could do for the favors...while we dont want the entire wedding to scream FALL, we do want to incorporate some elements into it, and we are having alot of things at the dessert bar that are "fall themed" so we wanted to do something fall themed for the favors, too.

At first we had wanted to do the caramel apples as favors, but the cost and time that goes into those are a bit high, especially when we figure that not everyone is going to like them. So we are still having them, but we are having them on the dessert bar so people who want them can take them.

Then I came across a picture of people who did mini jars of hommade jam as their favors. The couple made them themselves, and they were super cute. While I didnt want to go as far as making JAM (that just sounds hard) we finally found the perfect solution--

APPLE BUTTER!




It is totally fall, and totally simple (or well, it looks that way) to make. We are going to get the little mini canning jars, and make it in the slow cooker, and then fill up the little jars. We'll tie a ribbon around them, get some personalized labels, and voila! Hopefully they will resemble something close to this, only with ribbons and such...





And the good thing, is that these can totally be made before the rush of the week before the wedding. We can even start them now. YAY!