Favourite Favours from Around the Web

This super duper cute shower favour is courtesy of my super duper creative cousin, R who made these potted herb favours. Loving the grandma wallpaper print on the lids, which goes so well with the mason jars, and the instructions underneath. The best part? It only cost $1.50 to put these adorable (and delicious!) favours together!

These fun fabric wrapped favours housed inside berry baskets are so so lovely and perfect for the summer season. Source.

I love a play on words, and these 'doggie bag' favours are just plain awesome. Source.

These cozy blanket favours, tied with lace ribbon and silhouette labels, are so pretty. Source.

DIY Striped Favor Bags featured on The Sweetest Occasion

Super excited about our DIY feature over on the incredible blog, The Sweetest Occasion today! I made colourful ombre style treat bags which are a modern take on vintage candy shoppe stripes. They make an adorable addition to the candy bar table, and even cuter strung together on mini clothespins and displayed as a backdrop. Scroll down for more photos and head on over to The Sweetest Occasion for the full tutorial.

Thank you again to The Sweetest Occasion for the feature and don't forget to visit their blog for this project's step by step and other truly amazing inspiration.

Photography + styling: Tulle Box Designs 

Perfect Tissue Paper Pompoms

Have you ever made tissue paper pompoms and they just didn't look right? Like they didn't come out round or the edges were just wavy rather than perfectly scalloped? Despite my love of paper crafts, I couldn't get the pompoms to look like they should - they just didn't have the right 'poufiness'. Until I was making the Luxe Peony and realized how to make them perfectly. Read on to see how.

In a nutshell: 2 pompom halves tied together make the perfect pompom. When you typically make the pompoms, you make an accordion fold with a stack of 8-10 sheets of tissue and pull out half the layers up, half the layers down.

Try instead to use a stack of 5 sheets and pull all the layers in one direction (up) like a flower. Repeat on another stack. Put the 2 halves together, and there you have it. Yes, it's almost twice the work, but the result is so worth it.    

See more detailed steps below. (If you're new to making pompoms, start here.)

Step 1 - Make an accordion fold on a stack of 5 sheets of tissue. (For these large pompoms, use a stack of tissue 15" wide x 20" high.) Repeat on another stack. Once folded and the ends rounded, place the two side by side to make sure they are very close to the same width.

Tip: To get perfectly scalloped edges, do the following: trim the ends even. Cut ends into points and then round just the tips.

Step 2 - Pull out the layers in one direction only (up). Repeat on the other. Bottoms will be flat.

Step 3 - Flip one of the half pompoms over and string a piece of ribbon through it.

Step 4 - Place the other pompom half on top and string ribbon through.

DIY - Anthropologie-Inspired Favor Boxes

Before I start any project, I always make a cup of tea in my monogram Anthropologie mug. It just makes my workspace prettier and makes me feel more creative. So, I thought I'd try to make favour boxes inspired by the mug's gorgeous pattern, and here it is!

Materials

• Flat, un-assembled white favour box. (This one from Paper Source)
  
• Floral patterned stamp
• Initial stamp
  
• Light ink colour
• Dark ink colour

Step 1 - Place a piece of scrap paper underneath the box. Dip the floral pattern stamp into the lighter ink colour and stamp onto the lid.

(Tip: Place part of the stamp off the edge of the lid to avoid any unstamped edges.)

Step 2 - Move the stamp over from the previously stamped portion, and stamp again.

(Tip: To avoid making the pattern look like a grid, overlap the stamp ever so slightly onto the previously stamped portion.)

Step 3 -  Continue stamping the floral pattern for the remaining part of the lid. When finished, dip the initial stamp in the darker ink and stamp onto the lid.

Photography + styling: Tulle Box Designs  |  Inspiration: Anthropologie Homegrown Monogram Mug