Winter Wedding: Favor Boxes

Thanks to one of our 2010 brides, she pointed me to this link.

How adorable would these be for favor boxes for your winter wedding?

http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/christmas-table-settings?xsc=eml_msl_2010_12_23#slide_25

Tools and Materials

• Clip art
• Toilet paper or paper towel tubes
• Brown paint
• Glue stick
• Craft glue
• Hot-glue gun
• Wooden disks, available at michaels.com
• Wooden knobs, available at michaels.com
• Nests, available at michaels.com
• Pine springs
• Artificial bird
• Glitter, available at artglitter.com
• Candy or other small treats
  
  
  
  

  Step 1

  Prepare Tube

  
  
  Use 1 3/4-inch-diameter toilet paper tubes or trimmed paper towel tubes. For each, you'll need two 3/4-inch-wide strips from an extra tube. Glue strips in tube ends 3/16 inch from openings. Paint tube brown. Let dry.
  
  
  
  

  Step 2

  Decorate Tube
  
  
  Trim clip art to wrap around tube, leaving 1/16 inch of tube showing at ends. Glue in place with glue stick. Use craft glue to secure a 1 3/4-inch-diameter wooden disk in one end of the tube to close it. Glue a wooden knob to a second disk. Glue a 3/4-inch disk to bottom of tube for balance.
  
  
  
  

  Step 3

  Add Glitter

  
  
  Brush craft glue over top of tube; sprinkle with clear shard-glass glitter. Brush glue on a pine sprig; sprinkle with clear fine glitter. Mix white paint with more glue; brush on a grapevine nest, and sprinkle with clear shard-glass glitter. Brush glue on an artificial bird, avoiding beak and eyes; sprinkle with colored glass glitter. Hot-glue bird into nest, and nest and sprig onto tube. Tuck favors inside; close end with other disk.
  
  
  Read more at Wholeliving.com: Yule Log Favor Boxes - Martha Stewart Crafts