Shipping Tags to Wedding Favors

One of the most time consuming, yet fun and rewarding, things created for the wedding were the Guest Tags/Wedding Favors.

The plan was for each guest attending the wedding to have their own personalized wedding favor. Courtney was so hoping to have a seating arrangement for the guests and the number which would correspond with their table would be on each tag. This was more easily accomplished in thought than in deed, so we decided to make them as wedding favors. 

Photo by Clayton Austin

We had such fun putting these together. Many, many hours, numerous few friends and family (Thank you, Thank you!), lots of laughs and hot-glue-burned fingers went into creating these 200 individually unique guest tags.  

When Courtney came across a similar idea she knew she wanted to incorporate this into the wedding.

We started by ordering 1000 Manila shipping tags (2 3/8" x 4 3/4") from ULINE Shipping Supply. Each tag was then aged or distressed using several different methods. 

Each tag received some sort of design created and attached to the front. Items used were scrabble letters (purchased from an Etsy store), scraps of lace and fabric fashioned into flowers, ink stamps, ribbon flowers, buttons, tulle, netting, jute and ribbon. (The ribbon we used was Hug Snug seam binding from zipperstop.com. Love this stuff!)  

We then attached a photo of Courtney and Drew complete with wedding date to the back of each wedding favor with jute twine. 

200 wooden clothespins (Wal-Mart) were then painted and glittered! I figured the easiest way to accomplish this was by giving them all a paint bath in a mixture of gray latex paint and water. (approx 3/4 paint to 1/4 water) I then clipped then to whatever I could find while they dried. After drying, they all got a coat of spray glitter to add a bit of sparkle. 

The favors were displayed on several items. Chicken wire attached to an old, peely-painted frame, an old shutter and the wire thingy that looks like it may become a lampshade in it's next life. (I honestly have no idea what it is.)

The burlap ribbon used on these items came from Michaels. The colors of Hug Snug ribbon used were Lyric Rose, Walnut, Mushroom, Charcoal Grey, Mode Green (a gray/blue/green) and Moss Green (a bright green).

Because, as Courtney will tell you, the right font can make or break a project :) we printed each guest's name on clear address labels, cut and attached them to each tag. We were able to get three names per address label.

These turned out to be such a sweet addition to the wedding, as well as being lots of fun to make!

EDIT: I took some additional pictures of the wedding favors that were for my family or leftover from the wedding. Hope this helps to see the details.

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