Seed packets - Handfasting Favors

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Hi everyone. Man, have I been BUSY this week! I have a friend who "hired" me to make favors for her eldest daughter's handfasting ceremony last weekend at the Renaissance Fair. She wanted seed packets because of all the meanings. The only problem was that they had to be made using materials that they would have had back then!! That meant I couldn't use coin envelopes for the seeds on the inside, I couldn't use any glue, tape or stickers. Thankfully, I was allowed to print on them (there was no way I could have handwritten 100 favors in a week AND hand cut 200 envelopes!).

**NOTE**: The Mom took one of the favors over to the lady who's in charge of coordinating the whole fair and the lady said that my work was "the most periodically correct favors" she's EVER seen at fair! Wow!!! And then, she told me that she wants to add me to the wedding book for people who book weddings at the fair! DOUBLE WOW!!!! How cool is that!? Okay, so, to get ready for next year, I'm going to start cutting envelopes now. LOL :)

Materials Used:

• Parchment paper
• White ribbon
• Rose stamp
• Ink
• Red chalk
• Brown paper (like a grocery bag, but on a roll like gift wrapping)
• Brown business cards with ivy design
• Sealing wax - Gartiner Burgundy wax shown
• Gartiner Rose seal
• Wildflower seeds
• Strawberry Clover seeds
• Sentiment