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Vintage style has been with us in fashion and interiors for some years now and the style has not been overlooked by the wedding industry either. Adopting a vintage style theme has been a popular choice, but creating wedding favors to match does require a little creativity.

Firstly, you are illegally to ever find vintage wedding favors! So it is up to you to create your own. The easiest way to do this is through color choices and decorations. For the favors themselves I would choose simple items such as candles or miniature photograph frames. For favors with vintage style but a contemporary twist have cookies or mini cakes made with vintage style in terms of shape and decoration. Look to the 1940's and 50's for inspiration in terms of graphics and colors.

For color choices use muted shades of pink, cream, blue and green. Stay away from very bold colors such as shocking pink or fluorescent and for metals use antique gold, silver, bronze and copper. Antique means that a coat of black or some form of oxidizing has been applied to the metal to highlight details in black giving the appearance of something that is old.

Packaging your favors is one of the easiest ways of achieving a vintage look. Choose card boxes, silk or satin bags and even aluminum tins. For decorations you can use things like beads, buttons and scraps of paper or fabric from a vintage source.

Check out boot sales, charity shops and websites like eBay and Etsy for vintage beads and beautiful mother of pearl buttons, all of which can often be bought in larger quantities fairly inexpensively. These websites are also good places to pick up rolls of vintage wallpaper, or pieces of vintage fabric.

You could make photographed saches from vintage fabric and decorate them with a large bead or button sewn through the center. Or why not use vintage wallpaper to create tags, labels or even paper bags / envelopes for your favors?

You could also make vintage style packaging from cartridge or parchment style papers and stamp them with vintage style motifs. Check out the Anna Griffin range of crafting supplies which includes beautiful vintage inspired papers and rubber stamps, along with a wonderful selection of other embellishments such as ribbons, buckles and stamping inks. Above all the golden rule with vintage style wedding favors is to follow the 'shabby chic' look of making something new look old!

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Source by Mae Andrea