DIY Heart Shaped Birdseed Wedding Favors
I finally have professional photos back, so recaps are coming! Before I get started, I want to share our last-minute DIYS that we completed before the wedding. I am the kind of bride that will pin the crap out of some Pinterest ideas, but when it comes time for me to execute anything, I nearly always get it wrong somehow…which is really a bummer considering the fact that I’m a middle school teacher and should probably be a lot craftier than I am.

If only it were this easy. | Image via Crafty Manolo
For our wedding favors, Mr. Blue Moon and I pretty much knew we would like to make something ourselves so that we could (a) save money, and (b) personalize our favors. We started off with some pretty ambitious ideas…handmade candles or our own jams, perhaps"
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We quickly realized that we are most definitely not skilled enough or patient enough for projects like these. Eventually, we settled on two ideas: birdseed feeders for our guests to hang at home, and s’mores kits for our guests to enjoy either at the wedding reception or at home. The feeders are a nod to my granny, who passed in February 2015 and loved watching birds from her backyard every morning, and the s’mores are just a snack that we really love when we’re camping or enjoying a summer bonfire with friends.
For our birdseed feeders, I primarily referenced a how-to guide I found on T...