DIY Wedding favours/name tags

I Love these and they are so simple to make and at very little cost, they double up as great favours too!
You will need: small luggage tags (always make a few more than you need to), Ribbon or string for tying, a small plate, some tea bags & kitchen roll.

Step 1, Place a couple of tea bags onto your plate and add hot water,
carefully squeeze them with the back of a spoon
 so all the tea stain comes out.



Step 2, Put as many tags in as you can and make sure they are well covered, put the tea bags on top of them and leave for about ten minutes. (You will need to do this in batches). After ten minutes, remove the tags and place on the kitchen towel to dry, place another layer of kitchen towel over them and press down to remove excess moisture.

Step 3, Leave the tags to dry in a warm place over night, if the have curled slightly they may just need putting in a heavy book once dry, although I've never needed to. Once dry, in a pen of your choice, (I like Berol Italic in medium from smiths) carefully write out the names taking care not to smudge the ink. Once the ink is dry, if your not using the string that is already on the tags, snip off string, cut a length of ribbon at least 4", fold in half and with the loop end, thread through till you have a small loop just poking through, then tuck both the ends into this and pull.

Step 4, Collect your flowers into small bundles, I like to use lavender as this can be used dry, even when cut fresh it will stay looking good. You could use other dried flowers, or if making them on the day of your event you could use fresh. I also like to use herbs as they can also be made in advance & smell lovely, this teams up nicely with very small centre pieces of lavender with rosemary and sage. Herbs can be pretty when in flower. ooops look at that... I've been off on a tangent of flowers... where was I?... Oh yes, Tie your tags onto the little bunches of flowers, I forgot to say, if your just using the string provided you could also wrap lace around too for a pretty vintage touch.

P.S If you love this idea but want a short cut, hop over to my facebook page and there is an etsy link there to buy the tags ready made.

Thank you.