DIY Project: Sugar Packets
I am obsessed with this next project. And obsessed might just be putting it lightly. I love when ideas come my way that I haven’t ever seen before and not only is this one new to me, it’s so designed so beautifully that it just appeals to my own sense of style and love of simplicity. Plus, it uses the Gocco which just might be the best invention EVER.
Here is the breakdown and instructions…
From the lovely bride…As we’re having a destination wedding in Barbados, we are limited in what we can give guests as favors. It can’t be too heavy and/or too large, as we need to carry it out there and guests have to be able to take it home. We’re getting married on the grounds of a 17th century sugar mill and wanted to tie the favors to the location somehow. Flavored sugar packets seemed perfect. Sugar is one of the island’s primary natural resources, so our plan is just to ship the packets and fill them with local sugar that we flavor down there. Guests should have no trouble packing them in their suitcases and bringing them home to hang on their spice racks. We bought a Gocco machine to print our Save-The-Dates, programs, menus and favors.
Materials
Gocco Machine + Inks and Screen
Ink Jet Printer
Glassine Envelopes
Round Seals
String & Needle
Resealable Cellophane or Zip-loc Bags
Flavored Sugar (Vanilla, Lemon and Cinnamon)
Instructions
1. Begin by flavoring the sugar. There are plenty of recipes online, where you can use ingredients you most likely already have at home. Or, buy ready-made flavored sugar from sites like www.faeriesfinest.com/sugars which have over 51 different flavors. I grounded cinnamon sticks, sliced a used vanilla pod and took rind from a lemon to make my three sugar flavors.
2. Prepare the artwork for the front of the bag. In Illustrator I designed the text to go on my bag, including the flavor, and printed it on an Ink Jet Printer. With the Gocco machine I transferred the text to a screen and mixed my ink colors. (It is possible to print directly on the glassine envelopes and skip the Gocco altogether, but we had bought one for our Save-The-Dates so were excited to keeping using it!)
3. Print on the glassine envelope and leave to dry.
4. Add sugar (I used 3 heaped teaspoons for 3×3 bags) and seal bags. Place into glassine envelopes and seal.
5. In the top corners of the envelopes, push a threaded needle of string through and across the front. Make two knots on the seal-side on the envelope to secure the string. Guests will be able to hang their own flavored sugar packets in their kitchen.
Supplies can be found here:
-Glasseine Envelopes – $8.75 for 50 (4″x4″) at Paper Presentation
-Round Seals – $4.50 for 50 at Paper Presentation
-String – $0.99/yard at Paper Presentation
-Resealable Cellophane or Zip-loc Bags – $2.50 for 100 (3×3) at clearbags.com
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Print Gocco’s can be a little bit expensive, so they are really best when you can use them for multiple wedding projects like this bride. They are kind of amazing and can print all sorts of fun things, but they take a little bit of time to master. Personally, I LOVE them. They are hard to find, so check places like ebay and craigslist for good deals.
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gocco's are AMAZING!
These are my favorite so far!
SO creative and charming! I LOVE this!
I love these wedding favors! I make flavored sugars all the time.They are wonderful to bake with and flavor tea,coffee etc.Being in the floral industry and having a background in aromatherapy may I suggest some other wonderful options to flavor your sugar.Try organic lavender buds,rose petals, orange blossom and rosemary.These can be bought from a health food store that supplies bulk herbs or from your own garden! You can also tint the sugar just slightly with food grade coloring to match your color scheme. For example, lavender flavored sugar with a touch of lavender color displayed in little glass jars with coordinating ribbon and label.This would go well with a country garden wedding with a lilac or purple color scheme.
I love these little packets;they go with the location and venue choice so well! Congratulations to the Bride for a fab idea!
this is SO cute. we love this idea :)
Goccos are such a great tool, however it should be said that it is really hard to come by supplies for them these days since Riso has stopped production of both gocco machines and supplies. Even if you get your hands on a gocco from ebay or craigslist, it probably will only come with enough bulbs and screens to make about 5 prints, maybe less depending on the amount of colors needed for each print and if the seller even gives you a full set of screens and bulbs (each color- unless you can fit multiple colors on one screen- takes 2 bulbs and one screen). So be warned, that might be enough to get you through the wedding stuff, but you might not be able to do much with it beyond that unless you can find a supplier with some stock left. Just thought I should give a heads up to anyone thinking of dropping a few hundred bucks on a gocco! They are wonderful little machines though.
SO true. You can also make these by printing out the text on clear labels using an inkjet printer. The label would then just adhere to the glassine bag. Super cute and maybe more doable for those that don't have/don't want to buy a gocco.
Does anyone know of a machine similar to a Gocco that is still being manufactured?
I'm always impressed with clever favors and even more so when they are packaged so beautifully! I am also a Gocco user so I might be a tad bit biased BUT who can deny how lovely these turned out?!? Wonderful DIY submittal and my favorite yet!
This favor is undeniably adorable, and the packaging is genius. The only downfall to giving guests this favor is it's probably not enough sugar to really use in cooking - so while it might give a cup of coffee a slightly different flavor, many guests are likely to toss it into their spice cabinet and forget about it. Don't get me wrong - I l-o-v-e this idea, I just wanted to bring up something to consider. :)
Love the idea, colors and simple graphics and was pretty excited to learn about the Gocco. However, it seems if it's hard to find ink and bulbs, screen printing may be another option. Has anyone had any experience or success with screen printing to create personalized wedding favors with custom monograms or artwork from your wedding invitations?
~Cathy
I love this idea! (I love pretty much anything that incorporates glassine ANYTHING.) I also have a gocoo, but am running out of supplies. I heard there's a new, similar machine called a YuDu but I haven't read anything more about it.
Love this idea! I just looked up the YuDu. It looks cool, but I would love to know if anyone had any experience with one? If it works the same?
Brilliant though! Thanks for sharing!
This is quite lovely. I am a huge fan of things transparent.
Ohh I love the font and ink colors printed with Gocco on the glassine envelope. So sweet. Save Gocco.
This is a fantastic idea! So simple and pretty. And it totally makes me want to buy a Gocco even more.
I've been trying to find a gocco for weeks, but finally gave up as it's really difficult even just to find a machine! But I did find an alternative to print my wedding invitations that's far far cheaper. http://www.store.cbridge.com/c/STP/StencilPro+Products.html
It's a bit fiddly to work with compared to what looks really simple on the gocco. You have to tape the stencil on to each invitation and apply the paint, whereas a gocco let's you quickly stamp each invitation. Plus it's tricky to get the exposure times right. But once you get a good stencil, you're off and you can't really beat the price -- $40!
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Also, big, big thank you to Stylish Events and Snippet and Ink for featuring the sugar packets on their blogs!!
Brilliant and Innovative Idea. Your pictures and your step by step procedures are really use full. Thanks for sharing such a sweaty Idea with us.
Beautiful! This is an incredible idea. I'm getting married in July and our favors are truffles and coffee. I thought the addition of a flavored sugar was perfect. We printed the glassine bags yesterday on an ink jet printer we just bought. A little 'jigging' was required - the first one we printed was snatched into the printer and ended up wrinkled. We put a cardstock insert into the bag before printing it and the result was perfect. Thank you again for the awesome idea!!
oops sorry, it's a LASER printer.
What a lovely and thoughtful idea and well illustrated step by step guide. Will recommend to the wedding parties with whom we work.
Terrific idea! So cute! If I also may suggest another idea to personalize weddings is Private label natural spring bottled water; a great finishing touch to the memorable day.
i want to make color flavoured sugar at home to make candy floss for the children'
please sugest easy methods to DIY.
THANKS.
What a fantastic and personal idea. A must for those planning an intimate wedding.
Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read anything like this before. So nice to find someone with some authentic thoughts on this subject. realy thanks for starting this up. this website is one thing that's needed on the internet, someone with a bit of originality. useful job for bringing something new to the web!
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