Personalizing Your Pyramid Boxes

About This Project

Everyone is on the lookout for unique and personal expressions of who they are as reflected in the special day. At each place on the dinner table, it is nice to place a wedding favor to mark the day and provide an interesting take-home piece to remember the festivities in days to come. The favor is also a great way to say, "Thank you for coming and being part of our day".

A popular Botanical PaperWorks product is the Seeded, Plantable Pyramid box - a favor box which may be filled with your favorite candy or tokens. You purchase the boxes unfilled in your choice of handmade papers (including plantable papers) and then personalized with ribbons or ties, tags printed with the names of the couple and the wedding date, and a unique filler.

Personalizing Ideas

Here are some great ideas for personalizing a Pyramid Box Favor:

(1) Paper Choices: Order your die-cut Pyramid box forms from BotanicalPaperWorks. Assemble box according to instructions provided.

(2) The Frame: Using a sharp blade, carefully cut a window out of the center of the second cardboard square, leaving a 1/2 inch frame. Cover this with another 3x3 inch piece of handmade paper. Make a slot in the center of the paper covering the window and wrap the edges around the inside and the outside edges of the frame.

Choose paper to match the theme and tone of your wedding, or, if you have ordered your paper or invitations from Botanical PaperWorks, coordinate the Pyramid Boxes with your wedding invitations and stationery. Select from the following handmade papers:

• Garden Greetings (plantable seed paper)
• Cotton & Petals
• Abaca & Petals
• Tea
• Moss & Petals
• Midnight Sky
• Cotton & Gold Thread
• Prairie Grass
• Kaleidoscope

Click for a complete list of handmade papers.

(2) Box Closures: All Pyramid Boxes come with a hole punched at the tip of each side of the pyramid. The holes provide an easy way to tie the pyramid closed, keeping the contents secure until opened. Use on of these ribbon and tie ideas to close the box:

• CLASSIC:
• Sheer ribbons for a romantic look
• Raffia for a natural look
• Satin ribbon in the wedding colors

• WHIMSICAL:
• Shoestrings for the wedding of an athlete
• Wool strands for a knitter/weaver
• Dental floss for the wedding of the dentist

Another great idea for personalising the Pyramid Box is to tie a bead or a metal token to each tie end or glue a dried flower to the tips of the ribbon. This is a very cute idea which adds extra interest to the favor!

(3) Box Fill Ideas: The sky's the limit for filling the Pyramid Boxes - anything that fits the box goes! Here are some of our ideas:

• Small candies- jelly beans, mints, gummies, 2 or 3 Jordan almonds, a couple of exquisite chocolates, chocolate kisses
• Wedding cake wrapped in decorative foil or cellophane
• Seeds for your favorite flowers and planting instructions, perfect when presented in a "Plantable" Garden Greetings paper box.
• A few beautiful marbles and a set of instructions for a marble game

Pyramid boxes are available from Botanical PaperWorks. Boxes are shipped flat, come scored for easy folding and include instructions for folding.

Written by Mary Reimer, co-founder of Botanical PaperWorks, and author of 300 Papermaking Recipes and Encyclopedia of Papermaking and Bookbinding..