Pretty Packages

Handmade favor boxes hold the promise of something lovely. Craft from pastel card stock using a Chinese take-out box template (free online at www.victorineoriginals.com). Pipe-cleaner handles are a cinch. Make the rose by cutting a length of crepe paper, wrapping one end in the wire from the silk leaf, and fanning the “petals” out a bit. Or, you can simply buy silk flowers. Attach either type of flower with a hot-glue gun.