Favors are finished!

Wow, I'm so glad I'm having a small wedding. I can't imagine tying ribbons on hundreds of favors like some people do.

Anyway, since Mr. Fried Rice has a reputation for his addiction to Chinese food, we thought it only fitting that our favors be fortune cookies. We ordered a whole slew of them from e-fortunecookie.com. The company lets you personalize up to four fortunes.

With a mix of personalization and Mr. Fried Rice's snarkiness, we chose:

She's not made of fried rice, but he married her anyway.
Help! I'm being held prisoner inside a Chinese bakery.
Only a fool would look to a cookie for words of wisdom.
It's about time I got out of that cookie.

I got miniature Chinese take-out containers from Michaels for $5.99 per 10-pack. I searched far and wide for a parasol/beach umbrella stamp and had given up when I found one at Dollar Tree. Same story with the ribbon. For some reason the store has started carrying a ton of craft stuff. They even had paper cutters! Too bad I spent $19.99 on mine.

The only drawback with the take-out containers is the bottom. In large black type, they say:

For decorative purposes only
Not safe for consumable products

Great. The cookies are individually wrapped, but still, not exactly what I wanted our guests to see. Oh well.

It took several colors of yellow paper to find a yellow and blue that didn't clash, but I like how they turned out. Each container has three fortune cookies in it.



And of course, you know who kept me company during hours of ribbon tying: