Elegant Olive Grove Wedding
Hills in the sunset, olive groves, and white wine. Are you planning an Italian wedding or a trip to Italy or opening an Italian restaurant? This collection is for you! Watercolor olives and greenery with elegant copper gold accents. This color combo no doubt evokes the dream-like quality of fancy spring garden nuptials and intimate celebrations. Great for a late-spring or summer soirée, this palette creates an ultra-sophisticated vibe. Simple yet elegant these designs are perfect for any celebration. These designs can be personalized for your special occasion and would be perfect for your wedding, bridal shower, engagement party, birthday party and many more special occasions.
Handcrafted olive oils make the most darling wedding favors or holiday gifts.
SUPPLIES:
Olive Oil
5 oz Glass Jars
Bottle Top Shrink Capsules
Large Chunk Spices (any flavors will do!)
Candy Thermometer
Measuring Spoons
Saucepan
Funnel
Alcohol
ADD THE SPICES
Add 1 heaping tablespoon of your spice(s) of choice into each 5 oz glass jar. Feel free to use any spice combinations you’d like!
NOTE: It’s important that you use ONLY dried spices. Infusing olive oils with fresh ingredients like lemon, garlic or rosemary, opens the door for nasty bacteria to grow because of the water content in the fresh ingredients. Doing that would be fine for immediate home use, but not for gifts or favors.
WARM THE OIL
Next, warm the olive oil to 180º F. This is not hot enough to bubble/boil, but it is hot enough to slightly burn your skin if it spills on you, so be careful. Remove the oil from the heat and pour batches into a smaller glass jar. The warming of the oil is what draws the flavor out of the dried spices!
FILL THE JARS
Carefully fill each favor jar to the brim with oil. After it cools, the oil will shrink down a bit so filling them to the tip top is totally fine.
LET THEM COOL
Add each lid and then let the oils cool down completely before moving to the next step. Be careful, the jars will be hot.
CLEAN WITH ALCOHOL
Since the oil is well, oily; give each favor jar a quick wipe with alcohol to remove any residue before adding the label and shrink band.
SHRINK WRAP THE LIDS
Shrink capsules come in different colors and will make your olive oil gifts look incredibly professional! They are SUPER easy to use, all you have to do is put them on top of each jar and evenly heat with an embossing gun. Only takes a few seconds per jar.
ADD YOUR LABELS
Peel the backing off each sticker and adhere to each jar, and voila! Super easy right?
A WEEK AHEAD
For your wedding or for the holidays, feel free to make these up about a week before your event… to give the oil and spices some real time to fuse. You can keep these jars sealed for up to about 3 months, but I’m sure they’ll be used up quicker than that!