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Want to know a unique, DIY favor that is great tasting and different than any other favor you’ve seen? Try this: a homemade limoncello recipe.

Limoncello is an Italian, lemon-flavored liqueur that is served as an after-dinner digestivo. It’s very common on any dessert menu and makes a fun wedding favor too.

What You’ll Need

Step One

• one bottle everclear (at least 151 proof)
• one bottle vodka (80-100 proof)
• 15-20 large thick skinned bright yellow lemons
• large clear glass jar (to hold your mixture)

Step Two

• 3-4 cups filtered tap water or distilled water (not mineral water)
• 3-4 cups pure white sugar
• cheese cloth

How to Make It

Step One
Day 1

1. Pour the bottle of everclear and the bottle of vodka into the large glass jar.
2. Clean all of the lemon skins thoroughly with a vegetable brush. Dry the lemons. Use a peeler or zester to zest the yellow part of the skin off the lemons. You don’t want any pith (the white part) to get into the mixture, this will make it bitter. Try to make the pieces as large as possible, it will make the straining process easier
3. Add all of your lemon zest to the jar and stir gently.
4. Cover the jar tightly with a lid and store in a cool, dark spot (not in the fridge).
5. Stir your mixture about once a week. Let the mixture sit for anywhere from 8 days to 40 days. The mixture should turn bright yellow and start to smell like lemons.

Next

1. Gently stir lemon peels.
2. Scoop out one of the larger peels and test the flexibility. Ideally, when the peel breaks like a potato chip, you know you’re ready to move on to the next step.

Step Two
Day 1

1. Dissolve the sugar in the water and bring to a boil over high heat on the stove. Boil for 5 minutes or until the mixture is totally clear. This should make you 3-4 cups of simple syrup.
2. Set aside the simple syrup to cool.
3. When cool, add the simple syrup to your mixture. The more simple syrup you add, the lower the overall alcohol content you’ll have and the more syrupy your limoncello will be. As you stir the mixture should start to feel more like a liqueur.
4. Return the infusion to a cool, dry place for up to 40 days (or for at least 8 days), and repeat the process of gently stirring the mixture about once a week.
5. The mixture should look bright yellow, and once everything settles, it should be fairly clear.

Next

1. Filter you limoncello using the cheese cloth and a funnel and strain into smaller bottles. Flip-top 80ml clear glass bottles are an excellent size for wedding favors. Just make sure whatever bottle you pick can seal tightly.
2. Since it’s homemade, your limoncello should be consumed within about 6 months for the best taste. It will get smoother with age.

• Notes: Depending on how much simple syrup you added, your limoncello will be about 45% alc/vol.
• Serve your limoncello chilled in a small cordial glass, a shooter, or in a lowball glass over ice.

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I have been in love with flower crowns ever since I spotted one on an adorable California bride. I made my own flower crown for my Bohemian engagement photo session, and I’m sure there will be others on my wedding planning journey!

Like a lot of brides, Lydia Tayler of West Yorkshire, U.K., wanted to save money on her wedding. But instead of just the usual DIY favors, she took on a much bigger project — knitting her own wedding gown! The dress took four months to make plus half a pound of yarn and 100,000 stitches. The final cost of the dress? Less than $250.

A totally on-trend illusion neckline gave the gown a subtly sexy look while the long length kept it traditional. “The dress is the hardest, and most important, garment I have ever made but I’m so glad I did it,” Tayler said. “There’s nothing better than walking down the aisle knowing you’ve got a totally unique dress on and one that you’ve made yourself.” Tayler also had a word of advice for brides wanting to follow in her footsteps: “Just make sure you leave yourself plenty of time.”

In addition to the dress, Tayler also knitted a bouquet and bunting banners for the reception. “My dad even joked in his speech that I’d knitted myself a husband,” she said. The couple spent $6,000 total on their wedding and put the money they saved toward an 18-day honeymoon in Bali. What do you think? Is all that time spent stitching worth the low price tag?

> Love this dress, but don’t want to knit your own? Henry and Michelle Roth showed a crocheted wedding dress last season — check it out

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