We’ve decided to do maple syrup favors for the wedding. Thanks to everyone with their suggestions. It’s the easiest thing to do, and cost effective at $1.95/bottle and they even offer FREE custom labeling for wedding orders of over 24 bottles. They’re a local company too, so it’s a wonderful option.
In case you’re curious- it’s Acadian Maple.com.
It’s not a lot of maple syrup, but its uniquely Nova Scotian (which is important to both visitors to the province and to us Nova Scotians), and the website claims that maple syrup actually originated in Nova Scotia by the Mi’kmaqs.
Pure maple syrup has been produced in Nova Scotia for well over 200 years. Nobody is exactly sure how it was first discovered but legends abound. It is widely believed that the Native peoples of Nova Scotia know as the Mi’kmaq, were the first to exploit the sweet sap of the maple tree. This sweet derivative was a well-established commodity of trade between the First Nations people of the Maritime region of North America long before the encroachment of foreigners.
We’re still going to do the cookie jars and we’ll leave the little paper bags at the station for people to take as many home as they want to. Unless I eat them all, which is a big possibility. They may not even make it to the wedding day.
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The bad news: my brother, who is a certified chef and was supposed to take care of the food at my wedding, recently got his dream job (! yay! good for him!), but has to be away from Nova Scotia for a month- starting three days before our wedding. Now I don’t have anyone to help prepare our food, work the grill or work as a HUGE helping hand before and during the event. Plus, I’m really quite sad that he has to miss seeing me get married. Now I have to hire someone to help out, which stinks. Hopefully they’ll work for beer. 
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PS. There is NO better smell than cherry Lypsyl. Damn, I love that stuff.
