“Okay ladies,” Ainsley said, bringing them all to order. “We have two hundred and fifty bonbonnières to make, so let’s get busy. Someone needs to cut the gauze into squares and then in each square we need to put one chocolate heart, one bottle of liqueur, and five sugared almonds and then someone can tie the bags up with ribbon.”

The other bridesmaids (she really should learn their names) squealed with delight and arranged themselves around the bounty to do the bride’s ...