DO IT YOURSELF!
Here is the list of things I wish to accomplish, the ones in red are done and pictures of the finished project are below:
- Save The Dates
- Invitations
- Monograms
- Card Box
- Centerpieces- IN PROGRESS
- Veil
- Shoe Bling
- Garter?
- Bridesmaid Hangers
- Bridal Hanger
- Wedding party picture frames
- Mr/Mrs chair signs
- Bridal party totes
- Bridal party necklaces
- Bridal party wine glasses/beer steins
- Hair pieces for my girls
- Bride hair piece
- Aisle Runner
- Bridal Party Survival Kits
- Reserved Chair Signs
- Unity Candle?
- Save The Dates
- Invitations
- Monograms
- Card Box
- Centerpieces- IN PROGRESS
- Veil
- Shoe Bling
- Garter?
- Bridesmaid Hangers
- Bridal Hanger
- Wedding party picture frames
- Mr/Mrs chair signs
- Bridal party totes
- Bridal party necklaces
- Bridal party wine glasses/beer steins
- Hair pieces for my girls
- Bride hair piece
- Aisle Runner
- Bridal Party Survival Kits
- Reserved Chair Signs
- Unity Candle?
Monograms
I've made so many monograms I had a hard time picking just one! Here are just a couple we've picked to use for various projects! The top left is the one we used on our card box and possibly for our centerpieces. The top right is the one used on our return address labels. The bottom one is the one I'm trying to convince David to let me use on our aisle runner :-)
Card Box
Bridesmaid Hangers
These were a lot of fun. A couple of the letter designs were kind of tough but I got a lot of good information from *ShellBell06*'s planning bio!
Mr. and Mrs. Chair Signs
Bridesmaid's Tote Bags
These are the personalized tote bags that I am making for my girls, including David's sisters who will be a part of the wedding, just in different ways. I bought the bags at Hobby Lobby and painted them using flexible fabric paint and stencils. They will hold their bridal party gifts, when we decide what they are, and then will double as their totes to put their things in during the wedding. They are taking a little bit of time because I had to stencil each letter with a pencil, then outline them in black paint and then fill them in with red... and I have 8 to do plus 1 for me!
Photo Sharing Cards
In today's digital age, we know that most of our guests will have taken digital pictures of us during our wedding. We are asking all of our guests to upload the digital photos that they take to shutterfly.com after the wedding. That way, I have access to all the awesome shots they capture to make cool photo books and keepsakes after our wedding! These were made on vistaprint.com with a coupon for 250 free business cards! I paid $4.95 in shipping! Thank you *jena.n.ross* for turning me on to vistaprint it's amazing!
Hairpieces for My Girls
Finally after about 4 hours and 3 different designs, I have 1 hairpiece done! Now that it's done, the rest won't take quite as long I hope! I ended up having to glue the sparkle fabric to a piece of felt in order to get the pieces to cut right and then sew them all together to another piece of felt. Inexpensive overall. I already had the felt, but it was like $0.33 a sheet (I should be able to get at least 3 or 4 hair pieces a sheet) and the fabric was on sale for $4.99 and a whole yard is WAY more then enough! I hope they like them, I think they will look super cute in their hair!
Bridal Party Picture Frames
Instead of making programs, we are having photos and small descriptions of our bridal party displayed at our cocktail hour. That way, while we're having pictures done, people will have the opportunity to meet our wedding party! I made these picture frames (which our bridal party will be able to take home afterwards) to display their photos!