To remind myself that I sometimes let the arts and crafts get out of hand, I chronicle below the do-it-yourself projects I undertook for the wedding:
- Our wedding website
our wedding website, where we provided information and collected RSVPs
- Pennant garlands galore (at least 50 yards of this stuff — contact me if you want to buy it!)
a garland of pennants in five different fabrics
our wedding date banner
- Save-the-date cards: Chris and I set up an assembly line
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- Invitations: more assembly lines for cutting out the inserts (seen here), compiling the pocket cards, and stamping the seal (Chris’s idea!) — but only the stamping process is seen here
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- dabbing wax on the pocket card
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- mark it with B!
and here’s the final product
our pocket invitations
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- My shoes: I painted these $40 black peep-toe pumps
Lulu Townsend Bridal Nightout Pump -- surprisingly comfortable!
and turned them into these
purple glitter shoes -- a little craft paint goes a long way
- Our wedding tree (in lieu of a guestbook)
our wedding tree, with room for us on the park bench
adding our fingerprints to the wedding tree
our wedding tree, with our fingerprints as birds
our wedding tree, signed and framed!
- Pomanders for the aisle
two-tiered pomanders = the most time-consuming project
- Ribbon sticks for the guests during the ceremony (these are for sale, too — contact if interested)
guests waving ribbons as we exit
ribbon stick
- Luminaries decorated with lace and fabric pinwheels (these are for sale, too – contact if interested)
mason jar lace luminaries in the making
lace and pinwheel luminaries
- Doilies for the luminaries
doilies for extra color
- Chalkboards and tray for the guestbook table
guestbook table
- Fabric-covered wooden letters
our initials and an ampersand
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