First off I never realized how "DIY" this wedding actually is! One, we are paying for it- that's right, every last cent we are responsible for. ( with the exception of other wedding events such as showers and rehearsal dinner) At first this seemed impossible but, we did it! We saved, salvaged, and cut back like whoa. The perks of this is that- WE decided everything! Guest list- bar- time-date, everything was what WE wanted :) Two, Because we were very caucious of cost- we did a lot of this "stuff" on our own, from scratch.
Lets recap the DIY projects this weekend.
Programs- we built the programs we will be handing out at the church. A four sided piece of "off white" card stock paper with brown color font, covered by a piece of navy cardstock and tied together with a brown/white printed piece of ribbon! 120 finished and ready to go!!
Hotel Guest Bags- We have a lot of guests from out of town- so we wanted to make some goody bags for them to recieve when they check in. A brown gift bag, with a welcome tag attached with ribbon thanking them for traveling. Inside: two water bottles- some cape cod chips, a baggie filled with red lobster gummies and an insert with information about the area. 45 bags- DONE!
Table Numbers- We order these cute little silver sailboats that hold pictures or placecards- and backed a piece of light blue cardstock with left order navy cardstock- printed the numbers in navy- cut-glue and BAM we have table numbers! 18 finished- check!
My "guest book"- We decided to go with the trend and have an untraditional guest book. We went down to the beach found an old oar- about 6 feet long. Sanded it down and engraved our name with the wedding date at the paddle. At the wedding people will sign the oar with paint pens then we will lacker the oar to make all the signatures permenent. Then we will proudly hang it in our home!!
Ring Bearers Pillow- Yup, made this too! I bought some kacki fabric, sewed together a 8x8 pillow and then tied a navy ribbon around the top. Since all the men are wearing the kacki pants with navy blazer, it matches perfectly!! the shiney white ones at the store did'nt quite fit the casual/natuical theme I have going on. Pillow- DONE!
Card Box- Big cardboard box- wrapped in navy paper- same brown/white ribbon- and hung a sanddollar shell from the bow!
Whew- and I still have a list a mile long to complete- in the next 20 days!!!!!
Again- I promise to share pictures!!
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