Our DIY Projects! The good, the bad and the ugly!
Our DIY list includes:
-Save the Dates - Done!
- Monogram design - Done!
- Invitations
- Photo card box - Done!
- Aisle Runner
- Pomanders
- Escort cards
- Favors
- Monogram unity candle -done! Pics below!
- Menus
-Getting Ready sweatshirt
-Save the Dates - Done!
- Monogram design - Done!
- Invitations
- Photo card box - Done!
- Aisle Runner
- Pomanders
- Escort cards
- Favors
- Monogram unity candle -done! Pics below!
- Menus
-Getting Ready sweatshirt
Monogram. Check!
Our monogram, designed in Photoshop!
Unity Candle. Check!
Once we set our date, we were eager to complete a wedding-related project. I worked a few days on our monogram and then we set off to find a plain unity candle. Imagine our surprise to find that is is INCREDIBLY difficult to find a plain unity candle!
Our search brought us to Party City of all places...on Halloween weekend. We were in line amongst witch costumes, fake blood and a sea of various masks. I can honestly say I think we were the only people in the store who bought a unity candle that night.
Once I designed our monogram in photoshop, I printed it out on printable vellum and let it dry overnight, then I attached the silver ribbon to the vellum and then wrapped the whole thing around the candle and adhered it using double sided scrapbooking tape. Project 1 - COMPLETE!
Our search brought us to Party City of all places...on Halloween weekend. We were in line amongst witch costumes, fake blood and a sea of various masks. I can honestly say I think we were the only people in the store who bought a unity candle that night.
Once I designed our monogram in photoshop, I printed it out on printable vellum and let it dry overnight, then I attached the silver ribbon to the vellum and then wrapped the whole thing around the candle and adhered it using double sided scrapbooking tape. Project 1 - COMPLETE!
Photo Card Box - Done!
R working on our photo card box. We used a modified version of the instructions on Road to the Aisle.
Done!
Done! We plan on putting our engagement pictures in the frames when we get them back from our photographer)
Pomandors/Origami Flowers
One down...19 to go. We are alternating blue ones and silver ones down the sides of our aisle. Each one takes a few hours to make.....so this project will be in progress for awhile!
The Glue Tests.....
It took 10 different attempts at glue to figure out what worked the best. Our winner:Scotch brand Scrapbooking glue with a fine tip.
The cutting...
R and our new paper cutter.
Getting Ready Hoodie
I used hotfix rhinestones in the sapphire color for this project. I got them off ebay for like $4 for 200+. The plain white hoodie I got from Hanes.
How to:
I printed out what I wanted my shirt to say and then used a pencil to poke through the paper and create a dotted outline of the text. I placed the stones on with tweezers and then pressed an iron on the cotton setting over them to affix them.
