Finished Bouquets

ELEVEN days left! Check out these pretty little things.

view from the top

my bouquet on the right, my ladies' on the left

Centerpieces Round Two

Oh. So of course I decided to change my centerpieces with two weeks to go. Luckily I will still be able to use the colorful pots (for plants of course!) and the lanterns (in our future garden/patio area). Also the lanterns can be used outside at the reception (if the weather cooperates). So the idea is to keep things simpler and less primary/"seussical." Also everyone who has seen the lanterns/pots said they look like lighthouses. No thank you!

Card Box!!

So my co-worker Katie told me about the box for cards she had made for her wedding. Basically you take four photo frames and attach them to each other with L-brackets to form the sides of the box. You use foam board for the top and the bottom, slitting the top for cards to fit in. Katie put hers on a lazy susan so it would spin and people can see all of the photos. I am proud to say that I made it all by myself! I love using drills for crafty projects. Here is the finished product. After the wedding you can take it apart and use the wall frames seperately or you can keep the box intact and use it as decorative storage.

8x10 frames

slot in the top for cards

inside of the card box

Thank You Cards

Made some new Thank You Cards. I like them! Simple and FUN.

Bouquet!

Whew! Sorry it's been so long.... we've both been sick and have had a lot of stuff going on here.

So I've been working on my bouquet since we got engaged. I didn't want flowers because they are too traditional, can be expensive, and they die. Bummer. :) I like unique and that's what I want my wedding to be. I am not your average bride. On the interwebs I came across the idea of doing a "button bouquet" and fell in love with it. I procured buttons in various shades of green, blue, and yellow. And here is my result!

Centerpieces

In addition to the button-flower filled vases as centerpieces, I thought of another good idea. Ikea has great white lanterns (which are very reasonable) and they are easy to spray paint! :) And they have flowerpots which I decided to use to raise the lanterns up in the middle of the table. (They are fun to spray paint too!)

Ikea Lanterns before

Ikea Lanterns after :)

Ikea flower pots after!

Final product!

.... only ten more to finish!

Guest Book

So we decided to create a Shutterfly photo book as our guest book! It has some of our favorite photos in it and plenty of room for guests to write special messages to us!

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