DIY

So far, I've put in at least 500 hours of work into DIY wedding stuff. Oy.

Anything and everything I'm ambitious enough to DIY for the wedding...
-Save the Dates (completed)
-Invitations (completed)
-Menus (completed)
-Programs (in progress)
-Escort Cards (completed)
-photo share cards
-favors and favor tags (completed)
-Table Numbers (completed)
-Unity sand items 
-Card box (completed)
-OOT bags
-Reserved signs (completed)
-Bride and Groom suite signs
-bathroom baskets (completed)
-clutches and bracelets for bridesmaids' gifts (completed)
-Bride's clutch for day-of

Ring Bearer Pillow

I was going to completely make the pillow, but with the wedding less than 2 weeks away, I decided to buy one and jazz it up a bit. After sewing ribbon onto a pre-made pillow, I realized it would have been easier to make the whole thing. Haha.

Escort Cards

This was probably one of the most time consuming tasks, aside from embossing the invitations. I cut out white squares to fold in half for the tents, cut out colored rectangles to indicate entree choices, printed and cut out smaller name pieces and them taped them all together. Maybe having a buffet would have been easier?

Table Names

The tables are named after our favorite movies. One side has a mini poster of the movie, the second side has the menu, and the third has a quote. The quote is printed on vellum, so we put an electric tea light in the middle to give it a nice glow.

Pomanders

Pink tulle pomanders with a black and white polka dot sheer ribbon for the ceremony aisle.

Programs

I'm making square booklet programs with a black cover and white pages inside. It also has a vellum flap on the front that I'll print something on. I'm sewing the books together as a nod to my love of sewing. :)

Bridesmaid Clutches

I made black clutches with a pink flower accent. I also made simple bracelets for them that I'll put in the clutch, along with a pack of tissues with their initial.

Invitations

We decided on black petal paper with a pink mat and embossing. I stamped each invitation a total of 13 times each (and made over 100 invites, you do the math...) with the same floral design. The invite and envelopes are embossed, whereas the directions and accommodations cards are stamped with a pink metallic ink.

Reserved Signs

Reserved signs for the ceremony. I used card stock and tulle to tie them to the chairs.

Monograms

Card Box

I covered brown craft boxes with white fabric and tied ribbon around the stacked boxes.

 

"Will You Be My Bridesmaid?" cards

I made the simple cards with a cut out of a dress and a little poem inside. I also made a coordinating envelope.

Save the Dates

We threw together the design (in our wedding colors) and ordered small magnets.