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Mrs. Bell Pepper, Philadelphia Age and Occupation: 28, Resident Physician Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Resident Physician Engagement Date: May 30, 2006 Wedding Date: June 2007 Venue: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts About Me: I love whimsical details and design, everything that *sparkles*, sipping on hazelnut lattes, pugs, shopping for antiques and second-hand goods, scenic photography, delicate flowers, and checking out new restaurants in the city with my fianc??. We are planning our wedding at a unique city venue for about 75 close family members and friends. I have a lot of DIY ideas and I like to blog about ways to save money on your wedding.
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Our Ameliesque Table Cards :  wedding diy philadelphia seating tabletop Z492357 amelie3

My fiance and I both really liked the movie Amelie, and I wanted to find a way to incorporate a cute idea from this movie. In one of the scenes from the movie, Amelie seizes her father’s gnome and hands it over to her flight attendant friend. Her friend travels around the world with this gnome and takes postcard photos of it posing in Moscow, England, all over the world. I thought the idea was amusing and I wanted to include this gnome in our traveling adventures.

Materials I used include:

Adobe Photoshop software

Inkjet printer along with glossy photo paper

High resolution images from Flickr.com

Small dark cherry wood tabletop easels

The first thing I did was find a high resolution image of a gnome. I found one on flickr.com and with the help of Adobe Photoshop, I was able to extract the gnome from a previous background and add it to my own photos. Here is the first version of our table number cards. I adjusted the hues to match the colors of the movie, saturating the photos with red, yellow and green tones.

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*My favorite table card from the above photos is table number two, which was an actual photo I took while were were visiting New Hope, Pennsylvania. I liked how the gnome fit so well onto the train platform! :)

*Table number four is also interesting, it’s a photo of my fiance taking a photo of NYC and the gnome is placed next to him.

I really liked the first version of my table number cards but after thinking how it could be incorporated in our wedding reception, I realized they wouldn’t go so well with our lavender and green color scheme. I decided to tweak the cards a little, following our color tones and including locations that our guests could relate to more. I added Taiwan for my fiance’s family members, Korea for my family members, Chicago for our classmates, and Philadelphia for our new friends/coworkers in the area. Here’s our second version of the table cards:

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(*Can you find the gnome in the New Jersey Battleship photo? He’s quite small but you can find his unique shape in the photo..*)

I think the most difficult part of this project was finding a cute holder for the cards. I wanted to buy these gold table number holders that were featured in one of Martha Stewart’s wedding magazines, but I discovered the price was like $32 a piece!! Wow. I checked out Ikea’s frame holders and they looked kind of gaudy and cheap. Photo frames also didn’t work so well with the table cards because it masked the details and the vivid colors. I discovered these cute tabletop easels from my venue site. They’re subtle and they have a delicate structure that wraps around the card so well. I think the last detail I’ll add to each is a cardstock to give each photo support and a hint of color.

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helene

that is sooooo cute! I love Amelie!! I’m so impressed with your photoshopping skills!! :)

Did you use all photographs taken yourself?

 
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Iris

Fun.

We did this for real (no photo-shop necessary) with Flat Stanley a few years back, but gave the photos away to the girl who needed them for her school project.

 
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sm

Those look great!! I have been looking for easles too. Where did you order yours from? Or are you borrowing them from the venue?

 
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Shy

Very cute!!! I love it!

 
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Tea

i adore your table numbers. i’ve secretly hoped to take one of my favorite items with me on trips to take random pictures of…how perfect!

 
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Miss Bell Pepper

I bought them easels from the museum store. One of the PAFA brides bought about 100 of them so they are able to take special order. The only problem is that each easel is kind of expensive, they come with a ceramic piece that is removable. they cost about $5 each bout it’s not too bad if you’re buying only 8-10 easels. they sell cheaper easels but i didn’t like their light brown color.

 
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Miss Lime

very cute! i see the jersey gnome. i

 
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lanamia

This is such an awesome idea, down to the color hues used to make the movie look more visually appealing. I heart Amelie!

 
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tofu

so cute and creative! they look great, miss bell pepper. :)

 
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tachee

I love it! I love amelie and gnomes! My first gocco print was a gnome with the words “You don’t gno me” haha.

 
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My Wedding Blog

i love it….they are all so creative and beautiful…

im sure u are very artistically inclined!!!

look forward to start off my day reading your blog

:) :) :)

 
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HamiHarri

OMG! LOOVE it! I also like how they made you an orange bell pepper instead of green - now you really pop!

 
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kandaceandjason

Does anyone else think about Travelocity’s “roaming gnome” ?

 
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Miss Bell Pepper

hehe, my fiance thought it was like the travelocity gnome too. either way, people might find it amusing.

 
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Mrs. Bee

awesome work!

 
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Miss Snow Pea

You can also find easels at ACMoore or Michaels in the picture frame section. I believe there are also some at Ikea.

 
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twelvetigers

Amelie is tied with Rocky Horror Picture Show for the best movie ever, in my book. And I love movies. I’ve seen quite a few. I even have the poster… I got it for free for chalking the sidewalks here at good ol OSU… haha. In short… good taste, Miss Pepper! Say, why didn’t you pick to be Miss Chile Pepper? Too exotic?

 
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future mrs j.o.b

FREAKING great job with photoshop. they look fabulous

 
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ms. mouse

I love it. Amelie is in my top five movies ever.

I may have to steal this idea.

 
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kitty

wow. this looks great! are all the pictures taken by you or your fiance?

 
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Mrs. Bell Pepper, Philadelphia Age and Occupation: 28, Resident Physician Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Resident Physician Engagement Date: May 30, 2006 Wedding Date: June 2007 Venue: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts About Me: I love whimsical details and design, everything that *sparkles*, sipping on hazelnut lattes, pugs, shopping for antiques and second-hand goods, scenic photography, delicate flowers, and checking out new restaurants in the city with my fianc??. We are planning our wedding at a unique city venue for about 75 close family members and friends. I have a lot of DIY ideas and I like to blog about ways to save money on your wedding.

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