Weddingbee Blog

What could be better on a rainy Friday than a DIY project!

A few weeks ago I tuned into Martha Stewart’s show and saw Darcy Miller showing off some of her great ideas for weddings. I absolutely fell in love with one of her table settings, which showed up on her blog soon after.

Photo courtesy of Darcy Miller’s blog.

Of course I loved the floral table runner, but what really caught my eye was the wine bottle. What a creative way to number the tables! Now, Mr. Chickadee and I are far from connoisseurs, but we do enjoy a glass of wine with dinner every once and awhile, and certainly wanted nice wine selections for our wedding reception. It just seemed perfect to use the bottles to label each table.

So today I did a little trial run of our numbered wine bottles. On the way home from the post office I swung by Friar Tuck’s and picked up a yummy bottle of Merlot. Ok, I didn’t really care what it tasted like, I just browsed the aisles looking for a pretty bottle!

Next I designed a new label, nice and simple. The dimensions were 3.75″ by 5″ but that could be changed depending on whatever bottle you choose. I made it really simple, with the number in the font Ecolier and the word “table” in DaunPenh. I printed it off on some scrap paper I had in my craft room, which was a pretty thick, textured white cardstock.

After cutting it with my handy paper cutter, I adhered it to the bottle, right over the old label! At first I thought I’d have to remove the original label, but Darcy said on the show that they just covered it up. If it’s good enough for Martha Stewart, it’s good enough for me!

I just took a glue stick to stick it on the bottle, but I think when I do it “for real” I’ll use glue dots instead, as I don’t think the glue stick will seal it permanently. But this is the finished product!

So, what are you doing to spice up your table settings?