Took Me Long Enough…

Mrs. Corn, Newport, RI Age and Occupation in '07: 31, HR for public accounting firm Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Consultant for public accounting firm Engagement Date: October 7, 2006 Wedding Date: September, 2007 Blogging Since: June 1, 2007 Venue: North Lawn of Fort Adams State Park About Me: I am a lazy scrapbooker who loves the instant gratification of making cards and I am very easily distracted by all things shiny. In honor of my childhood nights spent hibachi BBQing on the beach with my family, we are hosting a traditional New England Clambake for our reception.

December 19th, 2007 @ 4:48 pm by Mrs. Corn

…but I FINALLY took the shadow box that I used to make the Guest Book Wish Tree Sign and made a memory box of our invitation suite.

Here is the box just prior to our wedding…

And here it is now…

I have it in our dining room, on top of an etagere case that we purchased with some of our Crate and Barrel Registry gift cards after the wedding. I also re-purposed the jar that held the wish tags as an pseudo-atrium filled with some of the sand, shells and grass from the wedding. The whole display is finished off with one of the manzanita branchs that we used for the wish tree and some candles I had around the house.

Are any of you planning to incorporate any of your wedding decor into your home? Any suggestions/tips?

7 Responses to “Took Me Long Enough…”

Mrs. Butterscotch says:

I love it! I wanted to do a shadow box too but I just havent gotten around to it. What size is yours?

12/19/07 at 4:55 pm (reply)

Mrs. Onion says:

mrs. corn — funny timing. i just bought my mother a shadow box frame from pottery barn for xmas and we’re talking about shadow boxes on BeeTV right now

12/19/07 at 5:04 pm (reply)

Mrs. Corn says:

wow…I should go jump over to the TV…in the meantime, the box itself is 15″x15″ and only 2″ deep. In fact, once you get the padding in AND the inset glass, it is only about 1.33 inches deep. I originally wanted to put some of my wedding flowers in there, but they were getting squished by the door, so i am going to get a smaller, deeper box to do that with

12/19/07 at 5:28 pm (reply)

ocicats says:

I have the same shadow box from Target. It’s pretty well made for the price.

12/19/07 at 7:44 pm (reply)

tanya2s says:

I thought about it, but I think in the end our wedding photos are enough. I’m keeping a set of the paper goods and some keepsakes in a box so I can take them out and look at them when I’m older. Our house really doesn’t lend itself to the “shadowbox” type of decor, unfortunately.

12/20/07 at 9:29 am (reply)

Sarah says:

In the month or so before the wedding, I found a bunch of things on sale in our colors–a tiny red suitcase we used to display programs (no ushers! The madness!), and some pale green fabric-colored bins we used to just generally shelp stuff hither and thither over the course of the weekend (great strong handles, and much nicer looking than cardboard shipping boxes). The suitcase is now the repository of allll the photo CDs we’ve been sent, but the bins are still kind of looking for a home. I believe deep in my heart that someday, when we redo the bedroom, they will get used. Until then, hey, they nest.

12/20/07 at 11:08 am (reply)

Mrs. Corn says:

I hear ya, Tanya2s…once Mr Corn gets home I am sure we will reevaluate the shadowbox decor…he hates anything ‘cluttery’ and with all the dried flower bouquets and teddy bear stenciling I have done in his absence the shadow box might just be one step too far over the edge.

12/20/07 at 11:33 am (reply)