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Mrs. Radish, Chicago/Syracuse Age and Occupation: 27, Executive Assistant/Journalism Student/Musician Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Anthropologist/Musician Engagement Date: December 20, 2005 Wedding Date: August 18, 2007 Blogging Since: June 26, 2007 Venue: The Wellington House in Fayetteville, NY About Me: Mr. Radish and I are both from upstate New York, so we are planning a wedding in Syracuse from about 700 miles away. When I’m not obsessing about our wedding I play the cello in my band (which Mr. Radish is in too), read as much as I can, sleep even more, travel whenever possible, and try to find time to have fun with my friends. I’m also working on finishing up my journalism degree with a concentration in environmental reporting and I’m the VP of my campus Amnesty International chapter… so I’m a pretty busy bee.
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DIY Here Comes The Bride Banner

February 6th, 2008 @ 3:30 pm by Mrs. Radish

I wanted to have a “Here Comes the Bride” banner for my baby brother and my nephew to carry so that I could include them in the wedding somehow. They were a little too old to be ring bearers, plus we wanted to include Mr. Radish’s nephews as ring bearers, so we needed to find another “job” for my boys. I originally planned to get a banner from Here Comes Your Bride, but they stopped taking new orders in July. I heard that they have since closed up shop but I’m not sure if that’s true or not.

Anyway, I realized that it’d be easy and cheaper to just make one myself. Naturally, I waited until the week before the wedding to actually do it, though. It wouldn’t be fun if it wasn’t stressful, right? Luckily, my mom and my aunt decided to take over this project since I was so busy with other stuff.

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(note my WeddingBee shirt… represent!)

My mom went and bought a yard of plain white, cotton fabric. The fabric was a little on the thin side and wrinkled easily, though, so if you are thinking of making one yourself you should go with a slightly heavier fabric that is more resistant to wrinkling.

We were going to try and paint the lettering on with fabric paint or maybe by heat transfer, but we were really running low on time, so my mom looked in the phone book for someplace that could either embroider it or print it. She found a place that could screen print it for $8. The only downside was that the type of printer they used had size limitations and the print couldn’t come out quite as large as I wanted it… but, again, when you wait until the last minute to do these things you can’t be so picky!

My aunt sewed a tab at the top and we just stuck a simple curtain rod through it for the “handles.” She sewed a wooden dowel rod into the bottom hem to give the banner weight to make it hang properly. It probably took her about 10 minutes to do it since all she had to do was sew a few hems.

… and here’s the finished product. Pretty cute, eh?

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I’m not 100% in love with the way it turned out, but for the amount of time we spent on it, it’s fine. If I had more time I would have made the lettering larger and I think it would’ve looked better if they put “the Bride…” on the same line. Also, it was pretty wrinkled but I’m sure no one noticed or cared… it was no big deal. I didn’t even noticed it was wrinkled until I sat down and really looked at the picture to write this post!

Everyone seemed to love the banner, though, and thought it was really cute idea. No one at our wedding (that I know of anyway) had ever seen one before, so they all thought I came up with the idea myself… and I’ll admit that I didn’t correct them ;)

Cost break down:

  • 1 yard of cotton fabric - $2
  • 1 wooden dowel rod - $1
  • Text printing - $8
  • Curtain rod - (already had it but I’m sure you could find one for less than $10)

Total = $11

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12 Responses to “DIY Here Comes The Bride Banner”

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Marla

OMG - I love it. So so so so cute. Awesome job! I am definitely going to do this and will be making my own. Great TIPs and DIY instructions.

-Marla
http://www.ringdreamin.com/aisledreamin

 
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Jen

I would not order from that company. They were supposed to do my Save The Dates, and did not send them when they were supposed to, and I had to dispute the credit card company.
It was a shame since they were so nice during design, but as soon as they got my money, they didn’t return 1 call or email.

 
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Mrs. Bee (message)  3,261 posts, Sugar bee

it looks great!

 
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Miss Canary (message)  636 posts, Busy bee

Sooo cute! I’ve been trying to figure out a way to incorporate my cousins in the wedding. They’re aged 9 and 10 so too old to be ringbearer and flowergirl, but perfect for carrying a banner! Thanks, Mrs. R!

 
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beanchar (message)  549 posts, Busy bee

Your little gentlemen are so cute and I’m impressed with all the DIY stuff you did at the last minute!

I too had never seen a banner, but I bet we all be seeing more soon thanks to you and the power of weddingbee!

 
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Sarah

Very cute!

 
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Suz

Question for you… how did you list the boys on your programs?? Banner Boys??

 
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Mrs. Radish (message)  388 posts, Helper bee

Suz — I listed them as “banner carriers”

 
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Go Amie

So cute! Are you keeping it or passing it on to another bride?

 
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Patti

Thank you so much for posting this I am in need of this informaiton.

Blessings

 
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Mrs. Radish Mrs. Radish, Chicago/Syracuse Age and Occupation: 27, Executive Assistant/Journalism Student/Musician Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Anthropologist/Musician Engagement Date: December 20, 2005 Wedding Date: August 18, 2007 Blogging Since: June 26, 2007 Venue: The Wellington House in Fayetteville, NY About Me: Mr. Radish and I are both from upstate New York, so we are planning a wedding in Syracuse from about 700 miles away. When I’m not obsessing about our wedding I play the cello in my band (which Mr. Radish is in too), read as much as I can, sleep even more, travel whenever possible, and try to find time to have fun with my friends. I’m also working on finishing up my journalism degree with a concentration in environmental reporting and I’m the VP of my campus Amnesty International chapter… so I’m a pretty busy bee.
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