Mrs. Cream Puff, San Francisco Bay Area
Age and Occupation: 25, Illustrator
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Merchandise Planner
Engagement Date: May 27, 2007
Wedding Date: August, 2008
Blogging Since: February 7, 2008
Venue: Ceremony at Crissy Field and Reception at the Green Room
About Me: I never dreamed about my wedding as a little girl because I was too busy playing in the mud or pretending to be Martha Stewart–but now that it's here, I'm having a fabulous time DIYing everything in sight! We’re planning a very fun multicultural wedding (I'm Jewish and Mr. Cream Puff is Chinese), filled with as many personal details as I can muster.
I Unshot Myself!
May 22nd, 2008 @ 1:25 pm by Mrs. Cream Puff
Remember how I wanted to do little memory boxes on the tables, but Mr. Cream Puff and Momma Cream Puff shot me down? Well, I have decided to ignore them. This is a great freaking idea, and I am going to do it anyway. Instead of putting them on the tables, though, we’re going to put them on the standing cocktail tables–and we’re only doing three of them. They will all have different pictures & trinkets inside.
Awhile back, I took some cigar boxes and covered them in colored paper. I’m not 100% sold on them–there are some bubbles in the paper, and it doesn’t really look all that perfect, but I think I’ll probably just let that go and stick with what I’ve got (unless, of course, they end up looking tacky on the colored cocktail table linens we may end up with–then I’ll just get plain wooden boxes and not decorate them). The only people who will probably notice the bubbles in the paper, though, are my buddies at Paper Source!
And here’s one of them, opened:
Once I showed Mr. Cream Puff the final product, he agreed it was a good idea. I definitely think that it’s better to have only three boxes, rather than one on each table.
So far I only have pictures from Mr. Cream Puff’s family. I’m going up to see my parents for a week this weekend, so I’ll be getting our family photos then. I also plan to get a few trinkets from childhood to put in there, too, just to make it more interesting. Also, just a note: these aren’t our original family photos–I made color copies onto photo paper on our printer-scanner-copier. They turned out really well!
21 Responses to “I Unshot Myself!”
I think they are wonderful and are great conversation starters!
It is a cute idea and I’m really glad you made copies of the pictures to use instead! 
They loook great! Did you print the graphic out on the paper first then wrap the boxes? Love ‘em!
So cute! Can you give an idea of what else you put in them?
so clever!!!
you need to go EASIER ON YOURSELF! they look absolutely beautiful and fun!
P.S. I forget if you’ve said how big is your wedding but I would make color copies of all your precious stuff instead of using originals…you don’t wanna end up missing them or getting them damaged.
Ooops…you already did that…good thinking! 
They turned out great and sometimes you have to pick your battle. This was a good battle you pick. Its funny how opinionated fiances can get. But I think it’s good. It shows they care a little about the details.
I like that they’re on a communal table so everyone can look through all of them. (I think you originally wanted one on each table and I remember thinking that people would miss out on what was on other tables. This works out perfectly.)
I also did color photo copies of pictures - even though they were under glass. They come out surprisingly well.
The boxes look really fabulously designed!
These are fab and I’m glad you went through with doing them! Your guests will love them!
I’m glad you unshot yourself, this is a wonderful idea:)
Damn you, Cream Puff….. Damn you! Now I’m going to have to steal this super cute idea!!!!!!
I would really like this as a guest - you will only get to spend a few minutes with each guest, so this way they can “see” you more! Very fun idea! What else are you putting in them besides pictures?
Yeah, seriously. If I were a guest at your wedding, I’d be running around to all the tables to see what the other ones contain.
So glad you’re sticking with your instinct and doing it!
And this is why we don’t listen when people shoot us down. Awesome!!
ps. I don’t see no stinkin’ bubbles!
can you tell me where you got the cute graphic of the couple on the front? I love it!!
Thanks for the comments, ladies!!
@nejireta–exactly! It’s just 8.5″ x 11″ paper in different colors. thanks!
@pattyb & Jenny Louwheeze–one thing I put in there that wasn’t a picture was a postcard Mr. Cream Puff sent to his dad when his dad was working in Hong Kong. I’ll probably find a couple of little toys of ours to put in them, too.
@V–I should totally be easier on myself. You are a smart gal. Thank you!!
@tenfour–you are awesome!!
@Necole–I drew it! Thanks!!
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