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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.
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Mini Menus and DIY To-Do’s!

May 30th, 2008 @ 1:20 pm by Mrs. Cream Puff

A couple of weeks ago, I had a bit of a conundrum: I couldn’t figure out whether or not to have menus. After reading everyone’s comments, I decided that I would do menus, but only if it were as simple as humanly possible, didn’t stress me out, and didn’t disrupt my very simple looking place setting. Here’s what I came up with:

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You might be wondering where the circle of dots come from. I promise that I didn’t just throw them in there for the heck of it–these match our invitations, which you will be seeing in a couple of weeks.

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Now, you can’t tell from these pictures how small these little guys are. They’re pretty small. I made them so that they will fit directly underneath the favor box, so as not to obstruct the table setting:

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And the view from the top:

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Waalaa! Totally simple, effective, and it didn’t even take me one episode of Law & Order! Works for me. :) I’m feeling pretty good about our wedding plans, right now. I am almost completely done with my DIY list. Here’s what’s left:

Memory Boxes
–print our family’s photos, get trinkets
Table Indicators
–Figure out how many more drawings I really need
–Design more drawings
–Make more sandwich boards (on BeeTV!)
–Write blurbs for under drawings
–Print out and attach to sandwich boards
Guestbook
–design, get supplies, assemble
Rehearsal Dinner Invites
–Design and have printed
Mail Invitations!

Not too bad!! I’m not feeling stressed about any of it.

15 Responses to “Mini Menus and DIY To-Do’s!”

1.
vyeta7 says:

those menu’s are adorable! any chance you could post the template?

2.
ac says:

Love your menus and especially the bow on the favor box! Pretty!

*Leaning in, whispering* It’s “voila”… not “waalaa”

:-)

3.
SKM says:

Jealous….my wedding is 3 weeks after yours (i think) and i have nothing done…crunch time…

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Miss Penguin says:

I always drool over a perfectly tied bow :) Bravo Miss C! So cute!

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AliCherri1 says:

Oooo I love that they are small and fit under the favor boxes, GOOD idea!
Also love the dots, they look like plates my mom bought me from Pier 1 two Christmases ago… FH and I fell in love w/ them and I told her about them so she both me (us) the whole set :) Gotta love my mom!

6.
Fran says:

How friggin adorable!

Also, I am always amused by different spelling of Voila!

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beesknees says:

Oh your menu sounds so delish! (yes I strained my eyes to read that even though it was just to see the design…what can I say…I’m a sucker for food)

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Miss Pineapple says:

cute creampuff! Once again an invite teaser, I hope your guests get them soon…

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Mrs. Tulip says:

Love the “dot circle” and the fact that they’re so tiny. Congrats on getting them done so easily!

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puffykins says:

hi cream puff-very cute menu. i love the dots as well! i’m especially excited how you made the creation of it sound pretty stress free…would you be willing to share how you made it? such as what card stock u used? what program u used to create it? what printer you used to print it? stuff like that? it would be great!!! thanks!! versus possibly posting the template itself? thaaanks!

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typome says:

These are cute! I have a question: what swayed you to have menus at your reception? I’m debating menus myself and am wondering what the benefits are.

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katya says:

I’m so glad those menus didn’t take a full episode of Law & Order! And they look beautiful!

Also, I see you went with Sibby’s Cupcakes. I know you’ll be happy with them. I could tell when you told me about them when we got your Cadbury mini eggs.

13.
Marlene says:

The menus are beautiful!

14.
NearlyMsSubrosa says:

Wow, you’re nearly there. I love the mini menu idea :)

15.
yvi says:

Ooh, I love the menu, can I request the template also? I’d like to make something similar sized but for my programs!


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Mrs. Cream Puff 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.