Mrs. Toucan, Boston
Age and Occupation: 25, Full-time Research Assistant, Part-time Graduate Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Actuary
Engagement Date: February 18, 2007
Wedding Date: June 7, 2008
Blogging Since: November 07, 2007
Venue: St. Catherine of Genoa, Jin Asian Cuisine Restaurant
About Me: I’m a Gemini to the extreme. On one side, I’m a girly girl. I read countless bridal and fashion magazines, and have an obsession with keeping up with the latest Hollywood gossip. On the other side, I’m a sports fanatic. Despite being a full-time bride-to be, full-time research assistant, and part-time student, I’m also a full-time Red Sox fan from spring training to October, and a full-time Patriots fan from mini-camp to February. I devote almost as much time researching my for fantasy football team as researching for our wedding!
Paper Stuff!
June 6th, 2008 @ 10:29 am by Mrs. Toucan
Miss Toucan’s been a busy busy bird, so I’m lumping some of my paper projects together in one post! 
First - Table cards:
Since poor Mr. Toucan hasn’t had very much say in some of the wedding details, so he named all the tables. And wouldn’t you know it - Nintendo characters! The table cards themselves aren’t that exciting - I just printed out pictures of each character and made a little table tent.
Since the tables were named, it’s on to escort “cards!”
To keep with the somewhat Chinese theme we have going on, I stringed 3 replica I-ching coins together and then attached the guests’ names and table assignments.
Alllll the tags… on a hanger. 
And lastly menus:
Originally, I was only going to make 1 per table, but back when White Aisle had their moving sale, I stocked up on letterpress paper and ended up making 1 menu per place setting! I made the menus in alternating colors so that we could alternate by place setting, too.
I thought it was really important to have menus out on the table because people unfamiliar with Chinese banquets are often surprised with how much food comes out (10 courses!)! We don’t want people stuffing themselves with just the first few courses!
Anyway, that’s all my papery goodness, for now. What wedding paper project do you plan to DIY?
8 Responses to “Paper Stuff!”
LOVE the nintendo characters! That’s so something we would do. We almost had the bridal party walk in all to nintendo tunes. Each person their favorite…da da da da dada…love it!
So fun! Love these
I LOVE your table cards! My boy and I are both Nintendo freaks. Even my mother is, at the age of 60, she has a DS and plays better than I do.
What type of paper and program did you use to make the table numbers?
We are doing classic rock band names and albums and i’m not really sure how to start!
oooh… i love your escort cards. how are you planning to display them?
We are doing the same exact thing, except we are using Simpson characters! FI and I love the Simpsoms!
LOVE the Nintendo characters as your table cards
