Wedding Blog

This past weekend, after my second shower, Mom H and one of my bridesmaids came over to help me with the (not so exciting) task of cutting ribbon, xyroning ribbon and labels, and, finally, wrapping and attaching them to over 200 3″ cube vases for our favors.

Originally, we wanted these vases to be the escort cards for our guests. But after determining the layout of the room and the size of the vases, we opted instead to make them favors that our coordinators will place on the escort card table once all the cards have been taken by guests, and everyone is in the reception room.

The labels and ribbon after being xyroned!

Mom H and BM H had the task of cutting the 200 pieces of ribbon, while I xyroned the labels. After a long day at my shower, I was getting a little cranky and tired so we decided that I would finish xyroning everything the next day and they would return to help me wrap. I surprised them both when, the next two days, while Mr. H watched football, I finished xyroning and wrapped all of the boxes (17 total!) of vases all by myself!

The task was a little tedious, but I’m proud to report that all vases are wrapped and securely resting in their boxes to be loaded and delivered to the hotel the day before the wedding.If any of you plan to xyron ribbon, I suggest you use the permanent adhesive. It sticks to the ribbon better and is much easier to work with. If you really prefer the removable adhesive, I recommend that, after you xyron the ribbon, leave it as is for a couple of days. This way the adhesive really sticks to the ribbon and it’s easier to apply to the vase (or whatever you are sticking it to).

Wrapped and secure in the box!

The final product!

Did any of you take on a wedding task that, when at first it seemed pretty simple and quick, turned out to be a lot more work then you imagined?