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Mrs. Cola, Mountain View, CA Age and Occupation: 27, Product Communications and Promotions Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Managing Partner and Senior Designer Engagement Date: March 5, 2009 Wedding Date: June 2010 Venue: The Mountain Terrace, Woodside, CA About Me: I’m a Washington State native, enjoying life in Silicon Valley California with my fiancé, our three kitties and one leopard gecko. I like reading wedding blogs, Photoshopping wedding design mock ups, making lists, and planning, planning, planning! I’m a bit of an anomaly, on one side I’m a very girlie girl, I collect shoes, I lay out my outfits 4-6 weeks in advance, and I’d never leave the house without my hair curled and makeup on. But on the other side, I’m a total tomboy, I love to go camping and hiking, play drinking games (hey, I’m Irish!) and most of my closest friends are guys. My fiancé and I are planning a DIY-focused wedding with a balance between easygoing (what he wants) and chic and stylish (what I want), and are tying it all together with elements in lavender, sage, butter cream and chocolate.
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X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs

December 23rd, 2009 @ 3:34 pm by Mrs. Cola

How do I wish I had a Cricut (or wasn’t too lazy to go in to Mr. Cola’s office to use the laser cutter!) after these projects I’ll share over the next few posts. The knuckle on my right index finger hates me after using the X-Acto knife; it’s still swollen and red!

First up, the Bride and Groom chair signs! This was yet another unnecessary project, but it was fun to make (not for my knuckle), and I’m really digging working with our paper to tie everything together!

To start, I gathered my supplies, and printed out the inverse of “Bride” and “Groom” on the back of my butter cream cardstock (all pics in this post were taken by me):

X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs :  wedding decor diy Img 472

Then painstakingly I cut out the words with my X-Acto knife (I have no idea what I’ll do with the cut out words, but am saving them for something now that I have them!):

X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs :  wedding decor diy Img 47304  Next I cut out green and purple paper to 5″ x 8.5,” punched the purple paper with the same punch that was used on our paper bag luminaries, cut out and rounded the butter cream paper, and glued them all together:

X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs :  wedding decor diy Img 47305  I then punched four holes in each sign:

X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs :  wedding decor diy Img 47306  And threaded two strings of ribbon through:

X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs :  wedding decor diy Img 47307  X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs :  wedding decor diy Img 47308  And then… well, that’s it! It was super easy (except the cutting out of the words)! This is what it will look like on the (nicer, less dirty) chairs at our reception, since we’ll be facing our guests at the head table, the signs will only be seen when we’re not in them.

X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs :  wedding decor diy Img 47309  X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs :  wedding decor diy Img 47401  X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs :  wedding decor diy Img 47402  X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs :  wedding decor diy Img 47403  Have you put your X-Acto knife to good use with your wedding crafting?

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15 Responses to “X-Acto Knife Happy: Our Chair Signs”

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What a great DIY project! They look super cute!

 
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Ms Potato Chips (message)  1,193 posts, Bumble bee

These look great!

 
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Bamboo (message)  1,050 posts, Bumble bee

cute

 
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tea
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tea (message)  7,295 posts, Bee Keeper

that looks cute! i might copy. hopefully i can find a friend with a cricut. i don’t want to mess with an x-acto knife!

 
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crebre80 (message)  10,729 posts, Bee Keeper

Love it!!!

 
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krissycake
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krissycake (message)  4,160 posts, Honey bee

oh boy, painstaking!! turned out great, though!!

 
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littlemissmoo (message)  3,006 posts, Sugar bee

Ooh, I love them. Very pretty.

 
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KMSull (message)  6,442 posts, Bee Keeper

… YOu have insane x-acto skills. My attempts at using one end up looking like someone hacked at them with a chainsaw.

 
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pmerr (message)  2,518 posts, Sugar bee

Those are so pretty!!!

 
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Miss Rainbow (message)  1,535 posts, Bumble bee

Fancy, fancy! I’m loving all of your signage! I need to get going on ours!

 
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Miss Scissors (message)  7,343 posts, Bee Keeper

You are crazy patient, my dear. :) Those look fantastic.

I haven’t X-Acto-ed yet, but I know I will. I actually tend to work with a box cutter. I’m strange.

 
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Mrs. Mouse (message)  5,844 posts, Bee Keeper

Wow, so cute! I’m sure you can find something creative to do with the cutout letters.

 
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Miss Chicken Wing (message)  1,225 posts, Bumble bee

These look great! Very fun!

 
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Miss Guinea Pig (message)  1,377 posts, Bumble bee

I am so impressed with your X-Acto knife skills! Very cute signs, too. I love that the same design feel carries through all of them.

 
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A Woodside Wedding: What Everyone Else Was Doing During Our First Look | Weddingbee

[...] go up (buffet signs, DJ table sign, cupcake signs, fauxtobooth signs, signs on the guestbook table, signs reserving chairs, restroom door signs-not to mention the bathroom baskets had to be set [...]

 

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Mrs. Cola, Mountain View, CA Age and Occupation: 27, Product Communications and Promotions Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Managing Partner and Senior Designer Engagement Date: March 5, 2009 Wedding Date: June 2010 Venue: The Mountain Terrace, Woodside, CA About Me: I’m a Washington State native, enjoying life in Silicon Valley California with my fiancé, our three kitties and one leopard gecko. I like reading wedding blogs, Photoshopping wedding design mock ups, making lists, and planning, planning, planning! I’m a bit of an anomaly, on one side I’m a very girlie girl, I collect shoes, I lay out my outfits 4-6 weeks in advance, and I’d never leave the house without my hair curled and makeup on. But on the other side, I’m a total tomboy, I love to go camping and hiking, play drinking games (hey, I’m Irish!) and most of my closest friends are guys. My fiancé and I are planning a DIY-focused wedding with a balance between easygoing (what he wants) and chic and stylish (what I want), and are tying it all together with elements in lavender, sage, butter cream and chocolate.

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