Weddingbee Blog

This past Mother’s Day, my mom celebrated by helping me with wedding stuff. I know, I’m a bad daughter. She insisted that she loves “any time I get to spend with my daughters” (guilt trip alert!) - so that’s my story and I’m sticking to it, ha! Sorry, mom.

One of our first tasks was tackling the card box. We started with a gray and white box from Paper Presentation, and ever resourceful - purple satin ribbon salvaged from the Bed Bath and Beyond registry gifts. Seriously, they have really nice gift ribbon:

We then had to cut a slot in the lid. I was all ready to have at it with my dad’s box cutter. However, my mom, who is much more precise than her willy-nilly daughter, drew up a “quick sketch” of the slot height, width and location:

This would have taken me 2 hours. It took her 2 minutes.

And got to work:

I was a good daughter (um, self-appointed title) and documented the experience with photos.

The completed card slot.

Slap a bow on that box, and Voila! A card box. Simple, elegant and made by mom.

Have you employed your parents in any wedding projects? Did you also make them work on holidays?