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While brainstorming with my FIL about what we should do with the top of the door on our outdoor chapel, he came up with the idea of hanging a window right above the French doors. I loved the idea!! He suggested that maybe we could paint the window and keep it in my office as a keepsake of the day. He really got me with that one!

I asked one of MIL’s friends that is a great glass artist to paint it for me, and she was very very happy to help us. But sadly she got really sick so I came up with a backup plan—I made a template and painted our window with MARKERS!

Unfortunately it’s not everlasting because we tested the markers on a piece of glass, and after 2 days in  direct sunlight it faded to the point that you would never even know that the marker was there.

So, we decided we were going to hang it just a few hours before the wedding and cover it with a protective layer afterwards.

To make it, I printed a template and placed it behind the window (after it was done I realized I should have printed the template backwards and painted on the backside). You live, you learn!

I tried to mark the letters as detailed as possible but the template was not against the glass so from the sides it look like I was not being accurate at all, but from the front it looked good.

Slowly, I moved on to the rest

Mr. Poodle snapped a picture of me taking the template off (it was kind of foggy)!

And here it is!

Some details:

I love the way it ended up looking! Now, to keep it in my office, we’ll be sending it to my MIL’s friend and she’ll repaint the design on the back of the glass with real glass paint, so it will last longer.

Are you making something as a keepsake of your wedding day? What is it?