It’s All in the Framing

It’s All in the Framing

November 3rd, 2010 @ 5:45 pm by Mrs. Sand Dollar
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While stumbling around on some wedding blogs, I came across the cutest image. It was a framed wedding invitation, but there was something new added to it. The invite was matted, and written on the mat were words used from the ceremony. I was so inspired, I had to do it myself the week I got back from our honeymoon!

I headed straight over to Hobby Lobby to take advantage of their half price frames, and found a couple of mats (I needed to do one for myself and one as a gift to Bridesmaid Stacie, whose invites I designed and then spent a harrowing weekend making and assembling pocket folds with her) and bought a handful of colored pens. Here’s my result:

Instead of words used from the ceremony, I chose the songs we walked down the aisle to (The Day Before You, for Stacie, and Bring It on Home, for me). She loved her gift, and I love displaying mine in my home. I built myself some gallery shelves for 10 bucks each (I built the desk too, for about 20 bucks) to display a few wedding photos and our invite. I also tossed a couple of the bridesmaids’ bouquets inside some of my centerpiece cans.

Love it! Now to just build myself a new chair.

Do you plan to display your wedding invitation? How did you do it?

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26 Responses to “It’s All in the Framing”

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

OMG I am sold on doing this!! That is awesome!

11/3/10 @ 6:03 pm (reply)

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gill84 (message) 725 posts, Busy bee

that is a great project and a great desk space! you are very crafty AND handy. jealous.

11/3/10 @ 6:03 pm (reply)

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teaadntoast (message) 2,595 posts, Sugar bee

Well, now I know what I’m doing this weekend.

11/3/10 @ 6:08 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Trail Mix (message) 6,329 posts, Bee Keeper

That is beautiful, I love the frame AND the workspace! You have awesome taste

11/3/10 @ 6:09 pm (reply)

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pixie5697 (message) 39 posts, Newbee

That is such a great idea, I wanted to do something special for our invites but I could not put my finger on just the right idea. Thank you for this post, I now know what I am going to do, but with my own twist on it

11/3/10 @ 6:12 pm (reply)

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FutureMrsMeinhardt (message) 282 posts, Helper bee

Where did you see the original post? I would love to do one for my wedding invites with the ceremony written around it. I wanted to see a closer picture though

11/3/10 @ 6:23 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Sand Dollar (message) 1,305 posts, Bumble bee

@FutureMrsMeinhardt: The original post is here, http://www.weddobsessed.com/2010/09/my-very-last-wedding-gift.html . It took me a while to find it, I didn’t have it when I wrote the post. But congrats to you, crafty bride’s friend! That was a great gift

@pixie5697: I’d love to know what your twist is!

11/3/10 @ 6:26 pm (reply)

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jgoulart (message) 1,069 posts, Bumble bee

Such a cute idea! I love it.

11/3/10 @ 6:40 pm (reply)

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Kate

This is awesome! And can I just say, I hope you keep blogging - and about your DIY woodwork projects - I’m so inspired!!!

11/3/10 @ 6:52 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

This is adorable, and so much more fun than just framing the invite by itself.

11/3/10 @ 7:11 pm (reply)

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PnkBlossom (message) 71 posts, Worker bee

I LOVE this idea. Geez, you are quite the handy gal!

11/3/10 @ 7:22 pm (reply)

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MrsSl82be (message) 8,095 posts, Bee Keeper

What an awesome idea, would love to know how you made those shelves (and the desk, for that matter). I am in need of some easy and cheap shelves that still look good

11/3/10 @ 7:24 pm (reply)

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naturalbeauty7997 (message) 29 posts, Newbee

I love your invitation wording! I also wanted to know, what are you saying around the mat?

11/3/10 @ 7:37 pm (reply)

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LittlestBirds (message) 2,626 posts, Sugar bee

Thanks for this post. Framing our invitation and displaying words from our ceremony were two ideas I’d been toying with; I hadn’t thought of combining them. Lovely!

11/3/10 @ 7:56 pm (reply)

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PitBulLover (message) 8,322 posts, Bee Keeper

LOVE it! I have been meaning to do this for a few months now! But now I think I will steal this idea from you

11/3/10 @ 8:06 pm (reply)

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Connecticut Wedding DJs

Love the framing on these. My wife scrapbooks and she does stuff like this all the time. Beautiful.

11/3/10 @ 8:16 pm (reply)

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Miss Giraffe (message) 4,219 posts, Honey bee

Great idea, SD!

11/3/10 @ 8:49 pm (reply)

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Whimsical.Sprite (message) 828 posts, Busy bee

Great Idea… I’ll definitely be doing something like this after our wedding.

11/3/10 @ 9:15 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Sand Dollar (message) 1,305 posts, Bumble bee

@naturalbeauty7997: It’s the lyrics of the song we walked down the aisle to, Bring it on Home by Little Big Town.

@MrsSl82be: I used the plan from Ana-White.com for gallery shelves. She’s an amazing woman and a great carpenter. I’ve totally DIY’d a million things from her site! And the best part is how easy they are. Pick up 3 8′ 1×4’s and 2 8′ 1×2’s, at Lowe’s or Home Depot, have them cut them all in half for you, and just nail them together and paint. Easy peasy!

@Kate: My blog is chock full of my DIY and Carpentry projects, I plan to list it in my goodbye post with the rest of the brides. I’ve got a lot of good stuff!

11/3/10 @ 10:24 pm (reply)

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