Weddingbee Blog

Hey guys, I’ve been working on some DIY stuff lately. None of it really needs enough explanation to warrant its own post, so here’s a conglomeration of recent wedding crafts:

First, string balls. Both Ms Ferris Wheel and Ms Honey have covered these pretty extensively, so I won’t bother. I used this tutorial and used some Sugar ’n Cream variegated yarns to make my colorful version:

On our dirty lawn furniture

And a bit more detail

I also made a scepter for our flower girl. Our church doesn’t allow thrown petals and honestly, I don’t think Cherry Bomb is old enough to really “get” throwing them anyway. I will actually be shocked if she makes it down the aisle on the big day. So, this was just a styrofoam ball and a wooden dowel from Michaels that I put together. I painted the dowel, attached some ribbon along the bottom and then hot-glued paper flowers to the ball. Ta-da!

A detailed look

The whole idea

The last thing I’ve been doing is spray painting bottles for our centerpieces. The inspiration is here, but it’s pretty self-explanatory. Clean the bottles, use Goo Gone or rubbing alcohol to get the sticky stuff off, rinse and dry, spray paint with frosted glass spray paint and then spray with any color you want. My sister helped me:

She’s frosted glass painting these

We spray painted in my parents’ well ventilated backyard

And made a bunch of different colored wine bottles

These were all pretty simple to accomplish and are pretty fun looking. Hopefully they will give our reception area an extra pop of color!

What projects have you been working on for your wedding?