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The gifts for my birdies needed some sprucin’ up. I’ll have to share what the actual gifts are in a later post when the girls are in Hawaii. They don’t have the self control to resist peeking on here… nor would I! 
After hopping from one blog to the next, I came across Reese Dixon’s tutorial on DIY organza flowers. Perfecto! This floral embellishment was just what I was looking for to ‘pretty-up’ the gifts. I took a stab at it yesterday, and this project is a cinch!
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I had already decided that I would be making almost all of our paper products (with the exception of the invitations, I’m just not that brave) and my first task was thank you cards for my showers! So, this past weekend, I decided to get to work. Back in February I had run across Make and Takes‘ tutorial for these super cute hand sewn cards. I whipped a few up and realized they were not only cute but really really easy! How hard could it be? I’ve made five Valentines, what would 25 thank yous be? Piece of cake! And, she already had a template for a very cute wedding ring design!
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So I got to work, and a few bleeding fingers later my design was sewn and ready to go.
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I was so excited to finally have our maps, which meant I could then put the “innards” of the invitations together. Since we had this extra piece to include, it gave me a perfect excuse to create belly bands with some extra ribbon I had. What do you think of the final product?
After downloading Dafont’s LP Flowers 2, I found a shape that would match our damask theme. I laid these out in Microsoft Publisher and then printed them out on white cardstock. Using my handy 2-inch scallop cutter (that I think I use for every project now!), I cut out the disks.
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Recently, I attempted my first ever wedding DIY project! I wouldn’t say the results were outstanding, but I definitely learned a few lessons. Keep reading to find out how to make eco-friendly soy candles for your reception and ceremony decor. Soy candles are one of the easiest kinds to make, which is lucky for me since I’m new to DIY.
The finished product
Step One: Gather all of your supplies.
We did postcard Save the Dates, and I thought it would be fun to write a note to each recipient like a real postcard. Oh, yes, I did just say I thought it would be fun to write a note on a ton of postcards. Right… in any case, I found myself in starts and fits and I finally made a schedule to get them finished.
Bee reader MissCamera posted in our month twin board (Go August!) that she had the resolution of getting out her Save the Dates by January 15th, which sounded great to me! Unfortunately, mine made it across the Atlantic in February. Why didn’t I just mail them from England? The Royal Mail must hate me, because they’ve done things like sent Mr. D’s suit from England to Colombia (South America) instead of Columbia, MD, USA. I also did a price comparison and found it would be cheaper to send a tiny package to the US and send each STD domestically than to send each postcard from England to the US.
I’m not going to lie to you guys; if I had gotten my act together before we left the States it would have been much, much easier. I thought this would be a fun project and when I sat down and thought about how excited I would be to have these people with us on our wedding day, I was happy to write each of them a note. That said, it took me a very long time for me to get off my bum and finish them.
I also miscounted and sent my mother too many extras so I didn’t have enough to finish sending a few of them out! What’s worse is that my mother misplaced the extras (she had agreed to send) so several guests didn’t end up receiving a Save the Date which I didn’t find out ’til I arrived in the US in June… a bit late to send one at that point.
So without any further ado, I’d like to introduce you to our Save the Dates:
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Remember my new inspiration for the table numbers? Well, I played with it a little and came up with this…
It doesn’t look great because I haven’t finalized the text of each panel and I printed it on regular copy paper. I have some thicker paper leftover from the luggage tag favors that I’ll use.
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Once we I had addressed all the international envelopes, Mr. D and I began to assemble the invitation suite. I really shouldn’t call it a suite, because I have seen some of the most amazing invites (many here on Weddingbee!) and ours don’t come close. Our invitations are simply an invitation, an RSVP card, and lastly, a reception card.
The day we were to fly from the USA to England we packed these invitations to be sent from within the UK and we realized that we forgot to include wording about the reception on the invitations. Granted, it should be pretty obvious that people should stay put for drinks, dinner and dancing - but we just wanted to be clear for anyone that could be confused. So, Mr. D hopped on his laptop and designed a mini reception card, which we zinged off to Kinko’s to be picked up after visiting my grandmother and before hopping on the plane. Hello, last minute! Mr. D designed every inch of the suite with minimal input from me. We embossed the invitations, the birds on the RSVP cards, and due to the last minute nature of the reception cards, those were just printed.
To reduce paper and (domestic) postage, we opted for postcard RSVPs. Here is the full “suite”:
Today’s guest DIY post comes from Kathy. Kathy shows us how she and her husband made this video to show at their May New York wedding. It’s called Kathy and Rob’s License to Wed… check it out!
Kathy and Rob’s License to Wed from Bobcat Productions on Vimeo.
Kathy says:
I am still debating whether or not to make the boutonnieres for the groomsmen or just get fresh ones from the florist. It’s not really about the cost; our quote is for $10 each, which is pretty reasonable. I’m just worried that I’ll make them and then regret it when I see the pictures. I don’t intend on making one for the groom—his will have dahlias to match my bouquet and will be made by the florist. Of course I can give her matching ribbon to tie them all together, but I’m worried they won’t look right with a mixture of fresh and fake flowers.
To refresh your memory, here’s trial #1:
Here is a look at trial #2:
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Today in Jade and Ron’s Real Wedding Series, Jade gives us a step by step tutorial for creating monogrammed table numbers!
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It’s fun to be creative with your table numbers! Since I was on a budget, I didn’t want to spend too much on my table numbers, so I printed mine at home and decided to make a fun project out of it.
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