DIY Goodies

I was in Michaels last week and came up with a brilliant, cheap lighting solution....

buy 30" grapevine wreaths, wrap them in Christmas lights, and hang from ceiling horizontally!

wreaths- 12.99 - 40% coupon
lights $2.99 a box of 100 mini lights



hung like this ->

Signs....

found the "wine" signs a while ago for $3 each at TJMaxx, found "beach" sign this weekend for $4.99 at TJMaxx..... perfect for repainting into "Wedding" signs!

Before...


After...

DIY Chandelier!

This whole lighting issue has had me in a funk.... what to do, what to do.... fork out too much money for amazing chandeliers , that I could hopefully resell.... or figure out something else.....

well while avoiding work today I saw this!!!!

I could make them in any size!



found here

Invitations

Alright, I am going to attempt to copy these (in my colors)



Here's the sample stuff I got in the mail! I LOVE the envelope! I've ordered 2 other metalic oranges to see if I like them better than the flat orange pictured here! I will be trimming down the orange and white so that it looks more like the one I am trying to copy, exposing more of the brown, like the green in the other one.

How Adorable is My Mom?!

For those of you who don't know me personally, I lost my Mom when I was 17. She was my best friend. I hate that she will not physically be there on our big day.

Right after we got engaged, we went to see my sister and her family to show off my bling.... we then proceeded to get out our parents wedding album and look through it. I'd seen it a hundred times, but now had a different perspective, being a bride-to-be.

I'm not sure if it was very common to have a get-a-way outfit in 1969, but in any case, my Mom wore the cutest little blue suit. We won't be doing a grand exit because we're staying at our location, along with some of our guests and wedding party, so I will not be wearing a get-a-way outfit.

BUT... since we have decided to do a "day after" wedding shoot, I think I might try and tackle the project of making a replica of my moms suit for some of the photos. Anyone have advice on sewing a fitted jacket??? It's going to be a pain!

Check out my cute parents on their big day!

Shoe Find!

I wandered over to Marshalls yesterday looking for vases.... but came home with these.... in white! They were only $7!!!!



I plan to do something like this to them..... Maybe an orange flower??! Found this on OnceWed.com

More DIY!

Not Wedding Related.... I'm a sewing fool!

I went back to the fabric store after work yesterday and bought some more goodies! I got some felt, muslin, a zipper, more buttons.....

I played with the zipper, trying to make a cosmetic case.... I wasn't ready to venture to zippers yet! Thank God for seam rippers! Anyways, this is what I ended up with! It's on Etsy too!

DIY

I bought myself a sewing machine over the summer, and finally found time to play with it yesterday. I am making these little bags for the wedding.... I can't say exactly what their for. I have one that came with a necklace I bought and wanted to recreate it. The blue one is the one that came with the necklace, the brown/paisley is the one I made! I think for my first sewing in about 10 years it came out ok! :-)

PS- I'm selling these on Etsy!


I still need to sew the button on to close it.

My First Wedding Related DIY

I had 2 secret santas this year, both from theknot.com

I got each of them things off their "wish list" and then wanted to make them something. They didn't turn out as good as I hoped, but I hope they like them!

I bought 2 sets of 2 ornament place card holders, they are round Christmas ball ornaments with a flat bottom- I wrote his name and her name on them

Then, I got a star ornament for each of them, putting their names on one side and their engagement and wedding date on the other. I was pretty proud of myself!