We are doing every project we can ourselves to save some money. As we finish them Ill put up pics!
Projects we are taking on:
- Centerpieces
- Save the dates
- Registry cards
- Invitations
- Table Name Cards
- Programs
- Treasure Chest Cardbox
- Out of town bags
- Escort Cards
- Ring bearer pillows
- Bathroom baskets
- Menu Cards
- Water bottle labels
Im sure I will find more to add to the list as I go!
Save the Dates
We designed our own save the dates and my brother who is an amazing artist fixed them up a bit resulting in this STD that will be printed with Vista Print.
Centerpieces
Now this bute, I cant take credit for. When we got engaged I told my Mom how much I loved Calla Lillies... the day of our first consultation at the aquarium we stoped by Michaels and they had these fabulous "rubber" callas on sale- sounds tacky but they are amazing! So, in true Mom fashion, she cleared out the store. She then played around with a lot of ideas and finally came up with this.
Ingredients:
-7 "rubber" callas- Michaels
-5+ stems of artifical "orangey" Eucalyptys- Michaels
-1 stem of artifical dancing orchids (i think)- Michaels
-1 19" Pilsner vase- JoAnne Fabrics
-2 bags of glass stoney things- Dollar General
-3 to 4 sticks of Curly willow (not shown in pic)- Online site
-3 stems of fresh green Eucalyptys (not shown in pic)- Mom's backyard
Note: Please excuse the blurry camera phone picture
Table Names
Instead of table numbers we are going to have table names. This is a sample of one, once printed, they will have a thin light orange border surrounded by a pool blue border.
Invitations
I started working on the invites and their inserts. This is a scanned copy of the outside of our pocket invites. The actual pocket invites are from cardsandpockets.com. Everything else was custom done by yours truely. The ribbon is a little crooked still because I dont have any glue yet!
Below is a scanned copy (looking a bit rough) of the inside which I actually completely redid but havent posted pics yet.
This is the map I designed to go on the back of the directions card
Water Bottle Labels
After much frustration with these bad boys I finally came up with a design that I like (yay!) ...we will be printing them in both colors most likely (excuse the blurry pic).
Registry Cards
I designed and printed these through the wonderful vistaprint.com. I was looking at their premium business cards to gets some ideas and they actually had this cute card with the flower. I just typed in the info, moved around & edited the font and wa-lah!
Candles
We have access to the outside patio so I wanted to do something small on the tables. I actually found these cute blue pails at target, the were a dollar each and with the help of my wonderful MOH April and Bridesmaid Sara we painted them and will be pouring wax to make our own candles.
