we LOVE to save money and we LOVE the satisfaction of doing things ourselves almost just as much. both came in handy BIG time for the wedding. we made (and remade) the majority of the details for our big day.
we used these invitations from Michaels (bought with a coupon of course-ended up being about $25 for a box of 30)
we made the programs for the ceremony.
the top page is a piece of vellum that we printed on, put it on top of a picture of us, and the back two pages were all the details of the ceremony, tied together a bow! the bows took forever! thank goodness for little sisters! :)
the aisle runner of course
somehow i didn't get a close up of the centerpieces (or i can't find it at least) but we bought strands of orchids from our florist ($3 a strand) and floated them in water insie of a glass cylinder vase ($3.99) that we etched an "L" onto and topped with a floating candle ($1.99). nice and simple.
total cost: $9 (MUCH better than the $80 each the florist was charging for a bubble bowl of tulips!)
total time: about 15 minutes each plus drying time for the etching creme
also in this picture are the favors we made. my grandma made homemade molded chocolate and we filled those little favor boxes from Michaels with it and tied it with a bow.
under the favors were the menu cards that we made. we had dinner served family style so this way everyone knew exactly what was coming and what they were eating.
under the favors were the menu cards that we made. we had dinner served family style so this way everyone knew exactly what was coming and what they were eating.
this was the project we had to completely re-do because we had a last minute menu change! not fun!
we printed the place cards ourselves and lined them up and used the extra strands of orchids to make it look pretty!
this was our table. its hard to see, but we also made the table name cards. each table was a different golf course in the area (again we like to be different and couldn't just use numbers).
last, but not least, we made the pearl necklaces and bracelets for the bridesmaids and flower girl to wear.
i had more pictures of everything we made and what we used to make everything, but i lost my camera case that had my memory card in it....very sad day.....
all of these projects helped keep us busy in the weeks (months) leading up the big day. apparently i didn't have enough projects though; i finished everything so early that i decided to make homemade, icing filled cupcakes for the rehearsal dinner. we literally finished them less than an hour before we had to leave! oops!
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