Clearly, I have been busy with my own wedding projects. That does not mean however that I am not interested in other people's weddings. To date, Mr. Fiance and I have been invited to 4 weddings & receptions and 1 reception (for a destination wedding). Rather than let the invitations and save-the-dates sit on our table or be on the fridge, I took advantage of a long white wall that has nothing on it in our house.
I'll be posting pictures of the wall as it stands now, as it is in progress and a final product of course. For the first time though, I took advantage of some else's printable to and will be putting it to use. Who's printable you ask? Check out Ruffled's post about printable bunting.
Let's just say I am excited to show you the wall transformation later this week. AND that I can use this piece for each year there are wedding bells ringing for our family and friends.
Happy Thursday Trails!
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Valentine's Day Wreath Update
Well... it only took a day for me to realize that my wreath was a little lopsided. Every time Mr. Fiance opened or closed the front door it would swing around and the decorative piece would be hanging upside down.
So I took about 5 minutes in Michael's today and found the cheapest 3D heart effect I could find. It cost about $4.99 and I figure I can find use for all 12 of these heart things.
A little hot glue, some waiting time and walah! Problem solved!
I made sure to let the first layer of hearts set before adding the second layer. I originally was only going to go with the first layer but when I picked it up, I could tell from the weight that it needed a little more. Thus, the second layer.
Side note: when I was at the store and thinking about St. Patrick's Day and the wreath I had for that, I realized it was a little "flat" feeling so I picked up some little pieces to help spruce it up like this. I can't wait to share them with you all!
Any lovely inspiration going on out there in your world?
So I took about 5 minutes in Michael's today and found the cheapest 3D heart effect I could find. It cost about $4.99 and I figure I can find use for all 12 of these heart things.
A little hot glue, some waiting time and walah! Problem solved!
I made sure to let the first layer of hearts set before adding the second layer. I originally was only going to go with the first layer but when I picked it up, I could tell from the weight that it needed a little more. Thus, the second layer.
Side note: when I was at the store and thinking about St. Patrick's Day and the wreath I had for that, I realized it was a little "flat" feeling so I picked up some little pieces to help spruce it up like this. I can't wait to share them with you all!
Any lovely inspiration going on out there in your world?
Monday, January 28, 2013
Valentine's Day Wreath
Remember back a few months ago when I made that Christmas bow wreath? Here's the link to that post Tree Skirt and Door Wreath to refresh your memory. Well, I had three left over foam tubes. Rather than just let them sit, I put two of them to good use today. This posting is about the first one.
With the upcoming Valentine's Day, Mr. Fiance is preparing for his last one as a bachelor. I am preparing for my only one as a bride to be. I decided a few weeks ago to make a new wreath for the door - the bow wreath was getting old - and use some ribbon I had hanging around. Essentially the only cost to me this time around was the hanging piece I added, which was about $3.99 at my local craft store.
Here's a picture of the supplies you will need:
First order of business: taping the tube ends together. Since I had had practice with the last one, I knew how and where to wrap the tape a bit better. Instead of placing bows or tacky little hearts everywhere, I went with a ribbon option. I first wrapped the wreath with white ribbon so that the gray color of the tubing would not show through.
Then I went back around with the second ribbon - the white and red stripes and repeated the same process. I used simple and adequet amounts of hot glue to adhere the ribbon to the tubing. Lesson number two that I learned from last time, I only put the glue on the section where the duct tape was. This way, the foam didn't melt away and the items failing to stick. It worked like a charm.
stripped ribbon picture
The last thing I added was the "tacky" hanging piece that allows it to stand out from the rest of the wreath. I used some of the extra white ribbon I had and looped it through the metal heart piece. Using my super glue trick, I just adhered it to the same spot on the tubing.
When St. Patrick's Day comes around, I will show you the results of the second wreath I made today. Any cool ideas you have for the upcoming love fest?
With the upcoming Valentine's Day, Mr. Fiance is preparing for his last one as a bachelor. I am preparing for my only one as a bride to be. I decided a few weeks ago to make a new wreath for the door - the bow wreath was getting old - and use some ribbon I had hanging around. Essentially the only cost to me this time around was the hanging piece I added, which was about $3.99 at my local craft store.
Here's a picture of the supplies you will need:
First order of business: taping the tube ends together. Since I had had practice with the last one, I knew how and where to wrap the tape a bit better. Instead of placing bows or tacky little hearts everywhere, I went with a ribbon option. I first wrapped the wreath with white ribbon so that the gray color of the tubing would not show through.Then I went back around with the second ribbon - the white and red stripes and repeated the same process. I used simple and adequet amounts of hot glue to adhere the ribbon to the tubing. Lesson number two that I learned from last time, I only put the glue on the section where the duct tape was. This way, the foam didn't melt away and the items failing to stick. It worked like a charm.
stripped ribbon picture
The last thing I added was the "tacky" hanging piece that allows it to stand out from the rest of the wreath. I used some of the extra white ribbon I had and looped it through the metal heart piece. Using my super glue trick, I just adhered it to the same spot on the tubing.
Doesn't our front door look fabulous?
When St. Patrick's Day comes around, I will show you the results of the second wreath I made today. Any cool ideas you have for the upcoming love fest?
Monday, January 21, 2013
Paper Planning
Hello readers,
I did not mean to drop off the face of the planet after the holidays, I promise! It has simply been a busy few weeks for Mr. Fiance and I as we got back into the swing of work, especially for me. (For the first time since September, I had a full five day work week last week!)
So Mr. Fiance and I have been working (and by that, you know its really me working right?) on some wedding to do's. Our bakery and DJ were recently booked. I am excited to have a local bakery with fresh ingredients doing our three cakes. It should be interesting to see how they turn out since we are modeling the cake on this design
We are not doing the big flower! Instead, our wonderful florist PoshStudios is including some spare "map flowers" for us to add to the cake. We plan on delivering the flowers and the map borders to the bakery about a week before the wedding. Our cake topper is still TBD because we cannot find one that suits both of us.
It is being slowed down by the fact that Mr. Fiance is a stickler on this one because he wants a Mario & Princess Peach cake topper. We have found several that we like but are either too cheesy or too expensive. There are some polymer ones on Etsy that we like but I almost want to have the wooden person style like in our picture so that it looks more aesthetically pleasing with the rest of our wedding atmosphere.
On the DJ front, I actually got a decent deal from one at the local wedding show. Of course, it still going to cost about $300 more than our budget costs but we know the DJ can make or break the reception. Hopefully these guys are worth the money and they can deliver the "show" they promised. They did give us a nice discount because they know our venue super well.
Mostly at the point, we are just finishing some paper projects. For instance, I started on our wedding program. Yes, this is highly optional but we want to communicate some things to our guests and the best way to do so will be through our program. Once I remove certain names, I'll post an image of it here for your all to see. FYI: I do plan on printing it on the same paper from the invitations and going to the same printer. This time, we are going for full color though.
The other paper project we are working on is our "Thank You" sign for photos. We are excited to put them on basic popsicle sticks like this
Last paper project we are working on: Rehearsal dinner invites. We know it seems silly but there are people we know who will need to be invited to the dinner. So I borrowed a poem from Pinterest and simply changed some information and the background image to correspond with what was in the invitations. Again, when I have made changes to the documents to reflect our privacy, I will be posting them.
With that, it is late. I need to be up at 5 am so I can report to work on time. It may surprise (or not) some of you to find out that I am a part time tutor and substitute teacher. Hence, why my schedule can appear sporadic and lots of things get done in a short amount of time. When I have a day off, like today, I go to town on projects and try to be as efficient as possible.
How do you make sure you are productive and efficient?
I did not mean to drop off the face of the planet after the holidays, I promise! It has simply been a busy few weeks for Mr. Fiance and I as we got back into the swing of work, especially for me. (For the first time since September, I had a full five day work week last week!)
So Mr. Fiance and I have been working (and by that, you know its really me working right?) on some wedding to do's. Our bakery and DJ were recently booked. I am excited to have a local bakery with fresh ingredients doing our three cakes. It should be interesting to see how they turn out since we are modeling the cake on this design
We are not doing the big flower! Instead, our wonderful florist PoshStudios is including some spare "map flowers" for us to add to the cake. We plan on delivering the flowers and the map borders to the bakery about a week before the wedding. Our cake topper is still TBD because we cannot find one that suits both of us.
It is being slowed down by the fact that Mr. Fiance is a stickler on this one because he wants a Mario & Princess Peach cake topper. We have found several that we like but are either too cheesy or too expensive. There are some polymer ones on Etsy that we like but I almost want to have the wooden person style like in our picture so that it looks more aesthetically pleasing with the rest of our wedding atmosphere.
On the DJ front, I actually got a decent deal from one at the local wedding show. Of course, it still going to cost about $300 more than our budget costs but we know the DJ can make or break the reception. Hopefully these guys are worth the money and they can deliver the "show" they promised. They did give us a nice discount because they know our venue super well.
Mostly at the point, we are just finishing some paper projects. For instance, I started on our wedding program. Yes, this is highly optional but we want to communicate some things to our guests and the best way to do so will be through our program. Once I remove certain names, I'll post an image of it here for your all to see. FYI: I do plan on printing it on the same paper from the invitations and going to the same printer. This time, we are going for full color though.
The other paper project we are working on is our "Thank You" sign for photos. We are excited to put them on basic popsicle sticks like this
Last paper project we are working on: Rehearsal dinner invites. We know it seems silly but there are people we know who will need to be invited to the dinner. So I borrowed a poem from Pinterest and simply changed some information and the background image to correspond with what was in the invitations. Again, when I have made changes to the documents to reflect our privacy, I will be posting them.
With that, it is late. I need to be up at 5 am so I can report to work on time. It may surprise (or not) some of you to find out that I am a part time tutor and substitute teacher. Hence, why my schedule can appear sporadic and lots of things get done in a short amount of time. When I have a day off, like today, I go to town on projects and try to be as efficient as possible.
How do you make sure you are productive and efficient?
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