On top of our wedding this year, Mr. Fiance and I have been asked to attend at least four other wedding so far. With all the papers that come with that (you know - the save the date, the bridal shower invite, the bachelor(ette) party invite and the wedding itself) there is a lot to deal with.
Rather than just simply put it on our fridge or stack it on our dining room table, I decided to display it. The inspiration for this came from actually something similar we did at Christmas time. We had put a ribbon along our entrance way walkway and then clipped using clothes pins the various Christmas cards that made their way to our house.
Using the same idea, I simply replaced the Christmas stuff with wedding style things (i.e. white ribbon) and then pinned our wedding festivities to the ribbon. However, against a white wall it looked rather dull and not very eye catching. To spice it up, I found those love printables on line from Ruffled and went to town. I printed out the following letters in color on some thicker paper I had laying around:
W-E-D-D-I-N-G B-E-L-L-S
When I had a spare moment I just took a paper cut and cut the letters down to the triangular shape with very little edging. What got me thinking was the best way to attach the paper to the ribbon I had wanted to use. I thought of my trusty hot glue gun but I didn't want to see the glue on either side of the ribbon or the paper. So my next bet - Tacky Glue.
I simply took Tacky Glue to the top of the bunting letters and then laid the tan/gold ribbon I had over it with spacing between letters that would allow people to read what was on the wall.
Its still drying currently so when its complete and hung, I will take a picture of it. I am excited to spice up the white walls in our house with a bit more color. This bunting project will come in handy for the next several years as more of our friends get married. I suppose I could have saved myself the trouble of making another one of these for other occasions (babies, moving, etc. etc.) by simply having the lettering spell "happy notes" but that thought is two weeks too late.
What have you crafted lately?
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