A lot has happened in the last year and I totally stopped thinking about this blog once Walter proposed. I planned the whole wedding pretty much on my own and funded the majority of it also. That meant I had to cut some corners and also do a lot of DIY, which was so much fun! I ended up having to recruit some friends to help me out because I had so much to do!
Here are all of the DIY items from the wedding:
The Save the Dates I designed myself and printed on the computer. The chandelier was a stamp that I bought on ebay.
All of the flowers were bought at Costco and put together by friends. They did an amazing job! The lace on the candle holders (above and below) were all measured and cut from fabric and sewn on by hand. That project probably took the longest. There were about 50 candle holders all together. The fabric I bought at Joann's and the holders I bought at the dollar store. The white vases are from Michaels. Obviously the people setting up the decor weren't very meticulous because it really bothers me that the ribbons weren't centered! They must have gotten messed up in transportation. And even the vases aren't centered! At one point while they were setting up I felt like going around all the tables myself and fixing everything but really I didn't have the time.
Half of the tables had flowers and half had candelabras that were provided by the venue. I found the necklaces on the candelabra at Target. They were super long so I split each into two.
I wasn't sure if I was going to do programs or not, but last minute I decided to. I bought the paper at Joann's, with a coupon of course. The day before the wedding I designed, printed and put them all together.
The menu cards were by far the easiest!
I found these spoons at Ross and scoured 3 or 4 different stores to find enough for the wedding. I printed off the thank you tags on the computer, punched the holes with a hole puncher I stumbled upon in my desk and of course recruited friends for the bow tying.
My favorite project by far were the Escort cards. I printed the names on one side and the table number on the other. The front has an embossed key and the back has embossed writing (not sure what it says). I made the edges look old with some ink and a foam brush. I had a lot of help on these also. It would have taken me forever to do on my own!
Here are a couple of my favorite pics of the wedding, just for fun.
