Framed Signs

I bought a bunch of picture frames at Goodwill and spray painted them gold.  Then I ordered pearl paper online and printed (or in the case of the table numbers, painted) on the paper and put paper and frames together.  I made table numbers, wedding facts to put out at cocktail hour and the reception, questions for guests to answer during the reception, cornhole instructions, and a "Tomorrow is going to be the best day ever!" sign for the rehearsal dinner.  I also sprayed some large empty frames gold to use as photograph props (not pictured below).

Table numbers for the reception

Questions for guests to answer during the reception- should be fun to read after the wedding

For the ceremony

Cornhole Directions

Wedding facts about groomsmen and bridesmaids

Why the ring goes on the fourth finger

The origins of something old, new, borrowed, and blue

For the rehearsal dinner

Wedding Signs

I wanted to make some wedding signs which would match my wedding theme/colors.  My mom bought some stencils (I don't live close to a good craft store :-/ ) but they were too small so I ended up choosing a font on Microsoft Word, making it bold and 400 size and printing out the words that I wanted.  I cut out each letter, tapped the paper onto the wood (that I had previously spray painted navy blue), and used a brush and acrylic paint to paint the letters.  After I had finished painting the letters I gave each board a clear coat of spray paint.

Signs for our chairs at the reception- I used upside down command hooks and tulle to hang them

To hold and take pictures with-
we will make Thank You post cards with
the pictures of us holding these signs

We are going to hang this from the chair lift as we ride down the mountain

A sign to post in the grass to point guests in the right direction

Wedding Cornhole (Trial and Error)

I saw this on Pintrest and/or Etsy.  My fiance and I are planning an outdoor patio cocktail hour and I while I have never played cornhole, this looked like so much fun for the cocktail hour (or a good break from dancing and music during the reception).  While the boards on Etsy are super cute, I didn't really want to pay that kind of money for a game I'm not sure i'll use after my wedding so I decided to try to do it myself.

Here's my inspiration picture:


I started with unfinished cornhole boards (no pictures of the unfinished boards) from the hardware store (i live in a college town so they were easy to come by and cost about $100).  You could make your own if you have the tools (there are directions online if you google it).  I used spray paint (because I had the navy blue left over from other projects) but in hindsight i think regular paint would have been a better choice.  I wanted one board in each of my main wedding colors so I painted one pink all over and one navy all over.  I thought that my fiance and I could use a light in a dark room to trace our silhouettes but we are not artists and that did NOT work...it was quite funny to see our outlines though.  Then I got the bright idea to take pictures of our profiles, put them in black and white on my computer and have them enlarged into 2 foot X 3 foot b&w prints at staples for about $7 total.  Then I just cut out the face.

Profile Photograph

Photo Print Out

Photo Cut Out (back side)

Cut Out of 2x3 picture print out (back side)

After I had the stencils ready, I sprayed the outsides of the cut outs with adhesive spray, let it dry for about a minute and put it on the cornhole boards (i did one at a time).  Then I sprayed the inside of the stencil.  The one of my fiance didn't work on the first try b/c the edges bled.  I tried to sand off the navy which didn't work so then I tried to paint over the navy with pink, that didn't work either.  I still had the inside of the cut out so I sprayed that with adhesive, let it dry a bit, and put it on the board lined up with what was already on the board.  Then I sprayed the pink around the edges until it covered up the navy.  It worked!  I think I didn't have enough adhesive on the paper the first time (though its difficult b/c i only wanted a temporary bond).  When the paint was dry, i pulled the paper off and saw the results :-).  I had to touch both boards up a little bit so I sprayed a paint brush and cleaned up the lines.  Once the boards were done, I used some tuile that I had from a previous project to make a bow for my hair and a bow tie for my fiance's neck.  I used super glue to attach the bows (its not the strongest hold and they may fall when hit by a bunch of bean bags but I couldn't think of a better way to attach the bows).  Finally, I got the corn bags on Etsy with our wedding date and monogram for about $30 (pictured in the final product picture at the bottom).

The messy first try at my fiance's board

The finished product

Dress Hangers

I have seen some really cute hangers on Pinterest and Etsy.  I wanted to order one for me with wire accross to say Mrs. [my fiance's last name].  Unfortunately, my fiance's last name is too long to fit on one line and I didn't like the ones with 2 lines as much.

I recently saw a picture of a bride's dress lined up with all of the female attendant's dresses.  Since most wedding attire pictures are just the bride's dress, I thought that the picture was super cute and that I want to have a similar picture from my wedding.  Well, if all of the dresses are going to be photographed on the hanger, they need match hangers...right?!

So, since wire names were out, I had to look to another way to dress up a hanger.  I got paint pens that work on wood, cherry finished hangers at walmart, and some gold tinted tulle.  I played around with design ideas on 2 of the hangers- all in all, I wasted a whole pack of 5 hangers getting everything just right (spacing, design, etc.).  I decided to keep mine and the groom's simple with "Bride" and "Groom", put the bridesmaid's monograms on theirs along with "Bridesmaid" underneath and make a "Mother of the Bride" and "Mother of the Groom" hanger.  The gold paint pen didn't stick to the finish of the wood as well as the white (i have no idea why) so I traced over the gold a few times to get a thick enough line.  After the paint was dry, I simply cut strips of tulle and tied bows around the hook part of the hanger.  You could glue the bows to the hook but I want to be able to turn the hooks to hang the dresses up and I didn't want the bows to turn too.

The beginning stages of the project:



And here's my finished product!  I hope that all of the ladies enjoy their hanger past the wedding to hang their dress on in their closet at home

Save the Dates

Inspiration:
Somewhere in my many wedding related google searches I found a couple examples of ski lift ticket save the dates like this one

  

So, in a effort to be financially conscious, I decided to make my own using sticker paper, magnet sheets, word processor, and the metal "wickets" from the ski resort where my fiancee and I will be getting married.  They definitely look homemade but I think they turned out pretty cool and they are absolutely unique!