~*DIY Projects*~

I'm a DIY Bride and have a lot of projects planned out. As I finish them, I'll post pictures of how they came out. Then, hopefully they can be inspiration to other Knotties.

~Destination Place Cards (post cards from the different destinations) -DONE!
~Destination Table Name Signs - DONE!
~Bridal Suite and Groom's Suite Door Knob Signs -DONE!
~Petal Cones for the ceremony - DONE!
~Flip Flop Baskets - DONE!
~Bathroom Baskets - DONE!
~OOT Guest Baskets - DONE!
~Water Bottle labels for OOT Baskets - DONE!
~Card Box for Gift Table - DONE!
~Map of the ballroom for the reception - DONE!
~Candy Buffet Station
~Cake Table Letters "We Do" -DONE!
~Activity Books for the Kids Table  -DONE!
~Pocketfold Invitations -DONE!
~Bridesmaid Initial Wine Glasses-DONE!

~*Completed DIY Projects*~

Grooms suite sign to be hung on the door where FI and his guys get ready.

I bought the door signs at AC Moore and spray painted them gold and used wedding scrapbooking stickers for the decorations.

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Bridal Suite sign for me and the girls.

Cake Table Letters

I made these cake table letters with supplies from AC Moore. I bought the letters and painted them gold. Then it took several evenings after work to hand glue each pearl on the perimeter of the letters. So worth it! They're so pretty!

Both signs

Bridesmaid Gift: Initial Wine Glasses

I got inspiration for this project on the DIY board, but I apologize for not remembering the knottie's name. She ordered vinyl initials and dots from Etsy seller ACJInspirations, so I contacted the seller and she created a custom listing for me. I ordered the initials and dots in my wedding colors for each of my girls. There will be 7 glasses in all. Easy and fun project! I'll be giving the girls these glasses with their initial on the glass, a bottle of wine from a local winery,  necklaces to match their dresses, and a framed picture of all us at the bachelorette party.

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I ordered these cute gift bags from Exclusively Weddings for my BM's that have their names on it.

Table Name Signs

Instead of doing table numbers at the reception, we decided to do table names of places we've been together. Each table will have a sign of the destination and then also a picture of us visiting that destination. The escort cards are post cards  we picked up while we were there. 

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Map of the Ballroom to correspond with Table Names

Since we're doing table names and not numbers, I actually drew up a map with our venue coordinator and then made a huge version (DIY) of the map that will be sitting on an easel where the guests pick up their escort cards so they know which direction to head when entering the ballroom. It looks rather home made but it'll do it's job.

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Card Box

Card Box for the gift table. I just simply wrapped 3 boxes with gold wrapping paper and cut out a section of the top of the bottom box, a section of the bottom of the middle box, and made a hole for the envelopes in the front of the middle box. The opening isn't exactly even, but as FI pointed out the only one who will really notice is me, and maybe my mom. Haha.. 

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Petal Cones

I ordered a custom stamp from Etsy seller JLMould with our inital and names and wedding date on it. 

I ordered the linen paper from paperandmore.com 

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Close up of one of the petal cones.

Pocketfold Invitations

I ordered this return address stamp from Etsy seller JLMould. I loved how it would make it easier to just stamp the back of the envelopes when sending out the invitations. I also loved the butterflies which tie into our "He gives me butterflies theme". 

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I ordered all my supplies from Cards & Pockets. I used the signature pocketfold kit in Gold Leaf and Cotton Candy for the invitation mats.

Flip Flop Basket

I ordered several pairs of flip flops from Old Navy in our wedding colors and tied them together with pink ribbon and made size tags for each of them using card stock in our wedding colors and stickers for the numbers. 

Wedding Activity Book for the Kiddies Table

This was a simple project. I used the template off of the DIY Templates website I got from one of my CT Knotties, Malissa033. I simply changed the names and dates and voila I had a great activity books for the little ones at the wedding. Great idea! Click on the link below for the DIY Templates:

http://weddings.shanbritedesigns.com/templates.htm

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Personalized door knob tags for OOT guests

I didn't make these, but I ordered them from Etsy seller kmattso2 for a very reasonable price. They're so cute and such a great idea for guests who stay over after the wedding. 

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The OOT Welcome Boxes. I ordered the boxes from Box and Wrap and the ribbon and monogram stickers came from Oriental Trading.

OOT Welcome Boxes with all the goodies.. each box has 2 personalized water bottles, personalized door hanger, 2 granola bars, 2 packets of advil, milano cookies, and cheezit crackers.