Sarah Hearts

last night i made signs for our photo booth area (more on that later… we’re using an imac and the photo booth ap for our guests to take pictures), for our cupcakes (because there will be 4 different flavors), and for our guest book (because it’s a little no traditional.. guests will write on an oval scalloped card and then place it in an envelope in the book). here they are: i got the frames at ikea, used scrap fabric from the table runners, and used my martha stewart scallop hole punch to punch the edges, a few glue dots and they were done in a matter of minutes!

    

invitations:

our invitations were completely diy. again we ordered the folders, cardstock, envelopes and labels from paper source (i absolutely love that store, i wish there was one in florida). i created them in adobe illustrator and then we hand screen printed them at kevin’s office. they were definitely a labor of love. the probably took around 15 hours to print… but we love the results! we both love the screen printing process and i was adamant about not printing these on a inkjet printer. we did use an inkjet printer to print the labels that sealed the envelopes and for the address labels as well.

detail of the invitation.

reception card.

response card.

pocket folder. 

program fans:

the next diy project we’ve done is make program fans.  since the ceremony will be outside in floirda we thought our guests would appreciate a fan. to cut costs we made fans that were also our programs. i designed our programs in adobe ilustrator. if any one is interested in what fonts i am using for the wedding… futura medium in all caps and buffet script (from veer) for our monogram and names. i bought this cardstock from paper-source and printed it on my little hp printer at home. we purchases the fan handles on-line at a great price. we used pva glue to glue both sides and the stick together. and then we finished with a 1/4″ gray bow around the handle.

centerpieces:

 the wedding is just 16 days and i am running on full speed! we’ve tried to do as much diy as we possibly could for two resons: to save money and to have a unique wedding. i’ll feature some of the diy projects that we’ve done thus far: we are not having a sit down dinner. only hour’dourves, beverages, and dessert. so were only having a few large round tables (for elderly guests) and lots of tall cocktail tables without chairs. i purchased beautiful michael miller fabric (which ironically is from the farmer’s market series and the reception is at the farmer’s market) and made table runners for the round tables and scalloped circles for the cocktail tables.

vases for the centerpieces inspired by martha stewart.  my mom found glass vases at the dollar store that fit perfectly in a white paper lunch sack. I cut paper bags down to 8″ tall and then used a martha stewart whole punch to scallop the edges (purchased at michael’s). then i tied a 1/2″ satin ribbon around to cinch the bag a little bit and used a hot glue gun to keep to bow in place. we are going to put bunches of marguerite daisies in them (fyi: purchasing cut flowers directly from the florist saves lots of money, you don’t have to pay for them to arrange them).

the fiance´ and i were trying to think of what to put on top of our tiny 6″ cake. we really didn’t want the typical bride and groom thing so i searched for metal die cut letters in futura and couldn’t find an affordable solution. so i went to etsy and searched through my favorites and remembered goose grease’s shop. below are the cute results:   

kevin and i are having cupcakes at our reception. the bakery offered a metal cupcake stand but i didn’t think it would go with the aesthetic so we decided to do diy it. i followed this tutorialfor inspiration and purchases foam “dummy” cakes and masonite board from d & g occasions here in orlando. we purchased orange paper lace from etsy seller brookerpie to wrap the dummy cakes. my crafty mom and handy dad constructed the cupcake tree below:

my dad painted he masonite boards white and drilled a hole through the top masonite and placed a metal rob through everything so it’s super sturdy. i absolutely love it and can’t wait to see it with all he cupcakes on it! we’re putting a 6″ cake on the top tier for us to cut. we’re having the following cupcake flavors… yellow with chocolate icing (kevin’s favorite), white with buttercream icing (my favorite), red velvet with cream cheese frosting (we have to have something a little southern) and guava cake with cream cheese frosting (i cannot wait to have these)!

i ordered my veil, hair piece/flower, wrist corsages, broaches, and boutonnières from twigs and honey. i cannot reccommend her enough! i have long admired myra’s creations and as soon as i became engaged, i knew i would commission her to make pieces for the wedding. below are photos of the pieces:

boutonnières  

flower hair piece and blusher veil (which i am now thinking about not wearing)

wrist corsages for moms and grandmothers

broaches for the bridesmaids to pin to the sash on their dress 

i absolutely love all the options available for afforadable custom wedding invitations. i am a big diy-er (we hand silk screened our invites, response cards, and reception cards) but i think these are wonderful.

you can find this one here at minted. 

and this one was well. 

i love the simplicity of this one. 

the shapes on this one remind me of our invites. 

a few weeks ago kevin and i met up with brian and briana from divine light wedding photography  to shoot our engagement photos. today they put a few favorites on their blog. while you are there stop by and check out the rest of their portfolio, it’s lovely.

kevin’s mom found this idea on martha stewart weddings the other day. i love the idea of allowing guests to choose their favors. any suggestions on where to find , large glass containers?