Ring Bearer Pillow

My sister still had this from our other sisters wedding, where her son (who's now 16) carried it.

I plan to cover this in black and add black/white ribbon/maybe some red. (trying to keep the red to a minimum)

My nephew who is supposed to be our ring bearer isnt sure he wants to be anymore, he would rather sit and watch he said, so if thats the case come closer to the date, he doesn't have to be, I'll see if one of my neices (flower girls) will carry the pillow or not, no biggie!

I liked these from a google search I did.. We'll see what I can come up with!

Monogrammed Match Boxes

I came across this idea on the following site.
http://www.projectwedding.com/wedding-ideas/diy-wedding-challenge-personalized-matches

I have since created the template with polka dots and damask using the monogram I created. I just haven't gotten the boxes yet to glue them to.  I'll post a picture as soon as I get a few done!

Ceremony Decor

I am thinking I (or someone) will do tulle swags on the isle chairs and hang red pomanders from them to create the isle look.

 

Tulle like this, and instead of the ribbons, pomanders like this.

The Ceremony space has 2 columns at the front to create an alter look, I am going to talk to my florist about making pieces to sit here, possibly Poinsettias but Mike hates these, and the idea is for it not to be too Christmasy..

I am thinking about creating these, I usually take the extras from wherever we buy our Christmas tree and make these for my front door. I think I might make ornaments w/ an S and M (maybe not in that order, dirty minds!) and hang on the ceremony room doors.

Center Pieces

Plan is to get large vases, like this. (minus the stuff inside!)

Put red beads/or marbles in the bottom, with 3-4 white floating candles.

I bought black and white 18 inch damask table squares from another bride, and will use these under the vase.

We will have a seperate room for the cocktail hour, I plan on using smaller centerpieces such as this on those tables.

I'll get a real red flower to put inside, since it will only be one flower per vase!

Monogram

Here's the monogram I plan on using on our printed things!

Cake Topper

       

So I bought this for $7 from theknot.com and when it arrived, I wasn't fully in love with it, so I added some 'Bling'

Below are a few pictures of the process.

Here's the finished product! This is much better, more of what I was looking for! Although in the picture the jewels look pink, they're actually red and clear.

  

Coffee Filter Roses

Here's the start with a brown filter, later to be painted red w/ black tips

Here's a bouquet of white filters not yet painted.

After painting them with water colors

Below are the finished product, a friend is getting married this weekend so I made her bouquet!

Hope she loves it!

Here's a picture of the bride holding them! She loved them and I am glad to have been a part in her special day!

This is a brown filter, with white primer and then painted red and then added the black tips, very time consuming, not sure it's worth the effort like the bouquet, as I was hoping to make pomanders out of them but I think I can find them for cheaper.  

I bought a red pomander from Orientaltrading.com for around $7, I am going to play around with it and see if I can paint it or change the ribbon over to black to make it fit in better with my color scheme.

As of now, I am planning on making my toss bouquet out of these, so stay tuned! More to come!

Flowers

Since this is more or less a place I'm storing my ideas, here are a few photos I found of flowers I like.

Decided not to do floral centerpieces, see post called Centerpieces.. I still really like these flowers, so I'm holding on to this picture to get the idea of what flowers I like to my florist.

I will be using either white or red votives around them instead of the flowers on the sides.

My Bouquet

Again, these are some ideas, I'm looking around for some feathers too to be used in both the bouquets and centerpieces.

The woman I'm going to use to do my flowers is my sisters neighbor and family friend, so she is coming with me to view the venue this year at Christmas so she can help with ideas on what will work with the site itself.

Shoes

I am in love with these shoes, I want hints of reds so I plan on wearing red shoes. I'm going to watch these and look for codes to see if I can get a deal :)

Card Box

I was going to just decorate a paper box, but this looks like so much more fun!  I love that its in my colors and polka dots!!!! :) I'm sure whatever I make will end up being totally different but I like this as an idea to work from.

So I'm thinking about going with something a little different but along the same lines, I got these boxes at an antique store for $13.

So yesterday I had some motivation and finished the box. I didnt use all the boxes from about just the top, middle and bottom, and I'm pretty proud of how it came out!

Guest Book Replacement!

I really dont see the point of a guest book, and I was debating just not doing one, and then I got an email with a list of "Ways to make your wedding stand out" from theknot.com and I thought this could be really fun!

So I'll be creating a Wedding day Mad Libs for people to fill in, if they want instead of a guest book!

So I just finished creating this, I added a line telling the guests to where to put these when they're filled out, i'll be making a box to match the card box to put these in. I am thinking I'll have these left on the place settings, as we're doing a buffet and there is no need for menu cards!

Luminaries

I was looking on the internet yesterday and saw luminaries that I thought could be a nice touch for the entrance to our ceremony/reception as it will be dark outside.

I have decided I will be buying white lunch bags at the local grocery store and to involve my neices and nephews ask them to help me cut out snow flakes or hearts. They don't have to be perfect and they'll do the same job!

I found some of these from Orientaltrading.com, they were only $3.99/dozen,  I decided to order them and try those out, I will use only a few of these on the stairs by the entry with some LED candles inside .

Table Number Ideas

I was riding the train to work and saw a man with a DKNY tshirt on, and thought the logo was a great idea for how to print table numbers. I'm going to make my own with photos I take and print them in black and white of my own city, Boston! I think this could be a fun project and an excuse to get out of the house!

Since we both grew up in a city just north of Boston we decided to not go with Boston but to go with areas of our home town and give seat our family and friends in the 'areas' they're from. As this becomes more clear i'll post some pics!