So this week, I got jury duty. I've found that it is incredibly hard to do any wedding planning at the same time, but I was able to check a few things off the list. I talked to Mahalia (eM) the other day for about 2 hours. We had a lot to catch up on, but we talked about some of the wedding details. One of which was the guest book. What I imagined was a customized photo book filled with photos and designs where there would be topics that the guest could also add in addition to their name such as: advice, favorite memories, favorite movies, etc. eM was nice enough to undertake this creative venture. I think it is extremely ambitious, but if anyone was going to do it, eM would be the best. She always makes creative Christmas cards, and even though she's farther away she can still have a little personal involvement with some of the wedding planning and preparations. I can't wait to see how it will turn out.
Some other handmade plans for a personalized wedding are:
1) crochet garter
2) Unity Candle (complements of Paul's mom)
3) invitations & Programs
4) favors
5) Table runners (my mom's going to sew)
6) We're going to attempt to make a veil. I think it would be fun.
7) Flowergirl basket
8) Card Box
9) I want to glass etch our champagne glasses with our names, date, and floral motif.
I know it's a long list, but I think having a personal touch in the wedding is important to me. I will always have a backup and buy the usual stuff if I need to, but I would love to at least make an effort especially since there are so many talented and great people who I can call to help. Plus, Paul's mom has a really cool scrapbooking machine called a Cricut, and it would really be helpful with a few of our projects. I'm really excited about it all.
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i did a candy station instead of favors, it's way cheaper and people get to choose what they want--we personalized it by getting a cute 'thank you' stamp and made ribbons with a tag and stamped thank you for them to tie the bag of candy with :) we put the candy in apothecary jars all different sizes, cookies, candy, chocolate....it was fun! we also put ribbon on the jars to go with the colors as well :)
The cricut is the best! I have a few different cartridges if you need me to cut out anything for you. They make a wedding cartridge that looks pretty nice but I don't have that one.
I love apothecary jars!! Hmm, that's an awesome idea.
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