Keeping Busy

So, I know I said I was going to post pictures and give an update after the weekend but things have been CRAZY! With the holidays beginning to take over all of my time fitting in wedding stuff is getting harder and harder. I just know I need to keep with it.

My main focus with the Christmas holiday is to enjoy the season. Christmas only comes around once and year and I don't want to loose out on those memories because I was cooped up doing wedding crafts the whole time.

In the last few weeks we have gotten a ton done though despite the holiday: Save the dates are beginning to be addressed, popcorn boxes are officially stamped (these can now be set aside til Bridesmaid craft day next year), and favor boxes are almost all cut, escort cards have also been cut and folded. I feel like I am definitely making a ton of head way.

And now for some fun stuff- PICTURES!!

We worked on mocking up what our place settings will look like- obviously the colors are incorrect. But this was a very helpful way to make sure the items that I was cutting with my Silhouette were proportional to the setting itself.

We placed our order for our rentals.  Here is another mock up of what a setting will looks like. I am seriously in love with the navy color of the linens. We rented from Area America which is a rental company that I actually work for as a side job. A few weekends a year I go and do wedding set up of linens and ties all over Southeastern Wisconsin. I love doing it and it ended up benefiting us in the long run because we received a HEFTY discount on the rentals.

Cutting the escort cards was interesting seeing as I used 8.5x 11 paper- this was because I used the same paper as the popcorn boxes to make sure the color matched- which meant that only 6 could fit on a sheet at a time. This project definitely took longer than expected but Phil and I both love the outcome. Phil was a huge help with not only cutting these shapes with my Silhouette but also with his input and ideas, He was always there to help me make a decision.

And finally the popcorn boxes. These took over 6 hours to cut total and was the first craft project I really started on for the wedding. I always knew that they would need a little more flair than just being a plain box, so with my step dad's help we designed a monogram. Then with more and more research done on my Silhouette I learned about stamping material, see here:  This stuff is amazing, the material is basically very thin silicone. After you cut the shape you can put it on stamping block and away you go. This made this project go 10 times faster then I could have ever imagined. Now I am looking for more ways to incorporate into the wedding.