for #weddingwednessday this week we're going to do a final post about our seating chart.
as you may recall this entire project was inspired by this pin:
in part one of this project i had found a $10 frame copper and spray painted it copper. in part two i built a plywood box on the back (spray painted that green), zig-zagged some wire across the front, and planted a bunch of needle ivy and irish spring moss in it.
now i just had to make the signs for who was at each table. since we were doing baseball teams (more on that soon) for the table names, i decided to do these as batting order cards!
once again i used our signature font in powerpoint, listing the guests alphabetically by last name. then we (and I say we because victor had a hand in this part) assigned each guest a position based on how where they were in the batting order. for the tables that didn't have at least nine people we added a famous player or two from that team. finally we adjusted the positions so any famous players would be their actual position, I mean can you imagine if we had cal ripkin jr. down as an outfielder?
photo by ryan sin photography
the morning of the wedding victor ran to kinkos and printed them (and the menus) out on craft paper just like i had done for the save the dates, the RSVP cards, the tags, beer and wine map legend, and the programs. then my sister sammie cut them out at the local kinkos.
finally our amazing coordinator clipped the cards to the wire using teeny tiny clothes pins i picked up at michaels.
i think it came together perfectly :)
photo by ryan sin photography
love,
aunt maggie
so you want to know the best part about planning a wedding? everyone wants to help!
early on in our engagement my nieces indicated a strong desire to contribute to the wedding. my mom came up with an idea: have them make pot holders as favors for the guests.
it's wedding wednessday!
we've covered the dresses i made for nora, etta, maya, and neela. so now the time has come to talk about their accessories.
when victor and I got engaged I said i wanted our wedding to have three things:
- all my nieces as flower girls
- said nieces in love aunt maggie dresses
- food trucks at the reception
any youngest child will tell you there is often pressure to do things exactly as their siblings have done them.
as previously mentioned i wanted lush overgrown living arrangements (i.e. plants in dirt) for our centerpieces. obviously i decided to grow them myself.
it's wedding wednesday!
since my table signs were so cute i figured they needed a way to be displayed on the tables that was just as adorable.
aside from flower girl dresses and food trucks there is one more thing about our wedding I've had planned for years: the table names.
here is one thing I learned about wedding planning: once you decide on a venue and guest count the amount of money you are going to spend is pretty much set. but while you can't save money you can get more for your money.
now that we've covered maya, neela, and etta's flower girl dresses it's time to make something for nora. i knew whatever I made had to be very special as nora was so very helpful in picking out my dress.
I knew one of the flower girl dresses would need to be my favorite oliver + s pattern: the library dress, and who better to make it for than my rough and tumble namesake etta?
my youngest niece is miss neela banana peela. Now this child is so perfect anything would look great on her.
thus far in our invitation adventure we have:
- embossed the names
- addressed the envelopes
- lined the envelopes
- ordered, then reworked, the actual invites
- made the response cards
- tied it all together with a ribbon and tag
and I have to say all the pieces were looking pretty good.
so far in our wedding invitation saga we have:
- embossed the names on the envelopes
- addressed the envelopes with a copper pen
- lined the envelopes with a fern print
- ordered, then remade, the invites
- made the response cards and embossed the return envelopes
but wait, there's more!
so our invitations have thus far been embossed, addressed, lined, ordered (then reworked). next up was the RSVP cards.
now that the envelopes for our invitations were embossed, addressed, and lined it is time to talk about what we put in them, starting with the actual invitation!
so now that my invites had the names embossed and addressed it was time to turn my attention inside the envelope.
when we last left off with the wedding invitations i had lovingly embossed the names of all our guests on the invitations.
this past weekend my sisters and i went to austin for my "bachelorette" party.
in addition to bridesmaid dress shopping, day drinking, and succulent photographing we made a trip to craft, where for $10/hour you can use all their supplies and tools for whatever creative adventures your heart desires.
some girls have their weddings envisioned long before they are engaged, and the planning process is really just an exercise in execution. i am not one of those girls.
a few weeks ago i came across this giant piece of bark in the woods behind our friend's house.
so in a shockingly turn of events the internet has picked up on the fact that i am a 25-34 year old female who is getting married. this means everyday i get a flood of messages, emails, and ads.
