Having a geeky wedding and looking for something to deck the bare walls of your venue? Try making your own simple, affordable Tetris lightboxes out of those candy boxes so easily found around Valentine's Day. Continue reading »
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I wanted to put out tissue boxes for guests to use during the ceremony, but I wanted to decorate them to match my wedding. I think these turned out adorable, and they're easy and cheap to make! Here is a tutorial. 
I made this centrepiece with a beachy theme for less than $5 NZ (approximately 3.90 US). If you're not having a beach wedding, think about this centerpiece in all black or a dark red for a goth wedding, or creating a steampunk version? The themed candelabra options are endless… 
Sabrina wanted to have a fingerprint guest book at her wedding. After perusing Etsy and not seeing anything that she couldn't pull off herself, she decided to do exactly that! She made her own fingerprint guest book in about ten minutes, and she's letting you download it for yourself. 
My husband and I chose our wedding colors by comparing stashes of paint chips we grabbed from the hardware store. But what if paint chips WERE the palette? The gradation of hues is awfully romantic-looking, and stores let you have them for free. Here are a few ridiculously easy projects using (or at least inspired by) paint chips! 
Who knows where my love of midway illuminated lettering comes from, but it's definitely fed by my addiction to Disneyland. More specifically, the part of the park called "Main Street, USA," which consists of gift shops and ice cream parlors dressed up to look like an early 20th Century bustling downtown street on speed. Too shiny not to love. But I digress… Typically an illuminated letter like this is made of metal, is very heavy and would cost you a pretty penny. I knew I wanted something to light up at my wedding, so I figured I'd make my own midway letters. You can too! And there are power tools involved! 
There are other yarn flower tutorials out there, but my method requires the LEAST amount of materials, and once you're done there are SO many ways to use these poofballs as decor! 
We made chopstick sleeves using some leftover travel-themed wrapping paper from our envelope liners. We then printed out each adult guest's name onto extra linen card stock that we ordered for our invitations, which were then attached like banners to the chopstick sleeves. We finished the project off with a blue wax Double Happiness seal. We ended up with functional chopstick sleeve place cards that we made like this… |
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