Jenna1511

These are beautiful and unique!

Thank you! I really feel in love with earthy tones to have throughout the whole wedding!

Hi Ladies! So this my very first thread so disregard any mistakes haha! I sent my save the dates out a couple weeks of go and I wanted share them with you! There are so many BDW brides that gave me so much inspiration. Thank you for that!! So here we go..... I really loved the idea of doing a travel theme for the save the dates and invites. While incorporating starfish and shells for a beach feel. I decided to do a luggage tag for the save the date and they were DIY! Supplies.... Sage green linen paper Off white linen paper Spool of twine Hole punch paper cutter Stamp of starfish and shells ink pad of silver color ink pad of light caramel color 10 sheets of clear adhesive labels size 81/2" x 11" (aka full page sticker) Mounting tape roll Adhesive magnet roll I started by creating a text box with all the info I wanted to include and went through several drafts haha. Then I printed them out onto the clear sheet of adhesive. There were 4 to each page. Then I cut them all out.I then cut 4 x 6 boxes out of the 12 x12 sheet of green paper and cut out the off white sheets also 12x12 to the size of the text boxes. So after an obscene amount of cutting I then stamped each off white box to create a scene in the back. The clear label that i cut out was then placed on the off white paper with the stamp coming through the words.I mounted the off white onto the sage green keeping it slightly to the left and cutting about 11/2 inches of the tape for each one. I cut the edges of the green paper to get the luggage tag look and punched a hole. I strung twine through and cut the magnet roll and mounted that to the very back of the tag! I included a 4x6 engagement photo to finish it off and I also stamped the back of the silver envelopes with the same starfish and shell stamp from the tag just a different color... I am really happy with how they turned out and our guests loved them too! I hope I can inspire someone else as so many of you have inspired me! Thanks for checking it out!

These look awesome! I love the details! Thanks for sharing!

Awesome! Thanks so much for asking! It's going to be so helpful to us! So here a few questions I have... What are the options of locations for the cocktail hour? Also if you could take pics of those, that would great! What is the max number for a dinner reservation at the restaurants? And do you have the option of a semi private room? (this is for a possible welcome dinner or if we opt to have this instead of a private dinner after the ceremony depending on final head count) Is there a fee to have the resort place the welcome bags in our guests rooms for us? Thats all I could think of for right now! I sooooo appreciate you doing this and feel lucky to have someone that is going to check it out! Thanks again! Can't wait to see pics! Have a great trip!

Really creative! I never would of thought of this! Great job and thanks for sharing!

These look amazing! Might want to try this.....thanks for sharing you did a wonderful job!

This is way cool! I love the photography checklist! I'm a sucker for lists haha! Thanks for sharing!

These are great tips! Getting a bit nervous just reading these.....

We are planning to do an informal open house party at our place about a month after we get home! We have a budget of $5000 but that's a lot for an all day house party haha! Probably, $3500 to $4000 is what it could be! Crossing my fingers! Thats open bar, taco man all day, cake pops for dessert, all table and chair rentals, PA system for iPod, all decor, etc. we are planning to show our video from the wedding and have pics around the whole set up. Oh and maybe a photo booth....hope I'm on track haha!

Your reception was beautiful! You did a great job with everything and it sounds like you tried to save money where you could. The pictures are great! Thanks for sharing! We are planning to do an open house party for our AHR! It's going to be at our house about a month after the wedding! Keepin it casual...

This so useful! Thanks for sharing!

Your website looks great! You had a lot of details and I think you did a wonderful job!

Your to cute! I don't look like that when I'm in DIY mode haha!

This is a great idea! I'm sure they were a huge hit! Nice work!

Your website is amazing and I too am slightly jealous because mine is really basic and doesn't have half the info your giving, great job! I love that your guest can RSVP for different wedding events for the weekend! awesome!!

These look really great! I love the colors and I like the charm idea! I made my save the dates and they did take forever! Haha

My wedding is may 25, 2013 and I sent save the dates out 2 weeks ago and planning on sending invites the first part of January! I thought it would be cutting it close for time of RSVP but want it to be after the holidays! To crazy could be lost!

These look great Thanks for sharing!