JHo2013

Mr & Mrs Chair Signs DIY I found these really cute signs on the back of the bride and groom's chairs on Style Me Pretty. So I shopped around for them and man are wedding decor expensive!! I had to just make them myself. What you'll need: - 2 piece of art wood (mine were from the dollarstore. Michael's also has a selection, or just go to Rona and tell them what you want and they'll cut up a bunch of plywood for you) - electric drill - Rope, ribbon, or twine (I used twine that I already had for other crafty stuff I do) - Stain or paint (I just used the leftover paint from when I painted my walls, aka 'Eggshell' from Behr) - large paintbrush for staining or painting the board - small paintbrush or paintmarkers (find them at any arts and craft store - I used a silver paint I had and used a small brush) Mark 2 'x's on your sheet of wood and drill a hole through them. Use a ruler or measure tape if needed. Paint or stain the wood in the color of your choice. I just painted mine white. Wait overnight if necessary for your paint to dry. Very important - you don't want your text to smudge or blend. Tie on your ribbon or string and voila!

Kissing Balls - DIY First off, I'm really sorry for the late post and I am unable to find all the photos I originally took. I hope that these step by steps still help though with the few pics I managed to find. What you'll need: - Styrofoam balls (I used 6" diameter ones), but keep in mind they grow in size as you add flowers - Pencil - Something to help you poke a hole through the ball (I used my knitting needle) - Ribbon - Silk Flowers - I used hydrangeas, cabbage roses, giant dahlias, and small tulips for my arrangement. Some people like to use one flower in one color as well - Wire clippers Time to make them: 1. Mark 2 'x's on direct opposite sides of the ball (a measuring tape might make this easier - I just eye-balled it) 2. Make a hole from 1 'x' to the other 'x' so that you have a little tunnel to slip your ribbon through 3. Cut your ribbon to the length you want the ball to hang (cut as many ribbons as many balls you'll make ahead of time so they're all the same length) 4. Fold the ribbon in half and push the ribbon through the ball and tie a knot on one end of the ribbon to create a handle or loop at the top. 5. Cut your flowers with wire cutters - leaving enough on the ends to jab the through the balls. I started with 1 giant rose, and then built on from there, adding hydrangeas in between as fillers. 6. And you're done. Easy! (Mine took about 1 hour each to make though so great time to break out some chardonnay and catch up on the shows you PVR'd) Let me know how yours turns out! Display: - I asked my coordinator to hang them on the tiffany chairs down the aisle - then I asked her to flip the ball, so the ribbon loop is inside the bowl, and used them as centerpieces, and gift table decor, etc. after the ceremony

Leelou - how many were you looking to buy? Some family and friends actually took a few home to use on their coffee tables PM me!

Quote:Originally Posted by bands Your wedding looks amazing! How did you diy the coral kissing balls? I would love to try and make these but don't know where to start! Thank you so much. They were really easy to make once you get into the groove - but really each ball took me about 1.5hours to make. And the tricky part for me was finding all the flowers that went together. I took lots of pictures on making it. Hopefully I'll get a chance to post them soon

Quote:Originally Posted by sky186 amazing Thank you

Quote:Originally Posted by ldmoss Hi JHo2013, It looks like you used your flower balls from the ceremony as your centerpieces for the reception, which I'm planning on doing as well. Did you bring vases for them or did you rent those from the resort? Hi - yes they were used as centerpieces again for the reception. Saved me a bunch of money. I made 10 of them. And all of them were used. I actually bought these small salad bowls from Ikea and just flipped the balls with the ribbon side into the bowls and they couldn't have looked any more perfect. Actually I think they outshined the real flowers for sure! The small Ikea bowls were around $1.99 each. I brought a few back, and my mom took a few home now we have lots of snack/salad bowls at home when people visit lol

Quote:Originally Posted by csho I absolutely love the broach you have on your bouquet where did you get that? I got it from Forever 21! But I totally left it there!! I was soooo sad. That was something I was really excited about having and passing down! Good thing is it didn't cost a fortune

beautiful photos!!!

And here are the TTD photos http://www.jacquelineelizabeth.com/jenny-chris-trash-dress/

Hi Everyone! I'm really sorry that I have been a little MIA - the year has not slowed down one bit after our wedding and AHR! Plus - work disabled the editor on this website so I haven't been able to post any photos on my ahem.... breaks.... But we got the photos from our lovely photographer, Jacqueline Morrison and she did such an amazing job!! Go check it out! http://www.jacquelineelizabeth.com/jenny-chris-married/

We ended up having a welcome dinner at the main buffet and I had distributed a rolled up towel tied with the handmade lanyard/keyholders to everyone. I also gave the MCs, the moms and the bridal party their gifts the same night too. The resort was able to put together lots of tables for us enough to have 50 people at dinner! It was really nice!

Where did you get those flowers? I am looking for coral flowers and am having the hardest time to find them. I am in Canada! Any chance you'd be willing to sell them now that your wedding is over? They are gorgeous! Hi - so sorry for the delay!! It's been a little bit crazy! I purchased the big coral dahlias from Walmart! And the giant cabbage roses are also from Walmart. The coral hydrangeas are sold out (I actually went to 8 different Michael's to find as many stems of these as I can as they were being discontinued... that's the thing with waiting for stuff to go on sale!) I don't have the full amount of the flower balls any more as some people took some home. How many did you need? I can see how many I have left over

Thank you I've been soo busy I wish I had more time to post more pictures. The signs I printed them 4 x 6 - you can use Window's printing wizard to set that up or just change the image size in Adobe Photoshop. Just make sure that the dpi/resolution is at 300 otherwise it will come out really grainy

Quote:Originally Posted by Janelle0308 just less than 9 months til I get married there. Everything is happening so fast! Does anyone know when you have to send back your requests for flowers and whatnot? There are so many ideas that I'm looking at for invites, STDs, OOT bags etc. Is it worth bringing all that down or handing them out at a party before we all leave? Is anyone taking their own decorations? Hi Janelle - my wedding is on Aug 3, and we are flying on July 29th - and I still haven't really provided the forms to my wedding coordinator yet. Lots of changes with the guestlist happening last minute. I'm bringing almost all my own decorations. I made decorations, programs, and fans for the ceremony. I'm also bringing a unity sand kit. I have made a few other things for cocktail hour, our centerpieces, and cake topper. I am now considering handing out the gifts to my guests before we leave just to not have to check an extra luggage, but we're still trying to pack things and organize.