The past few weeks have been swallowed up, rather quickly, with wedding details. Our dining table is more of a craft table/wedding HQ than a table for us to eat on. Only a few more months, then hopefully some semblance of normal will return. Maybe.
I’ve taken a breather for the past few weeks, after getting all the invites out in the big, wide world I needed a little down time. Now it’s over, and I’m starting to plan out, and mock up, our Placecards, along with designing our Table Chart, Thank You cards and to continuing debate of to Program or not to Program.
I’ve been scouring Pinterest yet again for ideas, inspiration and any tutorials I can get my hands on. You’d think Placecards would be pretty straight forward and easy, well I did until the past week. I couldn’t have been more incorrect if I’d tried. It has been fun though, as I’ve played with glitter (yes, the house is wearing it well) stuck myself with glue more times than I can count, burnt my fingers while playing with the heat gun…..note the hot glue gun is still in hibernation, our peace treaty is still in effect.
The end result?
The Man & I have worked out what we like, how we want them to look and the budget. All boxes ticked!
Might need to stock up on some burn cream/powder while I think of it…heat gun and I are going to get very up close and personal.
I can never remember when the Twelve Days of Christmas starts, but I think we’re now officially in the midst of it somewhere! And today, I was card making for the most part.
Have been trying some different techniques, some I’ve liked, others nah ah. The bin is starting to look a little colourful to be honest.
What else are you meant to do when it’s a stormy, humid day? Actually, in the interests of keeping this PG, better not answer that one!
That said, here is some of today’s handiwork. I’ve added bling, coloured bling with my Alcohol Ink Marker, added glitter, used Distress Stain prior to embossing with my Ezy Press…and managed to have one of my awesome double sided tape strips become seriously attached to my fingers. Quite a productive, interesting day.
Weddings can be so expensive…and so ‘cookie cutter’. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, if that’s how you would like yours to be.
For our wedding though, we are after some personal, different touches that’ll make it ours.
The Man has been the deciding factor on colours and dress code, and I couldn’t have been happier, until it came down to getting inspiration for different decorating options. Pinterest & Facebook are currently swamped with vintage, rustic or beachy, chillaxed decorations. Which would be awesome if ours fitted in there somewhere. But nope, we’re full on Black Tie Formal with strong, classic colours. It’s been a blast finding, or tweaking, inpsirational pictures or tutorials to suit. But the end result will be worth it.
With the projects I have tweaked to suit, I’m over the moon with the results thus far. With just under seven months to go, I do sometimes have a minor anxiety attack about it all fitting in and looking right. But according to the many support groups online for other Brides I’m totally normal for a change. Right down to the bizarre, tripped out nightmares that started a few months ago.
I’m thankful though, as our wedding has certainly awoken my DIY Diva. And that’s a good thing!!
Our kitchen/dining area has been overtaken with a mixture of fabrics, papers, embellishments, glitter, glitter and a touch more glitter, cursing and swearing while the hot glue gun and I declare an end to our peace talks, pins, scissors and glue, lots and lots of glue. If anyone wanted to use the dining table for it’s actual purpose I’d have a mini meltdown!
Our spare/guest room is now divided into two sections…guest area for sleeping and wedding/storage. Guess which section is the larger of the two?? hehehehehehe
But it is an organised chaos…honest!
I have my To Do list on the fridge, with different tasks broken down to timelines and deadlines. It’s a great feeling to be able to tick another project off the list. It really, really is…that is until I realise I need more storage tubs to store the latest project in.
Now, I’m not following in my cousin’s footsteps…for her very recent wedding she unleashed her own DIY Diva (like myself dormant until that little ring slipped onto her finger!!) and DIY’ed her entire reception! I will be the first to admit the end result was WOW…and I’m so proud of her and all her hard work. I’m appreciating it all a world more as my own foray into DIY has given me a far broader understanding of what goes on behind the scenes!
We’re smart….we’re paying our venue to do the majority of the decorating as covered by our package. That is except for the few little touches of DIY that I’m doing….traditional with a zany twist.
I’ll post up some of the end results, along with some tutorials to perhaps inspire, encourage or terrify some other unsuspecting B2B down the track!
My main focus with our decorations is to have many of them re-used in decorating our home. So many of them are being set up with that in mind. I couldn’t bear to part with them all after our hours of close bonding and conversations.
This colour wheel has been my saving grace more times than I can count…yay for Pinterest!!
So….here’s to the start of a beautiful, sometimes anxious, adventure!
DIY TALEZ 