Purple & Lime Green Bridal Shower

Here are some pics from the Bridal shower I hosted for my now sister-in-law Amy.  Amy is a 'Purple Person' so it was fun to work off of a color to come up with a purple and lime green bridal shower!

Purple linens and place mats, with notecards for guests to write Amy a note to open on a day leading up to the wedding.

'Love is Sweet' purple and green candy buffet for favors.  Amy likes penguins, so we had bride and groom penguin cake toppers with a 'Mr & Mrs' banner.

Kids' activity bags, and prize bags for Amy for answering a question about her fiance correctly.

The kids' goodie bags included a mini vail, ring pop, snacks incase they didn't like our adult food, and an 'Amy's Wedding' themed activity book.

Anniversary Wish Box

I made this anniversary wish box for my brother and sister-in law as a gift for their rehearsal dinner.  The concept of the anniversary wish box is simple but so great!  

All the guests received a blank note card and a dated envelope.  Everyone wrote the bride and groom a note, then placed it in their envelope without writing on the outside of the envelope.  The dates on the envelope marked the future anniversary when the bride and groom will open the note and discover who it was from. I included monthly anniversaries for the first year, and yearly anniversaries after that up to 25 years.  

At first I wasn't sure how it would go over, but everyone loved writing the bride and groom notes to read later! The rehearsal dinner was a great time to do the activity, since all their closest friends and family were there.

To make the anniversary wish box, I bought some paper and envelopes in the wedding colors at the paper store. I typed out the anniversary dates on my computer.

I used my letter stamps to create custom stationary for the couple.

Here are some examples of the dated envelopes--I just glued the printed paper onto the envelope so I didn't have to mess with labels.

Everyone got a notecard, envelope, and pen at their place setting.

I made instruction card tents that we set out on the tables so guest would know what to do.

A recipe card box was the perfect size to hold the cards!  This one was very inexpensive at Michaels, but not very pretty!

 

I put Mod Podge right on the box to recover it.

Here's the finished product--Peacock feathers to match their wedding theme!

Here are the cards set-out on tables at the dinner, along with the awesome bride and groom cake pops that my mom made for favors!

Bride Undies!!

For my Bride friends, I usually make personalized undies to go with their bachelorette gifts, since I almost always have coupons for free VS undies!  I just use leftover iron on letters to personalize them!  Sometimes I'll tie hot pink ribbons or fake diamond rings to the sides too.

Sorry Alli, Jena, Jayme, and Kim for posting pictures of you underwear on the internet! 

I owe you all drinks!

Bride Hoodie

Sometimes I like to make these personalized hoodies for my Bride friends!  I use lightweight white hoodie zip-ups so they can wear them to get their hair done on the big day!

Start with some iron on letters.  I buy a couple packs if I'm going to make a few, because the 'M', 'R', and 'S's get used up fast!  Wal-mart has the best deals on iron on letters--even cheaper than Michael's with a 40% off coupon.

All you have to do is iron them on!  I usually say "Soon to be....Mrs. ____ (T or D or B, you get it)" or "Future Mrs. ______"

Sometimes I use a fake diamond ring for the exclamation point!

 

Leftover letters can be used to make a Bride Tank for the bachelorette Party too!

Sunflower Napkin Rings

I came up with the idea to make my own Sunflower napkin rings after seeing these sunflower napkin rings at pier 1.  

I had to have them.  We had a sunflower field wedding, and I just thought that they were so cool.  Here is a photo of our wedding and the field of sunflowers my dad planted for us:

I had ooed and awed enough, so I finally went to Pier 1 to buy them.  Once I got there, I realized I had loads of fake sunflowers in my basement leftover from wedding decor that I could use to make my own.  see?

The chosen few:

 The plan was to glue then to cheap dollar store napkin rings or something similar, but when I couldn't find any to use as a base I decided to use elastic hair-ties.  They were less expensive and I know I'll use the leftovers.  Felt, a glue gun, and some florist tape was all I needed to get my sunflower napkin ring fix. Here's how:

 First tape the leaf directly to the elastic

 Then glue the leaf and elastic to a piece of felt about 1"x1"

 Cut the plastic stub from the back of the flower so it's flush

 apply glue to flower

 apply glue to the perimeter of the felt piece and attach it to the sunflower.

Here's the finished product. It's so easy and could easily be done with any type of artificial flower! 

The remaining flowers went in a vase of wine corks for decoration

 The perfect set-up for an anniversary dinner! Awwwe.