Archive for December 17th, 2007
Do-It-Yourself Wedding Projects
These vintage guestbooks were inspired by the bride’s grandmother’s collection of antique Reader’s Digest books…using vintage and blank pages, they bound this amazing book…add a photobooth and gluesticks, and you have such a great keepsake!
To Make the Vintage Guest Book…
I created a beautiful custom book this summer for a bride who wanted to utilize her grandmother’s collection of antique Reader’s Digest books for their guest book at their wedding reception. we handpicked vintage pages and combined them with blank pages and rebound the whole volume to create a one of a kind guest book. This happy couple had a photobooth at their location and with gluesticks handy, guests simply pasted their photos into the book to create an instant scrapbook effect.
Do-It-Yourself Wedding Projects
These coaster table cards, designed by one of our readers, Katherine, are just too cute. Featuring her Dad’s famous gin and tonic recipe and inspired by an article she saw in Martha Stewart, they are the perfect personalized favor to leave for your guests…
Instructions for the Coaster Favors from Katherine…
I designed the coaster in Microsoft Word, converted it to a PDF file and sent it off to For Your Party. They were great to work with and we had our coasters in a few weeks.
Do-It-Yourself Wedding Projects
Check out this DIY Wedding Cake that one of our readers sent me! The entire cake cost less than $200 to make!
Tips on making the cake from the designer…
I preordered a plain double tier vanilla sponge cake complete with royal icing. With the specifications, I drafted the bouquet on paper and assembled the top at home. Put them all together on the wedding day on site. To add height to the cake, I placed the cake on top of a Ikea photo frame and placed river pebbles and vanilla scented candles all round for a nice warm effect. Two hummingbirds top the cake.
