Do-It-Yourself Wedding Projects

I love, love, love the Journal placecards that were designed by Viola at Chewing the Cud…pure beauty (and something that guests will really hold on to)…

Instructions on making journal place cards…

Materials:
Assortment of Decorated Papers (various craft stores)
Ruler
Blank Journals
X-cto Knife/Scissors
Printer or Alphabet Rubber stamps (local craft store)

Here’s the step by step:

Gather a bunch of decorated papers from your local craft store. Spread your journal open and measure from back cover to front cover, including spine. (13 inches.) Add 3 inches to total length. (16inches) My papers came in sheets of 12″ x 12″ so I cut them in half and glued the pieces together to form a long book jacket. Measure 1.5 inches at each end and fold inwards. Wrap jacket around your journal to create folds around the spine area.

Rubber stamp guest names on the spine area. (I created a template on my computer and printed the names using my epson printer) Wrap jacket around journal and rubber stamp table number/grade on it.

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The polaroid guestbooks are the best way to incorporate a little personality and fun into an age old tradition…

Instructions for the polaroid guest book from the designer…

I bought fabric vintage fabric in my wedding colors, and my dad made a frame for it to hang from. We provided two polaroid cameras for guests to take pictures of themselves in front of the backdrop. Then they taped the photos in my guest book and signed a message. It was a great way to remember all of the guests who made it to my wedding, and was a lot more informal than a traditional guestbook.

Stay tuned…more to come!

9 Comments about “Do-It-Yourself Wedding Projects”

1. Its Lovely says:

   December 19, 2007 at 6:55 am

   What a wonderful idea to showcase the hard work of these talented brides. The journal placecards are adorable!!
   
2. christine says:

   December 19, 2007 at 12:37 pm

   I love the journal placecards. Do you know how I can get in contact with the bride about how she did this?
   
3. abby larson says:

   December 20, 2007 at 8:55 am

   Hey Christine! If you want to send me an email, I will pass along your email address to her. abby at style me pretty.com
   
4. Smashing Cards says:

   December 20, 2007 at 6:03 pm

   How nice to see one of our invitation clients featured here! She definitely took our work to the next level with her DIY details!
   
5. Viola says:

   December 21, 2007 at 12:40 pm

   Hi Christine, thanks for your lovely words. I'm the mysterious journal placecards bride. Abby's going to post the DIY intructions next week but you have any questions, please feel free to email me at viola (at) chewing the cud (dot) com.
   
6. Laura says:

   July 30, 2011 at 7:39 pm

   I LOVE the journal placecard idea and am going to do this for my vintage wedding.
   Where did Viola buy the blank books? All of the journals I am finding start at about $9.00 each.
   Is there anywhere you can recommend that would be cheaper?

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   [...] Have the person overseeing the guestbook take a quick snapshot of each guest, and write a little something on the back. They can place the photos in a decorated folder or anything of your choice. You will have a photo of everyone in attendance which will be great to look back on in later years. source [...]
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