{Things to Do}

Paper Things

Ceremony Program
Seating Chart
Table Numbers
FavourTag
Guest Book
Vows
Speeches

Girly Things

Hair Trial
Makeup
Veil

Other Things

Make Wooden Signs {Parking} {Wedding} {Ceremony} {Bathrooms}
Decide on flowers
Order of Ceremony
Meet with Musicians
Meet with Servers

Does anyone else have anything to add? Yicks! :)

Cute wooden wedding sign

I like the idea of setting up the programs on a small antique table. 

(and another sign)

The think the likelihood of it being HOT is high, so some parasols will be a much needed accessory for the guests.

I think the patterned paper for the cover of the program is super cute, and the fact that it's displayed in an old crate.

Thrifting Cake Plates

What can you buy for $10 dollars? How 'bout four beautiful cake displays? For the wedding I want to create a pretty dessert table that is reminiscent of a "Road to Avonlea garden bake off." I'll be asking (if any of you are reading) my aunts and cousins and friends to bake something delicious for the dessert table so there is an eclectic collection of goodies after dinner.

Here is what I found:

  1 covered glass pedestal cake display, 2 footed glass plates and 1 DIY cake stand.

(I used my mini loaf pan to make mini banana loafs!
Love it!)

Can you believe I paid $5.00 for this!? 

Like what? Garage Sale find!

Then I scored two of these plates, $2.00 each at separate garage sales too. 

And this weekend, on a quick thrift with my mom at the local Salvation Army in Huntsville, I picked up these two (2) separate pieces to make a taller display. 

See? The base is a glass candle holder that I will glue to the bottom of the glass plate. 

Each piece was... wait for it... 50 cents each! 

So I am quite thrilled with the latest finds all for $10 dollars! I know, I can barely believe it myself. 

Table Numbers {Inspiration}

Starting to think about the smaller details of everything for the wedding is the fun part! It's narrowing down all the ideas that is hard. But I think I found a great way to display the table numbers that ties into the rustic, natural theme of our outdoor wedding.

I like this simple idea of just folding a patterned piece of paper and adding a number.

Just something a little different.

This is cute, but I don't think really practical.

So this is definatly closer to the style I'm looking for. Really simple and cute. 

But this is what I just feel in love with! Love the mini stump of birch. 

I think my parents have a dead birch branch laying around. 

Just might be perfect!

DIY {Centerpieces}

Keeping with the outdoor, rustic theme, I wanted something original and interesting for the table centerpieces. Of course I know that my mom will create a gorgeous floral arrangement, no worries there, but what to put it in?

I was first inspired by this idea a while back:

I like the feeling of a low, wooden box as it adds texture and a bit of character to the table.

Enter my grandfather, Pake Pete!

This is us on Easter weekend!

He is a semi-retired-ants-in-his-pants kind of guy. Love him to pieces, but both me and my grandmother know that he needs projects to keep him busy, especially when there is not enough to do on the estate (where we are having the wedding). So with enough barn board to go around, my dad and I mocked up a good ol' wooden box and asked Pake to copy it 20 times!

Le Sample!

 Small side note: Got this adorable ice bucket for the drink table! 

Don't ya just love the scoop!?

Checked in on his progress...and...

...Found four more were completed!

Totally awesome! Thanks Pake! I'm so thrilled by all the loving touches to everything.

Invitation Experiment

One of our goals by the end of January is to have the invitations finalized.  So to start the month off right I paid a visit to a favorite Toronto store, The Paper Place. I was hoping to get inspired by something there to come up with a creative invitation. Here are two samples of what I designed. I'm not totally impressed with either of them. So most likely they are not going to be the final product. I do like the green! Green is a must.

This is a long 'tea' length sample.

The top of the invite with some pretty ribbon.

A basic 5.5 x 7 sample.

Of course another touch of ribbon.

So there you have it. I think I want something with a little more umph! Or maybe a vintage type feel.

I found this sample online. I like the lace, but not sure if the BFF will approve. Might be to girly. *shrug* I don't know?

DIY Projects (DIYWW)

I know I'm in for a LOT of DIY (Do It Yourself) projects for our wedding. So right now, I am enlisting the help of all those who would like to contribute to our big day. I've already thought that sometime down the road when more details are figured out and a style decided upon, that I will be holding some DIYWW. That stands for Do-It-Yourself-Wedding-Weekends! These weekends will be full of projects that need to tackled in order to get all those little details completed! I look forward to doing this as I love crafty and creative projects, but I know that not all of you will be as enthusiastic about it as me! Don't worry, there will be detailed instructions on what needs to be done. Here is a small sample of some projects that have already been on my mind!

Wedding Signs to help guest know where to park, where to party and where to pee!

Banner flags! My great friend Jess will be in charge of this project as she is an amazing sewer/quilter/creator!

 

There is also this mini flag project I've seen on Project Wedding with all the how -to instructions!

Fun for a kiddi area of the party.

I just feel in LOVE with this wedding canopy. I want it! Will someone help make it with me!?

Some cute banners! This one is from Martha Stewart and even has downloadable letter for printing!

These are just a few for now, there will be more to come!

Pretty Jewels

On the weekend I started making a potential wedding necklace out of pearls I purchased at one of my favorite Toronto Bead stores. But I'm not exactly thrilled with it and so, I thought I'd look for a little inspiration.

Anthropologie Necklace $63.70

I think I could make this for about $20 bucks or less.

 

I know this is not jewelry but I like it! :)

Anthropologie $35.15

I feel bad for people who can't make this kind of stuff...what a rip off!

Here is a DIY Necklace tutorial @ Style Me Pretty  

I love the layered antique look of this!