Will you be my Maid Of Honor!? [Card Box]

Look what I gave my bestfriend, Abi!!



If you click it, it shows up bigger.

I actually like the black graphic. I found just one of them by iteself and I flipped it to make it face the other way. I found the little poem online. I thought it was pretty cute!

Later today or tomorrow, I'm going to post swatches of all the colors of my wedding! Everything will mostly be Hotpink and Gold but I wanted some creamy colors, light pinks, and black to bring it all together. Like the font of all the stationary, will mostly be black plus I want to add black in my centerpieces because I think black is seeexxxxy, lol.

I love Damask....but while planning my wedding, I see millions of brides using it....over and over, for every single inch they could, THEY USED IT! SOOO I don't want to be that bride!! I think if you are going to be a damask bride....use DAMASK for the most important things.....not every single damask thing you can get your hands on.

I'm not even joking...Some girl used red and black&white damask for every inch of her wedding...for her centerpiece...she had like a vase with damask then 5 votive candles with damask prints and then a placemat with damask and table number that was damask.....it was OVERLY damask....it was gross!

Here is damask..just in case you are like...WTF is damask? lol. The center box, is covered in damask paper.



I think this card box is adorable...even though I just said I'm staying away from damask. lol. I like the IDEA but I would forsure make it to match my theme of GLAMOUR!! My boxes might be covered with SILK that is gold with some fancy feather boas and maybe some vintage brooches. We will see!!

DIY

So I need to make a list, for myself, of everything I plan on doing it myself.

Paper Stuff
-Save the dates [cool idea, I can't wait to get started on this!]
-Invitations
-Programs
-Escort Cards
-Table Numbers [Cool Idea for this too, I'll share the project once I start on it]

Sewing Stuff
-MY DRESS<3
-Flower girl's dress
-Table Runners [maybe]
-Chair Decor[maybe]

Etc. Stuff- get or put together
-Brides Maids Gifts
-Unity Candles
-Favors [Candy Bar]
-Candy Bar "How Sweet" sign
-Centerpieces items!!!
-Cake Table "I DO" decor

I'm sure there are things I need to add to this list but this is all I can think of right now.

Escort Card Table Ideas

The purpose of the escort table is to direct people to their seats.

There are tons of ideas on different ways to do this BUT I like the traditional place cards with some bling on it!

So I'm going to do the place cards like this.....





And I'm not sure how I am going to do the escort table decor.
I really like the pics below. I like the branches with crystals and balls of flowers..........but I love the big mountain of flowers.
My table will be a rectangle shape and I plan on drapping fabric like the first picture and then pin it in place with some of vintage brooches.






So I want a huge arrangement with the escort cards underneath. I just am having a hard time deciding on the arrangement. AND I love the ribbon with the circle buckle....I totally can do that!

Wedding COLORS and THEME

I am 100% sure that I want the theme.................GLAMOUR!

I'm thinking light pinks, ivory, and gold...and a little bit of black to bring it all together. I was having a hard time deciding between silver and gold but my engagement ring is gold so I chose gold.

The theme = glamorous.
Some of my ideas are..
-chandelier crystals [of course!]
-Ostrich feathers! [And I just bought some at Hobby Lobby, HALF OFF! Reg Price is 1.99 each]

-crystal strands!
-I want to make something like this for centerpieces.


Of course I would use a different container and make it taller but I have a special base to put it on. I will show you once I start working on it.

I have tons of ideas but these are the ones I thought I'd share with you!

You should see what I'm going to do about the guestbook.

It is totally my secret, I'm not telling ANYONE until I get it. I'm not telling adam, my parents, friends, ANYONE. It is so amazingly awesome! <3

Location Location Location!

After falling in love with a location that had horrible food and horrible cakes, I had to start looking elsewhere. :[

I visited one place and it was nice but it wasn't ME.

Then I found this other place online...and was like, I need to visit in person.....so I did.

And I loved it! <3 Then I took Adam, his parents, and my mother. Everyone loved it so we booked it!!