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May 29, 2009
Stationery today - the first part is an entry I had to remove before the wedding as firstly something happened as a result of me posting it which was dreadful, and secondly Adam pointed out that lots of people coming to the wedding read this website and it would ruin the surprise to see too much before the big day. I agreed so I took it down and saved it for posting again now. And then afterwards I'll put some professional photos of the things we made in action!
The original post:
A bit of wedding stationery crafting today - we have been doing a lot of cutting and sticking and printing etc recently. Adam is only allowed to do certain risk free tasks, as he absolutely hates cutting things out and his writing looks like a load of squashed insects, but it has still been very much a joint effort, which has made it much more fun.
We made our invitations a few months ago (see here), and we have had replies for all of those (apart from one rude person!), and we have been using the same card and rose motif for making all the other stationery.
The first thing we made was the name cards, to put where people are sitting for dinner. These were really easy - we just guillotined A4 card into 12 pieces, folded them in half, and then I wrote the names on with silver pen. I really like how the silver pen came out - it stands out a lot better than we thought it might. The purple cards are for people having roasted butternut squash soup as a starter, and the grey cards are for those having sundried tomato and cashew nut terrine with cherry tomato sauce. Here are mine and Adam's cards! Mine looks really odd to me, it will take a long time to get used to my new name!
The next thing we made was the table plan - actually this was pretty much my work while Adam put together the playlist. We decided who would sit where together and then I made the plan. You can't see it very well, as it's so big in real life and shown so small here. We put everyone's name (alphabetical by first name - because otherwise there would be tons of Thurstons and Devines all stuck together) at the top with the table number they are sitting at, and then put the tables below with the exact layout. Then I used the roses from the invitations to put the same number of roses next to the table as the number of the table.
We are getting it printed professionally on A2 paper, in fact I think it arrived earlier this week and we just need to pick it up from the postal depot. I can't wait to see it, I certainly love how it came out electronically! I bet none of the guests even notice! But it's been fun anyway and very satisfying.
After that we put together the table numbers. That was very quick - just made a picture with the number in a fancy font and then arranged the correct number of roses around it (I just lifted the roses from the table plan and distributed them about the number). We printed 2 copies, and stuck one on each side of A5 purple card. Here they are:
I didn't write about this before, but the other very cool thing we made was photoboards. We tried to have photos of everyone who was coming to the wedding (old and embarrassing ones if possible as well!), and apart from a few guests other halves, I think we managed it! We took 3 50x50cm clipframes, and made a big collection of photos of us, friends and family, and put them in with a silver tissue paper backing to make it a bit prettier. Now they are up in our kitchen and I LOVE THEM! All my favourite important people on the wall!
The last thing we did was make orders of the day - using the same really nice shiny champagne paper that was used for information sheets in our invitations. We just did 2 to a sheet of A4 paper and guillotined them in half:
And now here are some professional photos of everything in action:
I hope you enjoyed the paper crafts, again as usual there were a few stresses that went with them, but they were a lot less intense than other things we made for the wedding, as they didn't have to be so last minute. I loved making them (Adam possibly less so due to his craft aversion!), but we were both really chuffed with them - it was all worth it when it all got laid out the afternoon before and we could see it all coming together!
Posted by jen at May 29, 2009 01:54 PM
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Visiting daily now to see your wedding craft updates. I had actually seen your stationery post originally and was so taken with your lovely rose drawings, I used a version on my daughter's 14th birthday cake. Look here http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rqq2DRKenMU/SeoQHpKq4bI/AAAAAAAAACQ/8pR9qlDkJZM/s320/cake1. (Hope this works, not sure about links in comments) As usual, very impressed by your crafty wedding efforts!
Posted by: Kay at May 29, 2009 04:03 PM
I used to visit your blog quite often, mostly lurked, back when you were posting regularly about knitting, and when I saw how much of your wedding you were doing yourselves, including MAKING THE DRESSES, well, I was totally impressed and curious. Everything was so beautiful, the cakes looked delicious, and in a time of great stress, you look like you were having the fun of your life, putting all this together. What a wonderful job! Congratulations on not just your wedding, but everything you've put together. Beautiful.
Posted by: Maggie at May 29, 2009 06:32 PM
I am so impressed with your creativity! Maybe you have a future as a wedding planner? ;)
Posted by: Jen at May 29, 2009 07:52 PM
Absolutely gorgeous. Stunning dress! Beautiful invites and placecards. As said before, you should be a wedding planner!
Posted by: Patricia Allen at May 29, 2009 11:22 PM
Many congratulations on your wedding. Your dress looks fabulous. I've been following your crafting adventures for a while now and have found it very inspiring.All the best to you and Adam as you embark on married life!
Posted by: Anne at June 1, 2009 09:52 PM
I wanted to say how lovely I thought your wedding dress (and flowers and cakes etc) were. You did a great job with it all!
Posted by: Alison at June 2, 2009 10:17 PM