Wedding Sigage

Wedding Sigage, originally uploaded by krakencrafts.

I had been collecting random pieces of scrap wood for making wedding directional signs for a while. I love the look of wood signs in all the beautiful wedding blog photos, but logistically it started to not make that much sense. Was I going to nail these signs to telephone poles in town? How was I going to cut the wood for these signs? The only saw we have is a hand saw.

Then I saw these really cute, non-wedding, directional signs on flickr and thought cardboard can be really attractive and is so much easier to cut into cute shapes than wood. So I made these direction signs and shuttle bus and shuttle bus stop signs for our rehearsal dinner. And I am pretty happy with how they turned out.

I did make this one wood sign for the front of our reception venue from salvaged wood and a salvaged door hinge.

Wedding Crafts Sneak Peek 2

Wedding Crafts Sneak Peek, originally uploaded by krakencrafts.

Some escort cards without the table numbers (we still need to figure out the seating chart). I gocco printed the boarders on papersource escort card paper. I don't trust my handwriting so I printed out the peoples names on the computer and transfered them to the cards with carbon paper and then traced over them with blue ink.

Wedding Crafts Sneak Peek

Wedding Crafts Sneak Peek, originally uploaded by krakencrafts.

I feel like I have been spending almost all my free time working on wedding crafts, but I've been trying not to post too many pictures before the wedding. Here are a few semi completed projects.

Chalkboards I made from a thrift store mirror and picture frame. I painted the frames and spray painted the glass with green chalkboard paint. I think they will be drink and or food menus.

Number 10

Number 10, originally uploaded by krakencrafts.

I finished the last of the table numbers finally. I probably spent way too much time and energy on these, but I'm really happy with how they all turned out.

Whenever I am taking pictures the kittens have to try to get into the frame.

Voting Has Started

Vintage/DIY Contest Entry, originally uploaded by krakencrafts.

Voting for the Ruffledblog.com Vintage/DIY contest actually started Friday, April 2nd and runs through Thursday April 8th. Here is the link to the voting.
ruffledblog.com/2010/04/diy-contest-time-to-vote/

Vintage/DIY Contest Entry

Vintage/DIY Contest Entry, originally uploaded by krakencrafts.

I entered this contest on the wedding blog ruffledblog.com. They just posted my succulent/vintage planter centerpieces tutorial today. I would really appreciate it if you clicked back and voted for me to win starting March 29th.

Our Invitations

We sent out our invitations already, and since we have started getting RSVPs back, I'm pretty sure that most of our guests, at least the ones in the US, have gotten them in the mail. It does seem a little bit early to be sending out invitations for a wedding at the end of July, but since it is a destination wedding for pretty much everyone, I don't think it hurts to send them out early. I really just wanted to get to check another thing off my list of wedding DIY projects. I got the card stock and envelopes from paper-source.com and designed and printed them myself with my print gocco. It took a long time and a bit of frustration, but I'm happy with how they turned out. I think they really set the tone for our wedding which will be very casual, DIY, and sea creature theme.