tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30450715609321843682024-03-18T19:44:35.934-07:00Adventures in DIYroxiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556559870949078920noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045071560932184368.post-10084426423621130522009-01-23T20:47:00.000-08:002009-01-23T21:02:24.371-08:00Floral Letters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvPS_pS7HmQ2MmYefFMLoKZRP-669rjaSj1yeClChIH0eT40Q_28tVgM-IkxoYdla2p-bNK7-YCsPqujjirlwxWE27XapVoPqOqz2UP0CpiMIh25wP3bnS35UvCdPAki0CE3YJIE9Y1oK/s1600-h/IMG_0901.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvPS_pS7HmQ2MmYefFMLoKZRP-669rjaSj1yeClChIH0eT40Q_28tVgM-IkxoYdla2p-bNK7-YCsPqujjirlwxWE27XapVoPqOqz2UP0CpiMIh25wP3bnS35UvCdPAki0CE3YJIE9Y1oK/s320/IMG_0901.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294720989193579506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_v5QvcoTzv3ATUW__aeCSpprNKByo9uC_cw1Da_91tX7GBzoHcZb7hB5JdApQleflBzcVxa9g8fxLy7dLSfC0uJy_NU8Rgylt0qRldM-mS6NzIehhn20rjPVqFkdH5PhffWsP42LUizH/s1600-h/IMG_0911.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_v5QvcoTzv3ATUW__aeCSpprNKByo9uC_cw1Da_91tX7GBzoHcZb7hB5JdApQleflBzcVxa9g8fxLy7dLSfC0uJy_NU8Rgylt0qRldM-mS6NzIehhn20rjPVqFkdH5PhffWsP42LUizH/s320/IMG_0911.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294720970262137842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So I saw a couple of other brides who had DIY their own floral letters and I thought they turned out really nice. Thus, I thought that I couldn't mess this up too bad. So here's there materials I used.<br /><br />-Approximately 150 small (1" or less) fake flowers. I chose mini rose bunches - the cheapo ones that were 50% off at Michael's - and I pulled all the flower heads off (also good for aggression)<br />-Wooden letters of your choice. We chose the initials of our first names, S for Sarah and J for Joel. But I've also seen them with last name initials.<br />-Ribbon<br />-Glue<br /><br />So like I said, first I de-headed all my flowers. Then for ease and flatness of gluing, I pulled off the weird little green thing that supports the petals. This DOES make the petals more likely to fall off so I did that as needed.<br /><br />Then I just glued the flower heads onto the letters. Now I learned two tricks to this part.<br /><br />1. Start with the edges and then fill in the middle second.<br />2. Make sure you are looking at the letters from the angle they will be viewed from.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">i.e. if you are gluing on a table, like I was, make sure you are looking straight down at the letters. Or what I did was held them up every so often. Otherwise it can look full from one angle but not-so-full from another</span><br /><br />And although the pictures don't reflect the last step because they are drying as we speak, I will glue the gold ribbon to the back so I can hang the letters from the doorknob of our ceremony location door. I am going to hang them at different heights so you can see them both.roxiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556559870949078920noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045071560932184368.post-48701468459565535592009-01-11T19:34:00.000-08:002009-01-11T20:04:16.627-08:00DIY Cupcake Top<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMa8Y_hXOGaCYsRYlIvDwA3XUlYIwKOqADKKyX4ExoDqH18OjFqUoUOrQIepFumAJlFuI15ZxFN6pGBlPmWuHFuwhoXLe47rRNjOnzluAcU3U6SindG2iwd1BiIifJaDW84G8d1KxtdVS/s1600-h/IMG_0865.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMa8Y_hXOGaCYsRYlIvDwA3XUlYIwKOqADKKyX4ExoDqH18OjFqUoUOrQIepFumAJlFuI15ZxFN6pGBlPmWuHFuwhoXLe47rRNjOnzluAcU3U6SindG2iwd1BiIifJaDW84G8d1KxtdVS/s320/IMG_0865.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290252989122840210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyqvqBGOL0lVC3ZOpCFZWGMaYPE1VgKUwP2KNAQCIpNv5CdDygVPHvrSybjxDbvbQrqv_QI9jAxR_EdKPJ7yGqhOK2ShObYjAOODu2yNoauaGlpxbaYd77k2C8Iv32PWq1RjaVY_Jpmia/s1600-h/IMG_0867.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyqvqBGOL0lVC3ZOpCFZWGMaYPE1VgKUwP2KNAQCIpNv5CdDygVPHvrSybjxDbvbQrqv_QI9jAxR_EdKPJ7yGqhOK2ShObYjAOODu2yNoauaGlpxbaYd77k2C8Iv32PWq1RjaVY_Jpmia/s320/IMG_0867.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290252980817257842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1YzQlGTN6H9FXnzs9w0pN_CYZoSSsYxbq9ef1uJFwX6vEyVN8_6ZozKdq6mY6p-Z8t-3PJWJAQILBrOHfUlQtGwMO6n1n0zcrIyzkdaBkDGVHQaDJAYkxRK1NH4vHd93pj1Gz7JEocXT/s1600-h/IMG_0870.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1YzQlGTN6H9FXnzs9w0pN_CYZoSSsYxbq9ef1uJFwX6vEyVN8_6ZozKdq6mY6p-Z8t-3PJWJAQILBrOHfUlQtGwMO6n1n0zcrIyzkdaBkDGVHQaDJAYkxRK1NH4vHd93pj1Gz7JEocXT/s320/IMG_0870.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290252973771340274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOSnZIsfE3h-nDES4M19ZzrFxonm3x-ybBGKAjYj6QZ64H5-CYNCOCUHDlC41pfV3WwkZe2bg6hd2wwkdj75z7TeLzyx8FckGpNgVMxGQ5TGAGRO83JRgAkhXELnS1e2UQ_Bdg08Eu8uB/s1600-h/IMG_0858.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOSnZIsfE3h-nDES4M19ZzrFxonm3x-ybBGKAjYj6QZ64H5-CYNCOCUHDlC41pfV3WwkZe2bg6hd2wwkdj75z7TeLzyx8FckGpNgVMxGQ5TGAGRO83JRgAkhXELnS1e2UQ_Bdg08Eu8uB/s320/IMG_0858.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290252957372744818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9348sBX69f2E3ZlUfjibOy77JIaa1fq7m_Do2kuNPXNq3tlDpC5lHCAd122vwLt_ezIZ9oKjPrfAxDs24gIxjZVBTmQaNj99mZL_ZWpmJfv1yUyA3L2gLgUKUhN_CEwCMqTj7e3AiOAj4/s1600-h/IMG_0864.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9348sBX69f2E3ZlUfjibOy77JIaa1fq7m_Do2kuNPXNq3tlDpC5lHCAd122vwLt_ezIZ9oKjPrfAxDs24gIxjZVBTmQaNj99mZL_ZWpmJfv1yUyA3L2gLgUKUhN_CEwCMqTj7e3AiOAj4/s320/IMG_0864.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290252956123961618" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So the first DIY project I knew I wanted to do were cupcake toppers. I saw some in the magazine at the cake shop and I liked the uniformity they gave to the cakes.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I went out and purchased everything I thought I needed to make about 225 - 4" cupcake toppers and then I realized that those would be insanely huge. So I returned everything and bought everything I needed for 2 3/4" toppers - and that gear includes:</div><div><br /></div><div>-36 12x12 sheets of patterned card stock</div><div>-10 12x12 sheets of plain white card stock</div><div>-Circular paper cutters</div><div>-Stamp and ink pad</div><div>-20 Dowels (not sure what size - I let Joel pick them out)</div><div>-Glue and scissors</div><div><br /></div><div>Then I cut out 225 - 2 3/4" circles of the patterned card stock and 225 - 2" circles of white card stock. I glued the white circles onto the patterned circles. I let them dry and then stamped the middle. That's as far as I got tonight, see the attached (above) pictures for my process.</div><div><br /></div><div>. . . also, if you know how to post pictures at the BOTTOM of the entry leave me a comment . . .</div>roxiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556559870949078920noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3045071560932184368.post-31500076056200768952009-01-11T19:20:00.000-08:002009-01-11T19:33:36.661-08:00Taking the PlungeWe've been engaged for almost 10 months and I have FINALLY started to attempt some of the DIY projects I've scouted out for the wedding. I figured someone in the universe might find it helpful to see the progress and mistakes that I've made when they are taking the DIY plunge.<div><br /></div><div>I am somewhat crafty. I like to knit and have made a half-hearted attempt at a scrapbook or two. But I usually stick to what I know so I'm sure there will be a spectacular fail or two for everyone to enjoy.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also feel free to visit my wedding planning website at mrstaddei.weebly.com if you want to see the rest of the story.</div>roxiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17556559870949078920noreply@blogger.com0