Centerpiece Idea from Green Wedding Shoes

This wedding photo shoot set up by and featured on Green Wedding Shoes is so beautiful!  I love the centerpieces, I think I might use this idea for our centerpieces.

Super Bowl Party

Sorry it took my so long to post this, I kept forgetting about it!
Here is what I did for out Super Bowl party:

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Our food table for the 2011 Packers/Steelers Super Bowl

Cubeecraft Packers put together, found here : http://etchings13.deviantart.com/gallery/27571306

Project: Mercury Glass Vase

I started my first project!

I like the look of mercury glass for candle holders and vases, but I’m having a hard time finding the sizes and shapes that I want.  I attempted to make a faux mercury glass vase.

I bought a kit that has gold leaf, adhesive and sealer.  The kit was only $10 at Hobby Lobby and I had a 40% off coupon.  I would have rather used silver leaf to get the look of mercury glass but they only had the kit with gold leaf, they do sell silver leaf and the adhesive and sealer separately but I wanted to test it out before I put more money into the project.  It was $4 for a jar of sealer or adhesive and $8 for the spray, I think the silver leaf was $10.

To start I washed a clear, cylinder glass vase and dried with a paper towel.  Coated the inside of the vase with the adhesive, the instructions said to let it sit for 30-60 minutes until it was tacky but it only took about 5-10.  Next I tore small pieces from a 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ gold leaf sheet and applied it to the inside of the vase with my fingers.  It’s a little tedious, but I really like how it came out.  I used 3 of the gold leaf sheets to fill in the vase.  The vase is about 5″ tall and 5″ wide.  After I finished putting the gold leaf on I ran my finger along the inside of the vase to break off any loose pieces and make sure everything was pushed down. Then I applied a layer of sealer with a paint brush.  Now I just have to wait until it dries and I can test it out with some water and see how it holds up.  I’m assuming the adhesive and sealer are flammable so if I do this for candles I’ll have to do it on the outside of the glass or find another way of adhering the leaf to the glass.  Here are some photos of the process.

UPDATE:

My FI gave me flowers yesterday, he brought them home after work! I took this as an opportunity to test out the gold leaf vase.   Unfortunately the sealer doesn’t do well with water, it looks like it did when I first put it on the vase before it dried clear.  It’s foggy where the water is but fine above the water level. (See photos above)  If I do the gold or silver leaf for vases and candle holders it will have to be done on the outside of the vase.  I’ll try it on a candle holder next.

 

Mini Tree Centerpieces

I’ve been playing around with a few ideas for the table centerpieces and came across these small cedar trees in square vases, by JL Designs.  Maybe have a small grouping surrounded by candles.  Or we could stick little flowers in the trees.

I love the little dog they put in the photo 🙂

Fascinators

I’m going to try to get together with the girls over Christmas to do some wedding projects and planning.  Fascinators are the main thing that I want to work on with them.

Here’s the description of what a fascinator is on Martha Stewart Weddings

Bigger than a barrette, a fascinator is a hair accessory that’s worn to the side and is often made of feathers, flowers, or wisps of fabric. The fun, fanciful ornament is often embellished with crystals, beads, or loops of ribbon, and attaches via a comb or headband; some have a small, stiff, flat base that can be secured with bobby pins.

So since the girls will be wearing black dresses the fascinators can be more colorful, something that goes along with the flower color scheme.  Like magenta, purple or green.

Here are some fascinators I found on Etsy,  I’ll have to look for the links and post them later.

Making my Veil

My Grandma and I are making my veil, she lives in another state so we’ll have to work on it over Thanksgiving or Christmas. I’m still trying to figure out what I want it to look like. When I found my wedding dress the store had a veil that I liked, too bad it was almost $200. It was finger tip length with a scalloped edge and delicate embroidery edging. I think I want to do something similar with a blusher. I was also thinking about doing a fascinator (a small hair piece, kind of like a birdcage veil) to wear during the reception, I would probably wear it after the first dance and cake cutting.

Here are a few images that have caught my eye

Send Off

There are too many options for the send off and pros and cons for each one.
The ones that we are considering are confetti, mini pom poms, bubbles, ribbon and sparklers.
Confetti and mini pom poms would be cute but a pain to clean up. I’m not sure if I like the bubbles or not and if you could even see them at night. Ribbon is trend I’ve seen on a lot of blogs, not sure about this one either, too girly? I really like the sparklers, they look so neat in photos. Is it a little risky? I don’t want to start on fire as we run past everyone

Save the Date Font

I’ve been playing around with different fonts, colors and the wording for our Save the Dates.  I want to add a pattern to the final design too.

Unity Candle Design

I saw the neatest tapper candles in the studio of one of the photographers we looked at and I can’t get it out of my head.  She got it in a little shop up north in Wisconsin, I won’t be going up there anytime soon.  I tried looking online for it but can’t find anything close to what it looked like.

So, I’m going to try to make it!  The candle was a light green with a darker green Moroccan pattern over the top, it was a separate layer of wax, the design was cut out of the top layer.

This is what the pattern sort of looked like

After doing a little research and planning I figured out how I could do it.  You can buy thin, flat sheets of wax at craft or hobby stores that would be easy to cut, they sell tapper candles too.  To cut out the design I want to use a clay cutter or small cookie cutter, but I couldn’t find that shape anywhere so I looked up how to make cookie cutters.  There are a few different ways to make cookie cutters, I think using metal ribbon, also found at the hobby store, would work the best.  This way I can play with the size of the pattern to see what would look the best.

Now I just need to go back to the hobby store and see if I can get everything I need.  I’ll post a few photos of the process once I get started, I hope it works!