Ashley & Dylan April 18, 2015

April 18, 2015  I will close out this chapter of my crafting career with a few photos of Ashley & Dylan.  The wedding was a lot of work and stress for everyone close to me but it was truly a one of a kind/beautiful day! 

Appetizer/Drink Table

January 2015  Ashley wanted to use Mason jars (yes, we are from the south).  We decided to make a drink station and use an old steel washtub for the ice bucket.  I cut tags and ran them through my sticker machine.  We placed them on the front of each jar and left pens for folks to write their names on their glass. Decorative tags were added around the top with ribbon.  I bought meat and cheese platters for cocktail hour appetizers (yes, after the year I had we had an open bar and I was first in line).  

Cake Table

December 2014   We knew we wanted to do cupcakes but Ashley really wanted to save the top layer of her cake for their one year anniversary.  So, we did a combination cake/cupcakes.   I looked at all kinds of cupcake towers and ultimately decided to go with the wooden trays I found at Hobby Lobby. We  purchased a small cake for Ashley and Dylan to cut during the ceremony and freeze for their anniversary.  I bought a neat cake stand and added the hydrangeas.  The plaque was purched by Ashley's Aunt Karen.  The toppers were purchased online.  

Seating Chart

Before

December 2014   I knew I wanted to incorporate vintage keys into the wedding decor.  I ran across a folding screen that I purchased for $23 at Goodwill.  I purchased antique look key bottle openers online and decided to hang them with the individual name and table number.  I had Jim sand the screen and paint it a copper brown color.  He cut boards to fit into the openings.  I covered the boards with satin and lace.  Once the boards were secured into the screen, I added small copper nails to hang the keys. It turned out beautiful!

After

Ashley's Something Old & Something Blue

November 2014   I am a sentimental person and I wanted to do something special for Ashley's something old and something blue. I decided to do an applique embroidery on the train of her dress. I found a nice heart pattern and decided to use one of Jim's old blue shirts for the outer heart and on the inner heart I place part of an old hankie from Ashley's great grandma Dee Marie Rector.  It was a little unnerving sewing onto her dress but all went well with no mishaps :)   It turned out awesome!
For Ashley's something new, we bought her a new pair of pearl earrings and a new bracelet from her Aunt Karen.  For her something borrowed, she used her grandma Reba's pearl necklace and her grandma Heidi's pearl bracelet.

Photo Booth Props

October 2014  I decided it would be neat to have a photo booth at the wedding.  I didn't have enough to do so, I decided to make the props and the backdrop. Once again, I used my KNK Zing cutter to make the props. It was a hughe hit!!

Gift Table and Card Box

October 1, 2014  For the gift/card portion of our table, I decided to buy an old suitcase and redo it.  I found the perfect one at the Charleston Antique Mall here in town.  The outside was perfect so, I just had to redo the inside.  I recovered it with gathered fabric and embroidered the CARD tags.  They were hung on a string of pearls and small green clips.  I love it!  It is one item I will keep for myself :)

Before

After

Advice Block Station

October 1, 2014  Part of the Sign-In table was a JENGA advice block station.  I embroidered a tag to place on the advice jar and printed out a cute poem.

Sign In/Advice Block/Gift Table

October 2014  The sign-in / gift table was next on the to do list.  Ashley also really liked the advice cards she was seeing online.  So, we added an advice station to the table as well.  Of course I couldn't be simple!  I decided to do a sign in quilt.  I designed the quilt and made the individual blocks.  I didn't want to sew the quilt together just in case someone boo-booed. I bought metal baskets and set up a signing station.  I also decided to embroider the Sign-In sign.  

Wedding Decor Paper Projects

 August 2014 thru April 2015  Yes, I was still working on items in April :(  

Here are the items that I made using my KNK Zing.  I made everything for Ashley's wedding right down to the place cards.  

Program Front

Program Back

I Spy Game

Place Cards

Mint To Be Dinner Mint Boxes

Wedding Invites

August 12, 2014    Color and theme were set.  Invitation design was first on my list.  I used several programs to design the invite and then used my cutter to cut them out.  I love them! 

I used my KNK Zing Air Cutter to do a large part of the decor. Couldn't have pulled the decor off without it. 

Wedding Frenzy Begins With Decor

August 1, 2014  Ashley and Dylan were engaged in April.  Once the date was set for April 18, 2015, I immediately began planning!  I went through months of trying to find a decor theme that suited everyone. Needless to say Hobby Lobby hated to see me coming :) After months of buying and returning, we came up with a color scheme and theme for Ashley's wedding.  I ordered champagne satin table linens and went to Joann's many times to buy enough lace for the table toppers.  I embroidered the cut edge of the lace to match the side scallop.  On the large tables I added cording so that the toppers could be gathered easily.  It was the perfect element to give us the Vintage/Romance theme we were looking for.  For the centerpieces we decided to use old books, teapots and green hydrangeas with pink rose accents.  I bought small white frames and added pink card stock topped with lace.  I used the KNK Zing to cut the table numbers.  I do not think it could have turned out any better!

Dinner Tables

Sign In Table

Dinner Table Centerpieces

Sweetheart table

Cake Table

Head Table

  

Head Table

Outside Garden Ceremony

Mr. & Mrs. Ratliff April 18, 2015