Over the next few days I'm going to share a few little homemade wedding projects with you. These were the details that made the day a bit more personal, in my opinion.
First, the guest book...
I made it the same way I made THIS ONE, and actually just used the BACK cover of that original ledger. Two new books from one old ledger!
Mr. & Mrs! signs for the chairs...
We decided that he was already a MR, and would still be a MR, but she was changing from a MISS to a MRS, and that deserved an exclamation point!!! I used pages from an unfinished chipboard book (Michaels dollar bin), and covered them with paper, sanded the edges, glued on glittered chipboard letters, punched holes and tied with organza ribbon. These were tied to the back of their chairs at the wedding reception dinner. Took 10 minutes, and was simple and elegant.
Party favors. Elizabeth wanted to personally make something for everyone, and decided to do her "famous" pretzels. I say famous, because after she made them the first time, people always ask her to make them again.
And just to do a little math with you...we planned a sit down dinner for 150 x 6 pretzels per bag= 900 pretzels that had to be dipped in chocolate and rolled in sprinkles. 900 pretzels to be bagged, and ribbons cut and tied and doilies folded...2 days before the wedding! We stayed up half the night. Do you know how many little white sprinkles were ALL OVER my kitchen floor??
I will admit...they were stunning when they were all in a big rectangular wicker tray, and EVERYONE loved them. In fact there were only 3 left! People couldn't believe she took the time to do that. Good idea E! My obsessive moment was with the programs...
They were simple, and I printed them myself at Kinkos, but we went to 4 different Michaels stores to find enough paper (Bazzill cardstock in a pearl finish) to print them all. Thanks to 3 awesome bridesmaids, Ashley, Isa and Megan, who flew into town 2 days early and asked "what can we do?", they were all folded and tied with seam binding ribbon in about an HOUR!!
I would have been lucky to get them all folded, and given up on the ribbon for lack of time. The girls sat and talked and finished it up in record time. Those 3 helped me SO much in the last few days, I will forever be grateful for their energy and enthusiasm and genuine LOVE for my daughter. She is blessed to have such friends! More to come...
oh, suzanne, it is all so elegant and beautiful! thank you for giving us a peek into this special event in your family's life.
♥karla
Posted by: karla | October 06, 2011 at 11:44 AM
everything looks amazing suzanne. definitely a personal touch for the wedding. i think that is very special.
Posted by: Traci | October 06, 2011 at 12:12 PM
Wow, Suzanne! Just beautiful!
Posted by: Jessica at Kids Napping? I'm Scrapping! | October 06, 2011 at 05:43 PM
lovely, lovely, lovely! I doubt I'll ever get invited to wedding such as this! truly wonderful handmade details! xo
Posted by: natalea | October 07, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Oh my. Oh my. Oh my. There are no words to say except "Oh My." Your daughter was the luckiest bride in the world. I am smitten.
Posted by: SuZeQ | October 09, 2011 at 06:48 PM
Love you, momma! All of your hard work and personal touches made the whole thing very "E" and she's lucky to have such a good mommy!
Posted by: Ashley | October 10, 2011 at 04:24 PM
Hi Suzanne - how special - let us know if you have more pictures to share - I would love to see more!
Posted by: cathyb | October 13, 2011 at 04:02 PM
It's all so incredible Suzanne! What great pains for joy you have taken. It will not be forgotten! Beautiful
Posted by: Susan Broyles | October 18, 2011 at 09:15 PM
I stumbled upon your site today while pinning a photo of your flowers on a chair I found on Pinterest.
what a beautiful wedding, I have actually got tears in my eyes looking at all these photos that tell the story of your day. With all the special touches you put to your wedding your guests will have memories to keep forever.
When I married in the UK my mother and father never even met my husband until a week before the wedding as they lived in New Zealand. My mother felt she needed to do something for my wedding and when she turned up she had collected chicken wishbones for good luck which she had spray painted in silver and then tied on a bow and a little flower around the top of them and put them on all the ends of the pews in the church. I was a bit worried when I heard she was drying out chicken bones! But they looked really lovely and it was that special little touch she wanted to add.
Your wedding day looks beautiful, thank you for sharing it in such detail with the world. How you managed to achieve all this and still keep blogging I will never know! I think my New Years resolution will be to organise myself better.
Lee
Posted by: lee | December 28, 2011 at 10:02 PM
Hi Suzanne! I LOVE looking at all the wonderful photos on your blog. What size cellophane bags and doilies did you use? I saw the photos of the pretzels on Pinterest and want to do something similary but with personalized M&Ms. Thanks for any info you can share!
Lara
Posted by: Lara | April 09, 2012 at 03:23 PM
Hi,
I am the one who has pinned your programs on my pinterest sight. Could you help me out? I would like to do these for my daughters wedding. You said you used pearl finish.. all i can find at Michaels is a kind called STRING OF PEARLS.. was this the same thing, or was it simply Pearls? Did you have a plain white insert for the inside? Wear did you get the binding? Any help is GREATLY appreciated! Thanks again. Linda
Posted by: Linda Dodds | April 29, 2012 at 08:32 AM