Eco-Vintage Weddings

Our Wedding: Super Fun Craft Day!

This past weekend, my maid of honor Kristen and my bridesmaid Serena came over for our first-ever Super Fun Craft Day (yes, I named it)!

The tasks?

1. Signage. Kristen has LOVELY handwriting (which we also utilized for our save the dates!), so we recruited her again to make place cards for the head table and “reserved” signs for the reception. They turned out great!

2. Ceremony decor. As I mentioned earlier this week, we decided to make tissue paper pomander balls, which we started (as in, I made a template and Serena trimmed all of the tissue paper to the same size). Hopefully I’ll finish them this week! We also placed sand and candles inside mason jars and tied the jars with ribbon to place on the floor of the aisle.

3. Covering these *ugly* plastic canisters of wet wipes with *lovely* scrapbook paper. We needed wet wipes for our guests for guestbook-signing purposes, but I hated the plastic canisters that they came in. So, Serena measured out the appropriate amount of lovely grey damask paper and adorned the canisters with ribbon. Problem solved!

4. The wishing tree. After one casualty (a ceramic pot shattered to its death), we rocked out the wishing tree!

5. Begin folding our cootie catcher favors. Check! Also hope to finish these this week (I will probably make a large dent on this project while watching my weekly TV shows!).

I hope to have another Super Fun Craft Day this summer!

How are you getting all of your DIY projects done on time/with time to spare?

Our Wedding: Cootie Catchers!

Good Tuesday morning, readers! Today I’m showcasing another DIY project that I’ve finished for our wedding this July – cootie catcher favors!

I originally saw this project on Vintage Glam Weddings, a site of vintage goodness that’s now under the moniker of Ruffled (which, if you haven’t checked it out, shame on you!). I always used to play with these when I was in grade school, and I felt like it including these little lovelies would be a fun throwback to my childhood!

As a twist on the traditional cootie catcher, instead of using numbers and colors, my groom and I came up with a few facts of trivia about us as a couple and us as individuals. To keep this project eco-friendly, we plan to print these on recycled paper.

Here’s the finished product:

Click here to download the template for cootie catchers on Ruffled.

Click here for instructions on how to fold cootie catchers via The Daring Book for Girls.

[Photo: The Daring Book for Girls]