Wedding Day Schedule

...also known as My Type A Personality on display. I'm embarrassed to admit that this shouldn't of been as much fun as it was. I created my 'Day of Schedule' in Microsoft Word with the hope that all of our helpers, bridal party, parents, and more awesome people who are lending a hand the day of will know exactly what to do and it will run smoothly.

It's still tentative but this is how it's looking...

I have four bridesmaids and myself, is that enough time to get ready? Also, I know there's no way in hell the ceremony will last one hour...we will be lucky if it lasts a half hour...but I factored in that time because I'm sure we'll be running late, so that's where we make it up.

Did you do anything similar?

A productive wedding day

I took the morning off work to mostly hang out with my fiance and get wedding things done. First thing this morning we were at the tux shop and we made final decisions. Final. Eeeeeee! Sounds so final. Ha! :)

• My handsome groom will be rocking a black tux, black dress shirt, ivory vest, ivory tie and fuchsia pocket square.
• The groomsmen will be in black tuxes, white dress shirt, fuchsia vest, fuchsia tie and fuchsia pocket square.
• My dad will be in a classic black and white tux with a fuchsia pocket square.
• The ushers will be in black slacks, white dress shirt, fuchsia tie.

Second, we swung by the florist (which is right next door) to say hi (we love her!) and give her mo' money. I also changed my maid of honor's bouquet to be a little more unique... now I'm thinking I might do the same for the best man's bout. 

Third, we had our final consultation with our caterer. We went over every aspect of the day. She has an amazing reputation and we've been told that she basically acts as a day of planner...which we are SO stoked about! After going over every detail, I feel pretty darn good about where we're at. 

And last but not least, I ordered our engagement photo guest book...

I'll share more after it comes in the mail.

YAY! 60 DAYS! 

:)

DIY :: Fun Wedding Water Bottle Labels

After deriving inspiration from here and here and all over Etsy, I created my own water bottle labels for the wedding. This was one of the most fun DIY's so far! :)

The labels were created in Adobe Illustrator and printed on full sheet weatherproof labels from Onlinelabels.com.

 I cut them out using scissors... mostly because I loathe paper cutters. And it wasn't so bad.

The finished product! I love them and I think our guests will enjoy them. We plan on having some outside during the ceremony, in buckets and at the reception bar. We also did mini water bottles to put in the OOT bags as well. 

Did you personalize any part of your wedding??

P.S. 2 months to go!

Invitations: FINISHED PRODUCT!

I don't know how we did it but our invites are done two weeks before we want to send them out. The assembly process was the most fun because each guest address label I put on the envelopes I imagined them opening the invite... so exciting! 

Here is our entire invitation suite:

Like I said before, I had so much fun assembling them...

To add more of a personal touch we decided to create custom postage that would pop on the front of our envelopes. And what pops more than two smiling faces...? :)

Cost breakdown:

• Invites (designed by me, printed on Zazzle.com): $66.00
• RSVP's (designed by me, printed on Zazzle.com): $71.50
• Belly bands: $18.29
• Wrap around labels: $21.61
• Postage on invites: $56.70
• Postage on RSVP's: $25.20

Total: 259.30 ~ $2.88 per invite

Invitations: Wrap-around Address Labels

I absolutely love the idea of wrap-around labels. It's very modern and clean in design and I am obsessed. So I bet you can guess that I made some for my very own invitations.


I have to start by saying TG was skeptical... but in the end, he loved them! :)


I used Adobe Illustrator to design my very own wrap-around labels. After a lot of tweaking this is the finished product...

I printed them on full sheet labels and used my Fiskars rotary cutter and a ruler to cut them out.

All of the graphic design is by me except the border with I got from istockphoto.com.

And on the envelopes...

I'm pretty much in love with them.


Cost:

• Full sheet labels from onlinelabels.com: approx $0.14/sheet; 24 sheets: $3.36
• High Resolution Border pack from istockphoto.com: $18.25 

Total: $21.61 (approx $0.24 each)

Invitations: DIY Belly Bands

In order to save money, TG and I decided not to do 100 little inserts and just let the wedding website do it's job. So we opted to only do a invite and an RSVP, which you can see here. 


However, I didn't want to just throw them into the envelope and call it a day either. I wanted some sort of form and organization to them. I googled and searched wedding blogs for ideas. I came across the idea of belly bands and was intrigued.


I found some at Cards&Pockets but at $11.25 per 25, I decided with a little labor, I could do them myself. 


Tools:

• Fiskars 45mm Rotary Cutter
• Self-healing mat - I used this one.
• Cardstock
• Pencil
• Ruler and/or sample belly band

I had ordered a sample belly band so I had a good example to begin with.

I essentially used the sample as a ruler too. It was about a quarter inch shorter than 11 inches so I just made my bands an even 11 to save time.

After tracing them all out, I could fit four on one sheet of cardstock, I cut them out with my rotary cutter. This was definitely an arm work out--the paper was pretty thick and I had to push pretty hard to get a clean cut. I absolutely recommend spreading this job out over a couple days or your arm with be super tired.

Then, in order to make the folding easier I rolled over the band using the rotary cutter (without going all the way through, of course) at approximately 3 inches and 8 inches, just enough to cut maybe a quarter of the way through. 

And the finished product...

 

Cost:

• Cardstock: $3.89 (25 pack so there are extras)
• Fiskars Rotary Cutter: $14.40 on Amazon (which I will use for so much more, love it!)

Total: $18.29 for 92 belly bands