i am not one of those people.
but, i did want a few handmade touches to our wedding, and i had two big triumphs that i am still really proud of.
one was the name card/favor coup, a combination of ideas from my handmade weddings book. i stamped paper bags (from the grocery store) with a bicycle rubber stamp, and name cards (from paper source) with the names of each of our guests.
i put a chocolate covered graham cracker (from the sugar cube in alexandria) in each bag, attached the name cards with a piece of ribbon and, voila! name cards and favors.
i was pretty proud of that one.
but the piece de resistance were these felt boutonnieres (and corsages for the ladies, with a few more flowers and no stems), also from handmade weddings.
there was quite a lot of hand-stitching involved, which has never been my strong suit, and they were definitely time-and-work-intensive to put together, but the result was totally worth it. they were unique and personal, and i loved that everyone in our family had an extra something to take home with them if they wanted to.
and that was quite enough DIY for me.
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I LOVED those boutonnieres! The best part is they never got wilty or smooshed and you don't have to dry them to keep them forever. I guess you can do that with silk flowers too but I didn't sense an 80's theme to your wedding so I doubt it would have worked...
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