...lion DIY projects.
Today, ONE of my orders from Quality Shells
{www.qualityshells.com}
came in that included...
the Sand Dollar & it's stand
that I am painting with the sparkle pain...
Hello Ladies.
I'm feeling a bit better today..
Yesterday, I was flipping through
one of my magazines and I saw Picture #4
and I had to google to find that image..
In that search, I...
...mini reception afterwards.
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...ed a photo inspiration that we would love to do with large seashells. See photo #4 . We have completed ours over the weekend. I just love this idea!
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... the decor onto each box:
Seashell
Rhinestone
Orchids {silk} Ivory and Purple
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...e my hair, ladies! I only had moussed it on that day, LOL
What do you think ladies? I made my dream orchid hair comb! Included are some large pearls, seashell and 2 different color orchids. HAA...
...good DIY project for other brides.
What should I do with them, ladies?
I thought about incorporating them into my shell bouquet, but no...I already love my inspiration without these added...
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~Our Renewals~
The continuation of the brown wicker basket transformation. This was started blog from my 12/26/11 blog on the Flip Flop basket.
I came across some brown wicker bask...
...osen bouquet in (Pic #4).
Here are some other beach theme bouquets and bouts that I've found on researching. I really loved (Pic #1) made by Kimberly Aurora on Etsy, but it's way out of my b...
...cial bouquet project! I have purchased some ivory orchids and seashells that are closely matched in the photo {Pic#3). Very close match, what do you think?
I will add a few silk ivory orchid...
...chid bouquet. I'm really liking this one. Shells throughout, touches of lace, pearls, roses and peonies. Breathtaking!
A possible a DIY'er? Not sure yet, lol. It's Beautiful, isn't it?
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Aren't these perty? These were some trifold programs that I created a little while ago. Just had to share the sherbert colors that is used. Mango & Raspberry which has become quit...
...earl decor
You can see more in the Program-Wedding Party sections at www.partyshakers.com
All programs come in your choice of colors and theme to match your special day/event!
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... the reception. I think it will look really pretty against the chocolate tableclothes... the only thing is... there were soooo many HUGE shells... I had to dig and seperate.. which took a good 2...
Hey Brides,
I have a TON of new and slightly used items from my wedding that I am selling and renting out.
This includes tall vases, branches, candle holders, votive holders, tea light ho...
This is so unique! I don't know if I would use a tall cylinder vase to pour the sand in but I love the idea!
... and decor. Sticks are available in neutral, black, pink, brown, green, soft green, light brown, purple, orange, white, silver, & gold!
These have been added to the Fan Program Page to Part...
Well...I had a test run with the favors over the weekend. It went well. We are giving handmade white and dark chocolate seashells in a white box. Half will have aqua ribbon and the others wil...
...ttle DIY project and embellished our baskets with turquoise ribbon and some starfish to go along with our beach themed wedding on 8/7/09...and I'm just now FINALLY getting around to taking pics ...
I'm trying to clean up my mac & get rid of some of the files I'll no longer use, and came across a TON of inspiration boards I had saved.
I figure these might help some of you- hope t...
...y my MOH!!)
*My hair and hair accessories
*My dress (which btw didn't have a lace-up back at 1st, so let me just say THANK YOU to my friend Dorothy for altering it for me for FREE!!!!)
*My HU...
... Woo hoo! I got my centerpiece vases, two trays for bubbles or something, four picture frames that I'm going to spray paint and then decorate with seashells, and more "LOVE" words that I'm goi...
... the decorations turned out absolutely gorgeous, but there was a lot of stuff that happened behind the scenes that could have potentially ruined the entire wedding!!! But for now, I'll just leav...
...d my MOH made beautiful seashell centerpieces!
We only played one game but it was really cute. My mom wrote a story about how FH and I met and the years we've spent together since. Our names...
... our cake table and buffet tables!! On the cake table we'll have the blue mini lanterns, which I found at Old Time Pottery, and our personalized napkins that I ordered from the Knot...sorry thes...
... our wedding favors...OMG I can't believe we're getting married a week from this Friday, on August 7th...WOOO HOOO!!! I've already put together ALL 100 wedding favors so they're all set and boxe...
I purchase the following items at MICHAELS to ceate my box: unfinished wood treasure box - 50% off and the unfinished C for $2.99. The seashells are from MARSHALLS - $8.99, large bag. The pe...
... I'm going to make napkin rings, well sort of. I'm going to gather a bunch of random napkin rings and paint them all to match my colors and then I'm going to glue seashells, starfish and sand ...
...d my dress color to off-white, Needless to say the ivory ones are not being used and are FOR SALE.
So using a 50% off coupon, I bought a new set in white. I added real seashells and starf...
Hey ladies...OMG I can't believe it's been 2 whole weeks since I last posted something on here!!! WOW I've just been soo busy lately...not just wedding related stuff, but at work too!! OMG I ...
I've gone through about 20 different centerpiece ideas and I can't express how much I officially HATE making them! I will NEVER do this again!!!
Anyway, I'm pretty sure that I figured the...
...that DIY's their centerpieces, but I just didn't expect to be so stuck....
... our reception decor - I've been really unhappy with my ideas so far and I just can't come up with anything that I like.
Finally, after deciding that I can't come up with anything good on my ...
...ired wedding cake :)
If you want info on the fencing and chairs see a post I did a while ago. Can't remember off the top of my head!
xoxo
Mrs. FIRTH. <--still getting used to it! ;)...
...r my cake table! Once again, another etsy find that I've decided to make myself. Michael's has some seashells on clearance this week, so that's perfect! What do you ladies think?...
...f my hair. I'm going to make myself one of these. I don't want to spend all that money on it when I know I could make it myself. Here's the link if anyone's interested:
http://www.etsy.com/vie...
... our DIY invitations...pics are posted a couple of posts down if you missed them!!). Anyways, so first of all, let me say sorry for being so GHETTO lol...I just didn't feel like taking the time ...
...hell bouquet while searching for stuff on etsy.com and fell in love with it! I prefer the ones with flowers in them too. I don't think I want a solid seashell bouquet. I'm still not sure of what...
...king DIY invitations...DO IT!! I saved SOO much money by making them myself...grand total with stamps and everything was only about $160 for 100 invitations!! Not only that, but making DIY invit...
...arge cake decorating tip. I'm also going to buy some shell and starfish shaped candy molds to make the decorations for the top of the cupcakes. I haven't figured out yet what to make the decorat...
I had to make some changes to my previous centerpieces. The new venue has banquet tables so I wanted to expand the centerpiece. I order some squares vases from DOLLAR TREE to add to the cyli...
...have DIY Invitations that I could afford to make on my own!! She designed everything with the images on them (except for the belly band squares) and then all I had to do was get everything print...
... our invitations from VistaPrint today!! It's been a pretty long and drawn out process since I first started "attempting" to create my own DIY invitation designs probably sometime back around Oc...
I want to create this look for my box card box. I am looking for the undecorated cardboard version. Ladies at WBC please help me!
... the ring bearer pillow, guestbook, toasting flutes, cake serving set, etc., so do you think I should make it all match?? Or should I do something different like maybe adding our first initials ...
... our DIY invitation designs??!!
PS - In case you're wondering, a fellow bride on WBC named nearlycapone08 designed my invitations and RSVP postcards for me, so definitely contact her if you ...
... add flower petals, too. WHAT DO YOU THINK?...
...o my MAID OF HONOR....
... our invitations and RSVP postcards!! For several months now, I've been planning on making DIY invitations not only to save money, but also because you can design them exactly how you want them ...
.....my wedding dress and the wedding cake YAY!!
Well, the Monday right before Christmas we had our first appointment with the bakery!! It's a place called Cakes by Judi (yes with an "i" lol) an...
...main flowers in our wedding!! Cake #2 shows you the shape of the cake that I want with a better example of the color of ribbon that I want to have on it!! Cake #3 is a cute lighthouse shaped cak...
...t my Wedding Cake Bubbles at the Dollar General too...I seriously couldn't believe that they had them there because these were the ones that I was planning on ordering anyways!! They were on sal...
... our reception!! Of course, it has the chair covers with the turquoise/aqua colored sashes just like I want!! I may or may not do the matching table runners...but this pic is definitely making m...
... the flower girl basket she is selling so I have a much cuter one (well actually 2 of them) that I plan on buying from Michael's for about $6 or $7, and then adding the blue ribbon and seashells...
...able wedding cake bubbles online before and had wanted to order them, but then I thought maybe I would just go with the kind that are just long and skinny based on price. But one day I stopped b...
I'm definitely planning on combining several of these ideas in order to still go along with my overall beach themed wedding by using seashells, but I also love the ones that have stargazer li...
...pink flowers in their bouquets to go against the blue dresses...but as far as cake goes, I don't plan on actually have a blue cake (not knocking any of you who are going with a colored cake othe...
...ole "wedding cake topper" idea...because, none of them were "us"....until we saw this cake! Perfect for our new theme...and the toppers are so cute and simple.
perfectly describes our relati...
