Wedding Creations!

My brother, Michael, and my now sister-in-law got married at the end of July! I was asked to contribute some of my craftiness and make a "Just Married" sign to hang at the reception and on their honeymoon at Reggae on the River. Naturally, they asked that the colors be black, red, yellow, and green. I got to use my amazing Cricut (which my brothers bought for me a few years ago) to make each letter!

I printed a border on green paper to help cut out the scalloped edge, and used double-sided tape to stick on the letters and black background. Definitely not the most secure, but I got them laminated to make them more secure and durable for Reggae on the River. I punched holes in the top two corners, tied the letters together with fishing line, then with yellow ribbon to make it look prettier. I think it was a success!

While I had a decent amount of time to put this sign together, there was a hiccup with another component of the wedding. Ashley (my sister-in-law) has ALWAYS wanted to wear a wreath in her hair. She had ordered one on Etsy, but it didn't arrive on time for her to bring it to the wedding (they live in southern CA, and met/got married in Humboldt.) So two days before the wedding, which is when I got up to Humboldt, Ashley asked me if I could make one for their wedding on Wednesday. The next morning, I went to Dollar Tree and Michael's to get any materials I could use. Surprisingly, a lot of what I could use, I found at Dollar Tree! I was super pumped! I still needed a few more things, which added up at Michael's, but definitely worth it to have quality materials!

I got back to the hotel room and got to work. I had to cut the pip berries off of the pre-made wreath I bought, cut the flowers off, and cut small twigs to wrap. My hands were definitely bruised from using scissors to cut through so much wire! After several hours of weaving, hot gluing, and re-evaluating, I ended up with my finished product! Luckily, Ashley loved it!

I got to put it on her while she was getting ready.

During their beautiful ceremony in the redwoods.

From the front! I wanted to make sure it was more "twiggy," than flowery, as per the bride's request, which makes it a little difficult to see in the picture on her brown hair.

From the side! You can see the twigs a little better here. I wove them together to make it look as realistic as possible. The twigs really were just wrapped wire from the pip berry wreath I bought, but they did the job.

From the back! I hot glued a long ribbon to the side of each end, then wrapped ribbon around the ends to make it look more polished. I love the green against her hair!