Wedding Champagne Glasses

Hello, Friends!  I spent Sunday afternoon with my DIL Ashley making these beautiful champagne glasses.  Ashley is a bridesmaid for a friend's upcoming wedding.  We found lots of examples on Pinterest and almost all were priced at  $12 per glass.

Ashley went to a local discount store and picked the glasses up.  I found a free dress design on a Facebook Silhouette group and together we were able to make the glasses at around $3.50 each.  We were able to bypass using vinyl and opted instead to use Square1.  Using Square1 we colored the dresses in navy and the bows in yellow to match the actual bridesmaid dresses.  Then we just printed and cut once - sooooooo much easier over vinyl folks!  All in one layer that applied easily on the glass.

Supplies

• Glasses - 6 glasses from discount store, approximately $1 each
• Square1 - two sheets, around $2 a sheet (8.5" x 11")
• Dress Designs - free.  Found on Silhouette Facebook group.  Sized at 2.5" in height.
• Swirls - .50 cent design purchased from Silhouette store.  Design #42085 Swirls set of 7 made by Miss Kate's Cuttables.
• Font for initials - Alex Brush, sized at 45.1 pt.

Wedding Champagne Glasses

Wedding Bouquet Keepsakes

Hello, Friends!  Marilyn here with a tutorial on preserving the bride's bouquet after the wedding.  My tip:  make sure your flowers are dried before using a dried floral preservative.

Shadow Box Keepsake

Here is what I used:

• Shadow Box.  Mine is 8" x 10" and was purchased in a set of three from Michaels.
• Vinyl - mine is brown to match fall wedding colors
• Dried Floral Preservative - used to preserve the color and texture of the wedding bouquet flowers.  I used Gemini Masterpiece Dried Floral Preservative purchased at Hobby Lobby for $5.99. 
• Hot Glue / Hot Glue Gun
• Designer Paper Scraps - left over from the wedding invitations and bridal shower
• Cricut Cartridges - Beyond Birthdays, Doodlecharms and Storybook

Bridal Bouquet Shadow Box

• Spray your dried flowers with Gemini Masterpiece Dried Floral Preservative.  Do this outside, this stuff is potent! 
• Cut background paper at 8" x 10".  I used ATG to tape right on to the back.  The designer paper was used in the bride's wedding invitations.
• Heart = cut image and shadow at 5 1/2" from Cricut Doodlecharms [heart] found on page 85 of the folder.  Paper is again from the bride's invitations and decorations.
• Glue and Hot Glue flower petals onto the heart.
• Pearl band around heart - the pearls came from a roll purchased at Hobby Lobby.  We used the pearl strands originally on decorations for the wedding reception.  I just hot glued here and there to attach.

 

• Bead Swatch - came from bride's bouquet.  I hot glued a portion onto the background.  A small flower blossom is attached to the top.
• Date = cut date (10 19 13) at 1 1/2" from Cricut Storybook cartridge.  Shimmery Paper is from banner paper used at the bridal shower.
• "love" = cut from brown vinyl and attached to outside of the glass.  Cut came from Cricut Beyond Birthdays cartridge and was cut at 2", [love] found on page 132 of the folder. 

 



Christmas Ornament

Here is what I used:

• Clear Christmas Ornaments - set of 12 purchased at Hobby Lobby for $7.99
• Dried Flowers from the bridal bouquet
• Ribbon

• Pull top of ornament off and insert flower petals.  I used tweezers to move the petals around to my liking.

• Tie ribbon to top.  Ribbon from wedding decorations.

I hope you enjoyed todays tutorial.  As always, comments are welcomed and appreciated!

~ Marilyn

Here Comes the Bride!

Hello, Friends!  So, glad you stopped by today!  As I've said before, my son is getting married this month and I've been tasked with helping using my crafty skills.  Today I'm showing you the signs that will be carried down the aisle by the bride's twin five-year-old nephews. 

Cricut Cartridge:  StoryBook
Punch:  Martha Stewart
Other:  Artist Canvas.  Mod Podge Glimmer, Mod Podge Matte, Clear Acrylic Spray

Recipe:

• Artist Canvas = purchased at Hobby Lobby.  Size is 16" x 20".
• Border = punch several lace borders using Martha Stewart punch.  Borders were attached using Mod Podge Glimmer.

• Letters = cut at 3" using Cricut StoryBook cartridge.  Letters attached with Mod Podge Matte.  Once dry, add a second coat of Mod Podge Matte.
• Spray completed signs with Clear Acrylic to protect.

I will probably add some ribbon at the back to allow the signs to hang from the children's necks.

I hope you enjoyed today's project.   As always, comments are welcomed and appreciated!

Hope you have a blessed day and thanks for stopping by!  ~ Marilyn 

MCCR - Wedding Ideas

My son is getting married this coming October.  To save some money, we have decided to make some of the wedding décor items ourselves (the bride-to-be is crafty, too).  It's so fun to make it yourself!

Here are some of the items we are currently working on:

Wedding Invitations.  More pictures and directions here.

Wedding Invitations
Initial monogram from Cricut Mini Monograms

Wedding Ribbon Wands for send off.  More pictures and directions here.

Wedding Ribbon Wands

Candle Center Pieces made using Mod Podge and Cricut cartridges Sweethearts and Tie the Knot.  More pictures and directions here.

Candle Center Pieces
Cricut Tie the Knot and Sweethearts cartridges.

Glitter Pinecones for Table Accents.  More pictures and directions here.

Glitter Pinecones

Wedding Wall Décor Canvas.  More pictures and directions here.



8" x 10" canvas
Cricut Storybook cartridge

Wedding Ideas - Wedding Ribbon Wands

Back in my day the newly married couple was blessed with rice as they departed the wedding / reception.  From there it went to bird seed, bubbles and confetti.  Today's tradition has evolved to the ribbon wand.  Personally, I like it. 

Wedding Ribbon Wands

These little ribbon wands are fun to use and simple to create.  I purchased a 36" long wood dowel and cut into three 12" sections.  After sanding the ends, I painted the dowels in an orange color to match the bride's color scheme.

Next I cut two different ribbons at 16" each and attached them to the top of the dowel with hot glue. 

 
I purchased a package of jingle bells and liberty bells.  (I'm assuming they were called liberty bells due to the fact that they were being sold around the 4th of July.)  I ran some twine through the top of each and tied them to the dowel.  They are secured with a drop of hot glue.

Wedding Ideas - Candle Center Pieces

We used half-pint (8 ounce) canning jars to make our wedding candle center pieces.  The jars were first painted with a mixture of Mod Podge and gold glitter and allowed to dry. 

Wedding Candle Center Pieces

On this candle center piece, we glued on two different ribbons using the Mod Podge and glitter mixture.  The gold ribbon is very thick and heavy and I need to secure it further with hot glue.

The flourish "G" was cut at 2" from Cricut Tie the Knot cartridge.  It too was attached with the Mod Podge glitter.  Once dried, a second coat of Mod Podge was added.

The doves are from a Martha Stewart punch.  One is glued on the inside of the glass and the other on the outside.

After everything dried, I added some orange sand (found in the children's craft section at Michaels).  A flameless candle has been added to finish this candle piece.

Cricut Tie the Knot cartridge

The bottom of the second candle was created by pouring in a small amount of orange paint and allowing to dry.  The glitter Mod Podge mixture was then painted on the inside of the glass (as well as the outside). 

The "Mr. & Mrs." image was cut at 2" from the Cricut Sweethearts cartridge; found on page 63 of the folder.  The image was attached with the glitter Mod Podge mixture to the outside of the glass.  A second coat was added once the first coat dried.

The dove is from a Martha Stewart punch and has been glued to the inside of the glass with the glitter Mod Podge mixture. 

The bottom of the jar is one layer orange sand, one layer white sand.  A flameless candle is sitting on top of the sand.

The ribbon around the top is merely tied on to the jar.

Cricut Sweethearts cartridge

Wedding Ideas - Glitter Pinecones

Since the upcoming wedding is scheduled for October, the bride-to-be wanted pinecones to accent her tables.  She is a bling kind of girl, so we wanted to add glitter to the pinecones.  But, we didn't want the glitter coming off on our guests.

FYI - the pinecones we used were all just picked off the ground, none were purchased.

We were able to accomplish this goal by mixing our glitter with Mod Podge "Luster."  Once we had our Mod Podge mixture, we just painted it on to our pinecones. 

Glitter Pinecones

The pinecones came out so pretty and shimmery - and no glitter residue.
We used three different colors of glitter:  gold, glitz and champagne. 

Wedding Ideas - Wall Decor

I've used an 8" x 10" canvas purchased at Michaels to create the following wall décor.



Wedding Wall Décor
8" x 10" canvas

Wall Décor Recipe:

• Paint canvas using Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint "Pumpkin Orange."
• Mix gold glitter (I used Martha Stewart fine glitter) with Mod Podge "Luster" and paint over dried canvas.
• Cut "Happily Ever After" at 5.75" from Cricut Storybook cartridge; found on page 69 of the folder.  Attached with Mod Podge mixture.  Once dry add an addition coat of the Mod Podge mixture.
• Add brown twine around the "Ever" text with white glue.  I used Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive. 

• Punch four butterflies using Martha Stewart punch - three in brown and one in beige.  Coat each with the Mod Podge mixture and let dry.  Attach to canvas using the same Mod Podge mixture.  Use Liquid Pearls to create head of butterflies.  Bend tips of wings up.

• The beige butterfly also had some of the orange paint dabbed on to it.
• Punch several small flowers using a Martha Stewart punch.  Attached with Mod Podge mixture.  Use Liquid Pearls to create center of flowers.

• Use a Martha Stewart border punch to create the lace borders.  Attached diagonally using the Mod Podge mixture.   After drying, add a second coat of Mod Podge mixture over the borders.
• Add color coordinating twine and attach using white glue.
• Punch flower accent with Martha Stewart punch.  Use Liquid Pearls for flower center.  Attach with white glue.

Wedding Ideas - Invitations

I have to admit that I was a little concerned when the bride-to-be asked me to make her wedding invitations.   Would she like my design?   How labor-intensive would this be?    The bride knew what color she wanted and she had her heart set on a square card.    Together we scanned the internet and found what she was looking for. 

Wedding Invitations - finished size is almost 6" square

The invitation consists of a 5.8" square, four flaps, a 5.75" decorative insert.  I cut the square pieces with my paper trimmer.  The flaps were cut with the help of a SVG file.

All the parts that make up an inviation

After the flaps were cut, they were embossed with the Cuttlebug "Divine Swirls" folder and taped to the four sides of the 5.8" square.  The decorative 5.75" square was then taped over the attached parts to make a pretty and clean looking inside.

I have not made the actual "invite" part yet.  When that's done it will be taped on top of the decorative insert.

Initial made using Cricut Mini Monograms cartridge

The flaps fold in on themselves to close the invitation.  I cut a .25" x 12" strip from the decorative design paper to create the belly band.  Just wrap around the invitation and scotch tape together.  The monogram initial covers up the scotch tape on the belly band.

The monogram initial was cut at 2" from the Cricut Mini Monograms cartridge feature on page 91 of the folder.  The beige background was cut at 2" from the Mini Monograms cartridge using the feature on page 91 of the folder.