There was never really a point where I remember making a conscious decision that I was going to do ALL things stationary for my wedding - it just sort of happened. And the best part about it, was that it saved me a lot of money to be able to spend on other parts of the wedding! Naturally, the first thing I started with was the Save the Dates. I went to Michael's and shopped for some paper in my wedding colors. The "pink" paper that I bought is really what set the tone for the whole wedding theme. This became THE pink that I wanted everything to match. I searched online for some ideas and when I found "the knot" idea I fell in love. Here is how it turned out:
This was something like 800+ pieces of paper!!
After the invitations were sent out (and the huge weight off my shoulders was lifted) I started working on the Programs. These too were pretty daunting, but much easier than the invitations, and I had my sister, Mackenzie's, help! These sat on every other place setting at the reception, and were one of my favorite details!
After those three intense projects were over, the rest was just a bunch of onesie, twosie smaller projects. I made my bachelorette Party and Bridal Shower invitations. I suppose those should be done by the person throwing the party, but I'm such a perfectionist that I wanted to do it myself lol. Plus, I really enjoy doing it and being able to say I made them myself :)
One of my favorite wedding stationary projects was my table numbers! This was such a fun idea that I actually came up with on my own! haha. Most of my "ideas" are actually other people's ideas that I recreate, but this one I can actually say I created! I probably saw something similar online and applied it to my TV Show theme. So the way it worked was, I had a big crystal tree on the outside cocktail deck that had big paper "ornaments" hanging from it. Each one had the name of a couple from a famous TV show and underneath that were the names of the guests that would be sitting at that table in the reception. Then once they entered the reception, they were to find the table with the name of the TV show that featured the famous couple. That's the table they would sit at :) Such a fun activity for the guests and something for them to talk about during cocktail hour while they waited on us to finish our pictures. I matched up the age of the guests at a particular table with a TV show that was from their generation. Some of the shows I had were Saved by the Bell, Married with Children, The Flintstones, Home Improvement, The Simpsons, The Brady Bunch, and many more!
I made these Reserved signs for a bunch of the chairs at the ceremony for mine and Ryan's immediate family.
These were the gifts I gave to my bridal party. I bought the earrings and bracelets from a jewelry store and then put them on my own, personalized paper with their name and a cute note. I also put them in a matching box that had their name on it as well. They all loved them, by the way :)
And finally, after the wedding and after coming back from our European Honeymoon, I had ONE LAST PROJECT! The Thank You notes! I used a picture from our wedding taken by our awesome Photographer and made it into a card.
And that was it! I was finally done! And believe it or not, I miss it a lot. The year before my wedding was so fun, so busy, and very exciting getting to do what I love getting ready for the best day of my life!
