jellyfish

i wanted to put something interesting on the kids table.  when i found this tutorial i thought it would be a great addition to the table.  it ended up looking like trash in water in a bottle. i dumped it

escort rocks

When i saw this tutorial i knew i wanted to make my escort cards into these rocks/pebbles. we had to wait until most of our rsvps were in before i got started on this.  i shaped the rocks with my hands then used letter stamps to create the names.  i went with first name and last initial.  i also stamped their menu choice onto the rock.  it took a couple days to dry.  i then applied gel medium/varnish.  the tutorial tells you to use a sponge brush for varnish but that created a lot of bubbles.  so i used a brush.  some of the bristles came off so you have to be careful.  i also did this thing where i squirted gel medium onto the rock and then went around and spread it with the brush.  this remoistened the clay and created weird indentations.  then it tells you to use a pen.  the pen really doesnt work as decribed.  and also if you dont wait until the varnish is completely try it could clog your pen.  i found making the letters black pretty difficult.  and also coloring in the menu choices.  it then tells you to put another coat of varnish on, but when i did this, the ink from the pens ran.  so i ended up skipping that step altogether.

rope baskets

argh this project was just a pain in the butt.  i saw on some tutorial that said that she just sewed a basket with a zigzag stitch.  i tried to put it under the sewing machine and it choked.  the rope i got was way too thick.  so i just took a glue gun to it.  i hate glue guns.  they burn me.

felt ball garland

finally!!! i think ive been making felt balls for a year now.  i had repurposed some of them for the wreath but this was what i had wanted to do with them.  i basically made a whole bunch of felt balls.  i would needle felt them by hand and once i got them to a nice round shape i would tie them into pantyhose and then throw them in the wash.  when they came out, they were not round.  so i would throw them into a laundry bag and put them in the washing and drying machine for a few cycles.  they came out rounder.  lastly, i strung them together using embroidery thread and needle.

rehearsal dinner gifts

for rehearsal dinner i decided to give everyone a candle.  well actually i had somehow amassed a large collection of candles from gilt, myhabit, and ruelala.  most are voluspa,  some soi, some DL&Co, some burn.  i made the sign with cricut and then for the candles themselves i just wrapped them with natural colored wrapping paper then wound divine twine several times around.  the tag were also cut from cricut and i stamped names on them as well.

moroccan lanterns

this picture is also not too clear but i bought 13 moroccan metal lanterns online.  they were cheap.  $4 for 8 of them then 7 for the more fancy ones.  i added some ribbon to the tops of the smaller ones.  then the larger ones will be hung with ribbon as well from trees ...

ribbon streamers

so here in the floor we have ribbon streamers.  i had put the ribbon on rope so it can be easily attached to the front row of chairs at the ceremony.  i used A LOT of ribbon.  i had bought two spools from michaels and those only gave me two streamers each.  i had gotten some ribbon from my moms friend in hong kong.  i dont think they were too expensive.  but i used ALL of it.  not sure how much coverage this actually gives but hopefully its not too sparse.