Katrina let me in on some great DIY tips for her wedding at Ceresville Mansion!
“Biggest piece of advice for DIY projects, COUPONS! Everytime a 40% or 50% coupon came out for Hobby Lobby, Michael’s or Joann’s I’d go in and get ONE item. We saved over $500 by only getting items with coupons. Especially with the burlap and ribbon.”
Wedding location:Ceresville Mansion
Bridal Shop: The Sample Rack
Hair stylist or salon: Tres Belle Beauty Judy Lopez
Makeup artist or salon: Tres Belle Beauty Judy Lopez
Cake: Karen Rodkey
The flowers were from an etsy shop called The Blooming Corner and were made of sola wood I believe it was called! All the music we did was through an app called my wedding dj that we got in the apple App Store for $4.99! Luckily we have had a lot of friends get married before us and they were able to send over their music so we only ended up having to buy around 5 songs, ended up saving so much money because of that! The bird feed favors were from etsy as well, the shop was called Green Doxie Events, they’ll send the kits disassembled or assembled, we did them disassembled because they were a LOT cheaper!
Garland – Stitched burlap ribbon about 6 inches apart to give a ruffled look. Cream burlap roses were spray painted coral. Strands of pearl beads were placed on top of garland as well as the coral roses. Burlap ribbon and cream burlap roses were purchased at Hobby Lobby. Pearl beads strands were purchased at Rod Works.
Mr. and Mrs. Banner – Cut triangles from large square burlap sheets from JoAnns. Printed Mr. & Mrs. using my Cricket with a Cursive cartridge. Laid the template on the burlap triangles and stamped with cream paint. Attached rope to the top of each burlap triangle.
Centerpieces
Flowers – Coffee filters were folded and glued to a styrofoam ball. Wilson food coloring mixed with water was spritzed on the filters, hand upside down to dry or else the paper will flatten out. Flower balls were then glued to the candle stick. Candle sticks were bought at Pier One. Burlap ribbon with lace from Hobby Lobby was wrapped around the base of candle.
If I would have to make the centerpieces again, I’d leave them white! Loved the color, but it creates a lot more work. The color starts to fade after a week, making it a last minute project! I also spent a lot of time “fluffing” them and gluing ends together because of the coloring changing the shape. Also, the glass candlesticks broke SO easily! We ended up having to put soda cans under the candlestick to prevent them from falling over and breaking on the table (that’s why the lace was at the bottom- hide the pepsi can) having a base with a more solid surface would have helped SO much.
Table numbers – Wood numbers were bought at Michaels. The numbers were spray painted cream and placed on a handmade rectangular blocks (4 in X 6 in) with routered edges. Each number was decorated with flowers, ribbon, or pearls from Michael’s Wedding Section.
Activity book for the kids- Downloaded for FREE from http://www.lovelyindeed.com/diy-activity-book-free-printable/ and then bond the pages together with burlap
