The Weddings

I've got two children; both boys and this year they decided to get married with in 5 weeks of each other. I'm in wedding overload! I thought I would share with you what I have done, Stampin' Up wise for both weddings.

The first wedding was my oldest Matt and his bride Alex. They were married on August 7th. What I did for them was at their rehearsal dinner, held at the IVY club in Peoria Heights. I created flower center pieces; with punched out stars and their picture.

The paper and the star punches were Stampin'Up small star and star punches. In addition, I made favors which consisted of the Big Shot Fancy Favor Box. I used the retired color Brocade Blue and the stamp set Elements of Style. I glammed them up by spraying them with Champaign Mist Glimmer paint which was mixed with rubbing alcohol to give them sparkles. I also used the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die and some Vellum card stock to make the beautiful butterflies. I made 65 of these (with the help of my friends at work) and they had a bag of Hugs and Kisses in them.

Here is a close up:

For the wedding coming up this week (September 10th), Jeff and Renae, I made all 300 of the wedding favors. The flowers are made from the scallop circle punch. We made all 300 of them while on a weeks vacation in Wisconsin. My son, my grandson and my husband all helped. My 6 year old grandson is quite the flower fluffer! I made 150 of the Matchbox boxes and 150 of the Scallop bag (now retired). Chocolate chip and Tempting Turquoise with a touch of Old Olive made up the flowers and bags. The paper is the retired Bride specialty paper.

They are currently in my basement - all lined up like little soliders. They are everywhere! I am now a self proclaimed expert on putting together the matchbox die cut boxes and I now have "flower maker" on my resume. My short term memory is shot and my hands ache from all the punching, folding, and tieing, but by golly, I got them done and on time!