I am reminded of the fun we had making things for the party. Jamie wanted a winter theme - she said she wanted to bring the outdoors in, so wanted white, silver and blue. Throw in a touch of red for a pop.
The invitations were made using a pre-cut petal card ins a soft blue-grey. The invitation was printed on white stock framed in red for inside. The lettering was printed in black with the monogram in red. Finally, the invitation was tied with a 3/8" ribbon and a snowflake brad. I ran the envelope flaps through my Cuttlebug in the snowflakes folder, and finished them off with return addy labels decorated with a little red snowflake.
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| work in progress - pre-cut cards, MS punch snowflake |
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| first mock-up. We dropped the blue, otherwise pretty true to the final product |
My mom flew out the day before the wedding. Was she ever surprised when Derek greeted her in the airport! We three went and decorated the beautiful Ridge Meadows Clubhouse (thanks to Derek's friend for the facility). Then - Derek left us the following morning (BEFORE the wedding) to report to Basic Training. "You're in the army now..."
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The welcome table was draped with white linen and covered with little silver ornaments on blue ribbon and the cutest little chiffon and ribbon "crackers" filled with candies - so cute! All guests left with a favour box filled with gourmet jelly beans.
The boxes were cut with Cricut Tags Bags Boxes and More cartridge. I used the heart box cut, inked the hearts red, then heat embossed with SU's Iridescent Ice. Monograms cut with SU's circle and scallop punches were glued over 1/4" red satin ribbon.
Table decor was simple - votive holders with red hearts on them, short vases filled with water, cranberries and floating candles, and tall vases filled with gel crystals and carnations. The finishing touch - tables were scattered with blue glass and ice crystal beads. 
The buffet table was draped with blue fabric and tulle, and branches spray painted silver and wrapped with white lights. I made a bunch of huge white pompoms - Derek got a few hung up on the lovely vaulted ceiling but it was a tough go, so he told me that's all I got --- and I wasn't allowed up the ladder to try to do more. So, the rest of the pompoms were placed on the buffet table :) |
| 3 1/2 generations - Jamie, Gram, Mom |
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| Guest signing pages for album |
I created a wedding scrapbook for Jamie and Adam. Rather than a guestbook for our small crowd, I did the signature pages above. Their photographer Lori Hawrychuk was wonderful with them, and made sure I had the proofs before the party so I was able to have their wedding photo in this snowglobe for the party. I also put together a slide show of the photos - that way we felt a little more like we were at the wedding.
The day after the night before - many many thanks to my wonderful brother Mitch who came with me to clean up the room the next day. What a good sport, love you bro!
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