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Erin's Wedding Stationary Extravaganza! Part 2

3/11/2015

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Last week, I shared with you my sister's wedding invitations and thank you cards. This week, I'm going to share the rest of the stationary I made for her wedding.

Erin's Wedding Stationary Extravaganza!
Part 2: Programs and Reception Details
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Once I figured out that I could scan and digitally manipulate the hydrangea stamp image I'd been using on the invitations (etc), I got really excited about making all the reception details!

I began with the programs. I printed them on 4 1/4 x 11 inch paper that had some shine/shimmer to it. Because who doesn't love some bling and glam on their wedding day? The front has the ceremony program and the back has the wedding party and other information. Both sides have a light hydrangea printed under the text. I was so happy at how the hydrangea came out! It was the perfect accent; it added to the feel and design of the program without distracting the reader from the text.
Wedding program - shimmer paper, periwinkle, blue, purple hydrangea
I know many of you don't know my sister personally, but trust me when I say, it would not be Erin's wedding without a lot of good food. Specifically, a lot of good sweets. So we put together a candy bar!

My mom worked hard to find a large variety of blue and purple candy and all the lovely glass containers to serve it all. I made all the signs so people would know which variation of sugar they were feasting upon.
Candy bar - blue and purple candy with hydrangea tent signs
Candy bar - blue and purple candy with hydrangea tent signs
Candy bar - blue and purple candy with hydrangea tent signs
Next up were the table signs and seating cards. The seating cards were tricky because they needed to be small enough to be unobtrusive on the tables, large enough to be easily read, and they needed to have some way to denote if the guest had ordered chicken or beef for dinner. Which I guess is usually done by having two different colors. But I didn't have 2 colors to work with. Unless you count black. Which I do not. So what I came up with was printing the small hydrangea on either the left or right side to denote their dinner choice. Chicken on the right, beef on the left. And no, that was not an arbitrary choice. 'Beef' has 4 letters, as does 'left'. There's always a method to my madness!
Wedding seating card tents - periwinkle hydrangeas
Wedding table marker sign - periwinkle hydrangea
The final, but most lasting, part of Erin's stationary were the reception cards. I have always thought that guest books are kind of dumb. I mean, you invited these people, you know who was at your wedding, you don't need their signatures to prove it! So for my own wedding (back in 2007), I came up with the idea of reception cards. They are 4x6 cards on which guests can write well-wishes, advice, jokes, or congratulatory messages. When you have collected them all, just slip them into a photo album and you're done! These are so much more personal and fun to look back on than a guest book. Plus, after a few glasses of wine, some of the guests can be pretty hilarious!!! I created 3 different designs so guests could decide which card(s) they wanted. Erin and Justin had a great time reading through them the next day at the gift opening!
Wedding guest book alternative - periwinkle hydrangea - reception cards - advice cards
Well, that about wraps up my sister's wedding! I hope you enjoyed reading about it as much as I enjoyed creating for it. Actually, there's no way that's possible - I had an absolute blast making everything for my sister!

It was a lot of work, but totally worth it to see how much Erin, Justin, and all their guests enjoyed all the details that went into their special day. I also learned a lot about creating coordinating designs in large quantities.

I am very excited to help other brides realize their wedding visions, and I've actually got 2 brides lined up already! More details coming soon!

Thank you for reading, and Happy Crafting!

** All photos in this post are from Bellagala Photography **
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