Don’t worry- the wedding bell blues are a good thing! Those are the colors my daughter chose for her wedding this past Saturday. It was just about as perfect a day as anyone could hope for. No rain, good food, great family and friends and lots of fun!
Here’s a picture of the seating chart I made from an old window.
You will need:
vintage window
old book pages
Mod Podge
ribbon
calligraphy marker
Sizzix Fresh Vintage flower dies by Eileen Hull (coming soon)
blue and white crepe paper
white tissue paper
brads
silver pipe cleaners
Sizzix Eclips machine
Starter & Rockin Janie Cartridge
blue paper in varying shades
silver pen
silver pen
Instructions:
- Clean and sand edges of windows. Rub stain or ink over sanded edges for shabby look.
- Tear out pages from an old wedding etiquette book. Mod Podge pages to back side of glass, varying position of pages for interest. Tear strips if necessary to cover all areas of the glass. Use a brayer to work bubbles out and make paper smooth.
- Write message on ribbon with calligraphy marker. Embellish ribbon with Fresh Vintage flowers cut from crepe paper and tissue paper in various colors. Add bling, silver leaves and stacked book page hearts. Hot glue flowers and other embellishments to ribbon.
- Cut out desired heart shapes using Eclips die cut machine. Cut a slit in each heart from the bottom point to the middle of the heart. Put a piece of double sided tape on the bottom left side of the point. Fold flaps into center and trim off extra pieces to form a 3D heart.
- With a silver pen, write the name of each guest and their table number. Adhere to window with glue dots.
- Arrange hearts in alphabetical order leaving the names visible at the bottom of the heart.
- Enjoy the event! We sure did. 🙂
I messed up! My brain is still in wedding mode- I was supposed to post an Easter project today (not wedding), as part of the Designer Connection blog hop. Luckily, I happen to have this little basket made from a Dove soap box in the archives. For some other cool Easter projects, click forward or back on the Designer Connection button on the sidebar for a trip around our webring to see what this fabulous group has to show!
The seating chart is amazing, Eileen.
I bet the guests had a hard time forcing themselves to take the little hearts off.
On the other hand, that would reveal the lovely wedding etiquette collage underneath.
I bet they had fun with this.
Thanks Eileen! I love the book pages that I used to ModPodge- Vogue’s Book of Etiquette (1948). So funny to see how far we have come in 60+ years- you would crack up at some of this stuff where they discuss girdles and wigs. Thanks for looking!
Eileen, what a lovely way for the guests to find their table!
Thank you for the dove box inspiration. I needed great idea for a recycle project post and this is a great one. Simple but lots of fun!
Thanks for dropping by Dawn and your nice comments. 🙂
i love this idea for a seating chart, hope i remember when/if my DD gets married. cute little basket
I can’t wait to see more crafts you made from the wedding! That is so pretty!
That is so crazy good! What a labor of love, and I’m so impressed at how it turned out! How perfect for the big day. You amaze me Eileen!
Dang, I want to get married again so I can do this. We didn’t have assigned seating the first time. Super cute idea. I love anything with old windows!!
Both projects are great! Also, the next post down (on rocks) reminds me of the rock I made like these for our daughter’s wedding! Ten years ago! I wrote the words of the verse about the fruits of the spirit on the rocks, they were part of the reception table decorations! I used metalic pens, worked great. ~Heidi
This is one of the neatest creative projects ever. Love this idea for seating chart! Thanks for sharing.
Wigs and girdles — yep! that was a situation at our wedding! (along with gloves and hats!) fifty years next year!