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Rachel's "Countries" wedding : Unpacking the elements

The wedding package: everything you need for one table setting.

Unpack it,

 

and with a little DIY and a good metal ruler and blade,

 

You can make packaging for your wedding favour,

and create a centrepiece on a (relatively) shoestring budget!

The idea was to put together something that Rachel could ship over to the States, unpack without too much caution, and assemble with the help of her ladies. Instead of glass, wood, and metal, there is paper in all its gorgeous different textures and opacities, to be made into anything.

Personal menus

 

The real wedding is in July, so I will have to wait till then to see photos of how it all turned out. Put a few blossoms around the lantern, fill a room with these, add wine glasses and happy people, (don't flash that camera!) and it should be a happy sight.

 

Lugging the elements around might have been a trial, but I do appreciate the DIY nature of this wedding project. Now to finish up another wedding invitation!

another wedding thing

This bride wanted a "Countries" theme for her American wedding, and wanted it in teal, and wanted there to be penguins involved. And so the teal penguins take a trip around the world.

Each table centerpiece is a different country; 20 tables for 20 countries. On the left, a logo that goes onto everything; on the right, the Paris table.

A wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime affair, the biggest birthday bash of sorts, the chance for a girl to wish for anything and wave her hands about to make it happen. There has to be that fairy tale element to it: sparkling lights, a little whimsy, a little glamor.

This bride is not settling for the readymade package, choosing instead to custom-make everything even if it means getting her friends together to cut out stickers. While I feel tired on her behalf, preparing the different elements that she has to put together, I like the belief she upholds that a bride can make anything happen. Even if it's teal penguins traveling to 20 countries.