my DIY projects

i have always wanted to do as much DIY for the wedding as possible, partly because i enjoy it but also i have never been comfortable with telling someone if they did something wrong so if i got someone else to make, say, my invites if they ended up being wrong i would just settle for it. I have a real problem with OCD i like to know whats going on and when things are going to happen other wise i get paranoid that something is going to go wrong, its not just with wedding related projects i do it all the time, like if someone says we are going somewhere like for my birthday but wont tell me i start to panic.

well my first project was favour boxes, me and my mom went to hobby craft to see what we could find for inspiration and we found these little templates for favour boxes and they were on sale so we picked up 2 different ones, one in a little clutch bag and the other with a takeaway style box, i didnt really like the bag one when we made it but the takeaway box looked quite nice so i made one in purple and attatched a tag (which is on the large size). i am going to make these in a

purple card and maybe even a cream card and have them alternate on the table, im also going to attach a die-cut butterfly to the upper corner of one of the faces. i was putting the tag on tob as i wanted these to be used as favour boxes and place cards, but i think i am going to have these more in the middle of the table and make seperate place cards.

Then i went on to making invitations, i decided i wanted a gate fold card with a pocket on the back for the RSVP card, so i got some white black and putple card and made some gate folds then raided my moms craft boxes where i found some really pretty coloured card with silver leaf and vines on it, i thought they looked great with some ribbon round it, but there is always a problem or 2. first problem, the coloured card with silver on them i cannot find them in single colour anywhere you have to buy a pack which includes like pink and green and red and blue which is just going to be wasted and have would buy numerous packs to be able to have enough for the front and back of the card, i was a bit down with this fact because i was quite proud of my design. the second problem was when i was going to make another gate fold card it wouldnt work, no matter how many times i tried i just couldnt get the front parts to meet.

So yesterday i tried a different design of a folded card but i didnt have the right colour card to make it with so i used white card and used some pink pastel chalks to make it cloudy, i got the design from project wedding, and it worked out quite well, you may see that there is a little heart in each corner of the front flap which i embossed using my moms embossing board. i made an internal pouch for the RSVP and i will be matting and layering the inserts to give it some dimention.

On my moms embossing board there is a butterfly then i copied and made a smaller one on purple card, then i used a glue pen and purple glitter to make the edges look pretty, i did want to make some of these in a thin paper so thst i can have them trailing up the wall i am noth sure though.