Save The Date!!

I made my own Save The Date Photobooth strip by scanning an old photo strip of me and Loyd a couple of years ago and taking the pictures out of the middle...

this is the wedding journal page I made before starting my DIY Save The Dates


I made some cards with the words on them and used one of Martha Stewart's border cutters to add some detail, I got it at Micheals and used a 40% off coupon so it was only like $11


There wasn't a real photobooth anywhere locally so we staged one in my living room!

I bought a tree stamp on Clearance from Micheals for $1

I got these cute envelopes at Office Max, and they were only $7 for a pack of 50! to which of course Loyd made a joke about Susan on Seinfeld dying from the cheap envelopes.... haha!

The night we began making these, Loyd was reading Lord of the Rings again all cozy by a lamp so I asked him to do the stamping...


my favorite part of this evening: seeing Loyd think he was finished stamping, carefully closing the ink pad and placing the stamp on top and pushing it neatly forward on the table...I could tell he was so proud of helping and thinking "alright... back to my book!"

haha... then I pointed out that was just the first pack of 50 envelopes! We laughed SO hard!


my dad said "oh why didn't you tell me you were taking a photo, I would have looked like I was helping!"I bought a pad of assorted paper from Micheals (using another 40% off coupon I might add) and printed the info cards on my printer and cut the strips, everyone's was a little different which I thought was a lot of fun!


They all had similar colors which went with the wedding and most of them had trees or leaves which went perfectly with our Autumn wedding!

Handmade Cards and Bridesmaid Paper Dolls

DIY Ask Your Bridesmaid Cards

all but one of my beloved bridesmaids live hours and hours away from me, so I thought it would be fun to send them a care-package to ask them to be a part of my wedding. who doesn't love getting ACTUAL mail?

1. cut out one girl from the front of an old dress pattern or fashion magazine

2. make a trial stencil on some white paper to make sure her elbows, skirt, and feet would touch and attach correctly in the folds

3. trace one girl onto the nice paper, and began folding the paper enough times to make one paper dolls for every bridesmaid- to put their names on each one later...

4. admire your lovely ring with every fold :)

5. if you have 8 bridesmaids like I do... this may take a couple of days... have patience and try not to get hand cramps! :)

6. Cut thick paper for the card part and fold it in half, trace a rectangle towards the right side of the card for a cut out where the paper doll will show through.


7. decorate the front of the card with a picture of a bride, I chose a vintage dress pattern picture of a bride. me... you?
8. write all of the bridesmaids names on the paper dolls (except the one who the card is for, her doll will say "you?")

9. at first I considered making a pocket to hold the paper doll but when I thought of tying them into the card with a ribbon, I realized it looked a little like a sash on the dress and thought it was a cuter idea...

10. Will you be a bridesmaid in my wedding? unfold the paper doll to see all of the bridesmaids

11. add a personal note on the left side to each one... :)


I made little bridesmaid packages with the cards, one of the Brave Embrace Journals I sell on my website, and some stationary and cool post it notes from Micheals


Matron of Honor: Tally
Bridesmaids: Mali, Nikki, Caroline, Margaret, Grace, Liz, Jenna

it was SO fun to get all of their phone calls on the days they got their carepackages! I was SO anxious to talk to them and start planning! I already had their dresses picked out and the email in my Drafts box! haha...

I am really looking forward to having all of my best friends in ONE room for the first time- my friends from growing up in Texarkana, my camp counselor friends, Loyd's sister- my camp penpal and friend for many years, and one of my roommates from art college! :)