I know that at some point I will probably get craft burn-out, but it hasn't happened yet, and for that I am thankful! Matt was on his game too, and the two of us were able to accomplish so much:
1. Mock-up crane hanging. We bought the neccessary items (fishing wire, more glue for the glue gun, a needle), and strung 25 cranes to a clothes hanging to give us an idea of the final product. It turned out GREAT and wasn't too tedious to put together:
2. Mason Jar Tags: We printed, cut out, laminated and punched 150 mason jar tags. We already made the design, but tweaked it a bit before printing. While I didn't get a close-up shot, so maybe I will post one tonight when I get home from work ^^
3. Mock-up seating charts:
While obviously we can't finalize the seating charts until everyone has RSVP'd, we did make a mock-up. I printed out 19 blank pages with a circle in the middle, and labeled each page a different place name (instead of a number). We wrote out everyone's names on post it tags, with different colors corresponding to: Dani's family, Matt's family, friends, +1's, etc. It took us some time, but it actually was pretty painless and hopefully the final result will be just as good!
4. Cranes: Our count now is almost 600. We took a 3 week break because we actually needed more paper and had to have Heather send us more! While we ordered enough to begin with, a few packets mysteriously disappeared, we made a ton of those "bad" cranes in the beginning that we had to throw out, and I think a few of my teachers took some from the desk, never to return them.
5. Readings Finalized: We finalized the 3 readings for our ceremony. We had a lot of different readings to choose from, but it was relatively easy picking the ones that "spoke" to us. Now we are in the process of finding and finalizing people to read them at the wedding.
6. Trail Mix Bag Tags: While I forgot to take a picture of this, we designed, printed, and stickered 150 trail mix bags with labels. The label simply says "Happy Trails! August 18, 2012" and includes our M&D monogram. They're super cute and simple, and will look really nice once the bags are filled with yummy goodness ^^
7. Finalized our singer for the wedding: Kayla Roy, an amazing singer and family friend. We could not be happier about this. She is quite the busy woman, working as a professional singer all over the country and currently in New York City. A week after our wedding she will be embarking on another adventure singing for Disney Cruise Lines! Now that she has confirmed, we will work on the music selection. Along with Kayla (who grew up in the same church as me), we have an organist/pianist, Phil, who has been playing at Sacred Heart for many many years. The two of them have done weddings together before and have participated in church choir with me since the beginning. It is an honor having both of them join us! Now for the fun of choosing the music!
8. Jewelry for the wedding: While I have had my eye on an absolutely gorgeous necklace for some time, I finally chose earrings to match, and will be purchasing those shortly. That is for another post entirely, though!
9. Wedding Party Gifts: Did a lot of searching this weekend for gifts for the wedding party. ^^
While we did lots of other things, these were the big ones. So happy to have so little time left and to have most of the projects under control!!!
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