Crafting

I'm going to be making a lot of things for the wedding and have started picking up supplies over the past couple of months.

I was excited to find this fabric at Joann's this weekend. I looked all over the store at all of the fabric before I realized they had these small swatches to work with. These will be perfect for what I'm thinking of using them for.

And I picked up this tissue paper at PaperZone today. It will be perfect for the garlands I'm planning on making.

I'm pretty pleased with how things are coming together even though most of the stuff I want to make hasn't been started yet...at least the ideas are in place. Christine and I mocked up a table centerpiece yesterday with some of the flowers she had in her home and the mason jars and candles she and I had. We just have to figure out where to get bulk flowers or go to the Pike Place Market a day or two before the wedding and I need to come up with placemats or paper for the center of each table and we'll be on our way to decorating the tables.

I still need to figure out what to do for escort cards. I was going to do pinwheels but they are becoming a hassle and John never liked them so I think I'm going to nix that idea (he will be so happy). I still want to do something creative and have a few ideas but I think I'll work on all of the other things (the invitations first of course) and see what time allows for. Plus I've got plenty of paper right now to work with but I don't know what I'll have left after I get our invitations done.

Here's our map and the new paper cutter I bought last week. It's one of the best purchases I've ever made...it's so much faster than what I used to make invitations for a friend last year. I can't believe I waited so long to get one.