Sarah

Quote: Originally Posted by host mmmm....did i tell you i was crashing your wedding? just kidding but i will be lurking! You can eat mine- I'm sure I won't be able to eat! Or, maybe I better order 2 extra plates for you and Edyta... lol

It doesn't say...It was just a cheap candle from Target, so I hope not!

Somehow I knew this was going to come back to sex...lol Well, mine is lit and is going to stay lit until we know the answer...hehe I'm thinking that it won't catch on fire because the tissue paper is so thin. We'll see!

I decided to try to burn the paper on the side with a lighter. It won't ignite with a lighter. It kinda charrs and disintegrates away with direct flame. Now I have the large candle with the picture on it lit and I'll see what it does when it burns down that far. Stay tuned...lol

You can't remove the paper because when you use the heat gun it kinda sets the tissue into the candle. I actually just tried scraping the one I already made- it's stuck in there pretty good. OK, maybe this was a bad idea. I guess I didn't think that people might actually light them and burn them down far enough to where it would matter. I never burn anything but scented candles like Yankee and Gold Canyon, so I wasn't thinking about the need to deal with the paper...

Welcome to the forum Kaley- you have a great contact in Janet, her wedding was fantastic. And Christa's is right around the corner, so I'm sure you can get some great ideas from her too!

Awesome invites Fotini! If they're your formal invitations I would definitely put stuff like accomodations and activities on a separate card. But that's just me- it depends on how formal you want to be. They look fabulous though:)

My guess is that yes, the paper on the side could potentially catch fire...which is why I decided to do the small candle with the really small monogram on it! I think it's more of a decoration though than anything else...Maybe it needs a disclaimer logo. hehe

I mentioned yesterday that I was working on a candle project, well, here's the first attempt. I think this has real potential- just not sure exactly what to do with it! A friend of mine is planning her daughter's wedding for this summer and shared this idea with me this past weekend. She an avid rubber stamper, and is planning to use this idea with a stamp she's also using for the invitations. Well, I thought that if you could do it with a stamp, maybe you could also print something and get the same effect. The candle on the left with our picture was my first attempt, the candle on the right is the size I'm going to use for my favors/placecards, I'm just still not sure what design to use. I was going to use one of my monograms, but I want it individualized for each guest. This is done using tissue paper! Can you believe it? You print (or stamp) on the tissue paper, then using wax paper and an embossing heat gun apply the tissue paper to the candle. The wax makes the tissue paper seem to disappear. It's hard to tell in the pictures, but it looks like the design is just printed right on the candle. The one on the right I have turned to partially conceal the name, but it has a background in a sepia color with the name in red. If anyone is actually interested in doing this, let me know and i'll post more detailed instructions. Edited 4/16/08: I've gotten lots of requests for directions, so here you go... You'll need... White tissue paper & Ink Jet Printer (Laser is probably fine too, but I used an ink jet) Heat gun (like the kind used for stamping and embossing) Wax paper Candles Plain white paper & scotch tape Scissors OK, first plan your design, monogram, picture, whatever. You'll be printing this directly onto tissue paper. Try printing on tissue paper. I know some printers can handle it some cannot. Assuming yours can't (mine couldn't), you'll need to figure out where on a piece of white paper your design will print, and tape a small square of tissue paper over that area. Make sure the tissue paper is taped COMPLETELY flat or the design will get messed up. I was able to print on up to a 6x6 inch square successfully. Print your design on the tissue paper that's taped to a regular piece of white paper just so it can get through the printer. Cut your design out and discard the white paper so all you have left is your tissue paper. Now, to get it on the candle! Cut out a strip of wax paper so that you can place the tissue paper on the candle, lay the wax paper over it, and wrap the wax paper all the way around to the back so you can hold it taut. Using your heat gun, carefully, slowly apply heat to the wax paper over the candle, sweeping side to side, until you notice the wax paper turn "slick" and you see the image darken underneath. This is the tricky part...you want the wax from the wax paper to coat the tissue, and you want the candle to melt just enough to absorb the tissue- it takes some practice. Use a couple scrap candles first until you get the hang of it. The smaller the piece of tissue, the easier it is. If you mess up, or if the wax runs, you can hit it with the heat gun again at the end to smooth it out. That's it- PM me if you have any questions

I did specifically hunt out maracas on this trip, but when we were there last fall there was a little store in the mall downtown that had all sorts of souveniers and cheap trinkets. I believe maracas were like $2 a pair. The store was right by the entryway off the road. Thanks for reminding me- this is something I wanted to buy for my OOT bags- I'll just have to remember to go when we get there!

I'm so glad you called and extended the offer. I think Glenda said it well- just make sure she knows how important this is to you and how much it means to you. I also liked Ann's suggestion that you could offer it as a loan, as a last resort. I'm paying for 5 of my family members to attend my wedding, all of whom said absolutely no way when I first offered (and actually the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th times I offered!). What finally got through to them was when I told them that we had already weighed out how much it would cost to do a local wedding with 200 people we didn't really care about. We would much rather spend the money to have the 5 most important people in our lives and spend $2,000 each on them than $100 each, or whatever, for people that don't really matter. That might be a good way to put it to your aunt.

Wow- that is amazing! Awesome job! I seriously thought you picked up that brochure for your guests somewhere!

Quote: Originally Posted by jilly76 Nice Job Sarah! When you're done with your stuff want to start on stuff for my wedding, hahaha, I'm so not a DIY-er! Only if you want to pay me....lol

Great brochure Melissa- you didn't make that did you?

Quote: Originally Posted by paddlegurl Love the fans with the cute little tag...hope you don't mind us stealing these ideas! Thanks for posting the pictures! That's why I post them...steal away!

Quote: Originally Posted by host kate, can you bring stuff down on your site visit and have mariana hold them for you so it is less to bring before the wedding? I soooooo wish I would have done that!

Quote: Originally Posted by LALA Sarah - You are a DIY badass. Thanks Kate! rofl

Well, Jeff wanted to use rivets instead of brads and he revisited that topic last night. I told him I liked the brads and it's staying that way! lol He was kinda stumped too on what to do with the ribbon on the front. He liked both of the suggestions that were made here and I think I will experiment some more this afternoon with some paper and a monogram or something... I showed him everything all together- the invites, programs, fans, menus, and the candle thingy I'm working. He was really impressed, so that made it all worthwhile!

Quote: Originally Posted by jpkw I love it Sarah!! You really are the DIY Queen!! Are you having a fixed menu for both Welcome dinner and Reception? Just wondering if you are making a menu for buffet? We are having a fixed menu for the reception. I am trying to negotiate a couple choices for the welcome dinner.

Quote: Originally Posted by KarlaV I'm really excited about it! We could only afford to stay for 3 nights. But it would have been nice to do one of their 7-night spa packages. Maybe you could do that for your honeymoon. KarlaV Honestly, this is where we really wanted to get married in the first place, but we knew our guests couldn't afford it. Now, we have such a small number of people coming we wish we had just done what we originally wanted to do- go alone! Anyway, yes, we do plan to do a separate honeymoon later so I can't wait to hear your review...it might be something we'd consider!

Too funny...my are so many of those too true!

I love that idea! I'll try it tomorrow...

Quote: Originally Posted by Christine okay silly question when I download a font where do I save it so it will be in my programs? I'm not sure if this is the easiest way to do it, but I always download it to my desktop, then go to control panel, then fonts and click and drag the font into the window. Does that make sense? Here's a couple websites where I've gotten my fonts from: jr's Personal Stash, fonts A-B Download fonts | dafont.com Angelina came from dafont Thanks to Christa (I think!) for the font websites!

That is a cute idea! I'm so jealous that you're staying at the One and Only- we might have to go back and do our honeymoon there later!

Here is Angelina! I don't remember where I got it...