Gettin' Hitched: It's in the Details

The wedding date is set, the church booked, reception's booked & most of the big things are falling into place. Now that we have a framework for the big day the details are starting to matter. We have to send out Save the Dates like three weeks ago like now and there are other little things that will start to matter really soon. The one detail that I have gotten so much help with so far has been for the name cards that will be at the reception. We're making them ourselves and I'm super pumped for them!

What so many people have been helping us with is collecting wine corks!

 

 

We've gotten quite a few already!

 We're gonna clean the wine corks (boil them in water to get all the funk off) and then cut a section off so the corks don't roll. After they lie flat we'll cut a slit in the top of them and place the name card inside. I'm super excited about this and it may be because of my love of wine (studying in Italy does that do you) or maybe the fact that I'll be creating these myself with a few friends.

One of my fabulous friends, Christiana, just gave me a birdcage full of wonderful corks! How fantastically wonderful is she??! Take a look:

 

The beautiful Christiana!

We're also using the lovely birdcage she gave us to hold cards in. We're kind of going for a relaxed, vintage feel at the wedding, so all these homemade, eclectic pieces will fit together once the big day comes around! I'm so very excited for our wedding day. Well who the heck wouldn't be?

Any DIY projects on your list? Doesn't have to be for a wedding necessarily! I'd love to hear about them!