DIY projects, decorations, and all other ideas
Ring 'Pillow'
The rings are going to be carried on my Grandfather's Bible. He was a pastor and a great person. I would love to honor him during the ceremony. The flower will be just champagne and white (no brown).
Welcome Bags
The bags will include a reusable bag, a silicone wristband with pirate sayings, welcome letter, sanitizer, sun screen, kleenex, travel sized pain medicine, a pen, luggage tags and a deck of cards. Once I have them together I will post pics.
Ring Bearer Shirt
I made Andrew a 'ring security' t-shirt to wear while we are boarding and getting ready. Sorry for the crappy phone pics.
Bouquets
Due to customs, I can't take real flowers on the boat. They provide a rose bouquet, but I am not sure what it will look like and I'm not sure if I want to leave that up to them. Anyways I will need a bouquet while in Cayman so I thought it would be best to bring my own. For the handle, I got 'tussy mussys,' well the super cheap plastic version of them off ebay. The bouquets will go in tall cylindrical glass vases sitting on pillars during the cermony.
Cake topper
I made these using Sculpties clay and a golf ball to mold the shell. I used an instructables for the umbrellas.
Map 'Guest Book'
We bought a map which we will be framing after the wedding. We will have people sign the mat around the map. Underneath on the mat it has, 'Our journey awaits' with our names and wedding date. I think I'm going to have the mat remade with the fonts a little bigger.
Cufflinks
Matt wants to give all of his buddies that would have been in the wedding if we had a wedding party a gift. We made cufflinks out of Cayman coins. The 5 cent piece is a better size than the 10 cent one, but we made several of each so that his guys can have variety.
Personalized hangers
Yay for dress hangers! I made one for my little sister too! I attached the wire with E6000.
Banners
I'm considering making banners to hang from the reception tables to make them a little less boring, but haven't decided yet.
Garter
Since Matt is a pilot I wanted to suprise him with a little something recognizing that.