DIY Destination Wedding Guide for Guests

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Hi! I'm sharing how I did my itinerary for my Destination Wedding Welcome Bags! I found the brag books, small photo albums, at Michaels for only $1.99, with some coupons and a little bit of running around to several different Michaels stores I got 20 perfect brag books for a good price! Fun fact: The starfish on the cover of the brag book is the same kind that I had for my wedding hair clip, which I ordered here! :)
 
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DIY Bride Shorts

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Hi!! I'm sharing the Bride shorts that I made for my wedding day so I could wear them while I was getting ready! This was probably one of the quickest and easiest crafts that I did for the wedding and I still get to use them today!

   

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DIY Thank You Signs

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Today, I'm sharing the thank you signs that I made for my wedding thank you cards! I saw several different ways to do this on Pinterest and intended on using rectangle shaped plaques until I found these scalloped ones at Michaels!

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DIY Barefoot Sandals

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Since our wedding would be on a beach my mother-in-law had the best idea about all of the ladies wearing barefoot sandals. We looked at buying them, but my mother-in-law ended up finding a book on how to make them at a thrift store instead. Check out our new blog to see how to!


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DIY Lace Crystal Wedding Garter

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Hi!!

Today I wanted to share the garter that I made for my wedding! Cassie made her garter, which is posted earlier on our blog and we got the idea for what we wanted our garters to look like from the same website! We just didn't want to spend $190 on a garter we would wear just one day. I found elastic lace from a local fabric shop in downtown Dallas and found the perfect crystal applique online at Glorys House to attach. Total I spent under $15, can you believe that!?!

Supplies Needed:

-White thread

-Needle

-Sewing machine

-Elastic Lace

-Crystal Applique

I took the elastic waste and measured it around my leg. Knowing that I wanted it to be tight enough so that I wouldn't have to worry about it falling on the day of my wedding I tried different sizes before pinning and sewing. I made sure before I began to sew that I put the right sides together and just cut leaving a 1/4" seam allowance and then sewed right along where I pinned.

The toughest part was stitching the applique onto the lace. I wanted to make sure it was centered and straight when I applied it. I tried ironing and it just did not work with the lace so I began stitching like you would begin a cross stitch project. I went all the way around the entire applique making sure to go around the center of the applique as well in order to account for the weight it could put on the lace. 

Here it is on my leg! You can tell that it's tight enough because of the indent on the side of my leg, but not only did it not fall down it didn't even leave a mark.

 I think it looks just like the original, but it's definitely more meaningful to me!

Have fun with your wedding and save money where you can!

Happy Crafting!
<3 Elisabeth

DIY Oh $h!t K!t Wedding Favors

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I'm sharing the emergency kits that I made for all of the guests that attended my destination wedding in Jamaica. I came up with the idea from bestdestinationwedding.com and become fond of the name Oh $h!t K!t :) I put these into the Destination Wedding Welcome Bags that I gave my guests, click the link to see how I made those.

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DIY Glass Sand Jars Wedding Favors

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My husband proposed to me in Mexico using a spice jar that I had emptied and packed to bring sand home in. We chose to have a sand ceremony the evening before our wedding with our guests so that they could all take a glass jar of sand home from Jamaica to remember their trip and our wedding. It was fun to be able to share the story of our engagement with our guests and then give them a memory of their own with a glass jar full of sand.


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DIY Pashmina Tags for Wedding Favors

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Hello!! Today I'm sharing the easiest craft I did for my destination wedding. I gave these pashminas to the ladies that were attending my wedding and put them in their Destination Wedding Welcome Bags. I found the idea to give a pashmina on bestdestinationwedding.com as well as the verbiage "To have and to hold and keep you from cold". This was super easy to do and tied in beautifully with the theme. I found the pashminas on Ebay for $4.99 each! 

   

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DIY Personalized Tumblers

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Today I'm sharing the personalized tumblers that I made for my destination wedding guests. I put these inside of their Welcome Bags that I made and was surprised by how much my guests loved these, my dad is still using his years after our wedding. I got the idea for this from a past vacation my husband and I took, I read many reviews and found that bringing a large cup that keeps drinks cold is a commodity at all inclusive resorts and quickly went out to buy some Tervis'. For my wedding I wanted guests to be able to use something that would have them stand out as being part of our wedding party and to be a fun reminder of their trip. If you want to learn how to do this yourself visit our new blog and click the link below! 

   

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DIY Destination Wedding Welcome Bags

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Hello Everyone!! I had my destination wedding in Jamaica in July 2012 and wanted to share all of the fun things that I crafted for the wedding and for the guests that attended. I worked really hard tying in all of the little beach themed ideas for my wedding to get the impact I wanted. I have several posts that I'll still be adding as well as converting from the old blog. I promised myself that I will get all wedding crafts blogged this year! So today I wanted to share the Welcome Bags that I made for my guests. We were very blessed to have over 20 people paying their own way to attend our destination wedding! I wanted to be able to give them a token of my appreciation as well as something they could keep forever and remember our trip. 

Here is a list of some of things I included in the Welcome Bags and links to how I made them!

• Personalized Tumblers with Straws
• Oh $h!t K!ts
• Pashminas
• Destination Wedding Guide for Guests
• Glass Jars to take sand home

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