Guest Book Bench

I also found this idea on Pinterest for my wedding.  I never liked the idea of a traditional guest book because, well, What the heck do you do with it after the wedding?!  This AMAZING bench was built by my handy dad and husband.  I showed them a picture of the design I liked and got just that! What can I say they are just that good :)

We bought good old pine wood from Home Depot because I knew I wanted to paint it.  We spent about $60 on the wood (lucky for us we had a gift card from the wedding shower). Just to give you an idea on size the top board is 1 ft x 4 ft.

The decal was ordered from Uppercase Living for about $20 plus shipping.  It was a little pricey for the decal but it looks way better then trying to paint it by hand... and a lot faster too!  I love this company!  You can get personalized decals made to order.  They also have other really fun designs. Check them out!  www.uppercaseliving.com

Once we painted the bench and the decal was applied it was ready for the wedding guests!  I picked a couple colors of a multi pack of Sharpies to go along with my wedding colors.  I made a sign which stated:

 "Today is a day to remeber forever,
 and a guest book is often misplaced. 
We decided to make a bench,
so the memories of today are forever in place!
SIGNATURES ONLY PLEASE"

I framed the sign and we put it by the markers.  Once the wedding was over I sprayed it with polyurethane to make sure the signatures don't rub off. 

As for this project... I wouldn't change a thing! I love it!

Wedding Quilt

I found the idea for a wedding quilt on Pinterest. I thought it sounded like a great idea so I tried it out. On the wedding RSVP I included a statement at the bottom that said “The bride and groom request a six inch square of fabric to add to their wedding quilt.” I ran into a few problems…

1) Some people did not see/take the time to read the RSVP to notice they were supposed to send fabric.
2) Some people were unsure as to whether they were supposed to mail it back with the RSVP or bring it to the wedding.
3) This is a lot of work! AND because of the first 2 issues I couldn’t finish the quilt before my wedding.
I (with the help of my AMAZING grandma) decided to start the quilt and get what squares I had sewn together to display at the wedding. This is what is pictured :)

To solve my problem of people not contributing I had some already cut fabric choices to choose from in a bin and then a bin for chosen fabric squares. I ended up getting about 15 more squares to add to the quilt! Now I just have to finish it… with my grandma’s help of course!