I would say earlier in the planning stages, I was way more ambition on tackling DIY projects. As we got closer to the wedding I gave up on the idea of DIY-ing everything and asked my bridesmaids for help on things I couldn't do on my own.
All the photos below were taken by our photographer, Ann.
The cute vow books were a gift from our photographer, Ann. I really liked the idea of sending traditional invitations in the mail and printed mine own at home! I purchased A7 blush envelopes, A7 white notecards, and 4 bar white note cards from Paper Source.
These were also a sweet gift from Sarah! She lettered it herself! 😍
We wanted our groomsmen to have matching blush ties. Andrew and I went to Macy's and found these very light pink ties for each of the groomsmen! I also thought it would be very cute to have personalized tie bars so we ordered them from StampedExpressionsCo (Etsy)! I also wanted to embroider the pocket squares with each person's initial, but I didn't know anything about embroidering at that time. When I made a trial version, it looked terrible so I just threw that idea out!
I ordered the cake topper at Rawkrft Etsy Shop when the shop just opened! I was super happy with it. We ordered a buttercream 3-tiered cake and a sheet cake from Shilla Bakery. I forget how much each sheet cake feeds, but here is an article you can read that may be helpful! For the cake decoration, my sister-in-law used the flowers we bought at Potomac Floral Wholesale and beautifully decorated the cake on our wedding day! The cake stand was provided by the venue.
I purchased the votive candle holders and the candles at Joann's and Michael's whenever there was a sale. I also purchased the multiple vase sets with Lata (who was getting married a month before me) and split the price! Though we could share the vases, we purchased our own set of floating candles. In total we paid $194 each for the candle holder set and the floating candles. For the table numbers, I used the Finetec gold watercolor with a calligraphy nib on watercolor paper to create them.
I asked my bridesmaid and close friends to come help make these eucalyptus centerpieces the day before our wedding! We gathered in my parent's basement and worked on these for 4+ hours. One of my bridesmaids, Susan, took the lead and taught us all how to make them.
What you need to these eucalyptus centerpieces:
• eucalyptus leaves + baby's breath
This is not an extensive list of all the DIY projects I attempted (hopefully more posts to follow). Please let me know if you're interested in any particular project I attempted and I will go into further detail about them in future posts! Writing this post made me realize how grateful I am for all the friends and families who gave their time to help Andrew and me plan for our wedding day. It was a beautiful (and hot) June day. Thank you everyone for helping us and loving us so well!
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Venue • Ceresville Mansion
Photographer • Anny Photography
Wedding Cake • Shilla Bakery
Wedding rings • Quest Jewelers
Make-up & bouquets • Michelle Chung
