DIY Wedding Invites (Part 2)

The making of our wedding invites ..... we've started working on this last June 2010.  It was really a long process from finalizing the fairy tale wordings, to assembling the ribbon band, up to finalizing the seal and the name labels which up to now we are still working on it. :)  Oh well, it was tedious  but it was fun. 

the placing of beads on the the first page / main invite 

was the most tedious part

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my brother helped me on placing the beads :)

 mom made the invitation band :)

   

our main invite ... nice :)

 

 of course we made use of our logo for our seal :)

 logo for our seal :)

 our wedding invite :)

DIY Personalized Table Napkin

This is another fun DIY project for me and for my family.  I tried scouting for suppliers online who provide personalized table napkin, but I find them expensive. The average cost of buying personalized table napkin online is $25 to $30 for 100 pcs. This lead me to compare DIY personalized napkin from buying it from a supplier.

I checked some forum on how to create one and by using a rubber stamp is the easiest way and cheaper as it seems. And having a rubber stamp, we can create many personalized table napkins as many as we want, and we can use it to some of our DIY projects. 

The following are the materials I've bought for our personalized table napkin.

1.  I'd purchased our personalized rubber stamp having our wedding monogram logo at www.rubberstamps.net - that was the cheapest rubber stamp maker I've searched with a good feedback from the forum :)  

2.  Pigment Ink Pad (I've learned that there are several types of ink pad, and pigment ink pad is the type of ink that you can use for table napkin or clothes).  I bought it from Michaels craft store.

3.  Table napkin - all our table napkin was bought at "Alin Party Supplies".  Printed table napkin are costly compare to plain, but good thing it was on clearance sale when I bought the printed table napkin.  We will place all printed table napkin on VIP tables.  You can buy a plain table napkin for a cents or $3.00 for 50 pcs depending on the size and texture.  

4.  Stamp cleaner - this solution is being use to clean the rubber stamp everytime you want to change ink color. 

Stamping was really fun, most of them was done by my brother and my mom :)

The items needed for my DIY personalized table

napkin project

Fun fun fun

Stamping was so fun :)

Our personalized table napkin :)

Bridal Fair at LA Convention Center

If Allen had attended some bridal fair in the Philippines, of course I would also love to experience it.  July 10, 2010, I together with my family mom, dad, and my brother attended Bridal World Expo at LA Convention Center. 

I am with my brother most of the time, and he pretended to be my fiancee' every time suppliers asked me "Where is your groom?". According to Allen that was the same questioned he used to encounter whenever he attends bridal fair in the Philippines. Every time he makes some inquiry to some supplier, supplier will always ask him ... "Sir nasan po ung bride?" and believe me, Allen already has an answer for this... it's either he will say.... "nag back out na ata" or "naghahanap pa lang din ng bride". :)  Funny... oh well, lucky me I have a brother who can represent Allen during bridal fairs.  

The experience was great and gave me some inspiration for our wedding.  I was able to compare it from the bridal fair being held in the Philippines.  Well, nothing much difference, both have same gimmicks like seminars, promos, activities for the bride and groom, food tasting, fashion shows, etc.  

But I can say that there are more freebies here compare in the Philippines, specially a lot of wedding magazines and wedding planning resources have been given away including wedding planner - which I really like the most :)

Attending the bridal fair is fun and very informative, but I have some tips on how you can totally enjoy and get the full benefit of attending a bridal fair.

1.  It is a good idea to check on the bridal fair's website beforehand, to get an idea of the participating vendors and exhibitors.  Of course, you want to be sure that the participating vendors are the people that you are interested in meeting with and provide services you still need for your wedding.

2.  Not all bridal fair provide bag or paper bags to place all the brochures, flyers, business cards and other freebies that you can get from the vendors.  Be sure you have one to place all these items.

3.  Many vendors / suppliers offer discount and freebies during bridal show, so take advantage of these savings if you are interested in their services.

4.  It is a good idea to bring labels with your name, address, email address, and contact information since almost every exhibitor or booth will have something for you to fill out for some type of give-away, this will make your life easier . :)

5.  Lastly, of course wear your most comfortable clothes and shoes.

 

Me - happy to be part of the Bride Expo

 

I participated the games - hoping to win the 

free honeymoon package 

Got an idea on how our wishing tree will

look like :)