DIY: Scroll Invitations

Here are my scroll invitations I'm having a fairytale theme,,,, I know I know I always thought it was so cliche to have a fairy tale theme too until I was getting married and decided screw that I wanna look like a princess too lol. The invites cost us about $60 to make and they look fantastic if you ask me

First we got parchment paper from officemax for $12 dollars with a coupon normally its $15. Parchment Paper is kind of pricey but compared to what you would actually pay for invitation its a steal. We bought satin ribbon, crown trinkets, and the mini bows from Michael's  with a 25% off your purchase coupon. Also we got dowel wood, rubber cement, and wood glue from Home depot. Your also going to need a hot glue gun

Step 1:
Figure out how long you want the invitations to be ours are a little over 5 1/2 inches you wanna cut the dowel wood to that size and sand down the ends if they look a little rough. This is totally something you can have your future hubby get involved with. Saws and sanding my fiance was all over this one.

Step 2:
Decide how you want the invitations to look. We did ours in Photoshop and created our monogram that were going to use on on the invitations, response cards, programs, and so on. Do a few test prints on regular paper in black and white because once again parchment paper is not cheap and neither is colored ink. Once you have the look right print them off on the parchment paper.  We did two invites per page of parchment paper they measure 4 and 5/8 of an inch

Step 3:
Put wood glue on top of the invitations (the part your going to roll up so that they are scrolls) and roll that part up in the dowel wood hold them down for a few seconds and leave them for at least 30 minutes to make sure they are really dry

Step 4:
Roll them up and decide how tight or loose you want them in the ribbon

Step 5:
Use rubber cement to glue the smaller ribbon on top of the bigger ribbon. Let them dry for a minute or two once their glued and dry you want to cut the fringes around them.

NOTE: You dont want to try and use a hot glue gun to do this because it looks awful the rubber cement makes it look flawless like the ribbon came that way.

Step 6:
Than you want to roll them up and use the rubber cement to seal it. Allow it to dry for a minute or two

Step 7:
Put the invitation in the ribbon holders you just made. The easiest way to do it is to roll the invite up tight and than put them through the ribbon holder.

Step: 8:
Glue the mini ribbon onto the seam of of the invitation ribbon holder with the hot glue gun.

Step 9: Slide the trinket over the ribbon it wont fall off trust me I tried to fling it a million ways.

Step:10: Pour yourself a drink because they are now all done and ready to box up thats one big thing you can now officially check off your checklist

Oh and just in case you were wondering this what our response cards look like

DIY

So ladies I have decided to take on a few task on my own from personalizing my aisle runner, invitations, flower girl baskets, programs, menus, ring bearer chest, and a few other things. Wish me luck and for my fellow Drive Yourself Insaners (DIY'ers) Ill be posting pics and instructions just in case your thinking of doing the same thing. Because lets face it there are times doing it yourself can save a lot of moolah and it really adds that personal touch to a day that is all about you.

Weight Watchers Week 1

So my fellow fab brides to put it bluntly I decided to get off my fat ass stop complaining and do something about it I went to my first weight watchers meeting. I'm not going to lie all the stickers they were passing out reminded me of being back in kindergarten but none the less I truly do think its a step in the right direction wish me luck. Week one here I come

So We Meet Again My Old Foe........The Diet

So my fellow brides as I am sure many of you have I have sworn to my self that I am going to lose weight before the wedding. Lets just say so far that has been an epic fail and even though I will never admit this out loud I have actually gained weight (ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha). My favorite excuse is that I dont have anything to work out with and the gym is a fat girls enemy. So surprise my lovely fiance buys us a treadmill and agrees because hes a lil chunky as well to do whatever diet or eating habbit that I want to (sometimes him being so supportive backfires). So now I have this treadmill in my house and still cant find any motivation to get on it. I'm not even sure where to start on eating right. So far I have decided that I am just going to eat salads until my wedding which I know is not healthy. My mom is trying to get my to try the P.I.N.K method she saw on Dr. Phill. Has anyone else had any experience with this or any other dieting or motivational tips? Hell is anyone else having the same struggle that I am?

Excuse me Mrs

So for the first time someone called me Misses the other day. I was at the doctors office and the nurse called my name and said ms and looked down at my hand and said excuse me misses.I cant lie it kind of gave me that warm and fuzzy feeling and it dawned on me OMG im gettting married I soon will be someones Misses. Kind of a heavy feeling but thrilling at the same time. So what about you my divalicious brides have any of you had one of these moment.

Wedding planning sucks

So I have found myself drowning in a sea of wedding etiquette and faux pas. Do I choose to have unity sand or unity candles blah blah blah. Now being only 4 months away from saying I do I have learned a valuable lesson WEDDING PLANNING SUCKS.

But like most brides out there who unforutnately can not afford to pay someone else to do all the dirty work for u. I have turned in to a wedding planning ass kicking bride to be. This blog is dedicated to all of the budgeting fashonista brides out there. Who have not been dreaming of their wedding since they were six. This is for u ladies so lets pop open a bottle of wine pull up our big girl panties and share our budget friendly ways of pulling off a fabu wedding on dollar menu budget. Cause even though getting married is awesome and exciting the road to getting their is gruesome.