DIY: Table Numbers

Week two of DIY Wednesday! I'm happy to share this sweet & simple idea for table numbers... photography, of course, is a huge deal in my book -- so what better way to display table numbers than with pictures of the bride and the groom? Aside from building a relationship with your wedding photographer (which is quite vital) during your engagement session... you can use the engagement pictures for your wedding...For ours, we used 10 different images taken from our engagement session...  made all of them black and white, then photoshopped numbers onto them... I made 5x7 prints of the images while my husband carefully placed each one into the frame... teamwork =)



I cut orange card stock (the size of the frame) to leave a tiny, orange frame around the image to accent the b/w...


you can use the same frames... or be a little whimsical & use a variety of frames...


our guests loved walking around to see the different pictures on each table...


here are two of my brides that used this idea & displayed engagement pictures that I captured of them... (their guests loved it too)


after all, the day is about you two... hope you enjoyed! (Next week DIY: Party Favors =)

DIY: Unity Candles

Part II of my DIY projects = unity candles... I'm usually on top of everything, especially with my "wedding to do list" that never seemed to end... this minor detail was overlooked until a week and half before the wedding, when I realized that we didn't have this checked off the list... so Dave and I searched hi and low for a nice set, that wasn't too chintzy and something that would actually be functional after the wedding... since most of the candles had "love" or "forever" inscribed on them -- we weren't feeling them so much... so I decided -- to make them =)

Dave and I went to Michael's & Joann Fabrics in search of candles that would soon become our unity candles... ... and finally found what we needed at World Market (a favorite of mine) in Wellington... we bought two (ivory, shimmery) pillar candles; one big pillar candle, and then candle holders for all three... we then went back to Joann's and purchased accessories and such for the candles: more orange ribbon, metal pins, glue gun, and some self-adhesive crystals (for some bling)... two hours later & one trip back to World Market to replace a broken pillar candle --- Dave and I had our unity candles... CHECK! =)

I was so proud of my unity candles... I loved how they came out -- and I'm not embarrassed to display them... the big pillar candle is displayed on a shelf, while the two smaller candles rest on top of my piano... every anniversary, we will light them -- in celebration of our love & each other =)

Now here are images that show the journey of our unity candles... enjoy =)




this set below is by our wedding photographer: Sarah =) of BrightHouse Photography...






this is totally unrelated... I couldn't help but to give you a sneak peak of baby Jackson (from my newborn/family session)... here's an outtake photo with his binky... isn't he adorable?? more of him soon!

DIY Wedding Invitations {mine}

So I've been wanting to share some of my DIY details from my wedding that were all hand made... after all the hard work, you betcha I'm gonna talk about them =) Plus, I thought it might help my upcoming brides come up with some ideas for their own wedding...

When we started the whole adventure of planning our wedding, I admit -- it was a bit overwhelming... where to start? what theme to choose? what wedding colors?... the only thing I knew right away was that it had to be orange! My favorite color! Dave was totally cool with it. My sisters -- not so much... but, it didn't matter =) the decision was made!

Back to my projects... the first project that we endeavored were the wedding invitations... we being: my sister Farida, Charmaine, Dave, and myself... I couldn't justify spending $600 or more on invitations! Why buy them when you can make them? These weren't totally made from scratch... I purchased an invitation kit from Michael's and added my own embellishments and personal touch... it required lots of ribbon, a wicked printer, lots of ink for the printer, helping hands, 2 sided foam tape, paper cutter, pandora radio, and lots of patience! I honestly didn't know what I was thinking when I thought I could spit these out in a day! Nope -- it took a week! My suggestion: print everything (every-little-thing) before assembling... that way, you have everything laid out ready for your own sweet assembly line...

Also, I made a sample of everything! Being a visual person, I just had to physically see everything before we made the final product. This helped with ribbon cutting and being able to estimate how much glue, ribbon, or paper we needed. Plus, if you're a perfectionist (like me) -- it helps to know the measurements of everything, as we measured and cut everything with precision... that's where Dave came in, he was my paper cutter =)

I used orange ribbon: a thin one for the inside of the invitation and a thicker one to seal the outside. I used the same ribbon (orange ink & font) throughout the wedding details to really carry out the orange theme, and to bring everything together... the end product, was amazing!! I was incredibly happy with how it all came together =)

and that's only one of many DIY projects from my wedding =) hope that helped some of my brides... or entertained you a bit... more to come! have a great Friday!




that's my sissy on the left and Charmaine on the right... see the precision in that ribbon cutting?!

preserving my bouquet...

here's me preserving my wedding bouquet with my camera... how quickly it came & went...I want to remember every last detail, Dave's (tearful) smile as I walked down the aisle (me=practically sobbing), every guests face, the joy, the tears, the laughter... I want to remember it all... what a truly joyous celebration it was...



can't wait to share more pictures =) love, ~Mrs. Newcomer~

my hot, bridal shoes =)

So with only 9 days to go before my big day --- I really shouldn't be blogging, as there are a million other wedding stuff that I really need to be working on... Ok, not a million --- but enough to keep me a bit stressed... there's just not enough time in the day!

I have been dying to share wedding details with you... but of course, I have to wait to reveal all until after the wedding... on Monday, I stopped mid-cleaning to take some detail shots of my bridal shoes... the light coming through the french doors was very alluring, and I just had to stop cleaning-- and capture something with this beautiful lighting... so, I did... and I really wanted to share it with you!

Here are my wedding shoes that I absolutely love... they're elegant, sexy, comfortable, and affordable! I found these on zappos.com, and got a really great deal! It was free shipping... & if I needed to return them, they pay for the shipping... can't beat that =)












can't wait to rock these out next week when we say I do =)

wishing you...

a delightful weekend... we didn't think we'd make it to Friday... but we did!! so now we deserve a great weekend with no work in mind =) i'll leave you with a detail ring shot... the classic one we often see...rings in the flowers... i like it =) hope you enjoy! xo

just...

wanted to wish everyone a lovely friday...and a quiet, relaxing weekend...and with that simple wish...i leave you with a simple detail shot of pauline & rodney's wedding rings...enjoy!

and once again...

so after playing the piano the other night...i was inspired to take the following picture...once again, my ring makes an appearance...my ring...on top of the sheet music that i was playing...this is actually the song i'd like during my wedding ceremony...a sentimental piece that my late sister taught me to play...enjoy...

My Engagement Ring...

i needed to take a break from doing my homework...so i took some pictures of my engagement ring to show my family up north...they haven't seen it yet...so here are some pictures i took out of boredom...and because i had the itch to use my camera...i absolutely love my ring...and love that dave picked it out for me...enjoy...







my ring...on my piano that dave bought me for my birthday last year...love him!