This past weekend included quite the successful trip to HomeGoods and Michaels! I was highly anticipating this trip since last Monday, as I was previously perusing Pinterest, looking for ideas for little decor items to have displayed at the Ice Cream Sundae wedding.
Here was my inspiration:
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| Via Pinterest by @Melody Carpenter |
Mr. Ice Cream Sundae and I decided to do Skeleton Key favors, which would double as escort cards (more on these in a later post). The top photo depicts the inspiration behind displaying these favors.
Fortunately, after scouring the aisles one by one, I stumbled upon something that I thought would be GREAT for this display. The conundrum: not paying an arm and a leg to ship it back to Syracuse from California. Because the display board was quite large, I knew it would cost double--if not triple, what the actual board cost just to ship. I stuck it in my cart anyways and hoped for the best (mostly, I hoped I would arrive at a decision by the time I made it to the checkout).
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| Image via theeverylastdetail.com // Photography by Meyerott Photography and Cinema |
Next came the frames. I had pinned this photo (see above) quite some time ago, and knew that I absolutely wanted to incorporate this idea into the Ice Cream Sundae wedding somehow. My very good friend Jenni, even came up with an ADORABLE hashtag for us to use! So, anytime I would step into a craft store, I would be sure to look for these gold ornate picture frames. Unfortunately, (up until last weekend) I was not able to find any. While walking through the frames section of the store, I saw these perfect frames that fit my vision for the project. Only one thing was wrong: they were silver. I was so bummed. I started to turn away from the frames and continue my search when I realized, duh, only the color was wrong! Enter: spray paint! I grabbed the three frames and threw them in my cart.
As I was getting ready to finish up, I stumbled upon an amazing Vera Wang side by side photo display. I had been searching for gifts for our parents for quite a few weekends, and wasn't able to come up with anything that I really loved. Because I don't want to limit our parents from reading this post, I'll go more into depth on those gifts in a later one. Ice Cream Sundae parents, you may continue reading :)
As I was getting ready to finish up, I stumbled upon an amazing Vera Wang side by side photo display. I had been searching for gifts for our parents for quite a few weekends, and wasn't able to come up with anything that I really loved. Because I don't want to limit our parents from reading this post, I'll go more into depth on those gifts in a later one. Ice Cream Sundae parents, you may continue reading :)
When I got up to the register, I asked the cashier what she thought I should do about the push pin board. She told me I should call the Syracuse store and see if they had one in stock. That's just what I did, but I asked her to hold my item at the counter just in case. I wasn't about to let that item go!
After this trip, I walked out with:
Window Pane Push Pin Display Board: $19.99 (remotely, via my lovely sister in Syracuse)
Frames: $6.99 each (bought 3)
2 gifts for parents: [see later post]
With these gifts in tow, I ventured on to Michaels for some spray paint. I was able to find a beautiful antique gold color that matched exactly what I was looking for. After grabbing the spray paint, I walked down the aisles to see if there was anything else that I might be able to pick up.
On an end cap, I saw an adorable marquee light display, that was marked 50% off. Woohoo! What a steal! I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with them just yet, but I picked them up anyways!
Marquee lights: $3.99 (originally $6.99) came in white (to be spray painted gold!)
Antique Gold spray paint: $2.99 (originally $5.99) <-had a coupon!
I dedicated the weekend to doing it myself..and had such a blast. It was my first time working with spray paint, so I Googled, watched some videos, and then decided to try my hand at it.
Here's what I started with:
I forgot to take a picture of my lights before I spray painted them, but here's what they basically looked like (see above)!
The process for prepping the work area definitely took more time than the actual painting process. It was sort of windy outside, so I had to staple all of the newspaper pieces together, which was a bit of a disaster. It ended up working out just fine in the end, though.
The marquee lights definitely took the longest, because I had to individually tape each light, to protect them from being painted. Unfortunately I didn't do as good of a job at taping as I should have, and the area around the light did not get painted. So, I had to take off the tape and re-do it. Fortunately, I did a better job the second time around.
Now to decide where I'm actually going to display these beautiful letters. I'm thinking on/at/around the cake table. Or, maybe on the table where I display the escort cards [keys].
XoXo,
Miss Ice Cream Sundae
Frames: $6.99 each (bought 3)
2 gifts for parents: [see later post]
With these gifts in tow, I ventured on to Michaels for some spray paint. I was able to find a beautiful antique gold color that matched exactly what I was looking for. After grabbing the spray paint, I walked down the aisles to see if there was anything else that I might be able to pick up.
On an end cap, I saw an adorable marquee light display, that was marked 50% off. Woohoo! What a steal! I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with them just yet, but I picked them up anyways!
Marquee lights: $3.99 (originally $6.99) came in white (to be spray painted gold!)
Antique Gold spray paint: $2.99 (originally $5.99) <-had a coupon!
I dedicated the weekend to doing it myself..and had such a blast. It was my first time working with spray paint, so I Googled, watched some videos, and then decided to try my hand at it.
Here's what I started with:
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| Via Google search: Festivelights.com |
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| Personal Photo: The beloved frames (in silver) |
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| Personal photo |
The marquee lights definitely took the longest, because I had to individually tape each light, to protect them from being painted. Unfortunately I didn't do as good of a job at taping as I should have, and the area around the light did not get painted. So, I had to take off the tape and re-do it. Fortunately, I did a better job the second time around.
I was so excited for these things to dry, because I really wanted to see what they would look like all set up. It was like waiting for coffee to brew when you just wake up in the morning. Tick...tock...tick..tock. I didn't get a finished photo of the frames, because I have't yet printed the cards for display, but I do have a picture of the finished lights!
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| Personal Photo |
Now to decide where I'm actually going to display these beautiful letters. I'm thinking on/at/around the cake table. Or, maybe on the table where I display the escort cards [keys].
What do you think, hive? Any suggestions of where I should have these letters displayed? Thankfully, they are battery operated, so they don't need to be plugged in.
..and what about you? Have you DIY'ed at all for your wedding, or are you planning on doing so?
Excited to hear all about it!
Excited to hear all about it!
XoXo,
Miss Ice Cream Sundae
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