The Details: The Set-up

A lot of brides describe their wedding day as perfect.  I am not one of those brides.  Lots of stuff went wrong.  However, one of the things that I would describe as perfect is the set-up of our tent.  It was exactly as I imagined it would be.  It was beautiful and everything I had hoped for.  

First, some photos of the tent set-up with the paper lanterns:

And now some close-ups of the centerpieces and table settings:

I loved it all: the paper lanterns, the books, the table settings, the candles, the photo frame table number luminaries, the burlap, the babies' breath.  It's all exactly what I wanted.  At least something turned out exactly as I had imagined it would!  :)

Photos courtesy of Howie Hartman of Double H Media.

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We arrive in Pennsylvania

We begin setting up

We stock the bar (and skip a rehearsal)

We have dinner and play games at our "Rehearsal" Dinner

We eat R2D2 and open presents at our "Rehearsal" Dinner

We bask in the glow of our paper lantern triumph

We finish setting up the tent
Wedding Day Details: The Favors

Burlap News

I bought burlap this morning.  I'm going to be using it for the table runners as well as a few other decoration projects.  I'm a little nervous because I haven't worked with burlap before but I'm determined to make it work.  I just love the way it looks!

I bought the burlap from Uline.  I bought it in a 12" x 100 yards roll. 

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First up, the table runners.  I am really hoping that these suckers are easy to sew!  I don't think it will be too awfully complex.  I bought the 12" roll purposely so that I wouldn't have to cut and sew much.  I'm going to leave the edges as they are.  Then I'll just have to cut them to fit the tables length-wise and then sew up the ends.  I haven't decided if I'm going to cut them straight across or put in a pattern at the ends (possibly a V or an inverted V).  It will depend on how easy the burlap is to work with.  

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Next up, these beautiful burlap pew cones.  I'm going to use them to hang from the chairs on the end of the rows at our ceremony (previously I had thought about pails or cans but I just fell in love with these).  You can buy a tutorial on Etsy for these (or just buy them for $10), but I'm just going to wing it.  I mean, how hard can it really be?  (I'm fairly certain this is how a lot of terrible DIY projects begin!  ha!).  

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After that, I will be attempting some burlap bunting.  I want it to say "Love is Sweet."  And then I'm going to put it around the cake table.  :)  I think it will be fantastic.  I don't think that this project will be that hard, but I'm probably going to save it for last because I don't want to run out of time on the other burlap projects.  If I've still got time for this one, then I'll work on it.  If not, I won't be completely heartbroken.  

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Lastly, I will probably be wrapping our mason jars in burlap and ribbon for the centerpieces.  First I'm going to finish the burlap table runners and see if putting burlap on the mason jars will be too much burlap for one table.  I think it will be fine since I plan on putting the jars on top of the vintage books, but I want to make sure.  If I do decide to do this project, It should be super simple.  First, I'll have to find the mason jars!  Anyone know anyplace I can get pint sized mason jars for cheap??