Table numbers

I struggled for some inspiration for the table numbers. Then I saw something I really liked and set about making my own version.

A long plank of wood was cut into blocks and sanded:

The blocks were painted:

Each number was drawn on paper and placed on top of each block. This provided a template for the nails:

The paper was ripped off leaving the nails in the wood:

Wool was wrapped around each nail to provide definition. Voila:

Wedding gifts

It is lovely having such generous, talented friends. One has made me a beautiful shawl from Rowan kid silk haze (knitted centre with crocheted edge):

and tiny crocheted flowers for hair decoration:

Leaves

I decided that leaves needed to be added to all the bouquets. The leaves consist of two or three pieces of felt which were sewn together with blanket stitch:

A piece of wire was cut and inserted into the leaves to make them malleable:

Each leaf was put in place before a hot glue gun cemented their home.

Alfie got bored watching on...

A strip of brown felt was glued in place around the handle: 

I think I can finally cross these off the list!

The Invitation

By now wedding guests should have received (and possibly been baffled?) by their invitations. They were sent an A4 sheet of paper with the following instructions on the bottom:

Correct folding should have resulted in this (as modelled by my bridesmaid):

If you are my father, they apparently resulted in this:

Order of Service

This is the Order of Service prototype:

 I foresee lots of cutting.

Table plan

Testing the 'sag' factor.