Something from Nothing
Posted
Saturday, August 30, 2008 12:52 AM
So I've been working on wedding projects like crazy lately. The paper projects are stressing me out, so I've been playing with paper and watching reality TV every night.
My favorite project so far (okay, the only one I've really worked on, besides seriously thinking about it), is these cool door hangers. I got the idea from another Knottie, and twisted it to suite our own wedding.
Since we are renting out an entire hotel (28 rooms total!), I thought it would be fun to put everyone's names on the doors. That way, walking down the hallway, you can tiptoe past my Grandma's door, and rudely bang on my brother's door. There won't be any random knocking on doors, or accidently waking up Great Aunt Gertie.
So I used some scraps leftover from invitations (so many scraps, I'll never buy paper again!), cut a round hole on the top, and decorated the hanger. I used a white pen that we use at work (yes, I borrowed it!), and stuck leftover stickers, snowflakes, rhinestones on them. I made sure to put our relationship labels (Aunt, Grandma, Cousin...) so that everyone knows who they are related to each other.
Then I used my new toy, a lacy corner-punch/embosser to decorate the corners (you can't see it in this pic though). What I like best about this project is that it's a nice touch for zero money. Everything on this project is leftovers from a different project. Plus, guests can take their door hanger home (even though it says our wedding date on them) as a small favor.
Bad news, I can only do half of them, since room situations are still kinda up in the air. Very cute though!