Weddingbee DIY Projects: Forum: Aisle decor

Weddingbee DIY Projects: Forum: Aisle decor - Recent Topics http://diy.weddingbee.com/ Weddingbee DIY Projects: Forum: Aisle decor - Recent Topics en Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:24:33 +0000 TP to Bee on "DIY Aisle Runner" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-aisle-runner#post-2777 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:52:48 +0000 TP to Bee 2777@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ Here is my DIY aisle runner decor! It took me several hours but I think it turned our really good! What do you think!?!<img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/57500/101_1503.JPG" /> ccranetobe on "Ribbon Pomanders" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/ribbon-pomanders#post-1967 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:36:51 +0000 ccranetobe 1967@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ <img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/55366/pomander.JPG" /> Items required: Ribbon - differant widths and your color scheme. I used with my various colors roughly 30 metres of ribbon to make one pomander ball. (but i wasnt exactly scrimping on my ribbon, so it may take you less) Pins: estimated Packet of 100 per pomander ball ( you can use one pin per ribbon strip, but I like to be doubly sure so I used two per ribbon strip.) Scissors: obviously for cutting ribbon... Styrofoam ball: I used the 5 inch ball, but depending on whats available in your craft store or individual need. <img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/55366/Itemsrequired.JPG" /> String/rope: to hang your pomanderball - can be cut into various length depending on your need.  <img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/55366/ropestring.JPG" /> Step 1: Cut all ribbon into about 4 inch strips (you will have MANY strips not really sure on a count) <img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/55366/inchstrips.JPG" />Step 2: Form each strip of ribbon into the shape of a circle overlapping the ends.Step 3: Put the pin through the two overlapping ends <img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/55366/circleribbon.JPG" />Step 4: Stick these pins throughout the Styrofoam ball. For a tighter look  stick the ribbon closer together. <img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/55366/pinribbon1.JPG" /> <img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/55366/pinribbon2.JPG" /> <img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/55366/halfway.JPG" /> Step 5: Once the ball is as full as you like <img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/55366/fullball.JPG" /> Step 6: Attach rope - I used a simple knot... and Pinned into the ball (about 4 pins) You could probably get away with 2, but i like to be sure! <img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/55366/ropepin.JPG" /> So many uses for these ribbon pomandersyour flower girl can carry one hanging from a ribbon down the aisle, pew decor, centerpiecesthe options are endless! Finished product! <img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/55366/finished.JPG" /> Polusia on "Berch Stumps with Mason Jar Flowers" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/berch-stumps-with-mason-jar-flowers#post-1692 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:08:13 +0000 Polusia 1692@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ <img src="http://diy.weddingbee.com/pics/54338/chuppa.JPG" /> For a friend's wedding at The Full Moon Resort in Woodstock NY, I made a few stumps to decorate the aisle. Next the stumps we placed mason jars filled with wild seasonal flowers. <img src="http://diy.weddingbee.com/pics/54338/logs_and_flowers.JPG" /> My boyfriend and I also made the chuppa/huppa under which they were married, and the birch stumps lining the aisle were done to coordinate with the birch chuppa. If you have access to birch trees and a saw, these are super simple and look very nice. My father helped me with the sawing part. Unfortunately I don't seem to have any close-up pictures of the logs, but you can kind of seem them in the picture of the happy couple (above).   <img src="http://diy.weddingbee.com/pics/54338/flowers.JPG" />   SarahEm on "Vintage Style Aisle Runner" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/i-painted-an-aisle-runner-too#post-1242 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:21:59 +0000 SarahEm 1242@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ I can't take credit for this idea (I learned from Miss Spring Roll’s uber helpful tutorial which is also on this site-- thanks Miss Spring Roll!) but I did it a little differently so I thought I would share it as its own posting.    <img src="http://diy.weddingbee.com/pics/30628/aisle_runner.jpg" /> How to: (1) I ordered a $15 aisle runner from Save-on-Crafts, but you can find cute ones at Oriental Trading Company for about $25 too. (2) Using the Bickham font, which I downloaded for free, I printed our names as big as I could make them, along with two copies of a giant free flourish image the same way. There are a great many photoshop-savvy ways you could do this. Me, I just blew up the image and then printed out different portions of the image on power point slides. Not regulation, but effective! (3) Finally, I taped all those printed pieces of paper together to make a template, and literally traced the image onto my aisle runner using paint pens! If you’re like me and lack a steady hand, paint pens are definitely the way to go, but a more skillful artist could work with paint and brushes. Just be sure to place a layer of wax paper between your runner and the paper so that your paint does not bleed onto the surface below. (4) Be sure you’re painting the correct side of your aisle runner before you begin! I made the silly mistake of painting the wrong side first. Oops! Fortunately, when you’re working on the correct side the painting is easier! (5) Last but not least, I poured a glass of Sauv Blanc and congratulated myself for not only completing, but loving this project I didn’t really think I could do! For more information check out my blog entry on this topic: <a href="http://www.theoneny.com/blog/?p=10"><a href="http://www.theoneny.com/blog/?p=10" rel="nofollow">http://www.theoneny.com/blog/?p=10</a>   </a> Mrs Vino on "Silk Flower Pomanders" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/silk-flower-pomanders#post-899 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:07:44 +0000 Mrs Vino 899@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ These fooled all of our wedding guests AND our photographer into thinking they were made from real flowers! Supplies: 5" Styrofoam balls (LAcrafts.com has the best price and this is the major cost of the project) ($18.50/12) 1 1/2" Double Faced Satin Ribbon (theribbonretreat.com) in Brown ($2.05/5yd) ~80 Silk Roses**/pomander (ebay Clair's Flowers; $38/300 roses) Glue sticks and glue gun 1/2 inch gross grain ribbon for support underneath   Directions: I just so happened to have ordered the wrong color ribbon online (problem with online ordering/being particular about colors!) So I used that to form the support structure of the pomander but any thin cotton ribbon will do. Start at one end and wrap to the other side, criss cross and wrap around the sphere in the other direction so that there are 4 pieces of ribbon encasing the stryrofoam--this will give it stability. Knot at one end (this will be your top) To get full use of silk flowers I recommend fluffing them up/opening them up before inserting into styro ball. I found the quickest way to do this was to rub it lightly, face down onto my leg--instead of painstakingly opening up each and every petal! With wire cutters or good scissors cut the roses off of the stem leaving 1/4" behind to stick into the ball. I put a little dollop of hot glue onto the end of the stem and stuck it into the styrofoam ball working my way around and then filling in dead spots with more flowers. If you notice any loose blossoms, you can always lift up the petal and apply more glue directly to the base of the stem/near ball. Continue until entire ball except for one or two flowers near the knot at the top are complete. Then taking your double faced sating ribbon, slip one end underneath the knot of your gross grain ribbon and pull it through to appropriate length and tie in a knot. Work the knot back to the knot/top of your ball. Now cover remaining spots with flowers so you dont see the knotted ribbon. No need for tapestry needles or pulling through the entire ball (this is definitely necessary if you choose to use wet oasis/real flowers as it will be significantly heavier and need more support) It will be messy and you will be covered in spiderwebs of glue gun glue but for an hour project I was pleasantly surprised how easy and great they turned out! **Notes: Previous posters said you could do 30-40 roses and so that was what I used as my estimate but in the end, I would say for a very full looking pomander, you want more like 70-80 roses/pomander. However, when things got tight, I changed my original plan to pomanders only on every other aisle and it still looked great and I also put less flowers on the bottom of the pomander since I knew no one would be able to see it from that angle. I also would use  4inch balls since I forgot about how much the flower size would increase the diameter of the pomander!   <img src="http://diy.weddingbee.com/pics/42869/pomanders.jpg" /> Photo courtesy of Wendy Hithe Photography© <a href="http://www.wendyhithephoto.com" rel="nofollow">www.wendyhithephoto.com</a> SarahEm on "Pomanders Can Work in the Winter Too!" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/holiday-pomanders#post-1217 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:36:17 +0000 SarahEm 1217@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ This was somewhat time consuming, but quite easy and inexpensive at less than $10 apiece!  I have posted <a href="http://www.theoneny.com/blog/?p=71">step-by-step instructions on my personal blog if you would like more information on how to make these yourself! </a>UPDATE: Here's the poms in action at my ceremony!  Given that these cost about $7 each to make, I was thrilled with the result! <img src="http://jessicamorrisy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sj-9523.jpg" title="sj-9523" />     pineapple on "Mrs. Pineapple's DIY Aisle Runner Pineapple Edition" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/mrs-pineapples-diy-aisle-runner-pineapple-edition#post-425 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:41:26 +0000 pineapple 425@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ Like many of my fellow bees before me (like <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/09/27/walk-this-way/">Penguin</a>, <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/09/09/run-me-down-the-aisle/">Cookie</a>, and <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/09/22/custom-aisle-runner/">Spring Roll</a>), I too made a DIY aisle runner. I bought a “deluxe fabric aisle runner” from eBay for $20. I was hoping it was a but more deluxe than it was. It is fabric, but it is kind of a stiff fabric. It’s much like napkins at Ruby Tuesday; not paper, but not quite fabric either. <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/07/dsc0741.jpg" /> I used a light table to trace the monogram I created in Adobe Illustrator. The light table probably wasn’t necessary, but it made the job go pretty quickly. <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/07/dsc074101.jpg" /> <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/07/img-38302.jpg" /> I then used Liqutex Basics acrylic copper paint and filled in the lines. It took a couple hours and a couple layers of paint. It took a bit longer and required more paint than I anticipated. <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/07/img-38303.jpg" /> I made sure to keep the paint thick so you could see the brush strokes.   To read the original article, click <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/10/08/wedding-aisle-runner/">HERE</a>. springroll on "Mrs. Spring Roll's Aisle Runner" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/mrs-spring-rolls-aisle-runner#post-460 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:43:16 +0000 springroll 460@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ According to <a href="http://www.theknot.com/">The Knot</a>, “In the days when roads were unpaved, wedding guests would arrive at the church and track in dirt or mud from the streets. It didn’t seem right for the bride to drag the hem of her dress in the mud, so the aisle runner was first used to protect her gown.” We are going to have an aisle runner, not necessarily to protect my dress from mud, but because I adore them. Today, I spent a few tedious hours painting a monogram onto our aisle runner. <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/21/step11.jpg" /> Below you will find a tutorial on how I made my aisle runner. Supplies needed: <ul> <li>Aisle runner (Mr. Spring Roll’s aunt purchased ours from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/">Oriental Trading</a> for $24.95)</li> <li>Acrylic paint (on sale 2/$1 at <a href="http://www.joann.com/">Jo-Ann</a>)</li> <li>Paint brushes</li> <li>Waxed paper</li> <li>Photoshop, or a similar editing program</li> <li>Scotch tape</li> </ul> Steps: 1. Using Photoshop or a similar editing program, design your monogram logo. <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/21/step1.jpg" /> 2. Increase the photo size to approximately 30 inches wide. (Our aisle runner is three feet wide, giving three inches of slack on each side). <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/21/step2.jpg" /> 3. Save and copy the file to disc. Bring the file to <a href="http://www.kinkos.com/">Kinko’s</a> to be printed in full size; Mr. Spring Roll paid around $5 to do this. (You could print from your home printer; the design will print on several pages, then you can tape the pages together). 4. On a smooth surface, lay out the monogram paper and tape it down. <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/21/step4.jpg" /> 5. Tape waxed paper over the monogram paper. (This is so that the painted aisle runner will not stick to the paper). <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/21/step5.jpg" /> 6. Place the aisle runner over the waxed paper, and tape it down to secure it in place. (You should be able to see the monogram design through the aisle runner). <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/21/step6.jpg" /> 7. Using acrylic paint, slowly paint your design onto the aisle runner. (Don’t sweat over small errors. No one will notice.) <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/21/step8.jpg" />   <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/21/step9.jpg" />   <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/21/step10.jpg" /> 8. Let the painted monogram dry, and slowly remove it from the waxed paper. Safely store your aisle runner until your wedding day.   To read the original post, click <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/09/22/custom-aisle-runner/">HERE</a>. peeptoe on "Mrs. Peep Toe's Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy Aisle Decor" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/mrs-peep-toes-easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy-aisle-decor#post-292 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:03:08 +0000 peeptoe 292@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ Months ago I saw a picture of a sash tied over the end of an aisle chair, and I thought it really added a simple touch to dress up the ceremony decor. I have never been able to find that picture again—even after over an hour of research. But I have kept the image in my head. Here’s our ceremony site, set up for another wedding. <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20/ceremon051.jpg" alt="Ceremon05" /> It looks kinda boring, but the aisle and my budget are too small for flowers. So I took the fabric I found at the <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/12/01/la-garment-district/">LA garment district</a>, and made some homemade aisle sashes: <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20/sashes1.jpg" alt="sashes1" /> Here’s an up-close picture: <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20/sashes2.jpg" alt="sashes2" /> All I did was cut the fabric in strips and sewed them down the long side, wrong side out. I then turned them right side out, added bit of ribbon, and voila! 12 aisle sashes! I originally sewed the ends together too, but it looked off, so I just left the ends open. Here they are waiting for the big day! <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20/sashes.jpg" alt="sashes" /> I think I want to save the $30 bucks and forgo an aisle runner, but I found out that we can line the aisle with flower petals. Also, we will have a Chuppah at the end of the aisle.   (To check out this post, click <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/01/21/wedding-ceremony-decor-3/">here</a>.) Weddingbee DIY on "Jennifer's Aisle Tiles" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/jennifers-aisle-tiles#post-419 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:17:41 +0000 Weddingbee DIY 419@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ Today’s guest DIY blog post comes from <a href="http://withthisringwedding.blogspot.com/">Jennifer</a>! ~~~ I love custom aisle runners. They’re just so classy and sophisticated, especially the monogrammed ones! I’ve seen so many great DIY aisle runners from brides (look at <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/09/22/custom-aisle-runner/">this one </a>from a Weddingbee blogger), and I really wanted to make my own. That is, until I had visions of myself tripping over a fabric runner during our outdoor ceremony and rolling myself up like a burrito in it. Our ceremony is in a grassy area which isn’t very smooth, and I’m pretty positive a typical aisle runner would equal disaster. The other day, I was bitten by the creative bug. You know those times when you just get this great idea, and you can almost see the little cartoon light bulb light up above your head? I had one of those! And so, the aisle tiles were born…. I made 5 tiles to place down the aisle like stepping stones in the place of a runner. I painted the first one with a monogram of our initials, and the remaining 4 each with a date which holds special meaning to our relationship: when we first met, our anniversary, our engagement date, and finally our wedding date. <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/09/dscf216.jpg" /> Here’s how I did it: <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/09/dscf21601.jpg" /> Materials <ul> <li>Five 12 x 12″ kitchen tiles ($1.75 each at Home Depot)</li> <li>A fine tip paintbrush</li> <li>Outdoor ceramic paint (from a craft store)</li> <li>Sharpie marker (bright colors work best, I used orange)</li> <li>Computer & printer</li> <li>Ruler</li> <li>Pencil</li> </ul> Instructions <ul> <li>I used MS Word to make prints of each of the dates and the monogram as large as it would fit on a landscape-oriented 8.5 x 11″ sheet of paper and printed</li> <li>At first, I cut out each letter to trace onto the tiles, which took FOREVER and some serious scissor maneuvering. Then I figured out I could just trace over the printed images with a Sharpie and it bled through onto the tile - sooo much easier. After I traced the image, I followed over the orange on each tile with a pencil to make a clear outline of each letter.</li> <li>I painted over the outlines with the ceramic paint, which took 2 coats to look even.</li> </ul> <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/09/dscf21603.jpg" /> <ul> <li>I used a ruler to draw a straight-edged border 1/2″ from the edge for a polished look. After the paint dried completely, I sprayed the whole tile with matte clear sealant to keep the paint from chipping.</li> </ul> That's it! It's a little scary when you first start, but it gets easier once you get comfortable with the paint brush. Just take it slow! I finished each tile in about 30 minutes. The great thing about these tiles is they’re cheap, easy to find, and they come in all kinds of different finishes. Plus, you can keep them after the ceremony to display or put in your garden! <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=")" /> I plan to write a short explanation of their meaning in our ceremony program. mrsctobe on "Sunflower Pomanders" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/sunflower-pomanders#post-1155 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:05:34 +0000 mrsctobe 1155@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ This was such an easy project! I made 10 in a half a day! I hot glued some ribbon on top of a styrofoam ball (5") and secured with straight pins. I used about 15 sunflowers - cut them so the stem was still sticking out - stuck them in the styrofoam ball pinned some leaves on and voila! martini on "Mrs. Martini's DIY Petal Cones" http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/mrs-martinis-diy-petal-cones#post-703 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:10:47 +0000 martini 703@http://diy.weddingbee.com/ I know that I wanted petal cones for our ceremony, but it was tough trying to figure out how, because the <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/11/17/our-venue-the-venetian/#more-73943">chairs in the ceremony room</a> had rounded backs. It was something that bothered me at first because there would be no way to hang the petal cones on the chairs like this: <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/02/s196653.jpg" alt="s196653" title="petal cones closeup" /> [<a href="http://embellishmint.blogspot.com/">source</a>] I love the look of casually draped cones on the chairs because it also adds to the overall feel of the aisle. But alas, since I couldn’t have this look, I had to improvise. I couldn’t place rounded petal cones on the seats of the chairs because I was worried that the cones would roll off and refuse to stay in place. I considered baskets, cups, and everything I could think of, until I came across these at Walmart: <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/02/s196656.jpg" alt="s196656" title="IMG_2418" /> <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/02/s19665601.jpg" alt="s19665601" title="IMG_2419" /> While I did like the square shape of the cones, when I put one together, I actually didn’t like it at all. I thought the white ribbon made the cones look plain and I wanted to dress them up just a little bit. <img src="http://www.weddingbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/02/s196400.jpg" alt="IMG_2450" /> With so little time left until the wedding day, this was really all I could come up with. I was happy with the end result because I was able to put a handmade touch on the ceremony, and I got to have petal cones on our wedding day.   To read the original post, click <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/07/04/what-i-did-two-days-before-the-wedding-part-2/">HERE</a>.