It's Time: Bridal Shoot - Part One

Once we were all ready. I was was in my wedding dress and my girls were in their dresses with headbands :). We grabbed our bouquets, some balloons and headed up a mountain. My mom came up with us. I always knew that I wanted pictures on top of a mountain but wasn't sure we would be able to get them. On our drive up "the hill" we passed a gorgeous Christmas tree farm and all decided that we had to stop on the way back down the hill.

We started with a bridal shoot. I was so excited. The wind was blowing and the Italian silk was just flawless when the wind blew!

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

Everyone knows I love, love, love balloons!

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

MY FLOWERS!

The amazing Anna Naphtali Photography really captured my feelings in these pictures. I was on cloud 9. I was so excited about everything.

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by bridesman Patrick Sandora!)

Up next...we add the girls and a bridesman to the mix!

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

Other recaps:
It's Time: A Tea Party
It's Time: Getting Ready
It's Time: FLOWERS!

It's Time: The Flowers

Before I talk about the bridal shoot that I got to do the afternoon of the wedding I must talk about the flowers. I loved my flowers so much that I wish I could have taken them home with me and had them forever. I knew that I wanted dahlias in rich jewel tones from the beginning. I even had dreams about the flowers. I worked with a NC florist who completely blows my mind. He is brilliant. His name is Jason Clodfelter of The Bitter Pear.

I wanted my bouquet to be rich with colors. I also decided that I wanted each of the bouquet's wrapped with the Italian trim that we used on my wedding dress.

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

For the arbor I wanted it to have a fall feel but still stick with the bright rich colors. Jason incorporated orchids and greenery. He also used lots of dahlias!

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

I had mason jars filled with flowers lining the aisle.

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

We wanted a "wow" piece at the reception and Jason created this bark piece. I love it!



We also wanted some "wow" pieces around the candy bar.

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

This picture was from the day after the wedding. Even then the flowers were still so gorgeous!

There were more flowers on the table. I will write about those soon! Up next, my bridal shoot on top of a mountain!

It's Time: Getting Ready

How did I choose the "It's Time" as a theme for the recaps. If any of you are Steel Magnolia fans you will remember the part just before Shelby (Julia Roberts) walks down the aisle she says "Daddy, it's time" and he asks "what" and she repeats "its time" and he says "oh...IT'S TIME"...I love that part!

We wanted to be traditional on our day and not see each other until I walked down the aisle. We decided that on the day of the wedding we really wanted to relax, hang out with our friends and family and have no stress.

Mr. AC decided that he, his groomsmen, his sister and a few other friends would hike at one of our most favorite locations in the mountains of NC. The place is called the Hebron Rock Colony and it is absolutely the most beautiful place in the world. Mr. AC really wanted to sky dive but I nixed that plan! From all accounts the hike was great and they had a wonderful time.

(Image by Mr. AC)

My bridesmaids, bridesman and I all decided to hang out before the wedding. We decided that we didn't want to go ANYWHERE. Our wedding was held at the Banner Elk Winery and we stayed at the winery in the Blueberry Villa. The villa was so beautiful and it was huge!

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

We all had our own rooms and they were so beautiful. We were able to really treat the place like it was our own home! (I made signs for each of the doors!)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

Our hair team (an family friend of one of my bridesmaids) came to us. They set up a mini salon in the villa and it was perfect. So...a little note about me...I didn't decide about what I would do to my hair until the day of the wedding. It was a little stressful but honestly I just wanted to worry about other details and DIY projects so I sort of put my hair on the back burner. I am really lucky because I have super curly hair that I can keep either curly or straight. I decided on the wedding morning that I would go with straight hair but add curls to it.

(Sister AC (MOH) and BM Morgann getting makeup on!)
(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(My sister did my makeup! Saved money and was great!)
(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(Hair and makeup double duty!)
(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

The guys were at their cabin getting ready. Sweet Mr. AC wrote me a note and I love that there was a picture taken of him writing. It sounds like they started their morning out with a drink and cigar! I guess that is what guys do :)

(picture by brother in law)

(picture by brother in law)

(picture by brother in law)

(picture by brother in law)

(picture by brother in law)

(picture by brother in law)

(picture by brother in law)

(picture by brother in law)

(picture by brother in law)

Once my hair and makeup was finished I was so excited to get my veil on and get the show started!

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

When it was time to put on the dress I knew it would be quite the task. One of the things about handmade, custom dresses is that they need work right until the moment you put the dress on. This was definetly the case. My sister (and team) had to sew me in. But it was really fun seeing these pictures of them getting me into the dress!

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

The girls got all dolled up and each put on their earrings and headbands!

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

(image by the amazing Anna Naphtali Photography)

Once we were ready to go we decided to climb a mountain for pictures. That is next in the recap!

Our Wedding Trailer!

I am taking a break from our recaps to share our wedding trailer with you. I am so excited to have hired a videographer to capture the day. It seriously made an impact on the day. We decided to go with Focal Point Weddings to shoot the day. We loved their style and knew that it would be just what we wanted.

Today they shared our wedding "trailer" with us. This is a preview to the full highlights package. I am so excited. Seeing this gave me chills. They really captured some great moments.

Alan & Carolyn :: Wedding Trailer from FocalPoint Cinematic Weddings on Vimeo.

It's Time: The Recaps Begin - A Tea Party

I am so excited to start my recaps. I think this will be really fun. I am also going to continue to post projects and if you see something that you want to see more of just let me know!!

How did I choose the "It's Time" as a theme for the recaps. If any of you are Steel Magnolia fans you will remember the part just before Shelby (Julia Roberts) walks down the aisle she says "Daddy, it's time" and he asks "what" and she repeats "its time" and he says "oh...IT'S TIME"...I love that part!


We started the wedding weekend out with a Bridal Luncheon for me and a hike for Mr. AC. My sister and MOH Meg and my grandmother threw the luncheon. It was at an adorable "tea room" called The Azalea Inn. The tea was all about hats and tea...oh and yummy treats. We all gathered in the sitting room and decided what hats we wanted to put on. There were so many fun choices!


We picked our hats and took millions of pictures. It was such a great ice breaker to see everyone in different hats. We all laughed a lot. It was fun!

(MOH and #1 sister!)

(my mom's best friend!)

(my amazing photographer cousin Dorsett - she took most of these pictures)

(MOB and MOG)

Each guest got to choose from 20 teas and we all got our own tea pot. Aren't they so adorable! I love the fabric sleeves that the owner used. Once we got our tea we also got a delicious spread of food. From cucumber sandwiches to scones and chocolate covered strawberries. It was SOOOOO yummy.




We sat at dining tables throughout the tea room. It was fun to have Mr. AC's grandmother and my grandmother sitting together.




The tea was such a wonderful treat and we had such a great time being together and being dressed up! It was the start to a fantastic wedding weekend.

My bridesaman and a kick butt video

I had a bridesman in the wedding. He is my best friend Patrick. He came from New York City to be part of the wedding and it was better because he was there. He is a huge part of my life. Each week Patrick and I do a vlog on YouTube about reality television. And we decided to do a wedding vlog because our viewers were interested. I wanted to share it with the hive!

All of our vlogs start the same way "Hi the is Pat and Carolyn" so this one starts that way too!



We had an official videographer at the wedding (Focal Point Cinematic) and soon I will get to see their video but in the mean time I have been watching this video over and over! Hope you enjoy it.

12 things I loved the most about our wedding.

There is so much to talk about. So many projects to share. So many pictures to show. I don't even know where to begin. I wanted to start with 12 things that I loved about the wedding. You will remember that before I left I wrote about 10 things I was most excited about and I thought it might be nice to write about the 12 things that I loved the most.

1. Taking a week off before the wedding was SOOOO worth it. It was amazing. Getting to indulge in being a bride was so wonderful. I did so many things the week before the wedding that were wonderful.

2. I loved getting to spend time before the wedding with some of my dear friends. I went hiking with my bridesman (former roommie) Patrick and my MOH and sister Meg. We had a great time on top of a mountain overlooking my favorite place on earth Boone, NC which is very close to where the wedding took place. We had such a great time playing around and pretending to fly!

(my bridesman Patrick and sister MOH Meg flying!)

(yes we found some corn!)

(we found some cows!)

3. Spending a few days with one of my bridesmaids Morgann and her family was amazing. They hosted me and treated me like a PRINCESS. The room I was in was beautiful, we had a gorgeous fireplace, delicious food, a new fresh towel every day. The impact they made on my week I could never put into words. We spent an entire day baking and preparing for for the candy bar and I even got to spend time with Morgann's Nana who had a birthday and great news regarding her cancer taking a hike (she got a great report from the Dr.)!

4. I loved having dinner with a group of friends in Boone. Mr. AC still hadn't arrived but I really loved getting to see some of the groomsman and getting to drink yummy drinks and eat good food.5. I loved getting our marriage license. We waited until the Thursday before the wedding to do it (cut it close!) but it was fun being in our town and making things official.


6. I loved checking into the villa where the wedding was and settling into my sick room. It was huge and had a fireplace. It had french doors that looked out onto the winery. It was so comforting knowing that we would be in the same location for the whole weekend.


7. I loved the bridal luncheon my grandmother and sister threw for me. I loved the hats we got to wear (more to come).

(photo by Dorsett Clark Photography)

8. I loved our rehearsal dinner. Everyone had so much fun and Mr. AC and I got to dance and laugh and relax. We had a bluegrass band and they rocked! (more to come!).


9. I loved having my family and the bridal party all in one location. We were able to get up the morning of the wedding and just relax.

10. I loved having a bridal shoot on top of a mountain and in a Christmas tree field! It was so cool. (More to come!)

(photo by Anna Naphtali Photography- more to come from Anna!)

(photo by Anna Naphtali Photography- more to come from Anna!)

11. I loved walking down the aisle with both my mom and my dad. It made everything perfect. And my mom looked so amazing.

12. I loved seeing how happy Mr. AC was. He was BEAMING! I loved the live music at the ceremony and that at the end of the aisle after the ceremony Mr. AC and I danced together to the end of the song. It was perfect.

I have so much more to come but I wanted to share some of my favorite moments so far. I honestly could write 100 because it was SOOOO perfect.

January Wedding - A song!

I am obsessed with a band. My sister, my mom, my husband, my friends, my town, my state are all obsessed with a band. They are called "The Avett Brothers" and they speak directly to the core of my being. They have impacted my life, made me feel things deeper, taught me about family and love and life.

They just came out with a new album called "I and Love and You" and #2 on the new CD is called January Wedding. I wanted to share it with all of the January brides. It would be such a great 1st dance song.



We played a ton of their music at our wedding. If you are not familiar with the band then I have a few requests:

1. Listen to the lyrics...they will move you
2. Listen to these songs first: If It's The Beaches, The Offering, When I Drink, November Blue, I and Love and You and then listen to every single other song!

Lyrics to "January Wedding" by The Avett Brothers:
She keeps it simple
And I am thankful for her kind of lovin'
'Cause it's simple

No longer do we wonder if we're together
We're way past that
And I've already asked her
So in January we're gettin' married

She's talkin' to me with her voice
Down so low I barely hear her
But I know what she's sayin'
I understand because my heart and hers are the same
And in January we're gettin' married

And I was sick with heartache
And she was sick like Audrey Hepburn when I met her
But we would both surrender
True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down
Don't ever turn it down

I hope that I don't sound to insane when I say
There is darkness all around us
I don't feel weak but I do need sometimes for her to protect me
And reconnect me to the beauty that I'm missin'
And in January we're gettin' married

No longer does it matter what circumstances we were born in
She knows which birds are singin'
And the names of the trees where they're performin' in the mornin
And in January we're gettin' married
Come January let's get married

Have you found your first dance song? Did you choose it because of your wedding month?!

Rehearsal Dinner Wine - DIY labels

Our rehearsal dinner had a theme (I promise to share pics soon!). It was a country bluegrass event but not cheesy country (if you know what I mean). We decided to have beer and wine at the event but I wanted the wine to of course have some custom labels.

I came up with a quick design to match the rehearsal dinner invitations and really love how they turned out.

(here is a reminder of what our rehearsal dinner invitation looked like)

Each label is 10” by 3”. I wanted to have a little overlap so I could tape it together. I also made 2 different types of labels. Some for Shiraz and some for Cabernet.


I did the design in word and it was super simple. I just added a few text boxes that were 10” x 3” and threw the design elements in from my RD invites.

(cheap wine from Trader Joe's)


(photo by Anna Naphtali Photography- more to come from Anna!)

I printed them on my home computer and they worked perfectly!



Did you create any DIY projects for your Rehearsal Dinner?

It's the little things - earring holders (quick DIY)

I made headbands for my bridesmaids to wear on the wedding day and shared it with you guys in a past post.

(photo by Anna Naphtali Photography- more to come from Anna!)

I decided that the headbands weren't enough so I went on a hunt for earrings. I went to Kohls and founds some great earrings and with some major sales I got them for a good price. The one downside with Kohls was the packaging for the earrings. It was your typical white earring holder. You know what I mean they look sort of boring and plain.

(3 of the girls got these!)

(1 of the girls got these!)

(1 of the girls got these!)

I decided last minute the day before the wedding to use some of my extra woodgrain paper and print up some earring holders.

(photo by Anna Naphtali Photography- more to come from Anna!)

The project was super easy. I just created 2 x 3 inch text boxes in Microsoft Word and added what I wanted in the box including the text and our "image". I then took my small hole punch and punched 2 holes.

Did you create any last minute DIY projects.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

We are married and we are happy. We are also heading to our honeymoon tomorrow and can't wait! I wanted to share a teaser with you. More to come soon.

(pictures by bridesman Patrick Sandora)

The day was everything we wanted it to be. The weather was perfect. The music was moving. It was relaxed. There was very little stress and the love was real.

Can't wait to give you millions of details.

Signage

I have totally gone overboard with paper products for this wedding. I fully admit it. But when you have such great paper it is easy to think of projects! I decided that we needed to have some signs at our wedding and I wanted to create a few on my home (regular ink jet) printer. I decided to make 3 signs.

1- "Sign our bench": This sign will be placed at the cocktail location next to the bench that we want everyone to sign as our wedding book.



2- "Love Is Sweet": This sign will be placed at the candy/treat bar.



3 - "Leave a note for the bride and groom": This will also be at the cocktail hour with little notes for guests to leave a note. I wanted them to have something to do!



Each sign is 18" by 9". I ran the signs through my regular home printer. I just used Msft Word and made the page size the exact size of the actual page size. I was nervous but it worked perfectly! I bought thick poster board that I plan to put these on using glue dots.

Pocket Schedule - quick DIY

This project started as a necessary project to keep everyone informed and turned into something "too cute" not to include! I have been to weddings where people are confused about the schedule, don't have important phone numbers and don't have addresses. I wanted to make sure that the wedding party and immediate family have all of the information. I thought a cute little pocket schedule might help!





I designed the layout in my handy dandy Microsoft Word and printed it on some cream paper that I have. This is the same paper that I used throughout the wedding suite. I then used a folding tool and made them accordion style.




It is business card size so it can fit right in the wallet of our party! We are giving a handful to my parents and Mr. AC's parents in case they want to share!


Did you create a schedule for the day?

Calm Is Settling In

I must say...I am pleasantly surprised that the calm and excitement for the wedding are settling in. I am2 full days away from leaving for the big day (I am taking a whole week in North Carolina before the big day). I have shared so many projects with the Bee (and there are more to come) but I must say that I have been light on the "emotional" talk. I am the type of person that under stress shuts off all emotional expression.


I think now that everything is coming together, the projects are getting completed, my family and friends are getting excited, we are getting fun presents in the mail...I am catching on. I don't feel very stressed. I just feel excited.

There are some hurdles on the horizon but honestly I think I can take them like a true Olympian. Jump right over them gracefully.

We still have to finalize our music, create a few more projects, get a marriage license (we are cutting it super close to our wedding date) but honestly I just know everything will get done and work out.

People keep asking me what am I most excited about and I can't narrow it down to just one thing so I thought I would share the 10 things that I am most excited about.

1. I can't wait to see Mr. AC at the end of the aisle. I know his smile will be huge and I know how excited he is. I am really excited for that moment.
   
2. I can't wait to hear my cousin sing "To Make You Feel My Love" (by Adele) when I walk down the aisle. I know it will be nontraditional but I know it is exactly the right song for me. I am also excited that I am including the lyrics in the program so that people will know how much the words mean.
3. I am excited and proud that my mom will be walking me down the aisle. She is my whole world and I am honored that she will be holding me up. And I am glad that my father will be on the other side. Our relationship has been (to put it mildly) challenging over the years but I am glad that he will be holding up my "other side" as we go down the aisle.
   
4. I am excited that all of the fun projects I have worked on will be out in the open and I am excited about how many people have followed the blog and finally get to see the projects in action.
   
5. I am excited about the videographer and the photographer. They are both so talented and I am so glad to work with them.
6. I am excited for the food and the candy bar!
7. I am excited to have all of the people I love in one place and enjoying themselves
8. I am excited about how gorgeous my bridesmaids will look. I have such beautiful friends and I know they will glow. 2 of them are pregnant and I am excited to have their little buns in the oven part of the big day
9. I am over the moon that my maid of honor is my sister, Meg She is (like my mom) my whole world. I know she is looking forward to the wedding and that makes me proud. I love her so much
   
10. I am excited to become a wife. There is no one in the world that is a better fit for me and I will be super lucky to call Mr. AC - my love, my husband.
    

Ok that is emotion from me. Don't worry - I still have lots more projects over the next 2 weeks. Just thought I would give a little emotion ;).

DIY Programs - another labor of love

I designed my programs a few weeks ago. I knew I wanted to use the woodgrain paper and incorporate many different images from the wedding theme (i.e. birds, branches, etc). I started designing and came up with a plan.


I would use the woodgrain paper for the covers and cream paper for the pages (i still used a thick card stock because I wanted it to have a hefty feel), I decided to make them 5X7 and I decided I would have 5 pages.


1. Ceremony
2. Wedding Party
3. Music & Lyrics - Adele "Make You Feel My Love"
4. Music & Lyrics - Ingrid Michaelson "Way I am"
5. Thank You



It was really important to me to have the lyrics in the program. My amazing cousin is singing and I chose these songs for their lyrics. I thought it would be cool for the guests to really see what the words are.



Once the pages were printed I cut them all out. Sadly the corners had to be rounded by hand. Once they were all cut I put them in order and punched holes in teh top left corner. I wanted them to be able to fold open.


The pictures show an example with a twin knot holding them together. This was really easy to do. I also purchased brads to try out but definetly leaning towards the knot(get it! tying the knot).


This was a definite labor of love and took a really long time but I know it is worth it. I am already preparing myself to see these in the garbage (because lets be honest who keeps programs forever?!?). Did you spend alot of time on your programs? Was it worth the work?

Birds on the table!

When I was in North Carolina for my shower/brunch/bachelorette extravaganza I had to take advantage of the craft stores. I have been on a hunt for birds to put on the tables. I got inspiration from these weddings where birds look so adorable on the table.

(Photo via Once Wed by Jose Villa)

I got sooooo lucky when I walked into Michaels and they had their fall stuff on sale to make room for the holiday stuff(who knew…it is only September!). I found these ADORABLE birds. They had 2 sizes and the little ones were only $1.50 and the big ones were $2. I decided to buy them all. I thought I could but 2 on each table. I am excited!




I have to decide if I want to keep them the colors that they are or pain them another color. My mom and sister both thought I should keep them the brown tones because it “goes with a fall theme” but I am tempted to spray paint them a flat color, like a gray or antique white.

(this is my attempt to show what the birds would look like if they were painted)

As a reminder here is my inspiration board for the whole wedding.

What do you think, should I leave the birds the way they are or should I spray paint them?

Take a shawl and snuggle

I wrote about a shawl basket that I loved and decided to borrow the idea! Well I received my shawls and I love them and of course had to create some adorable signs and tags to go with them. We are super lucky to already have a great basket from Mr. AC’s mom that we are going to use.



We decided to only have around 22 shawls. I think (if I am being honest) that these shawls were more for the “idea” or “look” of having shawls. I am not sure anyone will actually use them and if they do…there aren’t very many. I am pretty sure I should have gotten more or not used them but after going through SOOO much trouble I am going to put them out.


The tags I designed in Msft Word (as usual) and I decided to take my birds and create a new image to use. I wanted to keep the bird thing but knew that people might get tired of the branches.




I really hope that the guests like them and that some of them aren't irked by not getting one.


We are trying to decide where to put the basket. Part of me feels like putting it before people go down the aisle and the other makes me think it makes more sense on the porch where cocktail hour is being held. Where do you think it should go?

And they wore flowers in their hair.

Once we picked the girls dresses I knew that I wanted them to have headpieces. I battled with the headpieces finding SOOO many that I loved on Etsy and online. I was willing to spend the money to buy them. I thought the time it would take me to make them would be too much to handle.

But then I made the mistake of going to the trim shop (living in NYC is a luxury for this reason…there are amazing trim shops all around). I walked into the trim store and found these gorgeous ribbon flowers. And they even had the exact navy that my bridesmaid dresses were. I thought that all navy would be too much so I looked to see what else I could find. I found a really nice gray and decided to get that too. And then I got to work on these DIY headbands.


The flowers were all connected to mesh already so I needed to get the following supplies:
• Needle and thread
• Felt (for backing)
• Headbands & clips for securing
• Hot glue gun
• Beads for decoration

Instructions:
I separated each flower and got to designing. I didn’t want them all to have the exact same ones but wanted to make 3 examples for them to choose from. Here are the designs I came up with.

Design 1: No headband - just 3 flowers secured to a clip

Design 2: 4 flowers secured to a headband!

Design 3: 3 flowers secured to a headband

I secured each of the flowers to the felt and then glued the clips and headbands to the felt.

Adding the beads was a last minute decision. I felt like the beads gave it a more polished look.


I will also make a boutonniere to match for Patrick (my bridesman) and a few flowers for my cousin who is singing, my FSIL who is reading and my friend Becky who is reading. I am going to make a small one for my mom but she probably won’t wear it!


It was so fulfilling to finish. Did you feel this way when you finished your projects?

Oh how you SPARKLE! DIY Project

There are SOOOOO many details and pictures coming over the next few weeks but I wanted to share a few more projects that I haven't yet shared.

Like many other couples we decided to go the sparkler route for our send off. They make for amazing pictures. Of course I really wanted the sparklers to not be just sitting there so I used some of my left over wood grain paper and printed the words “thank you for adding SPARKLE to our day” and cut out 1” by 8” tags for the sparklers to sit in.


I created a template in Msft Word and just printed them on the handy home printer.




I also wanted the match books to have a little something special so I created some little matchbooks. More on that to come.

(photo by the amazing anna naphtali - lots more to come!)

Did you use sparklers at your wedding? How did you display them?

DIY Bird Reserved Signs

So in my last post I showed you the table/place cards that almost were. Sadly I had to leave that project in the dust due to time but decided that my reserve signs had to be rockin! As usual I turned to my handy Msft Word to create a template.

I was trying to explain the project to Mr. AC. I said "image a reserve sign that is printed on our woodgrain paper and has a bird sitting on top". He didn't get it so I drew this little sketch to show him.


He loved it so I got to work. I thought about it for a little while and though. If I print on a whole sheet of the paper but place the bird on the top line (the fold line) I can use my exacto knife and cut the bird out. There will be an opening (backwords bird) on the backside but that can face the centerpiece and no one will see it. I did a test and IT WORKED!!! I was so happy.

(you can really see the woodgrain in this picture!)

I decided to print 8. And I think they look really good. It was a very simple project. I used the Albemarle Swash free font for the "reserve".

Did you spice up your "Reserve" signs?