Joe and Jennifer's DCL Vow Renewal PJ/TR~ CEREMONY FINALLY!!!

[padisneyfour]

It was just a stock photo. I changed it, hopefully you can see it now.

I can see it now... that is a very nice piece and will look great on your cake table!

 

[figmentfan814]

The calendar is such a great idea. Are you going to share the designs that you have picked for it with us?

 

[29apr00]

Yeah, i'm just trying to figure out how to do it now. I was just going to print the designs out on card stock and make the calender that way, but i got to thinking how would i attach the pages together (design attached to last months calender) and if the card stock would be heavy enought to stay upright without the corners folding in. So then i thought about just uploading the images to Snapfish/Shutterfly or something like that and having them make the calender, but i need about 8 of them and they are $20 each. So that idea was nixed pretty quickly. I know that Oriental Trading Company sells calender making kits, but i think the borders may not be what i want. So now i'm kind of at a standstill.....

 

[Disneylove1228]

Loving your idea of a count down calendar!! SO cute! I think everyone would enjoy that!!! =]

 

[figmentfan814]

Yeah, i'm just trying to figure out how to do it now. I was just going to print the designs out on card stock and make the calender that way, but i got to thinking how would i attach the pages together (design attached to last months calender) and if the card stock would be heavy enought to stay upright without the corners folding in. So then i thought about just uploading the images to Snapfish/Shutterfly or something like that and having them make the calender, but i need about 8 of them and they are $20 each. So that idea was nixed pretty quickly. I know that Oriental Trading Company sells calender making kits, but i think the borders may not be what i want. So now i'm kind of at a standstill.....

You might want to go check out what Staples or Office Max has to offer. I know I get a lot of booklets done for my business at Staples and they do all kinds of cool stuff

 

[29apr00]

You might want to go check out what Staples or Office Max has to offer. I know I get a lot of booklets done for my business at Staples and they do all kinds of cool stuff

Woo hoo!! Staples is $9.99!! I'm gonna check them out tonight!!

And....they're with Sunshine Rewards too!

 

[Tink_Kel]

Hi! I love your Planning Journal! For someone that professes not to be crafty, you have made some beautiful items for your VR! I especially love the Micky flip flops, and you do an awesome job with your embroidry machine! I'd be like when Malcom in the Middle and his mom got sick, and spent all their time be-dazzeling everything they could get their hands on...I'd be putting Micky & Mickey on everything!

Can't wait to see how your wedding comes all together!

 

[29apr00]

Ok, I have to add my AW SWEET DH story!

Joe has had absolutely NO INTEREST in the VR at all. Other than to make perfectly clear he does not want another wedding, all he pretty much does is just roll his eyes when I buy something or talk about it. So last night i was telling him about what Patty said, about how her and Dh's relationship is just so much better after the VR, it's like being newlywed's again. I told him i couldn't wait for that feeling. So then later that night we're laying in bed, and he says that he was thinking about something, but had decided he couldnt' do it without crying. He said he wanted to write something and read it to me during the VR. He was actually getting choked up just talking about it. I was so touched. Seriously, you have no idea what he's like. He's so not the romantic type guy, or even the type to show his feelings much. So this was totally unexpected and I was completely blown away, and very touched. He really does have his moments.

 

[29apr00]

Hi! I love your Planning Journal! For someone that professes not to be crafty, you have made some beautiful items for your VR! I especially love the Micky flip flops, and you do an awesome job with your embroidry machine! I'd be like when Malcom in the Middle and his mom got sick, and spent all their time be-dazzeling everything they could get their hands on...I'd be putting Micky & Mickey on everything!

Can't wait to see how your wedding comes all together!

Thanks! It takes a lot of restraint and control to remember that as of right now, we only have 7 adult guests. Can't make too much stuff.

 

[29apr00]

more dilemas:

so I tried to do the Stapels calender, and unfortunately the designs are too small. only 51 DPI, and they recommend 200. So i need to try and rework that a bit. That's gonna take a whole saturday or something.

Now for the bags. I bought the embroidery machine because since our group is so small, i decided to splurge and i was going to get canvas bags and embroider Lady and the Tramp on them, and put "Joe and Jennifer, 10 years of Happily Ever After" on them. And hobby lobby had some bags on sale last week so I got one to practice on. Now, i'm just going to embroider the outside pocket. I realized that i would have to unsew the pocket from the bag, embroider it, then resew the pocket on. Now, i can't even sew a button on. So this is definateyl something i will need lots of help on. So i'm explaining all this to DH and he's like "We're going to have to completely take the bag apart." I can take the pocket off, but inorder to resew it back on, and not sew the bag shut, we'll have to take the side seams off, sew the pocket back on, and then resew the sides of the bag. Oh man! that's a lot of work!!

So then i said i would just get a swatch of material, and we'd just sew that onto a bag. Yup, same problem. The bag is too big, and my machine is too small, we can't just embroider the bag without completely taking it apart.

So now i'm faced with the prospect of just having to order the bags already embroidered. Kind of defeats the purpose of the machine. Yeah, i'm still getting use out of it, but it's just not the same.

So now i don't know what to do! I have all these great ideas, but can't execute them!

 

[padisneyfour]

How about doing the design on a piece of cloth then using fusible backing and ironing it on the bag? could that work? good luck

 

[29apr00]

Huh??

do you mean like an iron on tranfer? What's fusible backing? Would i still be able to embroider it?

 

[padisneyfour]

you could embroid. the design on cloth iron on the backing and then iron it onto the bag.... when I made costumes for my DDs school show that had lots of little pieces we ironed it on the piece to be attached and then ironed it to the costume...

 

[29apr00]

You don't happen to have any pictures do you??

Sounds like that could work!! I just need to find the backing. And figure out what type of fabric to do it on.

 

[padisneyfour]

sent you a PM

 

[29apr00]

Ok, so it felt like i did lots of work this weekend, but I guess not as much as I thought! :lol:

1 - finally finished the ribbon around my shoes! :lol: I had to buy a glue gun (which I bought back in May) to add the ribbon aroudn the base of the shoes. got the ribbon around and started adding more mickey heads on it. That is an extremely boring/stressful/annoying task, so i'm doing it in pieces. I've got about the front 1/4 done so far.

2 - finalized the design for the bag! I can add the Lady and the Tramp design with my machine, then depending on if we can upload her design to my machine, i may have MIL do the phrase. The coloring will be more pink than red.

3 - made 2 more prototypes for invitations. I still have no idea which one i like.

original option:

2nd choice: Lady and Tramp rings

3rd choice: heart again

the ones I made today were printed on a cream cardstock with this weird shiny finish to it. Almost foamy like?? The velum is pale pink.

4 - Lady Embroidery design - she was much bigger than we expected, but are really happy with how it came out. I think we are ready to move on to actual clothes soon. :lol:

5 - Lady and Tramp Cake table decoration. Originally for the cake topper, but it's just way too big. I added the tide pen to show how big it is. :lol:

6 - Finally, I spent a lot of time today working on the calenders. Now matter how many times i edited the picture on my comptuer, when i uploaded it to a photo site, it always came out low resolution. :angry: I was getting so pissed off! So i finally decided to just see what it would look like prining it out myself! So i grabbed some left over cream cardstock (not the foamy shiny kind) and printed a few images. I like it!! They look really good, and I think the paper really is strong enought to hang and not fold in on the sides. So now i think i am back to my original decision to print them myself! I just need to get lots of cardstock! :lol:

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

jen - you could use that cake topper if you only had the bottom cake? or they could just make a round cake this size

they have the cake pan for it..they just need to add some froo froo

and I love the mickey ear rings..how did you do that?? Do you have photoshop too??? GGrrr!!

 

[DisneyBrideToni]

Jennifer I love everything. That machine is awesome. My mom would love to get her hands on that! I like the 1st and 3rd invites. The Lenox Lady and the Tramp is so cute!!!

 

[29apr00]

jen - you could use that cake topper if you only had the bottom cake? or they could just make a round cake this size

they have the cake pan for it..they just need to add some froo froo

and I love the mickey ear rings..how did you do that?? Do you have photoshop too??? GGrrr!!

True, that cake would be big enought, but still think it's just too heavy for the cake. Unless they have some serious supports in it, it would just sink.

I do have photoshop, but there is no way i could make those rings! An awesome DIS'er named Natalie made them for me! She is totally the best!!

 

[padisneyfour]

I love the design for your bags and I am still partial to the first invite.... good luck! Did you get the embroidery issue figured out? How is the calendar idea coming..... I plan on borrowing that idea for next years xmas gifts. I have been playing around with some designs for that too!