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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Bridesmaid Proposal

Finally I get to share this post!
I had to wait for ALL my maids to respond,
 so that I didn't spoil the surprise.


I wanted to ask my
 Maid of Honor and 3 Bridesmaids
In a special way to be a part of my wedding party. 

This is how I asked them... 



While still being mindful of my VERY tight budget, I made these little proposal boxes for my ladies. I found the boxes, filler paper, and rings at the dollar store. Everything else, I already had.


The off-brand Ring Pops came in a pack of 6 so I only had to buy one.





I filled the boxes half full with paper stuffing.




(One bag filled 2 boxes, packed tight.)

Then I put in a little note with details (this made it half was down so it had to be dug up.)                                              

Then filled the box up about an inch
 from the top with more stuffing.
Then I placed my proposal note
and the ring : )
(if my maid accepted the proposal,
they were prompted to dig deeper to find the details note)


Click HERE if you want to see my proposal note and my buried details note.


I opened the ring pop so they could be seen. 
I put plastic wrap around them because they were sticking to the paper.
I secured it with some ribbon. 


Then I taped the lid on,
attached a tag that I made from construction paper and secured it on with a piece of pipe cleaner,
and VOILA, finished product : )



And YAY! They all said "Yes!"

Thursday, February 2, 2012

I see the light!




My floating candles came in today! 


I ordered them from Amazon.com 
and ended up getting 42 candles for about 26 bucks! 






I decided to try them out with my petals and my jars. It was time for another experiment.




I wanted to try to make my petals float or somehow look suspended in the water.





















So... I took some white thread and strung some petals 
 until I had a short strand and I taped it to the bottom of one of the floating candles. 

It turned out ok. I could see the string but that can be fixed by using fishing line instead or something similar. 

However...


I ended up liking it with the petals on the bottom after all : )