Wedding Decor Prep

 

When we found out Dave's sister Soo would be getting sealed, we were ecstatic!  Sooooo excited!  Before the wedding I asked Soo if she wanted to borrow some things I had, for the reception.  Then Soo asked if I wouldn't mind doing the decorating.  (!)  I was flattered, and willing, although I felt very inadequate.  I have many friends who are very, very, very crafty and creative.  Um.....I'm not really like that, you sure?  She gave me some guidelines of what she wanted and what she didn't want and I was off.  Soo wanted it low key, but beautiful.  It was fun, actually, and I surprised myself, although I know my inspiration was really heaven sent.  It might sound, hmm, silly?, but my prayers were answered in trying to know what to do, because I didn't know what to do, but it worked out!  : )  This was really out of my comfort zone.

My mother-in-law borrowed the tables, some chairs, tablecloths, and the canopies from a friend.  I had some sheer curtain fabric, ribbon and sashes to decorate, lights, and rose garlands.  Wendy also brought some fresh lilac branches with beautiful and fragrant blossoms.  We set out 2 of my new 3 gallon drink dispensers too.  (I got them on sale, plus a coupon, at CostCo!)  I made all the table decorations with supplies from the Dollar Tree!  I felt good, and was happy with myself that it looked pretty and wasn't that expensive at all.  President Uchtdorf is right, there is happiness in being creative.  I loved his talk in the General Relief Society Meeting held in October of 2008.  The part I refer to is under the heading, The Work of Creation.  To read this article I put a link from www.lds.org....Happiness, Your Heritage


I found some beautiful flowers that came in bunches at the Dollar Tree.  I did a lot of window shopping and price comparison, and I still preferred the flowers they had at the Dollar Tree.  I got some good finds when I went.  I also found a pack of favor boxes, ribbon, glass vases, and pretty marbles for the bottoms of the vases.  I assembled the boxes and put a round smooth river rock in the bottom from my yard, so the box wouldn't blow away.  Then I cut the flowers down to size and stuck them into the opening of the box top.  Then I measured the ribbon and used double sided tape on the ribbon and wrapped it around the box and tucked in the edges.  I made small bouquets with the leftover flowers and wrapped them with wire.  Then I put the marbles in the vases and stuck in the flower bouquets.  I made a small bouquet in a vase and enough of the boxes to put 3 on each table.  Pretty easy, fun, and not expensive!  Thanks Soo, truly, for the opportunity and letting me do that!   It really was a pleasure. : )