DIY Wedding: Table Signs

When finally nailing down a theme for my upcoming wedding (we have exactly 40 days until we say “I do”), I decided to make my own table signs. Why? Because I wanted a majority of my wedding decor to be DIY. The hard part was deciding what needed to have personal signage, what fonts to use, and honestly, I needed some inspiration. Note: in college I learned how to use the program InDesign and since graduating (back in 2013), it has come in handy on multiple different occasions.

That’s where lovely Pinterest comes in. For the last year and a half I have been perusing Pinterest to come up with ideas for the types of signs I need to make. I decided to make:

1. A selfie booth sign (5×7 frame)
2. A “well wishes” sign (5×7 frame)
3. A social media hashtag (#) sign (5×7 frame)
4. The menu (8×10 frame)
5. His and hers drinks (8×10 frame)
6. Gift sign (5×7 frame)

I then headed to the dollar store (it sure comes in handy when buying things for a wedding!) and grabbed two 8×10 frames and four 5×7 frames. With InDesign, it didn’t take me too long to make. However, if you don’t own that ridiculously expensive program, you can easily make these signs in a word document or even a paint program (standard for more PC’s). Here are the signs I have come up with so far:

I will be working on more signs over the long weekend, as well as starting a bigger project: a chalkboard word search for cocktail hour! Stay tuned to see the final signs (I’ll take a better picture using a high-resolution camera) and the word search.

If you’re in the same boat as me and need some inspiration for your wedding, check out my Pinterest board.

xoxo

Getting Engaged…

So on June 14, 2014 I got engaged to my now fiancé of almost three years, Max Weinberg. It was a whirlwind of emotion that day and I couldn’t be happier. The engagement was very “us” – laid back and comfortable, intimate and, all in all — perfect. I was completely surprised and shocked. Definitely wasn’t expecting anything any time soon. But wedding has been on both our brains lately, especially since we have two weddings to attend this year. I suppose it was on Max’s mind more than I had realized.

It’s so exciting thinking about getting married. Our wedding won’t be until late 2015, giving me ample opportunity to prepare a great ceremony and reception. Although, I’ve already started Pinteresting a lot of wedding related things. Since having a Jewish wedding is incredibly important to me, I have to be able to find a ketubah (Jewish wedding “contract”) and chuppah (wedding canopy) as well as prep anything. I’m one of those women who would prefer to DIY and spend the least amount of money as possible.

Max and I have been friends since we were 13 and finally were able to be in a relationship together in 2011. It’s funny how things work out in life. I will keep you updated on cool fashion finds, color schemes and maybe will even give you a sneak peek into my Pinterest boards for the wedding.

Stay tuned…