Wedding Favors: Mexican Wedding Cookies

Paper source must love people like me. In the wedding world, those who are planning to do many of the details ourselves welcome a store like Paper Source because of the selection, colors and pre-cut goodies. Im sure the true DIY-ers would scoff at pre cut, but in the essence of time for those of us with full time jobs, the pre-cut template is a life saver.  I needed to figure out a wedding favor for our guest and immediately David and I liked the idea of Mexican Wedding Cookies. We placed an order down at Mr. Churro on Olvera Street and then needed a clever way to box them up. I picked up clear bags at Paper Source along with gold business cards. Using the lace heart stamp I had at the house, I embossed each card, wrote the names, punched the hole and tied on the string. Voila! The tags are complete. Just need to fill and tie on when the cookies arrive!

DIY Wedding Cake Stands

Ugh. Cake stands. Well, that was my initial thought...especially after pricing them on sites like Amazon. Sure 25 bucks a pop isn't too much, but when you need 5 and then factor in shipping it ends up being another $150 purchase added to an ever growing wedding budget. Plus, 25 bucks gets you a stand, but not the one that meshes best with the wedding theme. After doing some internet research, I came across a few sites that mentioned making stands yourself using found objects at the thrift strore. Bam! This seemed like the way to go. Many of the sites added the additional step of spray painting the completed project when finished to a color that matches your decor. While I went into the project with that step in mind, I quickly changed my mind after finding the amount of clear glassware (platters, candlesticks, glasses etc) in my search. The clear would be a perfect fit with the amount of color already in the works. 

Materials: 

Glassware

Epoxy

Heavy books

Goo Gone

Some of the dish finds from the 1st trip to St. Vincent De Paul. I washed them and found that I needed to use Goo Gone in order to get some of the yuck off from years of who knows what before their presence at the thrift store. 

Using a heavy book to help the epoxy set and cure.

Close up of two of my favorites

The final five which will be donned with cakes and sweets!

The project was pretty easy and just took a little over 2 hours....including cleaning and prepping the glass, applying the epoxy and letting it stand through the initial cure time of one hour.

Napkins! In every color!

After making the non-eco friendly decision to use paper napkins (hey...we are going on an eco honeymoon to Costa Rica!), I came across the website Smarty had a Party as a result of a google search. The website has every color napkin imaginable which was great as I could order turquoise and lime green
(dinner and cocktail) from the same vendor. I got hundreds of 3 ply napkins and some plastic tumblers (for when the bartender closes up shop) for less than 50 bucks. The package arrived in less than five days and had smarties candies in the box to boot! WIN!

Loteria! Escort Cards: Button Style!

With the wedding in just 22 days, you can imagine my excitement to have the escort cards arrive. "Cards?" you say? "They look more like pins." Right you are. For the wedding, David really had his mind set on having some sort of punk-rock-pin moment and the escort cards were just the place.  Each of the 12 tables will have an enlarged Loteria! card as the number. We've got La Mano, La Chulupa and La Calavera to name a few. On the escort card table (or jewelry spinner as my amazing friend Amy has set up) will be cards with guests names and their pin with table icon. The name cards have yet to be created but here is a sneak peek at the awesome pins. 

                                          la arana

                                                                         
                                                                       

                                          el tambor


                                                                     
                                                                         

                                          el valiente

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I will post more as the project progresses!

Cozy Chihuahua

Frito is a champ when it comes to lounging. After moving the bedroom furniture around, his new favorite is to lounge on top of the pillow, face pointed out the window. 

Flower Shopping with Moon Canyon

Today I went with Kristen of Moon Canyon Design Co. to the Los Angeles Flower District. Because I didn't have the best idea of what the floral plan would be, Kristen was able to confidently steer me the direction I wanted to go. We are going to go heavy on the lush greens with pops of color (peonies) here and there. Perhaps some fun clover as well. Here are some of my faves:

                                          Poppy Pods

                                          Fun Green Pom Poms

                                          Some sort of fern branches

                                          Peonies

I may not have the right names for all the flowers, but Kristen and Amy have the correct information in that department! I will keep posted on the progress.