Wedding Memento Frames

You put so much work into picking out the invites, the stationary for your wedding... why not make them a displayable work of art! This is a great way to keep and display items from your wedding!

I have two different pieces here:

The top piece is a 13" X 17" picture frame from Michaels, about $8 (but you can use your coupons and get it for less!).
I had displayed (top to bottom, starting with the left side) our save-the-dates postcard, our invitations, our wedding programs, a piece of burlap from our wedding decor (1 Corinthians 13:8), a wedding kiss picture, our sparkler send-off picture, a Congratulations card (with a cute bride and groom outfit!), and lastly, our thank you cards.

And then the bottom piece I made of our wedding date. It's a divided picture frame, about 6.5" X 13" undivided, and cost about $6 at Michaels (again, use a coupon and you save!).
I went to this site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/collections/ and found pictures of numbers to print. I just adjusted the size and printed on my printer. 5 7 11!

Here is our living room! Finished project? For now :)

Hint for all you Apartment Dwellers out there: Try to stray away from push pins, they just poke little holes in the wall you have to deal with later when you leave! So, what's a good alternative? How about Command Strips (which you can find in almost any store!). They stick to your object and the other side sticks to the wall, but there is a tab that you can pull when it is time to take it all down, and No Mess/ No Holes! Pretty cool :)

Make your own Pillows

Pick out your fabrics. I wanted to do two different fabrics for four different pillows.

Flowery

Striped. Noticed I kept the same color pallet with a detailed print and a bold stripe. Then your pillows won't clash.

Since this is my first time making pillow covers, I miscalculated how much I would need. So, to remedy this, I made reversable pillows. One side is flowery, one side is striped. This made three pillows, which I think things in odd numbers are better for decorating any ways :)


I had these pillow inserts from an old set of pillows, so I am re-purposing! Making pillows is a great way to make a room your own!

Measure the amount of fabric needed to fit the pillow. It should be snug, but not tight.


Use your pinning needles to keep the fabric together, and to give your self a good line to follow while sewing.


Sew away! This is my new sewing machine and boy is it AWESOME! Before I had it, I tried sewing by hand... I finished one side of the pillow then vowed to not finish the pillow without my machine!!!! Technology is awesome :)

I sewed three sides of the pillow, and left one open. Turn the sewn fabrics inside out, you will see a nice seamless edge! What a reward!


Then stuff the pillow inserts inside. On the side that's open, fold the fabric in, so that you can see the pattern inside the pillow, and stick one side of your Velcro to one fabric side, and the other side of the Velcro to the other fabric side. Press Velcro together to seal up your pillow and creating a flawless seam.

Set on couch and ENJOY!