DIY Wedding Flower Petal Aisle Runner

This project was completed with the help of 5 Superman movies, numb butt, trigger finger syndrome, several bags of flower petals and a few large sticks of glue. I also used several feet of tulle (80 feet total). The project included some early lessons learned. I'd seen a tutorial that said it would be fast to use adhesive spray and place the petals on top. The two cans I got was a waste of funds, IMO. I would have done better to just go the hot glue gun route right from the start. To make it easier to pull up the tulle without tearing, I use a cookie sheet flipped over as my work area. The silver and blue petals were all dumped into basket and shaken so that I could randomly pull and glue. I kept the white ones separate so that I could use them as the back drop.

 After each pan length would cool, I'd gently pry up the tulle from the pan and start the next section.

Randomly I placed the silver and baby blue petals all over the whites. I also made sure that the petals overhung the tulle so that the final produce actually spanned about 8 inches.

 I liked looking at my progress as the aisle runner took shape. But slowly I started to run out of space.

 The plastic on the floor was my first failed attempt using the adhesive spray. All I got for that was a sticky plastic and time wasted.

 When I ran out of space, I rolled up the finished portion and kept working. I completed everything over a few days, but took breaks in between. And Superman can be quite distracting. Even the bad ones like with Richard Pryor as a computer geek.

 At the end of the long hallway and into our bedroom, I placed a piece of tape at the 40 foot mark and as my roll increased, I'd go out and unrolled it out and measure.

 After nearly 18 hours total (with breaks in between), I completed two 40 feet by 6" role of flower petals.

The final product in the church filled me with pride. Since one of my MIL's coworker was so generous in letting us borrow some of her columns and artificial flowers for the church (you can sort of see them at the end of the aisle), I gave her the runners as a trade. Initially I'd planned to sell it, but the trade was worth it and we saved a bundle.

Wedding Gift Card Box DIY

When I ordered the rosette fabric for the godet and train for my wedding dress, I made sure to get extra of the rosette for other areas in the decor. One area was our gift card box,. I went to Ross and got a large hat box. I cut a 1" X 8" rectangle into the top of the box.

 Then I covered the lid and the bottom separately using fabric glue. In hindsight, I would have used hot glue gun, but the fabric glue work.

 First I cut a circle a little larger than the top of the lid and then made a slit in the same area that the rectangle was cut from. I didn't cut a rectangle, I wanted the excess fabric to fold around the hole.

 It worked best for me to cut a rectangle the entire circumference of the box and about 4 inches taller. Then I wrapped the fabric around the cylinder and then folded in the excess fabric (about an inch) inside the box and underneath (the remaining excess). I didn't bother to cover the exposed piece. I also cut out triangles out of the bottom to make sure the excess could lay flat.

 I used a blue ribbon around the lid and and 3 adhesive rhinestone usually used for scrap books or invitation decorations.

For a final touch, I got artificial grapes and when my then fiance was stray painting the bottles for the centerpieces, he sprayed the grapes silver for me. I used hot glue to adhere it to the top of the lid. The lid was a really tight fit because of the fabric. I liked it because not anyone could just go and pull off the lid and take a card away. It held up perfectly well for both wedding ceremonies and was large enough to fit every card that we got.