Table runners & place mats were hand made vs. store bought. The table runners were created with their initials in old typewriter font & made out of a creamy white burlap. Freezer paper is a heaven sent when you're working with fabric, stenciling and paint. You can use this on most fabrics. Take the freezer paper and create your stencil. Once your stencil is cut, iron the sticky side to the fabric. Don't use wax paper for this type of project. Wax paper has two waxy/sticky sides & can ruin your iron. Freezer Paper has one tacky side vs. two. Once your freezer paper is ironed to your fabric you paint away! You can remove the freezer paper by just pealing it off once your paint is dry. Freezer paper helps to create clean lines and makes the process a lot faster!
We figured that most of the gifts were going to be cards vs. boxes of gifts since the couple were planning on spending 3 months in Europe. For the card collector I reused one of my bird cages. I got these at Save On Crafts for $20 for two. This site has a ton of ideas and supplies for you to create the party of your dreams.
Another little gift I gave my cousin was an 8x10 wrapped canvas photo of the two of them. I took a photo of the couple at Thanksgiving. I used that photo and got a free canvas print (just paid for freight/handling) from Canvas People. (Go to Canvas People and get your free 8x10 photo canvas - I think they're still promoting the offer!)
And as a give away to the guests I made seed packets with flower seeds inside. The packets were made out of cute scrapbook paper from Hobby Lobby and a great template I found on Leo on the Loose (Erin Vale Designs). Seeds can be pretty expensive…at Home Depot or Lowe's they run about $1.00-$1.50 for a packet. At Dollar Tree they were several seed packets for a $1. So I scored a bargain there!
The ideas above are only to spark your imagination to come up with unique ways to plan a party that don't drain your pocket book. Happy Creating!
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