My DIY Wedding Projects in the Newspaper!

Exciting News! My DIY Wedding Projects was featured in my local newspaper the 24Hours Vancouver on April 4th, 2013. To read the article you can visit this link Bridal on a Budget
or visit their website http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2013/04/04/bridal-on-a-budget

Thank you 24Hours Vancouver and Julia Dilworth for featuring me! Also a big thank you to my friend S.L for telling me to make this blog!

and Thank you Readers for taking the time to read my blog!

 

 

Who am I?

Some of you have wondered about who I am and what I do. Why do I have so much time on my hands to make all of these DIY wedding projects. Well,
I have another blog where I share my story.

I'm from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
I am a Nurse and a Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivor.
I am a Spokesperson & an Automated External Defibrillator Advocate with the Heart & Stroke Foundation. (BC Public Access to Defibrillator Program http://www.aedinyourhands.ca/)

Months before my wedding, my heart stopped for 4 minutes.

To read more please visit
my story:
http://annashhhh.blogspot.ca/

P.S. I was also engaged for 2.5 years before I got married.
Engaged: December 19, 2009
Married: May 05, 2012

New & Gently Used Wedding Items for Sale

Meet me at the Bridal Swap!

http://www.bridalswap.ca/

This year my friend A and I will be participating at the Vancouver Bridal Swap. We will be selling our new and gently used wedding items at affordable/reasonable prices. The event will be taken place on Sunday April 7th, 2013 at the Roundhouse Community Centre from 11am-3pm. The address is 181 Roundhouse Mews Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W3.

Here are a few pictures of the wedding items that we will be selling

 

His & Hers Just Married Flip Flops

 

Heart necklace

Lilac Evening Gown

Conversation Starter Book Covers (book not included)

 

 

Flower girl Basket

 Candy Favour Bags 

 

Custom Made Chinese Phoenix Dress  &

Purple Modern Chinese dress

 

 and so much more!

 

 

Hope to see you there!

Birdcage Veil #2

 

I had left over material from making my first birdcage veil (http://dainty-secret.blogspot.ca/2012/03/diy-birdcage-veil.html) so I decided to make another one. Materials used: birdcage netting, hair comb, ribbons, thread & needle and crystal gems. I followed the instructions from a few YouTube videos such as Michaels arts and crafts youtube channel.

 

and here is the finished product.

Last Minute Bridal Shower Planning... continued.

This is a continuted post from my Last Minute Bridal Shower Planning.

The Food.

Once again I only had under 17 hours to plan this bridal shower by myself. If I had more time I would have baked the cake myself and made the mini cheesecakes from scratch. To me this was just finger food because the Bride had planned a hot pot dinner for the bridal party meeting, unfortunately they did not end up eating hot pot. lol

Mini Cucumber Sandwiches & Smoke Salmon Hor'dourves

 -whole wheat bread, cucumbers & light cream cheese

- Breton crackers, light cream cheese, smoked salmon, chopped cucumbers & capers

 

Breton Crackers with Prosciutto

 

Deviled Eggs

- Hard boiled eggs, mayo, mustard, salt, pepper & paprika

 

Smoked Salmon on Cucumbers with Capers

 Spanakopitas

Tuna Salad on Breton Crackers

Canned Tuna, Mayo, Mustard, Salt, Pepper, Onion, Celery

 

Mini Assorted Cheesecakes

 

Black Forest Cake

& to go with the theme, Lemonade & Limeonade with sliced lemons

 

 

Last Minute Bridal Shower Planning.. continued.

This is a continuted post from my Last Minute Bridal Shower Planning ....

The Bridal Shower Games I planned were:


-Toilet paper wedding dress game - this is where you need toilet paper, tape & a model to make a wedding dress. Divide everyone into teams then the bride picks the best dress. Some models like to do the catwalk to show off the dress, others like to explain the details on the dress.

- Wedding pictionary- this is where you need wedding words, a cup, paper, pen & a timer. I printed out wedding words (veil/dress/ceremony/tuxedo etc), cut them out into strips then folded them and placed them into a cup. Everyone is divided into teams. One person picks a word to draw and that persons team has 30 seconds to guess what the drawing is. Then the other team plays. Whoever's team can guess in the shortest amount of time wins.

- Pin the penis on the muscle man groom - this one is funny, if there aren't any parents around. This is just like pin the tail on the donkey. Things you need: Picture of a muscle man, the groom, penis cut outs, tape, & a blindfold. Print out a picture of a muscle man (or whatever floats your boat) and the groom. Cut out the groom's head and glue it on top of the body. Cut out penis shapes. Make sure there`s enough for everyone. Place double sided tape onto the penis cut outs.  Blindfold the person playing and spin them around then they have to stick the penis cut outs where ever their intuition tells them. LOL.

 

The penis cut outs are very pointy because I was rushed to make them. :)

Last Minute Bridal Shower Planning (Under 17hrs)

I had less than 17 hours to plan a Bridal Shower for my soon to be sister-in-law by myself.

So What Happened?
The bridal party had a very hectic lifestyle so they all didn't have time to plan the bride's bridal shower or stagette so I stepped in.

On Friday December 14th the Bride & Groom had a Jack & Jill Stag/Stagette together. To me, I felt that the bride needed to have her own party. Every bride needs to have a bridal shower to make her feel special before her wedding day (December 22, 2012). The next day (Saturday Dec 15th) I asked my brother in law to give me the bridal parties contact numbers so he gave me their emails. Since I knew that everyone was busy I asked him when the next bridal party meeting was. It was on Monday! I had less than 17 hours to plan this Bridal Shower. I wanted it to be a surpirse so my brother in law gave me the keys to his apartment where the meeting was being held that Monday night.

On Sunday night (Dec 16), I gathered information on the brides favorite things and made a list of things to cook, buy, deocorate & games to play. The bride's favorite colors were yellow and light green so I wanted to stick with that color theme. I also spent the night making decorations & Bridal Shower games to play.

My Messy List

I made a banner from Vancitybrides tutorial http://vancitybride.com/blog/decor/diy-banner.html

 

 

 

I spent Monday morning driving around town for groceries, cake & decorations.

The helium filled balloons, Bride to be sash & crown, light yellow paper plates & cups were all from Party Bazaar (Vancouver).

 

Then I spent the afternoon cooking & preparing for the bridal shower!

 

to be continued....