My fiance and I spent this past weekend making DIY save-the-dates, DIY pearl wedding wreaths, and securing hotel rooms, a fantastic DJ, the ceremony site, and the rehearsal dinner site. It was a fun, long weekend. Here is one of the projects that we worked on for a few hours:
My future mother-in-law helped me with this project (special thanks to her!). We bought a foam floral wreath at the dollar store and a spool of white ribbon out of the dollar bin at Michael’s. We used most of the ribbon by wrapping it around the foam floral wreath.
Then we put my fiance to work (special thanks to him!). He cut the strands of pearls that my future sister-in-law (special thanks to her!) collected for us during Mardi Gras, so the pearls cost us nothing.
After the pearls were cut, I used a glue gun to glue the pearls on the front and sides of the ribbon-covered wreath. It took a couple hours to glue all of the pearls onto the wreath; however, it was pretty mindless, so you could listen to music or television while doing it. We’re going to hang these wreaths on the end of the church pews.
Total cost for one wreath:
Floral foam wreath: $1.00
White ribbon: $1.00
Glue gun: $0.00 – we already had this
Glue sticks: $0.00 – we already had these
Pearl beads: $0.00 – beads collected from Mardi Gras
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Total: $2.00
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Guys- This actually turned out pretty well. I was able just to sit there while April was gluing and I just watched TV while she was doing her thing. All I had to do was cut up the beads and she really was impressed that I was helping…
FYI- My sister didn’t “earn” the beads… she knew someone in New Orleans who participated in the parades and had him set aside some extra white and cream beads for us. If you attend Mardi Gras, they throw beads at you at every parade (free). For those that don’t have a connection, I would just make a sign that says “collecting white beads for my wedding” and the guys on the floats will throw you more than you can handle….
February 19th, 2009
Guys- This actually was fun to make. I started on the wreath and randomly put large, medium and small beads where ever they looked good. April took over and finished it in no time.
Ladies- get your friends and fiancee involved. You will have a great time!
March 2nd, 2009
I did what you suggested when I went to Marti Gra…I got three bags of beads thrown at me. The best part – the sign worked and I didn’t have to pull my shirt up!
March 2nd, 2009
I live in Calif and I only attended one Mardi Gras party. The hostess was giving away all types of beads but I made sure to collect as many as I can to make this project. How many wreaths were made? How many beads were collected? Thanks
April 16th, 2009
We collected A TON of beads. I’ve only made two wreaths so far and I used about seven to nine strands of beads on each wreath. I’m planning on making about ten of these wreaths. Good luck and let me know how it goes!
April 18th, 2009
This is gorgeous, I think they would also look really nice for a ‘white christmas’ type of decoration, not just a wedding… will definitely be going in my ‘to-do’ pile, thanks!
July 17th, 2009
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