Anywho, I printed the templates today at work in light blue, dark blue, and gold (since my invitations are not incorporating this color). I was extremely giddy to get home and put it together and see how it looks.
I got all my supplies ready and started to think about which sizes I thought would work. I then realized that I most likely will need to buy bigger paper instead of 8 1/2 x 11 because the circumference was pretty small and not many of my candles at home would fit in it. Boo! I also need a bone folder which I neglected to buy this past weekend but I decided to fold one myself and see at least how it looks.
I used 3/8 inch Glue Dots adhesives to hold them together; about 4 per sheet since 3 wasn't enough. I cut two of them to show the versatility you can get with these sheets. I acutlally like the smaller vellum candles over the big ones. The big ones seem a bit odd and out of place.
As you can tell the one folded CLEARLY shows the crease and the paper is delicate enough to create marks too when folding. But I like the square look though.
I realized after the 3rd picture that my camera has a special feature for taking pictures of candles HENCE why this picture really shows them in their true glory. =) I really like the concept but I want to play around with the design a bit since I thought the colors didn't pop much. Also going to get larger paper so that I can fit candles inside comfortably.What do you think? How was your first DIY project? Did it go as smoothly as possible or were there many tweaks?
*all pictures were taken on my camera*
Those turned out great, well done! Honestly, I don't think I've ever had a DIY project (wedding related or otherwise) go exactly how I originally thought it would. But I suppose that's half the fun of DIY-ing and I think some of my best projects have been the result of a deviation from the original plan.
ReplyDeleteThanks Miss FP! Of course they need a few tweaking and a couple rose petals and added flair to them to make it complete but i'm happy with the results thus far.
ReplyDeleteps - love your blog :)
I love them--are you using real candles or battery operated ones?
ReplyDeletehmm I thought I left a comment on these!! Saying how beautiful they are and how the colors really jazz up the candles. :)
ReplyDelete@ peaandcarrot - I will use battery operated because i'm afraid i'll burn them if they get too close!
ReplyDeleteI checked out Michael's this past weekend they have them but the still kind of expensive.
I'm looking into other designs as well, any ideas?