Sean, 28  & Sarah, 27

North Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada

Wedding Date: October 10, 2009

Number of Guests: 68

Wedding Cost: $25,000 CAD

Wedding Ceremony Location: We had record breaking rain the week before the wedding which included the day of the wedding so we had the ceremony in a beautifully decorated reception tent on Uncle Bill’s and Aunt Sally’s farm.

Wedding Reception Location: In the  same tent as the ceremony.  Everyone sat at their assigned seats during the ceremony, which worked out well for the reception because everything was already set up.  The caterers didn’t need to move anything which I am sure was great for them.  It also let the guests have time to mingle (and eat fresh Atlantic salmon and champagne) they didn’t have to go anywhere.

Why did you have an intimate wedding?

Well, the first reason was that we wanted to have it in Wallace at the farm which is a very special place for both of us. However, the farm is well off the beaten track so we knew that only a few people, the people who were very close to us, would be able to come.

Second, because we were married on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend we really wanted to have the feeling of a family thanksgiving in the country and the intimate number of family and friends really made it feel special.

Beautiful.

Photo: Shooting Hip

I love these fun DIY shower invitations wrapped in fabric envelopes that are featured on Our Life Right Now! The envelopes would also add a nice handmade touch to save the dates. Learn how to make the fabric envelopes over at Dear Lizzy.

I love the look of vintage fashion illustration and I’m super excited that I found a way to use it for a vintage wedding! These DIY place card dolls are a breeze to make!

I got the idea for making these vintage fashion illustration dolls when I saw Claudine Hellmuth’s Sitting Pretties. Instead of using her template, I found some vintage fashion illustrations online and printed them on on cardstock. I folded them like the Sitting Pretties and voila! I love how they turned out!

To make it even easier for you to make these DIY place cards dolls, I’ve uploaded a bunch of vintage fashion illustrations that you can print out.

Here’s the tutorial on the DIY place card dolls:

Go to the vintage fashion illustration images. Right click on the images and save them. If you need more, do a search vintage sewing patterns on Google Images or Flickr.

Print the images on card stock. Cut out the images using scissors and an Exacto knife.

After the doll is cut, fold at the waist and at the knees.

Print out your guest list. I used Tekton Pro Ext. as the font. Make sure that when you print them out there is enough white space between the names. I used scissors with scalloped edges to cut them out. Adhere the names to the vintage paper dolls. (I used a glue stick.)

Turn wine glasses upside down and set the DIY place card doll on the bottom of the glass. Let your guests ‘oooh’ and ‘aaah’ over their cool place cards!

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