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Hardware Haiku

Stupid Pink Spackle

Goes on pink and dries bright white

What's wrong with RAINBOW?

I'm addicted to...

Only the coolest Hardware stores sell BLUE SHARK CANDY NOM NOM NOM NOM!!!!

Best glass cleaner ever. I like to draw pictures in the foam on my windows. My husband doesn't appreciate the window art though... I blame it on the cats.

Yup. Completely pointless. But I am addicted to my laundry smelling like this. And yes I use Gain detergent.

..Don't Judge me. I've been doing laundry all day.

Step By Step Wedding Wine Box

All right Hardware Brides and Grooms,

The wedding wine box is a totally sweet awesome addition to anyone's wedding day to make it a little extra special. The wine box can even be turned into a crowd interactive part of your ceremony. My husband and I were thinking about incorporating it into our ceremony. If I wasn't worried about him passing out (Kinda a nervous one :) ), we definitely would have.

It goes something like: During your ceremony at an appropriate time you bring out the prepared wine box. You prepare all the guest before hand with a note card (Hopefully already filled out) and invite them to come forward to place their card and their blessing in the box. Then the bride and groom, groom and groom, or Bride and Bride, seals the box in front of all, which is not to be opened again until their one year anniversary, or however long they decide.

Because I new my Hubby wasn't going to make through a longer ceremony, we opted for a stationary wine box near the gift table, which we nailed shut at the end of the night before we left for our honeymoon. We now have it stored in a cool place and will not open it again until our anniversary. I have no idea what anyone wrote, so it will surely be a grand surprizzzzE.

I found an old wine box that was ~ 1.5 x 2.5ft, It was made from oak but the bottom was rotted out and it had no lid. I had to sand it down a lot and I replaced the bottom with plywood and made a lid from plywood. Then I stained it with a very cool Minwax product, "Burgundy", which is a water based semi-transparent stain. I added some cool drawer pull handles on the side, stuffed it with packing straw, and glued wooden letters in our last name on the lid. It came out very nice.

will add more pictures soon..

Hardware Wedding Projects

Everything I made myself for the wedding:

Invitations
Centerpieces
Wine Box
Arbor
Veil
Bride and Bridesmaid Bouquets
Groom and Best-men Boutonnieres
Cork Board Frame
Decorations
Stationary

The Invitations: I Printed out myself with an invitation Kit I purchased from a local Craft Store. It cost me about 90$ and was very labor intensive on the computer. I sent out over 180 invitations, but it was entirely worth it and I got a lot of compliments on them even though I didn't think people would really care to notice. No one could tell I made them myself.

Centerpieces: Thanks you thank you to the Friends of mine with an Unruly Curly Willow Tree in their back yard. They let me take two truck loads home with me. I then dried the branches out for 4 or 5 months and used them in my centerpieces and table decorations, as well as my Arbor.

I asked friends and family for spare clear vases and many came through. I also picked up a half a dozen at the local Salvation Army. For the filler I discovered a neat product called "Deco Beads", which are these tiny dehydrated balls of plastic that you throw in water and they expand and fill lots of volume. I bought tulle fabric and pretty plastic rock things that went around the vases to complete the look.

Wine Box: The Wine Box was something I read about online. You make a wine box and put two wine glasses with your wedding wine, and instead of using a guestbook you have everyone sign cards (ours were mini cards that looked like iPhones so they could leave us TXT Messages ) and throw them in the box, at the end of the night the bride and groom seal up the box and don't open it until their one year anniversary. Awesomely fun idea. I will go into extra detail on the "HOW-To" later.

ARBOR: Probably the hardest think to make was our Marriage Arbor. My husband and I, and later the Groomsmen, built it out of Bamboo poles you use in the garden to hold up trees. Then my Bridesmaids and I decorated it with Organza, tulle, and curly willow.

The Flower and Boutonnieres: These were very fun to make. You tube is the bomb! there are so many helpful videos. With a few practice runs I became a champ at the bouquet making and the boutonnieres were easy.

Veil: Hair Comb + Tulle + needle and thread + veil. SO EASY, and I felt so good wearing it because I had made it. And I used Champagne colored Tulle for an extra twist.

Hardware Wedding

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I apologize for the deprivation of blogging. I am a rookie. Over the Last couple months I've been busy getting Married. But I assure you I was constantly thinking about how much Hardware I was using in preparation and I was excited about being able to blog about it.

First of all, weddings are a lot of work. Someday a department in my Hardware store will be dedicated to DO IT YOURSELF Brides (Like ME). And I will have project ideas posted and maybe even instructional classes on how to make common Marriage Gear. Seriously, I can't even stand how good of an idea this is.

Ok, so you may be thinking "How much Hardware can a Bride really need?" Considering the entire industry out in our world that is dedicated to doing everything for you. Ya know, like the planners, and the florists, and the printing, and the rentals, and the Expo's, etc.

I figured out very early on that, the formation of your dreams and everything about your perfect wedding day is controlled and limited by your budget. And I had people tell there was nothing they could do for me with my "unfortunate Budget".

RED FLAG #1: These people don't want to help me. They just want my money.
RED FLAG #2: Most of these people (Not all..) Aren't in this industry because they like weddings and want to help people. The wedding industry is a Billion Dollar a year world. AND Fuck 'em because I want no Part of it.

So after much discouragement, many burst bubbles, and a few bridezilla moments... I had an enlightenment. Am I even this girl? Have I been dreaming about this moment for years? Am I that girl that listens to Martha Stewart's subliminal messaging?

Nope. I am a Hardware Bride, an Off Beat Bride, a DIY kinda girl, who has the tools and the love and the support to Do It Myself. Which is my Perfect, My dream, and I had the Best Wedding I could have ever hoped for.