*DIY* Storybook Wedding: Save-the-Dates

After I did last week's DIY on a ring bearer book (instead of pillow), I ended up with these cute little cut out circles that inspired me to run a series of DIY posts focused on a Storybook themed wedding.

So, without further ado, from the beginning of wedding planning projects to the end, starting with Save-the-Dates.

What you will need:

~ Cut-out circles from the pages of a used or throw away book. (Find one laying around or find a cheap bargain book.) You can cut out any shape you like with scissors or a craft punch.
~ Printer, paper, and picture paper or card stock (if you want to put a quality photo on it)
~ Pencil
~ Black marker
~ Glue
~ Scissors

Step One: Open up a document on Word, and type out in the font of your choice what you want to say on your Save-the-Dates. With my circles being about 2in. I had the size of the font at 20 and 22. Print.

 Step Two: Cut out your text. On the back, with the pencil, shade the area behind the letters.

Step Three: Align the letters on the circle and trace the print. You should see the outline of the font on the circle.

Step Four: Fill in the fonts with your black marker. If it bleeds through like mine, you may need to glue a backing behind it, which makes it sturdier.

I used an index card to glue to the back.

Of course, when I dropped the scissors to cut out the backing, my darling baby, Mila, took hold of it!

 Step Five: If you want a picture, print out the picture to glue onto a circle. Assemble the circles how you like. I chose to set mine up to be a magnet. I didn't do this to mine, but you should laminate it to make it have more durability to withstand the mail delivery. Nothing like getting wet mail and your Save-the-Date  being ruined with bled out letters!

Stay tuned next week for DIY Storybook Wedding Invitations

The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. – 1 Corinthians 12:12