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Valerie
VIP April 2017 Ontario

2 more centerpieces down!

Valerie, on March 6, 2017 at 09:11 Posted in DIY 0 28

Making my last few centerpieces has been ... slow going. 2 were FH's job (and he's procrastinated BIG TIME) and 1 I had to trial and error my way through so I keep putting it aside for a bit when something didn't work. WELL... FH finally finished one of his this weekend and I got around to (mostly) finishing my last one!

The first is from a game called Love Letter and we just changed the characters to make them wedding related and then had to do MANY test runs to get the cards to print right (I forgot to take a pick of the backs, but they look awesome and have our names and wedding date). I just need to laminate them (so spills won't ruin them) and they are good to go! It printed amazing and FH did a GREAT job with it!! (though I still had to do all the printing and cutting, lol)

Our Wedding Love Letter Game

Our Wedding Love Letter Game

Next is my Connect 4 board! Took me FOREVER to get everything lined up with the holes but I love how it turned out! Now I just need to paint all the checker pieces to the wedding colours and it is FINISHED!!

Custom Connect 4

Custom Connect 4

I also finished up some cute boxes for decoration. The "Film" box will have extra film cartridges for the Poloroid camera guest book, and the "Batteries" box will have extra batteries for the Wii-motes at the Mario Kart station. I found out that I can download fonts and cut them with my Cricut for free, so I was REALLY excited to test that out! I didn't really want ANOTHER sign saying what was in the box, so I'm really happy that I could just cut and words right on the boxes! (and I am loving this font!)

Boxes

Boxes

28 Comments

Latest activity by Cindy, on April 3, 2018 at 18:13
  • Cindy
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    I'm so sorry for asking Valerie! Normally I wouldn't but I fell in love! I had no idea we were not allowed to share. I will try it out myself at some point. Can I just ask what kind of paint you used?
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  • Valerie
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    Sorry Cindy, I'd love to help but helping people in the real world with projects and templates got me banned from direct messaging on this site... so ya... sorry but can't help, I would have no way of sending you the file. Best of luck in your planning

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  • Cindy
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    Oh my goodness! I love the Connect 4. Are you willing to share the cricut file, if it's possible??
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  • Melissa
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    These all turned out so well! Great work!

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  • Valerie
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    Oh no, too much work to make 10 or 11! 1 has been taxing enough lol. No I have a different game at every table. The rule will be that if they want to take the game hope they have to win it by playing the game with table mates. Aww thanks!! I'll have to look into it when the wedding is over. Or I'll have to start taking private commissions haha
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  • Kacy
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    Hahah show it all off as much as you'd like!!! I can't get over your Connect 4! Are you making one for each table? People will be very surprised and impressed... and most likely will fight over them, it's truly incredible! Smiley winking Hahaha You could seriously start your own shop, people (me) would be scrambling to get your stuff!! lol

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  • Natasha
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    Ha ha yeah I know my basement looks like it threw up a wedding lol

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  • Valerie
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    Me too! I try and envision it all together, but I can't wait to actually SEE it all!!!! (and not just in boxes around my house)

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  • Natasha
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    SOunds great I am really looking forward to seeing all your wedding photos and seeing everything come together !!

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  • Valerie
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    We'll chat post (my) wedding... see what we can do Smiley winking

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  • Natasha
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    yes yes yes .. it is amazeballs !!!!

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  • Valerie
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    HAHAHAHAHA the meticulous painting would not be worth it in a shop. But you MIGHT be able to persuade me to make one for you Smiley winking

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  • Natasha
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    Seriously Val open your own Etsy shop!!!!!! I want a connect 4 !!!!!!

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  • Valerie
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    Thanks! I changed the rules to read "get your well wishes to the bride" instead of the original "get your love letter to the princess". Going to go to a local game shop and buy the Broken Token version of the hearts (aka the "tokens of affection"), they look awesome and still work in the context of the game Smiley laugh

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  • Samtam
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    I love how the Connect 4 came out! Def one of my fave centerpieces you made! I can't wait to play your version of Love Letter! So awesome!

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  • Valerie
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    Thanks Lesley!

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  • Lesley
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    These are so great Valerie! So creative and fun

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  • Chelsea
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    I can see why! Well congrats cuz it turned out great! All of it!

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  • Valerie
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    Aww thank you! It's so nice to be able to show it off on here because I can't show anyone else (want them to be surprised), I get so excited to finally finish these things Smiley xd

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  • Valerie
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    Painted an old Connect 4 game then measured the inside (so I knew how big to make it) and used my Cricut to design all the hearts and font and what not. Then just did a BUNCH of trials and adjusted the location of the hearts and text until it all lined up with the holes (took about 6 or 7 tries). Then I hot glued the cardstock cut out onto the board (and got rid of all the stupid glue strings that showed through)! Now I need to paint all the pieces to be the wedding colours and it will be DONE! Definitely one of my more time consumming projects

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  • Kacy
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    Holy moly!!! You are so creative and talented!!! Super duper impressed with both of your work!!

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  • Chelsea
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    Ya that's way too much! How did you do it anyways?

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  • Valerie
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    Thank you, I got the idea from Etsy, but they wanted like $120 +shipping, and that just wasn't happening

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  • Chelsea
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    I love the connect 4! That is creative!

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