Wedding on a Dime

Invitations were 40.00 but had a 50% off coupon

from Michael's so they were 20.00 for 40.00

The invites were beautiful but I wanted 

make them unique.

I personalized each invite by adding clip art of a tree

with hearts.  

All the little touches make a difference.

I used a wax stamper to seal each invite.

I purchased the flowers from Trader Joes

Irises were only 3.00 a bunch and roses were

15.00 for 2 dozen at Costco.

 Set Up

Food
it was purchased at Costco...it was a
simple shrimp tray
soup and sanwiches
as well as a self made fruit & veggie tray from produce
from Aldi
It was about 100.00 total for all the food items

 Mums were purchased for the tables from my Aunt.

It was not my choice but since it was 

for my brother's Wedding I rolled with it. 

Candles were clearance from left over valentines day decor

They were 10.00 for 20 but Michael's sells packs of 10 for 10

don't forget your coupon!

very cheap tea lights from Ikea as well as candle holders.

I owned chair covers and table cloths for him to borrow

but you can usually rent them for 3.00 each or craigslist

or even purchase them from 

http://www.tableclothfactory.com/

for the same cost as renting and them sell them 

when you are done with them.

 We bought this tulle from Michales for $10 each roll 

and used 3 rolls

Another Idea is to use 1" robbon from Costco's Craft section

You get 50 yds for $6-7 bucks. 

Use about 2 yards per chair to tie a proper ribbon

Ceremony Site

 The ceremony was a quiet one help in a quiet ridge overlooking 

Minnehaha falls in Minneapolis

Lucky for my brother, my Aunt was clergy and did the 

ceremony for free

Reception Site

We found a newly renovated room with large windows overlooking

The lake.  It included a kitchen for our "Caterers" to prepare the food.

Programs

 Another self print option from the 

"Brides Collection" at Michale's

30.00 for 20 and of course we cad a coupon

for 40% off

Finally the cake.

Luckily for my brother, I do cakes 

so I made it for him as his gift

Pictures were taken by my husband so they were 

free but you can get a friend to do them 

by looking at photography websites to see good angles

and get good ideas for shots.

Renting a great camera is also another option

Check your internet for camera shots and

get some recommendations from their staff 

for what is best to use.

Scooby Doo Party

Scooby Doo Invites

Download free scooby font from google search

http://www.fontspace.com/category/scooby%20doo

I used a piece of white card stock paper and chose green and 

different shades of blue fonts

as well as orange.

The I went to Joann's and used a Michaels and a Joann coupon

and bought the card stock paper that had the colors of 

blue and green from the mystery machine colors.

I cut both colors in half and then

the blue a little smaller 5 1/2 x 8 inches for borders around

the invite.

I cut the blue paper the long way to make a "ribbon around the invite.

With the envelopes I did a search for Scooby doo coloring pages
found an image I likes of Scooby 
went to maining
then Set printer to Mailings...envelopes, options, custom size to 9 x 6.
Then click add to document
insert picture from saved Scooby coloring page
clicked the image chose wash out
then on left hand side chose text wrapping behind text

Envelope

We decked the house with spooky Halloween 

decor inside and out...

Halloween stuff was already on sale at the dollar store and 

then I borrowed some other stuff from a friend.

We had a fog machine and spooky sounds playing in the 

house from the speakers.

All of these silhouettes are in packs of 15 for a dollar
at the Dollar Tree.  4 packs is plenty to deck the halls
and windows.

Spiderweb was also available at the Dollar tree.

I cut bread into the shape of bones

with a bone shaped cookie cutter 
and made turkey and cheese sandwiches for the
kids.

The house was spooky but I wanted the table to
be fun and co-ordinate with the invites
so in addition to blue& green  I did spiders on the
table and then green sculls.
Blue green napkins utensils and juice dispenser
that I found on sale at Walmart.

I cut pictures saved pics of Scooby and the gang on line
printed them and added them to blue & green circles
finally gluing them to toothpicks and put them 
everywhere in the different food trays.

I used the same blue & green circles
punched holes in them and put them on
brown bags.
We played a game..."Who stole the Scooby snacks?"
I hid clues around the house for the kids to find the snacks 
at the end.

It was summer so I did not want my 2 yr old roasting

in a sweater  like Velma's or long sleeve dress like Daphne's

So I got her this darling summer Scooby Doo dress on etsy.com

to wear.

Using my cricut I made a sign with 2 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" 

card stock paper.  Using my paper cutter I cropped the darker

brown sheet of paper 1/2" smaller for demension to frame the letters on.

Using the "Pack your Bags" cricut cartridge

I cut out a camera and then the "School Book" Cartridge and the Roly Poly font.

The "P" and the "B" at 3" & the rest of the letters

at 2" glued them to the paper

We did a photo booth for the kids 

with a sheet for a background and

Daphne Scooby and Thelma Props

that I cut out from the every day paper doll cricut cartridge.

I set them to be cut at 20" big and taped the props to

Wooden BBQ skewers.