Hi Everyone,
I am honoured to be posting on Ashley's blog today. I have followed her blog since before I was even engaged (shhh that's just between us though lol). She has so many great ideas and some wonderful giveaways. I am also a 'bride on a budget' and that is why I decided to put my Cricut Expression to work for me during this wedding planning process.
One thing that really shocked me when pricing items was the cost of wedding favours. Now I know we all love our own and pray that everyone else is going to as well but lets face it many will not become the cherished items we wish they would. It was because of this that I was not willing to break my budget to buy these. Instead I used the Tie the knot cartridge which I already owned and with the help of my wedding party and my mom we made 60 of each of the bride and grooms for a total of 120 wedding favours :) It took us about 5 hours in total but hey it was a great excuse for us girls to all get together and we had a blast. So much so my cheeks hurt from laughing by the time they left and how cute are these...
We watched
this video to help us get started and made a couple out of 'scrap paper' for practice.
These were both cut using the fit to page feature with cut the groom out at 10 3/4 and the bride at 11 1/2
I know the bride is a little bigger but hey brides are suppose to stand out on their wedding day right :)
Here is a break down of everything I needed and had to purchase to make these darlings...
Cricut Expression + Tie the knot cartridge
White cardstock: all from that huge paper pile (actually felt really good to use some of those up)
Black cardstock: American Crafts (60 pack) $25.00 (Can.)
Sookwang Tape (25m) : $16.99 (I have enough left over to make all 120 five more times lol)
Gems: Offray tube $5.99 (I have tons left over and plan on using them on some other wedding stuff)
Cuttlebug + Divine Swirls folder: already owned
Ribbon: Offray $1.00
Black Pearl Pen: $7.99 (again lots and lots left over for future craft projects)
Cinnamon hearts to fill them up $4.99
Total: $61.96
Now I know the prices are a bit more here in Canada but before making these I was looking at a minimum of $1.00 per favour without candy. So in the end I saved more then half by firing up my Cricut and spending a couple afternoons with some great friends.
Remember to think about what you already have and tap into those resources before you spend more then you need to.
I would like to thank Ashley for having me as a guest poster on her blog today and to invite all her followers to check out my blog too see more of my 'Cricutized' wedding in the near future :)
Happy Crafting!
Tara
thecreativeprincess(at)hotmail(dot)com
