Just your typical Saturday night

My little sister is getting married in August and while I thought I put a lot of thought and "handmade" into our wedding she's putting me to shame! Her reception is being held at Costa Azzurra which is on Milford's waterfront; perfect for her beach/ocean themed wedding.

Courtesy of Costa Azzurra

And she's just as controlling as I am when it comes to anything "handmade" especially when it comes to her wedding so I was thrilled when she came to me with a problem she was having. She found shell boutonniere's that she wanted to use in place of flowers for all the groomsmen, fathers, grandfathers, and godfathers.

Courtesy of beachbridejewelry.com

And since we're the type of people who see something we like and rather than buy it, try to make it ourselves for cheaper, she dove head first into this project! So Saturday afternoon she brought all her shells and floral tape over and I got to work. She was having problems getting the floral tape to stay attached to the shells.

What I did:
1.) Cut 2" squares of cardstock

2. Rolled them on a dowel (a pencil would work just fine) and scotch taped the end to keep it curled


3.) Cut off one end making it even straight across


4.) Hot glued the cut end of the cardstock to the tip of the seashell


5.) Cut the opposite end of the cardstock at a slant to make the entire project between 3" and 4"


6.) Wrapped the cardstock in floral tape to my liking


7.) Now it just needs a raffia bow and some other decore - Jen is in charge of that part, my fingers are still stuck together from making 15 of those!

I'll be sure to post pictures of them in action after August 13!

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