Painted K, Naked R
My final DIY wedding project was our initials, K & R. Because RZ & I branded everything from the spot in the sand where he proposed to our wedding invitations with our initials, I wanted to continue the theme at our wedding reception. I picked out the perfect spot for our initials on a site visit at Hyatt on the Hudson: our guest book table. The guest book table would be against the wall & the letters would add a bit of height & personality. After the wedding, we could hang the letters in our home as a wedding memento. Now all I needed was to complete the project!
K & R in Progress
This DIY project was the quickest & easiest. I bought two wooden letters, one ampersand, two bottles of ivory paint & one bottle of mocha paint at AC Moore. I briefly considered painting the ampersand purple because I had added touches of purple, like the bridesmaid dresses, throughout the celebration. In the end, I went with mocha for the simple reason that it would look best in our living room when the wedding was said & done. I took my supplies home & painted the K & R with about five coats of paint over a period of a few days. I applied the final coat of paint the night before the wedding :-)
The snag was the guest book table wasn't placed against the wall as the catering manager had told me. I went through three catering managers at Hyatt on the Hudson &, unfortunately, the second one who led me on a site tour may not have known everything about the cocktail hour set-up. It never occurred to me to confirm the guest book table placement with my third, final & best Hyatt contact. At our wedding, the guest book table was placed in an excellent position near the ballroom entrance- just not against a wall. I hadn't bought letters that could stand on their own so the initials were awkwardly propped up somehow on the table. For a fleeting moment as I entered the ballroom & noticed the table, I considered putting on my wedding planner hat & trying to fix the problem, then realized it wasn't a big deal. At all.
K & R in our home today
For the record, as you can see above, our initials look just right on our living room wall!
They look so cute!! Well done :) We have a R an ampersand and an A in our home too since we had letters at our wedding. We never really got a great photo of them at the wedding though which makes me sad! Oh well right? xo
ReplyDeleteThank you! Even if you don't have any photos, you have the memories :-)
ReplyDeleteno worries, they were beautiful and the guest book was in a perfect place! i'm thinking about making some yarn-wrapped initials for my place :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jen! I truly had to stop myself from trying to fix the K & R (I was wondering if there was double-sided tape to adhere them to the table) & I'm so glad I didn't bother. Nobody is talking about the strangely-propped letters!
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