DIO: Will You Be Cards for Principal Sponsors

We just created our own acronym...

DIO or "Did-It-Ourselves" was coined while Doms and I were making our Will You Be Cards for our Ninongs and Ninangs.

Well, I must say or DIO project turned out well and good. So how did we do it? Here are the materials that we used.

Disclaimer

Doms and I bought the colored papers and the lace tape in Paper Market, Raffles Mall. I love this store! It houses different kinds of craft materials, papers and accessories. We were there for more than an hour looking and matching papers and laces.

So the cutting that we did was just simple cutting and not the hard-core cutting. Most of our time and energy were spent in debating the right color for the WYB background and the type of font.

We bought 4 pieces of purple 12 x 12 polka-dot board (1.40 sgd each), 7 pieces of pink edged polka-dot board (1.20 sgd each) , 3 pieces of lace tape with different designs (11 sgd per pack) and 20 pieces glossy photo paper (2 sgd per pack).

I love the lace tape that we bought! Doms was the one who decided which lace to get.

Of course our DIO project wouldn't be possible without the help of Doms' gears aka "my precious". Apple iMAC and Canon printer.

The creative inputs all came from Doms. I just added some of my opinions about the WYB cards. Here it is!

Thanks to Graphizar for the caricature!

So after some snipping and snapping and after we've added up all the materials together, the finished products looked like this.

Lagot, parang hindi pantay yung ribbon! Hahaha...

So there!

Our DIO Will You Be cards are now ready for distribution and mailing. The experience was really fun! Doms and I enjoyed doing our WYB cards. 'Til our next DIO project!

Creating our WYBC

Last night, Doms showed me the first draft of our Will You Be Cards. I liked it immediately mainly because he was the one who created it from the characters, to the veil down to the bow tie.

He is still tweaking the design but I am already so excited to share it everyone! I hope that he can finish it tonight so I can send it to the members of my bridal entourage.

Update: 26 July 2010

Whew!

I know it has been a long time since I posted how excited I am for our WYB cards. I just got the time to post it here.

Tan-ta-taranan!

Here is our Will You Be Card for our Bride's Maid. Basically, everything is the same for the rest of the ento members. Doms just changed the name according to the ento role.

Hahaha... I really love our WYB!

"Will You Be" Cards

Last night, Doms started creating our "Will You Be" (WYB) cards. We brainstormed for a while on what designs he should use for the card. So, what is a WYB card?

A WYB card is a small note or card to be given away to our intended entourage members and principal sponsors. It's like a formal-written way of telling them that they are our chosen Ninong or Ninang or Bride's Maid etc. Our target day of distributing these cards will be on March.

Since this is a DIY card, I am thinking of printing the cards at our home printer or going to a professional printer and have it printed there.

But, I'm also thinking of other ways to make our WYB cards. Instead of making it as "cards", why not make it as decors?

Yesterday, after Doms and I watched Valentine's Day in Plaza Singapura, I was looking around and found a craft store named "Spotlight". They sell all kinds of craft stuff from styrofoams to beads and glittery stuff.

Well, I better consult this nagging idea to Doms. I hope that we really create a wonderfuls and beautiful WYB cards.