Hi all! Today I am having surgery, fairly routine, but I’ll be recovering for a few weeks. In that time I have some killer guest posts lined up for you!!! I’ll be sprinkling in a few wedding posts of my own as well, but I’m really excited about the awesomeness that my friends and fellow bloggers put together for you! A big, huge, sincere thank you to each and every one of them:) So without further ado, we’re starting with a bang today- check out this darling DIY by Kristi of Luna and Chloe Weddings…

Hello dear readers of The Loveliest Day!  Kristi here from Luna and Chloe Weddings.  I am thrilled to be here today, and jumped at the opportunity to guest post for Melissa when she asked.  Her beautiful blog was one of the first ones that I found, and I have been a faithful reader ever since!  I know how much she inspires us all with her talents and here wonderful posts, and I hope that my post today will do the same.  

If you are not familiar with me or my blog, I am inspired by just about anything and am all about the details!  I am always trying to figure out new ways in which to use something, and how I can incorporate it into a wedding.  I look at everything like it is a puzzle.  Which I am a whiz at doing by the way.  No seriously, it’s scary – I can put together a 1000 piece puzzle in a couple of hours.  Such a great talent to have, right?  No, not really.  Anyway, I came across these plain 2 inch square wooden blocks at Michaels…

As I stood there looking at the blocks, they reminded me of the old school puzzles (which they still have) where they had 9 blocks that made 6 different puzzles (one for each side).  You know the ones I am talking about I’m sure.  Do you see where I am going with this yet?  Hang tight, I am almost there.  So my thought was why not use these 9 blocks and make Save the Dates out of them!  And here is how they turned out…

When they are not put together!  And below is what the blocks make when they are put together…

I ADORE how they turned out, don’t you?  You can even add a vintage feel if you like by roughing up the edges (like the picture above).
I will be honest with you though, I struggled deciding on which way to go – rustic, country, western, beach, glamorous, classic, etc…all crossed my mind.  Yet, I decided on going with a homemade, backyard vintage theme.  Why?  Because they are so popular these days, and I think they will be around for awhile longer.  The variety of free cross stitch fonts that I found and used fit perfectly with the theme and overall feel I was going for.  Plus there is a variety of ways to mail them including in a box…

Or placed in a cellophane bag…

Which can then placed in a (padded) envelope for mailing.  Or about 5 other ways too.  So you can decide on whether you want to spend as little as possible for postage, or if you are willing to spend a bit more.
Because of my schedule over the last couple of weeks, I did not have enough time to put together a step-by-step tutorial for you.  So please forgive.  Plus this post would be forever long…and it is already long enough! I do, however, plan on posting a tutorial on my blog next week, on Thursday, with each step and the links to the free cross stitch fonts.  As well as, show you a couple other ways in which you can use wooden blocks on your big day.  So I’ll see you then!
Oh, and P.S. – They look darling standing up too…

~ Ciao
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