Wedding Wine

Have you ever found a really cute picture on pinterest and thought 'Ohhh, I'd love to make that!'? Only to click on the link and find it just goes to another picture or a blog that says look what I made -  with one picture, no instructions what so ever. Actually, we were talking about this in school today (the teachers, not the kiddos) and it seems to be happening to lots of people, not just me. We all then seem to do the same thing - go crazy looking for similar pins, posts, etc. Only to have to use 5 different pictures, 2 different tutorials and some of our own creative juices to make the first picture we had happened upon.

Well, that's sort of how I was with the "Wedding Wine" - I had seen a pin labeled just that! And thought 'I love wine! I love weddings! Oh - perfect gift!' The picture was of a basket filled with different wine bottles and each had a tag on it that I could sort of read. The pin lead me to a dead end. So, I begun my search. I found several of the same or similar pictures, some were easier to read the labels than others - I was beginning to get a good idea of how I would do this project. I kept reading in blogs about the free printable labels you could download but all links seemed to be old or broken. So, I decided to create my own and customize them a bit more. (Glad I did!)

So here are pictures AND some detailed steps --->

So....  Step 1. I began my search of interesting/funny/cute/etc labeled wine bottles. There are so many great options out there!
*** here is a hint (if you're a wine-o): it may be better to hold off on buying the wine until closer to the wedding date. You may be tempted to break into the 'wedding wine' stash on nights you want a glass of vino but don't want to go to the store. You may end up buying the whole stash twice, maybe three times. Not that this happened to me or anything...***

Step 2.  I bought a plain crate from Hobby Lobby as well as wooden plaque. I used stain I had leftover from a different project and sanded and stained the crate and plaque. I nailed the plaque to the crate and hand painted their last name and wedding year on the front ( wish I had used a stencil, I don't really like the writing- but oh, well)

(please ignore the mess of my other ongoing projects - one day those will be finished, too)

Step 3. Next I created my own labels. I'm a little bit if a power point freak - I use it even when another program may be easier. I just like the way it's set up - find it easy for me to use. So I thought up my own wording (some of it is pretty cheesy) and added some little graphics I stole from google. (get ready for picture overload)

Step 4: I added all the bottles to the crate and filled the crate in with paper ( I cut brown wrapping paper into strips and curled it, along with Mr&Mrs. gift tissue I had. I wanted to use crinkle paper but both store I went to were out! Uggh! - that's what I get for looking for it the day before) I was pretty happy with the finished product and I think the happy couple will enjoy their wine! 

I've never used googledoc before so I am not sure if it'll work (fingers crossed it does) But here is a link to to the labels I made. Of course, you'd have to do a little customizing to fit you bride & groom. I know I'd love this gift if I were getting hitched, so I think it's a great alternative to the registry.

LINK:
Wedding Wine  <---- Edit: SHOOOOOT! this google doc thing completely messed up the format but at least you may be able to read all the wording a little better. 


Ohhhhh, and you know the chalkboards I made - I got to use them for the wedding as well! The wedding reception was gorgeous, the bride was stunning, the groom handsome and the atmosphere lovely. I did the writing right before the reception -  it's pretty awful, so don't make fun! But I was just excited to use my boards and the special couple does have an amazing love story - the board doesn't even begin to cover it! And the little yellow thing- it's a car... not an odd turtle. Some people were wondering. Annnnd I just realized the date is wrong on one part! Ann & Joe - I apologize a hundred times! Gosh, I feel so silly! I had written the first meeting date as 2011 originally (blame your brother for that calculation, kidding my  dear Tim - but he is one of the ones who said it was 2011) and then changed it after I saw 2010 on your wedding website. So, now the dates don't match - Sorry, guys :/