New project - WHOSE KEEN?

Ladies, reading my blog must have been a little boring these last few days, but that's about to change because I spotted this pretty cute DIY on wedding chicks today (man, I love that site) and I'm thinking about adding this to my project list which is always expanding and never enough time for. But they are so cute! I really want one...


For the DIY on how to do this.. or the 411, or the skinny, or the instructions.. Click on the following link:

http://www.weddingchicks.com/wedding-chicks/diy-templates/26371/diy-floral-container-covers

I'm still deciding...can imagine it in an awse orange and red print... *sigh*

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Photoshop Problem SOLVED

It really pays to blog!!

I posted my problem and received and email this morning from a girl called brittany who could help me with my problem. She took the time out and fixed it for me, I received the email of the end result and squealed (and I'm not the type of girl that squeals normally). It has seriously made my day!! Thanks Brittany!! YOU ARE OFFICIALLY A LEGEND!!

Now that I have the template Ill be able be stepping in the right direction.. (or in today's case.. skipping!).

Thanks!

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Photoshop Help

So im posting this everywhere I blog, wedding forum, technical help and it can only help to post here too!

I downloaded a free invitation that FH and I really like and we are allowed to alter it. It came in photoshop format to make our own.

My problem is, I CAN get the background and the wording to change color, but I CANNOT get all of the flower to go orange. I have mucked around and seriously there has got to be some shortcut part from match color to get the whole flower to go orange?

My end goal is to make the background white, the font orange and all of the flower orange.

If anyone has any tips? or advice or a how to that would be great. I have photoshop CS3, indesign and illustrator so any instructions will do!

Thanking you! Much appreciated!

Coastal City Bride- Charis xx

March To do list

• Just posting up my March to do list - just for my reference so I can keep on track!
  
  
  •Bridal Registry
  •Pay deposit on music entertainment
  •Wedding cake still looking for inspiration
  •booking transportation
  •Book time off work for wedding and honeymoon
  •pay deposit on honeymoon
  •Visit florist
  •Book Hotel Accommodation
  •Get passport for honeymoon.
  
  DIY projects:
  
  
  •Wedding invitation, design and print
  •Button Balls
  •Ribbon Wands
  •Wedding sign
  •Completion of Wishing board.
  
  That's it, bit more on this month. Last month was just flaming ridiculous.
  
  Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

not my weekend. Invitation epic failure..

The word of the moment:

Failure: The condition or fact of not achieving the desired end or ends;

So usually I post about what DIY projects Ive done and mainly just the successes and never the failure, because.. well who likes to fail??

Well today, I failed, I failed epic.

I thought I would handle the never wanting to do stuff. i.e. ribbon pomanders and the maps and accommodation cards for my invitations.

So I had finished my invitations awhile ago, well RSVP cards and background pretty much completed as below.

looking pretty suave right? for my first DIY attempt on things wedding, I was really stoked with my effort.

I opened up the invitations today to work out the maps sizing and stuff and to my dismay, when I opened it, some of the double sided tape had started to peel causing the wraps to FALL OFF! I opened the next one, the ribbon was starting to come off on that one. I opened all 150 base invitations and 55 of them were useless.. I nearly fainted actually (you know how you get that head spin sometimes when things aren't just going right?).

According to FH my face went white as a sheet.. and took about 5 minutes for it to get color again.

WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO!! is my immediate reaction, I could re glue them? but then I figured by the time I re glue them, I will have to fix the others, as some when the ribbon was falling off, well.. it didn't exactly look fab.

So after a 30 min discussion and series of trials and errors with trying to fix it we decided it would be best if we made new invitations. With 6 months to go, I can do it. We also decided.. NO gluing.. I'm not gluing a thing on my new invitations or try to avoid it!

Well after a further half hour of discussion all 150 invites, went in the bin and 55 smaller invitations. I cried, in fact I wont lie... I BAWLED my eyes out. I hate failing, (prob just like everyone else) absolutely hate it with a passion. Seeing something you work really hard at fall to pieces. Mind you not the end of the world its only invitations FH keeps reminding me and hes right, its just paper.. He was just as disappointed as me and been in a glum mood as he helped create them.

So the hunt has begin for new ones and FH has joined in on this and boy are there some beauties!

So seeing paper creations for the last 4hrs on the internet has kinda perked my mood up, so all is not lost and I am brimming with ideas.

If anyone actually has a template or post were they got there invitations from I really would appreciate it, would love to see what others are doing!

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx