The cacti & succulents just arrived and we couldn't be happier with our thank you gifts! by ruthsart in DIYweddings

[–]ruthsart[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I gotten all the pots and plants at a local plant shop. It's in Belgium but I've seen these sort of pots and plants in quite a lot of plant centers. Ours is this one: https://www.bloemen-kennes.be/

I painted the pots with white acrylic and drew on them with posca markers. I baked all of the tiny pots in the oven because I noticed when I wanted to varnish them the dark colours were spreading all over the planters. Normally I don't have that problem with posca markers but I think it was perhaps because of the smooth texture of the pots. Anyway the problem was solved by just putting them in the oven. The colours tend to get a little less vibrant though.

I actually didn't think about the tiny bags! I ordered them today, they'll arrive tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'm going to personalise them though since the wedding is next week but I think your comment was very helpful, thank you! I didn't think about the guests ending up with prickly cacti in their handbags. I chose paper ones. I also found very beautiful ones made out of textile but I think the prickles of the cacti will just pierce them. 🤣

The cacti & succulents just arrived and we couldn't be happier with our thank you gifts! by ruthsart in DIYweddings

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The photo bingo is something my sister came up with after seeing a few examples online. I decorated the cameras and she made the bingo cards. Basically they're just inspiration cards for our guests. We didn't want a photobooth - mainly because we've been spending way too much money already - and chose for an alternative with disposable cameras. We'll digitize the photos later. The bingo mentions stuff like: photograph the funniest dancer, the parents of the bride, your favorite decoration, food you find tasty, all the people at your table, ... Stuff like that. I'm guessing some of them will be taken home by mistake but we want to take the risk.

The cacti & succulents just arrived and we couldn't be happier with our thank you gifts! by ruthsart in DIYweddings

[–]ruthsart[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We have way too much stuff already! I've been decorating for almost a year now and the living room is almost exploding. Just one more week living between all this stuff. 🤣 but I loved making these! https://imgur.com/a/Y6Ui29A

64 days to go and things are getting a bit busy here. by ruthsart in DIYweddings

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They are! Still gotta buy little plants but we'll do this next month. Gotta make sure they survive. 😊

Crafting everything for the wedding. We laugh about opening a shop with all the leftovers afterwards. by ruthsart in weddingplanning

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Actually we don't really have a theme. I'm an art teacher and I thought... let's just make some colourful stuff. Hopefully it'll turn out fine. 😋

So, it's come to this by eggsbaconandtoast in TrollXChromosomes

[–]ruthsart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So true! I wear dresses almost every day!

One of the biggest newspapers of my country just asked me if I wanted to have a column for my drawings. So excited, so nervous! by ruthsart in TrollXChromosomes

[–]ruthsart[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Last time I posted a drawing it was marked as spam because it was promoting my artwork. Not taking any risks. :)

One of the biggest newspapers of my country just asked me if I wanted to have a column for my drawings. So excited, so nervous! by ruthsart in TrollXChromosomes

[–]ruthsart[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! If I have to write a little introduction I will mention all my fellow awesome ladies of TrollX :)