Fresh off the press

Yea, I had freshly squeezed orange juice this morning, but I'm actually talking about my latest idea.
Must confess, the original concept came from that handy-dandy wedding craft book I referred to in yesterday's post, but as I had plenty of pre-cut wood in stock and nothing to do with it - well I came up with this idea.  Which, by the way, has a multitude of applications and possibilities for extra adornments and combinations.

I got a 4.5" x 3.5" piece of wood, added some pretty paper and a small binder clip in a matching color.  I added a few sheets of matching paper (you could use plain or maybe a little post-it note pack, along with a guest card.  And voila, escort/table cards and a favor to boot.

As I said, the possibilities are endless with this.  The back side could have an extra piece of paper attached with your names and wedding date.  We could add a ribbon, maybe a little message from you under the clip, a ticket for the photobooth, or even a little pencil and your guests could write a little note for you (make sure you have somewhere for them to put the notes).  What a great favor to keep in the car or with the addition of a magnet clip, in the kitchen, for those quick reminders.

I'm also making a slightly bigger clipboard and although I don't think it will work out as an escort card - you'd probably visually crowd out your escort card table, it would look great as a table card.  You could tuck a menu under the clip too.  (That's the clipboard idea that was posted in the craft book).  I'll post the  image tomorrow.

There is so much decorative paper out there and I love looking for "just the right one", so all I'd need would be your color scheme, wedding theme, and I could find a nice selection of papers to choose from. Or I could even design a customized pattern for you.

Now, I also have square pre-cut wood in a 5" x 5" size.  Because they're square they don't work so well for the mini-clipboard idea.  BUT ...... why not do the same thing paper-wise and make them into funky casual little wedding invites?  So after lunch I'm going to work on a prototype and I'll get back to you with that little idea.