Wedding details

I think I'm finally ready to start blogging about the wedding! I was so burnt out while planning it, but I'm in a much better place now that I don't have that stress hanging around anymore. We do not have our professional photos back, but I will start with the smaller things and work up. We made a lot of the details for the wedding. Sometimes because that's just how we are, sometimes because we couldn't find just what we wanted, or couldn't afford to buy it already made. These cufflinks are a good example of that. Aaron found a shirt at the Rack for $29. Marked down from $150! It is so nice and soft, but we found it just a few weeks before the wedding and it has French cuffs. Add finding cufflinks to the already long to do list!
After searching the internet for bee related cufflinks we found these. They were just what we wanted, but $50 by the time they are shipped!
So I went on Ebay and found a very similar bee charm. They are not silver plated, like the more expensive ones, but for just one day, that wasn't important to us. I got 4 for just a few dollars. Then I ordered 2 pairs of blank cufflinks from Etsy seller "everythingribbons". I can't remember the exact price, but I think it cost us $7 to make these, and we could have made two pairs for that price.
Here they are:


Super cute, but subtle. Aaron had to file the cufflink bases down a bit so they didn't show around the edges. A dab of E6000 and voila - custom cufflinks! The black seemed like it was going to wear off quickly so I gave them a coat of clear nail polish to protect them. They held up great and will work for any other occasion he would need them.