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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

DIY crystal-accented wedding table number


Time: 3 hours
Cost: $46 for 20, $2.30 each

Supplies:
  • white card-stock cut 4'' by 6''
  • pencil
  • rhinestone adhesive
  • tweezers
  • 4-mm to 6-mm clear flat-back rhinestones, about 80 pieces per table number, depending on your design.
  • Double-sided tape
  • pattern paper, cut to 4 ½ by 6 ½ ''
  • black card-stock, cut to 5 ''' by 7 ''
  • hole punch
  • ¼ '' wide ribbon, 12'' long

Directions:
  1. Open WORD and from the Page Setup menu, select Custom Page Size from the Settings options. Set the page size for 4'' wide by 6''. Set the margin spacing to 0.25 '' for the left and right margins, for the top set the spacing to 0.25 '' and for the bottom to o.50''.
  2. Enter your table number in a pretty font, center it on the page. Print
  3. with a pencil, lightly draw a design on the card-stock where you would like to add your rhinestones bling. Do make sure the design is open and wide enough for the rhinestones.
  4. Trace the design with rhinestones adhesive, using small dots along the pencil lines you created.
  5. With tweezers, pick up a rhinestone and gently set it onto the glue. Press down to secure it in place. Let the glue dry according.
  6. Add strips of double-sided tape to the back of the white card-stock piece. Center it over a piece of the patterned paper and press down to secure it in place. Next, add double-sided tape to the back of the patterned paper stack and center it over a piece of black card-stock. Press it firmly in place.
  7. The final step is to punch a hole near the top of the table number with a hole punch, centered about ½ '' from the top edge. Thread a length of ribbon through and tie to your flower arrangement.

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