So, one of your best friends just got married! How exciting! Now you just can’t wait til she gets back from her honeymoon so you can talk about what a beautiful wedding it was. You know the exact date she’ll be returning to her home, so why not surprise the newlyweds with a beautifully decorated ‘just married’ front door.
Materials needed: scalloped paper ovals (I used Paper Source’s scalloped oval cards in curry), 2-inch vinyl press-on letters (available at most office supply stores), yarn or string, assorted ribbons and streamers, a hole-punch, and expandable tissue paper wedding bells in different sizes (I found these at my local dollar store).
Step 1: Peel off your letters and center them on the paper cards. Punch two holes on the top of the oval. Thread the yarn or ribbon through the holes to create your garland. Be sure to thread the yarn from the back side of the card each time for consistency.
Step 2: Gather all your materials to take with you to your friend’s door. Also bring a scissors to cut the ribbons and streamers, and tacks to hang the garland and streamers. I also added some mini juice cans I had spray painted white, as a reference to the days when people tied beer cans to the newlywed’s car (do people still do that?!)
Step 3: Hang your garlands, bells, ribbons, cans and streamers. For a cute touch, I also hung a little mason jar full of flowers from the doorknob, with a little note letting them know just who left their surprise.
Step 4: Run away! Oh yes, and hope it doesn’t rain!
Audrey - This Little Street
April 12, 2012
Great idea – would definitely be the cherry on top of the cake for the newlyweds!
Kathryn
April 12, 2012
What a nice thing to come home to!
KateM
April 12, 2012
AHH! I love it! I am getting married next month and what fun it would be to come home to. I also have friends getting married and I am going to do it for them. How fun!
Judy Havrilla@cuteanduseful.com
April 12, 2012
This is really nicely done. Just love how it seems like it naturally fell into place that way. Thanks!
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jillian
April 12, 2012
this is a great idea, i once saw a newly wed couple who hung fruit outside their new home to absorb ‘bad energy’ – the more the fruit dried the more energy captured! a bit kooky but it was beautiful!
jillian
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Quiqui
April 12, 2012
That is so sweet!!! Love the decoration!
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aimee @ smilingmama
April 12, 2012
How fun! I made a (much less elaborate!) congratulations door decoration for a friend once and she LOVED it!
Robync
April 12, 2012
I wish I would have done this a few weeks ago when my sister got married I love it!
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Ellie
April 12, 2012
Wonderful! How lovely to come home to this lovely surprise at your front door.
Melissa @ Best Friends For Frosting
April 12, 2012
Such a cute idea. I wish someone had surprised me with this after my reception! =)
Lindsay
April 12, 2012
This is THE cutest idea, Jordan! What a treat it would be to return home to this!
Luna
April 12, 2012
Awesome!
Kim
April 12, 2012
Oh my goodness, so cute! This will be a fun idea for all the weddings ahead!
look see
April 12, 2012
Very sweet!
Stephanie
April 12, 2012
OH THIS IS ADORABLE!
I want one of my friends to get married, just so I can do this!!
Lissa (The Wedding Bistro at Bellenza)
April 13, 2012
What a sweet and gracious idea! Would be wonderful for welcoming home a new baby, too!
Sally
April 13, 2012
What a fantastic and thoughtful idea. It’s just beautiful and would make such a warm welcome home.
Hannah @ Sparrow + Spark!
April 13, 2012
This is such a sweet idea! How lovely to come home to.
Fun Fun
April 13, 2012
I love it and it looks like something I might even be able to pull off:)
Mrs Average Bride
April 13, 2012
How cute! Lovely idea.
Elizabeth
April 13, 2012
How adorable and special! What a sweet little sentiment.
Cheers, Elizabeth
Vanessa
April 13, 2012
What an adorable idea! I’d love to pull something like that off. Unfortunately I don’t have any friends getting married anytime soon. Pity!
Lily
April 14, 2012
This is such a cute idea for a friend who is getting married!
Thanks for sharing it
Marie
April 16, 2012
This is such a cute idea! What a cool surprise! 🙂
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