table cards- wedding

Being that I had a year to plan my wedding, I wanted to do some DIY projects.  I decided to make table cards.  My hubby is a Marine, so I went with a military theme.  Each table will be a military letter (ie Alpha, Bravo, Charlie).   I am also really into bling, so to add girliness to the military theme, I did the words in rhinestones.

First, I went to my favorite place- Michaels- for card stock (4"x7" size) in an off white color.  I also bought stick on rhinestones in assorted sizes, clear.  I then printed in an almost not visible grey color each word on the center of the card in a pretty font.  Then, with much patience and many breaks, I put each stone one by one on each letter.

These are still a work in progress.  I bought snowflake stamps (having a winter white theme wedding, with a touch of Marines of course) and silver ink.  I plan on adding a few stamps to each to make more glitzy.

And how will I put these on the table you ask?  I bought card holders with snowflakes from a favor site.

Time: about an hour a day over a few weeks (I made 15 cards in about 4 weeks)
Cost: the pricey part of this project was the rhinestones.  Michaels sold them for about $6 a pack for 100 assorted sizes.  I had to buy a few packs.  The card stock pack was a few dollars.  The snowflake card holders were total $30 (for 20).

Finished product pictures to come.