50: DIY Birdcage card box

50 days to go!

A while back I blogged about finally completing a long awaited to-do list item of painting the birdcage that we purchased to use as our card box . Well, not only was it finally painted black to match our wedding colors ... but I also finished decorating it and it has officially become my 1st completed wedding DIY project!

Here is the birdcage is all its black glory!
A big THANKS to Jon for spray painting it for me! xoxo


And here it is all wrapped in ribbon and with the little card I made attached


A close up of the card

*The design mimics our invitations and our RSVP cards and other upcoming DIY projects - and even some completed DIY bridal shower projects too*

I am very pleased with the way this project turned out AND I'm super excited to be able to hang this birdcage on our back porch after our wedding :) *yay for being able to re-use a wedding related purchase*

It was relatively simple to decorate, I just weaved the ribbon, printed the card, cut to size, and attached with hot glue! *yay for my first completed DIY wedding project - see a previous post for already completed DIY bridal shower projects*

57: Painting the birdcage

57 days to go!

I've got this to-do list that's about a mile long and one of the items that's been on it for a while is to spray paint the birdcage we are using as our card box. Here is a photo from the website that we purchased the birdcage from:

And, here is the inspiration for what we want our finished birdcage to look like (this photo I got from a fellow blogger, Stefanie who got it from Knottie mauiluv's bio):


The birdcage is actually a brownish-antique looking color so we decided we would spray paint ours black to match our wedding colors.

Jon spray painting the birdcage

It still needs a little touch up but at least I can finally cross "spray paint birdcage" off my to-do list and move on to the next to-do item - trust me, there's a lot left to do!

Card ... cage???

When I started thinking about what kind of card box we wanted to have at our wedding I was at a loss. There were so many traditional choices that can be found on any number of numerous websites but I decided that I wanted something that was not traditional and maybe just a little unique or different. My first choice was to use an antique looking chest. I found many choices at local craft stores but they just didn't seem to fit with our decor. Then I started thinking that maybe we should just use a hurricane vase, since we are already using one for something else - that I'll blog about later. But, then we would end up with two hurricane vases and that wasn't unique at all. So, I started searching around and discovered that something that a lot of brides are doing is birdcages. At first I thought well, that's not really unique because a lot of people are doing it. But, I kept getting drawn back to the idea of using one. So, I brought all my suggestions to the husband-to-be and asked him what he wanted to use - and he said "the birdcage"! So, I got busy researching for the best price and I found this birdcage from this website (where I also purchased some of the items for our center pieces and favors - which I blog more about later).
It was very reasonably priced (under $15) and when it arrived I knew that we had made the right choice. We plan on putting spray painting it black (its currently a bronzish color) and putting red rose petals on the bottom. We also plan on wrapping some ribbon around it and placing a monogram on the front, probably this one:
(designed by BriannaNichole)

Here is our inspiration photo of what we want the finished product to resemble:
I got this photo from a fellow blogger, Stefanie who got it from Knottie mauiluv's bio . This is the same birdcage that we bought!!!

I'll make sure to post a picture of our finished product!