You may have noticed that I have been a bit MIA as of late. I told you all last week that I was going to start the new year off with a wedding. I’m not sure most of you realized that I literally meant the New Year! For the past four days I have been designing, glue gunning, taping, printing, papering, photocopying, lighting, fabricing (yes I made that word up), and ribboning like a mad woman. The challenge was to create beauty out of well…something so not beautiful. It was an exhilarating challenge and I can’t wait to share all the little details with you. This wedding was an almost 100% DIY wedding. The budget for absolutely everything was less than 10K and the confirmed guest list was 200. I told you this was a challenge!
I am still recovering from the work of it all so I’ll just share some before and afters with you here and later this week I’ll dive into all the delicious details. Okay, here we go…
The entry doors Before.
After
Second set of gym doors After.
Gym/Multipurpose Room Before
After
Dance Stage Before
After
Side of room Before
After
Classy Basketball-Hoop-That-Every-Bride-Covets Before
And…After
Be sure to come back for a visit and I’ll break down for you how we pulled this off with little money and inexpensive resources!
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In what month did you post the “how to for the wedding project”? I adore your decorations.
I am SO impressed….You did an awesome job.
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I've done a few weddings, and girl this right here is good stuff! {and very hard work} Lezlee
I love the fact that the walls were green!
Hi Beth,
The wedding couple must have been very happy! You did an amazing job of transforming that place into a really nice venue for the occasion. I love what you did with the basketball hoop, and the chandy over the dance floor! Very clever!
I'd love you to stop by for a visit sometime!
XO
Heidi – Heart and Home
I would never have thought that could have been done, but it was done beautifully.
Oh my goodness!!! That is an absolutely amazing transformation!!!!! You should do this all the time- I know so many people who would embrace your made skills!!!!
Are you kidding me?!!!! It looks totally amazing…I mean like AMAZING!!!!!!! Wow, I'm super impressed and can't wait to read the details of how you pulled it off! Way to go!
-Grace
Beth – your pictures barely do your work justice! I think my husband is tired of hearing how talented you are – since the wedding Saturday I've talked his ear off with my amazement of the gym transformation! When Meg told me what she was asking of you I thought it was a tall order (having seen the gym) but you are AMAZING!! It was lovely! ..and nice to meet you. I love your thrifty DIY ways! <><Lauren
You did such a tremendous job! I love the stage railing the most! I had no clue what you were gonna do with that but you made it look perfectly elegant!
Love it!!! You guys totally rocked it! Love how you tied the green walls into the decor. It came out so fresh and mod. 🙂
Oh Beth, you did an AMAZING job!!! You left no detail undone…YOU GO GIRL!!!
Have a wonderful Tuesday!
P.S. Have you checked your e-mail? 🙂
THUD! (That was the sound of me fainting from being overwhelmed by your magic)
You have to be one of the most visual,resourceful, artistic, talented people I've ever come across!
Standing ovation!!!!!!!!
After reading this post, I read your previous post. I am so sorry about the difficulties you are dealing with. My prayers are with you and your family.
You did a beautiful job with all the decorations. Congratulations.
~ Yaya
Yaya's Changing World
WOWWWWWWWWWWWW! What a task, and YOU perfected it!! Way to go!!!
wow! fabulous, absolutely fabulous.
i've done soooo many weddings & your pictures brought back a lot of great memories. but i also remember how much hard work it is. you must be exhausted.
i love how you covered the basketball hoop & even covered the rolling window. you even color coordinated everything with the "gym green".
you did an awesome job.
AWESOME!!! Just AWESOME!!! Very elegant and classy!! I would never know it was in a gym!!
You did fantastic!! I KNOW the bride and groom loved it!!
Lou Cinda
Thanks so much for sharing! Great job!
Beautiful job, Beth!
Wow, you did an amazing job. I love everything.
Beth, this transformation was amazing and I'm so happy that you shared with us! I loved all the pics!! and would love to use this as a future post on my page. I'll let you know when!! Happy new year and I so look forward to more of your handiwork!!!
That is amazing!!!! You did an awesome job!!!
W-O-W that is great!!
Absolutely Stunning! I'm just in love with all the details! My fav thus far has to be the candle chandelier! What a transformation!!!!
Wow, you did a beautiful job. Have you considered this as a side business? I think you would be wonderful at it.
It really looks amazing, sis.
Wow, girlie! That is some awesome transformation. Wonderful job with it all, the bride must have been over the moon. Happy New Year!
What an awesome job with the gym.
That is amazing! You did a great job:)
You really added some class and style. Great results! Are you exhausted now? 🙂
Living it up at Lakewood,
Cindy
Wow! Amazing reveal. More details please – love the results! The chandelier is the best! 🙂
You thought of everything (including covering the hoop!). I love the colors for the wedding, everything looked incredible. You are an amazing friend!
You did an amazing job…the colors are Fab.u.lous ~ Love! I think this is your calling…Can't wait to see more.
You just blew my socks off girlfriend! Beautiful!!! I hope the New Year brings forth many blessings and special momments with your Dad…((hugs))~ Susie
Absolutely stunning! I love how the tables turned out, and all the details! I look forward to your breakdown of how everything was put together. Rest – you worked so hard! MIKI
O.M.Gosh – what a gorgeous job you did. Absolutely amazing!!! I love the monograms and lights and fabric and what you did with the basketball hoop and the chandeliers and…….. 🙂
Wow..that's quite a transformation! It looks amazing! I love the monograms and how you disguised the gym doors. Great job…you are very talented! ~Lisa
"WOW" Who would of thunk.. you could do all that and pull if off in a gym! WAY TO GO, love the colors, the damask pattern, the monogramed initials on stuff, all of it. Very organized and sheesh lots of people at the reception.
Wow this is unbelievable, really amazing and fantastic, ,great idea to arrange everything so nicely, so systematic and arranged.
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wow! you are unbelievable Beth! What a great friend to put that together, and what a start to the new year!
Looks great! Such a good buddy to help with all this! 🙂
Have a great week!
<3
Rachelle
Wowsers Beth! Looks fab…absolutely love how you wedding-fied the b-ball hoop! 🙂
My daughter's wedding was in June, and had 220+ guests and spent under 7K for everything (ncluding dress, catering, decor, flowers, etc.)….believe me, I know that challenge. Being crafty helps, eh? I have some pics on my blog…look under the 'wedding' label if you're interested.
You did wonderfully! Please feel free to hook up with Make it for Monday and show off your hard work 🙂
Oh my word!! Excellent.
A sit-down dinner for 200? Zoweeeeeee. Love the basketball goal transformation the most – brilliant.
I imagine the bride was over the moon. Great job.
Wow Beth, that looks incredible. It doesn't even look like a gym anymore. You did a great job and should be proud of how it turned out. I'm sure the bride and groom are so appreciative of your work.
I wish you lived close to Memphis, and you could hijack my daughter's wedding, too. Beautiful job.
Sheila
beautiful job beth!! or should i say miss wedding planner/decorator?? omgoodness!!! GREAT job! i was really looking forward to seeing your transformation. i'm sure the bride and groom were SO excited!
blessings,
nori
Incredible transformation! Can't wait to see the details!
Oh, please come do my wedding! You did a wonderful job! 🙂
You really did a good job on this gym, Beth! I can't wait to see the break down. I already love the monogram details!
Looks like fun! I really like the tables and I really, really like the table assignment alphabet! : )