Treasure Box for Monetary Gifts

Last fall was a blur for me: taking our oldest son to college and preparing for our daughter's wedding. Lots of emotions and crafting and planning and doing. After the wedding I was just plain tired! Now that I've recouped (okay, maybe it didn't take me almost a year) I wanted to share some of the crafty details of the wedding. This was before my daughter, niece and I joined Pinterest and it was probably a good thing! We would have been up to our eyeballs in projects and not enough time ! As it was, we stretched the budget and the day was amazing.

We wanted a way for wedding guests to put cards (and monetary gifts) in one location. Rachel originally wanted to use a mail box (and I got one free off Freecycle), but she changed her mind. After searching the internet I found many ways to display money and cards, including: a picture frame idea, a wedding cake box, a bird cage holder and a glass wedding card box.

We ended up using a treasure box that Rachel bought for a couple of dollars at a yard sale. My niece printed up the graphics, circle punched and attached with ribbon. I think it's an adorable idea.

This would be a great idea for any party or special event where you need a centralized location for gifts and cards.

Any of you moms (or brides) out there looking for wedding ideas? What are your biggest obstacles to the wedding of your dreams?

For more ideas read about our use of pompoms, our engagement, bridal and wedding photographs and the best punch ever!

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