For a while now I’ve been saying I’m going to start an inspirational serious that include past weddings and gives inspiration for new brides! And I kept having ideas but if you know me at all, you know my weakness is procrastination! So today I thought – this is it – if I don’t do it now, it’ll never happen! So without further ado, I welcome you to Friday Inspirations! I don’t promise a post every single Friday, but I will do it as often as I can.

Today’s post is actually a very personal one as it features something from my own wedding, photographed by the fantastic Terri Baskin Photography. (You can check out her facebook page here!) Terri has been a dear friend and having her photograph my wedding was just a joy!

Ok, so on to the inspiration part! Though there will be many more posts about my own wedding, this is one detail that I turned out even better than I imagined. For our favors, we wanted to give something that won’t just get eaten up or throw away before getting home. I did so much research, monogrammed drinking glasses, coffee mugs, etc. It was hard to find something I felt excited about. One night at our Bible study, I mentioned my dilemma of finding favors that were affordable but personal and Dave found this brilliant idea!

Frames: Unfinished wood frames from Michaels – $0.80 (originally $1.00 but I had a 20% off total purchase)
Chalk-board Paint: 1 Pint size can was more than enough – $9.67 at Walmart
Chalk Pen also from Walmart: $7.96 for 2 pens
Photos: getting almost 100 of these I was able to get them for under $0.50 each.

Each favor ended up costing: $1.52 each

A HUGE thanks to my mom and sister-in-law who helped paint and insert photos in all of these!