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berry
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Wedding Items

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My 37 year old daughter is getting married in January. (Let me tell you I'm over the moon, I wondered if they’d ever get married.)

Anyway I made a couple of items for the event. I scrolled a cake topper, a surprise her mother and I thought would be fun.
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The other item is an alternative wedding guest book. She sent me a picture of one from theknot.com. Basically it’s a picture frame with a backer and a glass front – creating a cavity between the two. Guests sign a wooden heart and drop them in. After the ceremony I’ll complete the frame so it can be hung.
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I scrolled between 66 hearts from 1/8 baltic birch plywood. The frame is cherry, 17 x 14.5
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I wanted a frame that could be “mechanically” fastened so that if at some point they wanted to open the unit and move the hearts around it could be done. I looked at joint choices in PTWFE and choose a mitered half-lap joint. I’ve never made one before – an opportunity to try something new.
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The corners are drilled and held together with dowels. When tapped in, the whole unit is surprisingly solid, although I did glue the bottom two joints.

The final step was a display easel for the frame.
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Thanks for reading.
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Way cool!!!
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It all looks great, but the scrolled cake topper is my favorite. Beautiful work on that!
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They are all very nice keepsakes for the happy couple. Great job and my favorite is the cake topper too.
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Wonderful work. Great idea with hearts in the frame. The topper takes the cake, though.
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Very nice. :cool:

I am sure they will be thrilled. :)

My daughter got married this past summer. I was asked to make a box for cards.
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(I really do need to get a better picture, the light in the hall wasn't great.)

She a great job organizing everything, even made her own dress. :)
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Very nice a !!
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Both items are great ideas. The cake topper is very nice!

Enjoy Christmas and the wedding in the new year.

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Thank you for sharing your heartwarming story!
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