card box excitement!

Another dilemma I have been having lately is whether or not to make our card box. I've done so many weddings where the couple has this amazing and elaborate card box on their gift table at their reception, so their guests can put cards inside and they can just take this large box with them after. The boxes are made to look like a wedding cake- literally, 3 tiers, decorated in fancy fabric made to look like a cake.

While these are really pretty, I wasnt sure if I wanted to spend the minimum of $75 that I was seeing for these suckers (upwards of $150 if you wanted them in your wedding colors!) and the process of making them, while not overly difficult, just didnt seem like a fun project to me. I mean, I'd never use this thing again, I mean it's not like you can easily display this giant cardboard cake in your living room.

So I began searching for alternate means. Some people that I've seen go the cheap route and just get a basic wicker basket. I thought of this, but I wanted something a bit more than just a basket for the gift table that screamed "CARDS!". I'm also working insanely on our wedding invitations, so I dont want to spend oodles of time making something.

Then I found this on BravoBride:










It's perfect! I absolutely love it, and while it will be functional enough for the card table, it is also super cute and vertsatile enough to be able to use again for decorations. It had been up on the site for a while and I was worried it wouldnt be availble (since she was selling it insanely cheap), but luckily the girl got back to me ASAP and it is! I'm getting a shipping quote from her and will hopefully have it purchased by the end of the week! I am so excited. Another thing to check off the list of insanely mundane details that need to be gotten for the wedding!