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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.

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.
I scrolled between 66 hearts from 1/8 baltic birch plywood. The frame is cherry, 17 x 14.5
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.
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.
Thanks for reading.

Way cool!!!

It all looks great, but the scrolled cake topper is my favorite. Beautiful work on that!

They are all very nice keepsakes for the happy couple. Great job and my favorite is the cake topper too.

Wonderful work. Great idea with hearts in the frame. The topper takes the cake, though.

Very nice.

I am sure they will be thrilled.

My daughter got married this past summer. I was asked to make a box for cards.
(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.

Very nice a !!

Both items are great ideas. The cake topper is very nice!

Enjoy Christmas and the wedding in the new year.

John

It is ALL good!!!

Thank you for sharing your heartwarming story!