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With under 2 months to go I really need to start thinking about what to use for our card "box". Nothing I've come across thus far has really inspired me. It doesn't necessarily have to go with our fall theme but I also don't want it to stick out like a sore thumb either.
What did/are you use(ing)?
I used a small tin tub. Kind of like a galvanized tub in the shape of an oval, but it was green with gold accents. This is the closest thing I could find to it, but ours was shiny and different colors
@pinkb: Do you have any pics?
FI's one stipulation is that it locks somehow. While we fully trust our guests, we'd be more comfortable knowing that the cards aren't just sitting there out in the open for anyone to grab.
I dont have a pic of ours cause I am at work right now. But this is just like the one we got. It has a little latch on it so it stays shut but no lock.
We used an ornamental birdcage from save-on-crafts.com. It comes in a set of two for like $22, and we used the big one to slide cards through the bars and the smaller one was open for our guestbook cards. They looked really great, and they make good house ornaments after the fact. We also tied the label over the latch, so you couldn't open the top of the box to take cards out.
I don't know if this matches your fall theme or not, but I saw this and thought it might work!
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For our wedding, we're planning on just prettily wrapping a medium-sized study box and putting a slit in the top.
I knew I wanted something similar to this, but that this wouldn't fit in with our venue. So, I went to AC Moore, and found this exact box for $25, cut out one of the slats at the top for the cards, primed it with white paint and than painted it black. I just painted our monogram on the front (where the heart is on this pic) in silver and I am still thinking up what else I want to do with it. (our colors are white, black and a little shot of hot pink) I am loving it so far, differant from the normal, basically cheap to do and great for someone who dosen't have much artistic talent.
Sorry I don't have a picture of what I am actually doing - if you want to see it, PM me and I'll take one and send it.
@Miss Meg: I love the stump cardbox if the OP can find someone to make it for her!
You can do a very pretty cardbox with good old boxes
you could head to the garden shop and see what you could find. Fall brings to mind wheelbarrows or bushel baskets to me
A crafty person cold make the insert for the top of the wheelbarrow and of course change the color of the flowers
you could do the same type of thing with a bushel basket- cut a round of wood with a slit for the cards
This one is on etsy and really cute (but is a little pricey at $100). Don't know if it will lock.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78164267/original-wedding-card-box-birdhouse
This was our cardbox, I bought the wooden barn, and finished it myself. Cost ~$25. But definitely does not lock.
@ Miss Meg
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
I am doing a fairly typical bird cage since our theme is "Love Birds"...I am also using an old suitcase I bought at a thrift shop for our postcards we are using in place of a guestbook..
we are getting our favorite photos of us from over the years and printing them out in black and white to cover the top inside of the suitcase...not finished yet to post pics
we used a fabric-covered box, similar to this (without the metal thing, and it's actually bright pink and white pattern with a white bow)
My dad cut an envelope-length slot in the top. I love it!
i purchased a chest very similar to gwynth.
i plan on painting mine blue and bought wooden letters that i will paint white to have it say "cards" across the front, this will match our colors.
Love the idea of the minature house! How cute would it be to have a replica of your house.
Here is a barn that you could paint in your colors
http://www.greenpartygoods.com/recycled-cardboard-barn-p-705.html
@UpstateCait: WOW! So many awesome ideas the bees have for you. Here's something that could work AND you could possibly use it in the future. (These are from Etsy).
another idea to go with your colors. Get a copper container of some sort- a planter, preserve kettle etc and make a wooden top for it
@PitBulLover: Great minds think alike, eh?! I suppose we've also gotten to know our "crafty" Bee-Pal! 
I have been having an issue with not being able to find anything to match our enchanted forest theme so I feel your pain but I came across this one in my searching and it locks!
You could put fall photos in it and paint it your colors!
I spray painted a cardboard ballot box I got from work. I tied tulle and fabric around it to dress it up a little.
I bought the mini-house that mousegirl posted in different colors. They do take about a month to get if anyone is going that route. I'm so excited to see it -- it is a splurge but I love that it's a keepsake.
I would say look around your local craft store, they usually have a huge selection of cardboard and wooden boxes that either latch or could be made to and you can decorate them yourself to match your theme (fall is the most beautiful season to decorate with so why not?) When I was planning my wedding I lived in the craft stores. I personally just used a dark brown stained wicker basket lined with brown silk and decorated it with brown silk ribbons.
I loooove the birdhouse cardboxes posted by @mousegirl! I have that same etsy bookmarked-- after you're done with it you can put in it your yard!
I wasn't crazy about anything I was finding/trying to make on my own so I went to TJ Maxx and found a pretty box (on clearance for $3) and it fit all of our cards.
This is a crappy store photo but here it is:
It's kind of hard to see (unless in person) since it had a mirror/damask top but I really did love it.
I've been thinking about using a hollow book?
Just not sure if it would hold all the cards... would it be strange if I used 2 or 3 and as they were filled they moved to the bottom of the stack?
Whoops double post. Mine's pretty average, but it was cheap and easy to make and I like it!
I made mine. We registered for our honeymoon (don't lynch me) so I used faux suitcases and put pictures of where we were going in the inside and used vintage stickers for the rest. I cut a whole in the top and the cards slid into it.
@mwitter80: this is kind of what I was talking about but with hollow books... I like the idea of cutting the top and having them all be 1 piece.
@HappilyEverAfter54: You can buy boxes that look like books. Stack 3 or 4 of them on top of each other after you have cut out the maority of the top of the bottom book, the bottom and top of the next 2 layers and the bottom of the top layer. Also cut a large slot in the top layer.
Glue all layers together.
You could make up a title for the spines of the books- something based on your lives, names etc.
@julies1949: I found book boxes tonight... how hard do you think it would be to cut them?
This is the box we are going to use. We bought the box at Target and the flower is glued on there from a wedding bag. Less than $10 total.
@HappilyEverAfter54: I don't think they are hard to cut at all. They are usually just layers of cardboard.
I would start with an Exacto knife and maybe use a jig saw if I needed to.
@UpstateCait: I was browsing through Michael's one day and found faux-books. They look like hardcover books, but really really old books, and the front cover opens to a empty box.
I'm just placing it on the guest book table open and people can toss the cards in... I hate most "card boxes" too, so this seemed like an easy solution and doesn't exactly look like a card box.
ETA: and if I would read, my idea's already been mentioned a few times. The nice thing about these ones though, is that you don't have to do anything to them except buy them. lol... I'm lazy and uncreative, what can I say.. .
We ended up buying a white satin chest box from Hobby Lobby when they had their half off sale. I still thought it was a bit expensive at $25, but I'm tired of DIY at this point. ;)
Thanks for all the suggestions ladies! Sorry I didn't reply last night, I crashed early.
@melisslp & @PitBulLover: I've always loved the mailbox idea but FI doesn't. Oh well, he doesn't have to like everything, right? lol
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