Shadow Box

I have been doing little decoration projects around the house and have decided to do a memory box for our wedding. I had purchased a shadow box (on sale a Michael’s for 50% off yay!) and brought it home to ponder how I would get everything to stick to back of the box. It came with velcro, but I knew velcro would not be holding up our cake topper or bell. I asked around at my favorite website, The Nest, and was informed straight pins would do the trick. After running out to purchase straight pins (used my 40% off coupon at AC Moore, go me!) I was able to finally sit down and work on my little project.
Now, I must admit, the Polish side of me comes out often, and since I've gotten married, I always feel compelled to tell everyone about my heritage to explain for the things I do. See, I was so excited about putting together our wedding memory box, and went right ahead sticking pins through the invitation and bending pins to hold the cake topper, that it wasn't until I held it up to show Dave my finished project that I had attached everything upside down. The back of the box has holders to hang it up and I never thought to look to see where they were. (Big sigh!) Soooo, I undid all my pins, turned my board right side up, and re-pinned everything.....again!
Here is the finished project. It's nothing too crazy or that artistic, but it holds the memories of a day that is so special to me and Dave.