Happy Anniversary! Chris and Sarah were married August 1st, 2009. I was honored in being Sarah’s matron of honor.
I wanted to send them a little gift to help them celebrate their first year in marriage, especially since they have been moving around the past couple months. The banner says “Happy Anniversary” on one side, and “Happy Birthday” on the other. Their birthdays are coming up soon so I thought I would make a banner that can multitask. The colors I used for the banner and embroidered coasters are their wedding colors; Tiffany blue and brown. I should have worn my bridesmaids dress around all day in honor of their wedding! 
The coasters are blue and brown with a monogram designed by me. I was in the mood for creating monograms one night before I thought to do this idea for some of the other couples I know in my life. I used the ampersand (&) for the heart in between to symbolize the love (aka the heart) in their marriage, Chris & Sarah. In some of the other monograms I will post later I use hearts in negative spaces or in the letters.
I also made a little bag for the coasters to be in. I did a cut out of the monogram on the front to show both of the colors, and I put a pun on the back to describe their use, “Have a drink on us.”
They’re even cuter than I thought they’d be! I love the monograms!