My homemade cake stands

latest makes

here are the latest buttonholes i've made. The calla lillies are made from fabric and really easy.

this is made from a flower i've made from pink crepe paper, a leaf i made from fabric and some artificial gyp i bought and have split into loads of small pieces

Here i put together a homemade tissue flower and fabric leaf, an artificial rose bud and the artificial gyp.

This is 2 different artificial stems that i stripped down and put together with a fabric leaf i made. Not sure i like it that much - think it would look better with a different coloured leaf.

tissue paper flower, fabric leaf and yellow artificial stems as before

I love this one even though only the leaf is homemade and i just seperated the orchid from a large bunch added some other blossoms and wired it all together

erm not sure about this one - i think i'll add a fabric leaf to it and see how it looks then.

paper and fabric flowers

not sure if i've posted this link already but just found this brill page on Martha that has all her paper and fabric flowers in one place

click here

Posey Square

Love this homemade idea from DIY Bride. the tutorial seems quite do-able!

Wedding flower tutorial

found a great site to help putting together the buttonholes, corsages and bouquet.
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/cormakbas.html
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/bouqmakbas.html

more work on the craft front!

this is the first one i did - its a bit rubbish and way too small!

homemade flowers

i've finally made some good wedding flowers - its taken ages to get them looking anywhere near good enough! I've done some buttonholes too - what d'ya think?

Val Carr Designs

I love love love her love design lol and the heart bloom, well pretty much all of her designs actually. go see http://www.valcarr.co.uk/designs-173/

antoinette

from www.olivierlaudus.com

not my style but still a stunner this ring pillow is £50! yet another thing i'll be going budget and making myself lol!

make your own cufflinks

click pic for link

saw this on etsy and thought how simple it would be to make your own cufflinks - a scrabble tile, paper or fabric to cover, epoxy glue, and cufflink findings (found some on ebay for 99p!)

actually you could use anything flat and doesnt have to be square - i could cover them in the same fabric as the ties. woohoo more things to make!

lavender heart favour

cute idea for homespun favour
easy tutorial is here

I've been buying vintage tea cups and saucers as and when i see them in charity shops, car boots and antique shops and now i'm ready to make 1 element of the table centres - tea cup candles. I thought the idea was mine and inspired by the whole alice/tea party theme and vintage floral patterns in the fabrics i want and also by an episode of Kirstie's homemade home but it seems i must have already seen it somewhere coz there's a few mentions of them out there on the world wide web. Here for example
this one pictured is one you can buy ready made (and therefore no fun at all lol!) for a staggering £22!!! click pic for link.

i have 8 teacups and saucers all similar to this and mismatched and none cost me more than £2 and some cost 50p! the ingredients to make the candle work out about £1 a cup. Hardly worth the retail value of £22! Cant wait to get started - i've sourced an online company for the candle making supplies but i want to ring around a few local places tomorrow to see if they have anything. I'd rather support local businesses if i can plus then i can avoid the delivery charge lol!

For Munch

Found this thought you might find it useful. It was on 2000 if you click on her page at the side you can see her talking about it but here is the link on how to make ties I think it looks pretty complicated.

One Box 10 Ways

as usual from Martha

Floral Favours

from Martha

I'd rather spend time than money

Yes our tag line to this wedding is still ringing true. Yesterday we went to Dagfields the nearby antiques and craft centre. Where we found all the miss-matched plates and glassware to make the cake stands. How exciting they will be very fitting within our theme. We got the lot for under £30 we would never have been able to purchase as many new ones as we can now make, for that price.

OMG so OTT i love it!

for more of this crazy tea party go here

Bouquet Cuffs

Another cute idea from Martha

Fabric program cover

this pic has made me reconsider the fabric program. This is similar to how i was going to do it. I was thinking a plain fabric, cotton or felt with a ribbon in the wedding colours. But the chairs in this pic are really neutral so it works where as ours i think are that typical red style and I'm not sure that we'll be able to afford chair covers. In either case their would be nothing to hang them on with our style of chair. It doesn't really make sense to have this style of pocket and just place them on the chair.
Maybe this would be a better idea

maybe white material and a coloured bow?

Take a bough

Here is the link to the What tree are you from? program idea from Martha. It is from the website on Favourite downloadable ideas which is full of how tos for invites, ribbons, favours, flowers and things like these swizzle sticks