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DIY Wedding Invites

My previous post talked about Decorations on a budget.

This one is more useful for those who are trying to be creative and create their own Wedding Invites!

In a way this job is simple, but it needs to be done properly so that the invites don’t look like they weren’t done professionally.

My suggestion is find a company that specialises in wedding invites but supports the DIY function.

I used a company in Sydney called ” Truly Madly Deeply” 

They were very helpful and the girls that work there are very imaginative and will use all their creative flair to help you find or create the perfect invite for your BIG day.

I had a browse in their showroom and came up with an invite which was floral but at the same time classy and had a soft touch as we are getting married in a resort in Thailand.

This was my inspiration:

The key feature is the PINK orchid

and the colour combination I chose was cream and brown

Here are the things I bought from the store:

1. Pink Orchid flowers

2. Vine

3. Ribbon

4. Textured paper for the front of the invitation

5. Brown card

6. Invitation inserts ( we got these professionally printed)

Now the craft necessities:

7. Craft glue for the paper

8. Glue gun and lots of glue sticks

The design was as such:

The ribbon was glued with craft glue across the middle of the textured paper like so:

Then the textured paper was stuck to the pre-cut brown card folded in half to make a card

I cut up the vine and stuck 2 orchid flowers side by side with hot glue on top

Then the insert with the actual wording was glued to the inside.

The result:

We also bought some DIY boxes and printed our names and initials on the front.

This is how the invitation arrived at our invitee’s post boxes:

Our guests to be were very impressed!

 

It takes a bit of time and a bit of creativity to put these together but once you get going, its just figuring out how fancy and complex you want your invitations to be and a bit of personal flair is always appreciated in these things.

Good luck DIY – ing!

 

 

 

 

 

Decorations on a budget

Ever organised a function with a spectacular venue and got quoted $45 per person for a decorating company to bring flowers to your special day?

We recently had an engagement party held at the Rosebay Club (Deck Bar) in Sydney. Amazing venue, beautiful location and not as pricy as you’d think. I strongly recommend it, as you get the entire venue for your event with a private bar and a deck overlooking the water.

Although the venue is beautiful on its own, there are also personal decorating touches you always need to add to make the event look and feel like it should.

Having already chosen a buffet dinner, DJ and a drinks package, the budget was stretching a bit more than expected.

Decorating companies that deal with weddings and functionsare used to pricing their packages per person as oppose to giving you a fixed number, so costs can quickly escalate.

I had another idea – decorating on a budget. I wasn’t sure how it would turn out – decorating the venue on your own when you don’t know what it will look like can be quite stressful, especially because there is no practice run! It’s decorate a few hours before the actual event and you get one chance. Still, I believe in giving things a go and believing in yourself is important.

This was my inspiration board:

There is much inspiration if you search for it, and with the power of Google Images and a bit of creative flair, its easy to customise any design to suit the look and atmosphere that you wish to create for your function.

It’s easy to create anything with flowers and candles.

1. Get some glass jars. Tall/long/short/square/round, doesn’t matter. I went with

2. Buy some candles. Floating candles work best when you fill the jars with water. It creates a magical glow without any arrangement effort

3. Go to the local flower markets early in the morning and get bunches and bunches of flowers you like. I chose roses for their classic style and vibrant colour

4. Purchase some decorating ribbon

5. Buy any additional decorative bits and pieces you think will add to your creations. I got some different types of rocks to put at the bottom of the glass jars and some little glass beads to reflect the water and the candles.

Now its time to get imaginative and creative.

I brought everything to the venue on the day, and with the help of our bridal party and my fiance we created as much floral ambience as we could.

We poured water into the jars, filled them with rocks and pebbles, placed rose petals into the water and finished off with some floating candles.

The jars were spaced around long rectangular tables and later on more rose petals were sprinkled around.

This is the final look that was achieved:

The venue was amazing when we walked in after a few hours of decorating, with all the candles lit and rose petals scattered around the white table cloths. The room was glowing with ambience and it was by far better than what I expected it would look like with lights dimmed!

It was flattering to receive compliments from our guests on the decorations and the atmosphere. Thank you to all my helpers!

Just goes to show that with a bit of creativity, you can achieve professional standard themed events at a much more wallet-friendly rate!

If you have any questions on the decorations or are trying to achieve a look of your own, I am happy to help with ideas and suggestions.
:)

Here are just a few more shots from the engagement party:

Our Cake:

By Celebration Cakes

Our Wishing Well: ( Also hand decorated with artificial flowers and butterfly magnets)