New wedding blog

Hello there, thanks for visiting the Make Your Own Wedding blog.

It’s been a little quiet here, as I’ve been setting up a new blog at www.English-Wedding.com, featuring lots of real weddings, with a supplier directory and reviews… and there’s lots more to come.

The main Make Your Own Wedding website is live and kicking, and still being updated regularly with wedding DIY ideas and inspiration.  

Claire x

The Most Versatile of Wedding Venues!

I was googling for wedding colour schemes when I first found the County Marquees site. I was amazed to see just how gorgeous a wedding tent can be!

If you have a tight wedding budget, or if you dream of an affordable wedding venue you can decorate to your heart’s content, it’s time to seriously consider a wedding marquee. They come in all different shapes and sizes!

Find out more at Make Your Own Wedding - see you there!

Claire x

Wedding Favour Candy

Oh look at this sweet shop! Gorgeous festive sweets and some fantastic ideas for wedding favours!  Whatever your colour scheme, you’ll find sweets to fit on this website. Wrap them up in clear favour boxes or cellophane bags with ribbon, and you’ve got the perfect budget wedding favours.

I love this online sweet shop! Perfect for wedding favours, in every colour you can imagine! www.acandystore.com

I think the Rainbow Whirly Pops are my favourites, but I’m still browsing and probably will be all morning. What a fab website.

More wedding favour ideas at www.MakeYourOwnWedding.com

Wedding Craft Ideas – December

I’ve added a new little section to the Make Your Own Wedding website this evening – please have a look and tell me what you think!

It’s a quick section, just showing some new wedding craft ideas – invitation kits, jewellery supplies, wedding cake decorations etc – once a month.

Have a look at this month’s wedding craft finds at www.MakeYourOwnWedding.com!

See you there

Claire x

Cute Favour or Christmas idea!

Are you having a Christmas wedding? I think I’ve found the perfect favour idea for you* - in a lovely little online shop called Special Personalised Gifts – and they have some great gift ideas I haven’t seen anywhere else. My favourite being…

Purple Ronnie baubles - personalise the back to turn these little beauties into the cutest Christmas wedding favours!

…these gorgeous Purple Ronnie Christmas baubles! Give them as wedding favours either with a name tag tied on (they work well as place settings too) or pop them in a little box with some coloured tissue paper to create a pretty display on your tables.

I love Christmas weddings with baubles as favours – it’s the one wedding favour I’m guaranteed to keep, every time. It makes a lovely keepsake of your wedding, and your guests will remember your wedding at this time every year.

Christmas wedding favour idea for girls...

There are a few different designs of these baubles at Special Personalised Gifts, so you could use the ‘couple’ design for all your guests’ favours, or order the male and female versions for your male and female wedding guests!

... and for the boys!

Every design is customisable on the reverse – add your names and wedding date to make it really special.

*If your wedding isn’t at Christmas, don’t panic – just buy some for your Christmas tree! And your mum’s, your brother’s…

Make Your Own Bridal Tiara

I love this tiara kit - and there are lots more on the Spellbound Bead website.

I love making tiaras – there’s nothing more rewarding than starting with a plain band and some beads, then seeing it gradually turn into something a princess would be proud of! I adore this tiara kit from The Spellbound Bead Company.

(This is just one of the treasures I’ve found recently – for the full write up and more fantastic wedding ideas, go to the Make Your Own Wedding website!)

Treats and treasures!

I’ve been a little quiet recently, while I worked on a few wedding orders - it’s given me plenty of inspiration for new craft projects which I’ll share on Make Your Own Wedding soon!

In the meantime, I’ve been finding some special offers and gorgeous little wedding products I think you’ll love – they’re on the Special Offers page of the Make Your Own Wedding website now. For example…

Table Plan kit from Confetti – this will save you hours!

Of all the wedding projects, the table plan is usually the most stressful and complicated to get right. I always recommend leaving your wedding table plan until 3 weeks before your wedding date, to allow for any last minute guest changes. In 8 out of 10 weddings I’ve worked with, there are last minute changes to the guest list!

If your wedding date is fast approaching but you still want to get creative with your table plan, I’d recommend one of Confetti’s easy table plan kits. They are easy to make in a fraction of the time it takes to start from scratch, and you can choose from different themes and colours to fit your reception style.

See more wedding ideas at Make Your Own Wedding – the official site.

Bridal party gift idea

My newest treasure on etsy.com is this gorgeous one-of-a-kind heart necklace from Wild Woman Jewelry. I love the rich autumn colours of the heart pendant – perfect for the time of year – and the heart design just yells ‘bridesmaids’ at me.

Gorgeous heart necklace on sterling silver from Wild Woman Jewelry http://wildwomanjewelry.etsy.com

There are over 200 items for sale in the Wild Woman Jewelry shop on etsy – it’s like an aladdin’s cave, full of colourful sparkly things. If you’re not buying bridal jewellery then you really should consider a bit of Christmas shopping over there!

If you’re saving money for your wedding, and want ideas for making your own jewellery, then go to our main site at www.makeyourownwedding.com for inspiration.

 

Special Offers: 20% off Bhs this weekend!

Fantastic saving of 20% off Christmas and bridal wear at Bhs – now available via the Make Your Own Wedding website

Whether you’re buying bridesmaid dresses or Christmas crackers, you can save big at Bhs this weekend! Click here to see the offer - available until Sunday 8th November.

Special Offers now on the website!

For brides, grooms – in fact these special offers are for anyone.  We’ve added a selection of fantastic gifts to our website at http://www.makeyourownwedding.com/Special_Offers.html

Visit the main website now for great gifts for brides, grooms and families.

We have jewellery and watches, cuddly toys and experience days, and we’ll be adding more to our list as we count down to Christmas and beyond! Please visit www.MakeYourOwnWedding.com for these great offers and for inspiration and ideas for your wedding day!