The Big Day | The Details

The day has come & we finally have our beautiful wedding pictures! The only problem is trying to choose between them all as there are so many & it's great to be able to see all of the little details that helped to pull the day together.

DIY | You're Cordially Invited

As soon as I got engaged, I hunted high & low for various invitation styles requesting samples all over the place. It was a lot of fun but I just kept getting disheartened by the price. After a few weeks of being shocked & disappointed with how much people could charge for some paper, we decided that we'd be better off making our own.

Now believe you me, making your own invitations is a lot harder than you think! Especially when you're as creative as me. Which isn't an awful lot! I took to Upcycled Treasures to find some ideas & guidance for a wedding invitation as a "do it yourself'er" & came across an amazing free template. It also perfectly matched our colour theme so clearly, it was meant to be. 

DIY Save The Dates

Having begun my search for save the dates & invites, I soon discovered that they're very pricey!! This isn't so good if you're like me; 22 and not a millionaire! I found so many that were simply beautiful but I just couldn't justify spending that amount of money on paper when I had also found an amazing DIY blog for free :)

If you're lucky enough to have a large wedding budget then here are some of the websites I would have used:

1. Papergrace (top right)

2. Twenty-Seven (bottom left)

3. Lola's Paperie (bottom right)

4. Pogofandango (top left)

I also found Not On The Highstreet really handy as they offer such a wide range of wedding invitations and save the dates to browse.

*

After realising that DIY was the best/cheapest option, I started hunting around the internet for stencils or templates. There are so many amazing blogs out there that give you ideas so even if you're going to buy everything, just use them to get ideas of things that you may not have even thought of!! The blog I stumbled across is called Upcycled Treasures and I believe that their wedding was mostly DIY. It's so creative and makes people like me (who aren't creative at all) think that they can achieve this as well :)

Now onto making your Save The Dates…

(An easy 4 step guide - when I say easy, I mean EASY!!)

Step 1:

Choose what you want to use for the actual invite, for example; luggage tag, pocket fold envelope, a picture. My fiancé and I decided to go with a luggage tag as we felt like it was a little different but simple at the same time. I got my luggage tags from a company called East of India in a little shop near where I live called 'The Tokenhouse.' It's such a cute little shop and is amazing for cards, ribbon, presents, house hold items etc etc.

 Here's some pictures of 'The Tokenhouse'

The luggage tags we chose;

We decided that we didn't want to keep the rope on the end so we went into John Lewis to choose a coloured ribbon to match the ink that we had chosen

Step 2:

Change all of the rope to ribbon 

Step 3:

Put the details onto the Save The Dates

We decided that we would get a personalised stamp so that they looked rustic yet all the same! (Also, I didn't trust myself not being that creative to write out every single one as I knew they'd all look different and messy!) 

We found the stamp that we wanted on a website called The English Stamp Company. It's a really easy website to use and you can choose what you want your stamp to say. One thing I will say is that the customised stamps only come in one size which I didn't realise at the time but luckily the stamp just about fit onto the luggage tags!! :)

Step 4:

Wait until they are dry & then put them into envelopes to be sent to your guests!

(I also bought a gel pen from Paperchase in the same colour as the ribbon and stamp ink to write the guests names on the back)

There you have it, cute, rustic, individual save the dates for all of your guests

I hope this can give a few of you some ideas especially if you're trying to budget!

Thank you for reading 

Love,

Dainty Bride

(Pictures on this blog post are property of DaintyBride unless stated otherwise with an asterisk *. Any images marked with an asterisk * are sourced from the internet & are believed to be public domain & have no rights affiliated with DaintyBride)

A Wedding Checklist

Happy weekend fellow brides :)

Whilst in the midst of my planning, I decided that it would be a sensible idea to create a wedding checklist as, let's face it, even the most organised of us can't remember EVERYTHING! (Even though we may try!) 

This little checklist has definitely been my saviour so far, especially working full time as I seem to forget all the little bits & bobs that need doing and sorting out. You wouldn't believe how much there is to plan. You think you've got it all sorted and then boom, you forgot about the ceremony music!

Thank you very much for reading, I hope you find this useful!

Love,

Dainty Bride xx

(Most of this will apply to everyone, although some points may only apply those of you who don't live in the UK!)

Next blog; Save the dates - DIY