Your guests will not leave on the table!

Well lets admit it wedding favours can be expensive especially if you have lots of guests coming to your wedding, it may have crossed your mind, should you really bother with them? Don’t they often get left on the table.

Here are four ideas your guests will love and will take home.

1. A miniature bottle of your guests favorite tipple, ask on their rsvp card what is their favorite drink them combine with a place card by adding a little tag with their name. I bet most get consumed on your wedding day and guests will love the personal touch. The tags are available as a digital download from Crossvine Designs on Etsy.
2. Lollipops, who doesn’t love a lollipop. I have sourced two very different types. Belgium white chocolate lollies decorated with sprinkles, flamingos and a mini bar of chocolate. Handmade by Harrisons Bakery on Etsy. Also we have selected a giant boozy raspberry and prosecco lollipop. Available from Holly’s Lollies on Etsy. They offer a range of different alcoholic flavours so there is something for all tastes.
3. Rainbow chocolate bars, sprinkled with sugar confetti. Adults and children will love it!. Handmade by Rainbow Sweet Treats on Etsy.
4. Vanilla flavoured iced gems, beautifully handmade with the finest ingredients. A truly nostalgic sweet treat adults and children will love. They would look so cute packaged in stripy sweetie bags.

I hope you loved my previous blog post and were inspired to have a go at making our fabric pumpkins for your wedding.

Tutorial for DIY Fabric Pumpkins.

Here are a couple of ideas for using your pumpkins at your wedding.

A rustic wood slice as a base with three fabric pumpkins of varying sizes, a rose gold sequin pumpkin, cotton champagne coloured pumpkin embellished with seed beads and sequins and a dainty calico pumpkin decorated with a scattering of seed beads. The table centre has been further enhanced with a couple of sprigs of artificial dusky pink hydrangea, a gold mercury glass votive and a scattering of silk Swarovski crystals for extra sparkle. A simple but oh so beautiful table centre perfect for an autumn bride.

If you have planned to have the on trend photo op of having your dress and accessories photographed in your bridal suite then why not photograph your accessories on a few fabric pumpkins.

A large pumpkin is perfect for your wedding tiara or headband while smaller pumpkins look amazing draped in your jewellery.

The accessories featured on the pumpkins are:

Crystal Chic Wedding Headband

Pearl Trio Wedding Earrings

Simply Divine Wedding Pendant

Pearl Wedding Bracelet Set

Here is another possible theme for a Royal Wedding Party, a quintessentially British Tea Party. Think doilies, vintage tea sets, cupcakes, biscuits and the scent of English roses.

Royal Wedding Tea Party

1. Beautiful gold crown surround by babies breath, pink roses and pink carnations. Inspiration from a styled shoot on Celebrations at Home.

2. A pretty vintage tea cup filled with greenery and pink roses sat on a pile of vintage books, such are great table centre. Inspiration from Pinterest.

3. Another great idea for a table centre a pretty vintage tea cup filled with small roses and rose buds. Inspiration from Pinterest.

4. A pretty way to served sugar cubes in a vintage tea cup with vintage sugar tongs. Inspiration from Pinterest.

5. A pretty seamless shabby chic rose background available from Alisa Foytik.

6. A pretty alternation to the usual shaped biscuits, are these a cute Lemon teabag biscuits decorated with icing, sprinkles and a ribbon. The tutorial can be seen at Pink Piccadilly Pastries.

7. A pretty afternoon tea table with fondant fancies, victoria sponge, cucumber sandwiches, pretty bunting and floral table cloth, what could be more perfect?

The cute vintage black and white images I have used to decorate this article are all available free from The Graphics Fairy.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend and the sun shines!

In celebration of International Women’s Day I have put together a collection of inspirational photos of Brides with their mothers on their wedding day.

Bride and Mum Photos

1. A stunning photo of a mother of the bride helping her daughter with the finishing touches to her outfit. Photograph by Katelyn James Photography.

2. Another beautiful photo of a mother of the bride helping her daughter with the finishing touches to her outfit but this time reflected in a mirror. Photograph by Christina Carroll Photography.

3. A unique shot of the hands of the bride, mother of the bride and grandmother of the bride. Photograph by Megan Wynn Photography.

4. A quirky shot of the mother of the bride and mother of the groom framing the happy couple. Photograph by Van Daele and Russell Photography.

5. Another unique shot of a bride and her mother crossing on the stairs. Photograph by Danelle Bohane. 

6. A snap of a moment in time as the bride and groom walk back down the aisle. Stopping to kiss the mothers. Photograph by Jeremy Beasley.

Here are a few fun ways to include your beloved pets in your wedding ceremony.

Pets at Weddings

1. Gorgeous pony with a duck egg blue head collar decorated with fresh florals, from Wedding Chicks.

2. Beautiful chocolate labrador with a jaunty fresh flower circlet, lots more images can be viewed  at  Wear Wag repeat.

3. A stunning German Shepherd wearing a gorgeous floral and greenery swag, part of a pretty woodland pastel bridal shoot at Bridal Musings.

4. Finally a cute little Yorkshire Terrier sporting a natural wooden heart tied with a pretty ribbon, a fun addition to your wedding, available from Michele’s Cottage on Etsy.

What are you planning for your grand exit after the festivities have ended, or you are leaving the church.

Most churches prefer you not to throw paper confetti due to the clean afterwards and rice confetti can be deadly for birds so here are a few alternatives.

Bird Seed Wedding ‘Confetti’

Bird seed is a great green alternative to traditional confetti and whats more the local bird population will clean it up for you.

Bubbles Wedding ‘Confetti’

A great photo opportunity is to use wedding bubbles as your send off, the bubbles floating in the air around the bride and groom would make a beautiful photo.

Wedding Sparklers

For a wedding at night or a winter wedding a fantastic idea is wedding sparklers.

They look perfect personalised with the bride and groom name and wedding date.

Photo from Zsa Zsa Bellagio Weddings.

Wedding Ribbon Wands

If you would prefer your guest not to throw anything at you then another idea is to give each guest a ribbon wand to wave as you leave the church.

These wands are available from Craft Up Your Life and are available in many colour ways.

Petal Confetti

Another natural idea is real petal confetti, maybe tie it in with your bouquet flowers.

These are available from Shropshire Petals.

Pom Pom ‘Confetti’

And finally a fun idea, throwing wool pom poms, they can be made in any colour way to tie in with your colour scheme and as they are soft they won’t hurt when thrown.

More information available on Style Me Pretty photo by Wayne Yuan Photography.