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Friday
18
May 2012

Archive: DIY

DIY Herb Teacup Wedding Favours

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Hello! I'm Chloe from Adore, welcome along to DIY fortnightly Friday where I share my favourite makes and crafty ideas to help you add a personal touch to your wedding day!

 

The one thing I'd encourage anyone planning their wedding to do is to put your personality into it! Write down a list of the things you love, music you like, your favourite foods, places, hobbies, etc, etc then think of ways you can bring these into your day?! For example if you love pretty vintage china, cooking or gardening this week's project is a perfect way of making your wedding favours a bit more personal...

 

 

*Image credit - Intimate Weddings

 

The beauty of these is that they are a relatively inexpensive and easy to make. Your guests will pick them up with a smile and think "ah that's so xxx{insert your name here}xxx", plus they'll make your tables look pretty :-) You can pick up a vintage china teacup and saucer for a couple of pounds each at antiques fairs then simply add potting soil and your herbs!

 

What do you think? What wedding favours are you having? Are you buying or DIY-ing your favours?

 

Chloe x

Exhibitors Exposed

Posted by on in Blog, DIY, Fab Suppliers, Wedding Event with a Difference.

I hope you're not hungry as todays Exhibitors Exposed is none other than the incredible Fiona Herbert Catering. Make sure you stop by and speak to the lovely team at the event on Sunday - they'll be located in Food Glorious Food.

 

Fiona Herbert Catering has been established for 25 years gaining an excellent reputation. We use the highest quality ingredients promoting local produce at all times to create innovative, seasonal menus tailored for you personally.

 

We will be bringing along our lovely ranges of china, glassware and tablewear together with details of what we can offer to make a wedding day just perfect.

We are really excited about meeting lots of new brides, grooms, friends and families and discussing their wedding plans.

 

 

And today, you're in for a treat as we've got a double dose of exhibitors ready to expose themselves ..... next up is the cutest named company possibly in the entire world - Mouses Den:

Hi, my name is Emma Davies and I am the creator of ‘Mouses Den’.  I produce handcrafted personalised bunting and textiles on a very individual basis for customers. Fabrics can be colour coordinated with existing schemes or created from new with an entirely new palette. Bunting is available to buy or hire depending on customer needs.

 

I plan to do my washing and hang it out with a difference – so please come and visit my garden and take a look!! All orders placed in the garden on the day will receive a 10% discount!

 

I am so excited to be involved in this unique wedding event and looking forward to meeting a wonderful array of suppliers and excited Bride & Grooms-to-be, just waiting to find that perfect addition to their Wedding-Day plans. I love talking to Brides & couples & it’s great to be involved in creating something unique that you know will be adored for years to come.

 

I hope that by taking my garden to the Wedding Event with a Difference I can get myself known within the industry. Mouses Den’s website will be launched soon, until then everyone is welcome to drop-in & visit my facebook page & leave a big ‘Hello’: facebook.com/mousesden

 

DIY Cupcake Flags

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Anyone fancy a bit of DIY over the Easter weekend?  We hand you over to Chloe from Adore by Chloe for a DIY instalment on how to make these cute cupcake flags.

 

We had some friends over for dinner a few weeks ago. One of them is lactose intolerant so I was struggling with dessert until I remembered that my carrot cake recipe is made using oil not butter… phew!

 

I happily baked my carrot cake cupcakes but wanted to add a little decoration, this is what I came up with…

 

 

To make this you will need… kraft paper, a heart stamp, ink, cocktail sticks, glue and scissors

 

How to make it…

 

Step 1 ~ Cut out strips of kraft paper that are twice the length you’d like your flags to be.

 

Step 2 ~ Stamp each side of the flags with a heart in the centre

 

Step 3 ~ Fold the strips in half, apply glue then add your cocktail stick along the crease and glue them together to form the flags

 

Step 4 ~ Stick into your cupcakes and serve ;-)

 

TOP TIP – Try using patterned papers or cutting a little triangle out of the end of the flag to give it an arrow shape!

 

For more crafty wedding inspiration or to book a craft party take a look at my blog - www.adorebychloe.co.uk/adoreblog/, I hope by visiting you’ll find something to inspire you!

 

Chloe x

 

Introducing DIY Workshops at the Wedding Event with a Difference

Posted by on in Blog, DIY, Wedding Event with a Difference.

DIY is the new hot topic in the world of weddings so we thought we’d include some handcrafted lovelieness to our wedding event with a difference in April. And who better to be sprinkling some creative magic onto the event than the fabulous Chloe of DIY wedding blog, Adore by Chloe.

 

With a real emphasis on interactivity, we are so excited to introduce DIY workshops to our wedding event with a difference giving you the opportunity to book onto a course and learn a new craft in time for your big day.

 

Here’s what you can expect from the two workshops Chloe has planned:

 

Flower buttonholes
Learn how to make beautiful buttonholes or bridesmaids corsages using fresh flowers. You'll get to make and take home your corsage and pick up a few floristry tips along the way too! Taught by the wonderful Amy from Polka Dot Florist.

 

Wooden Bunting
Transform wooden bunting into a pretty venue decoration using a simple stamping technique. You'll design and take home a five letter string of bunting to add a gorgeous, rustic touch to your wedding day! Taught by Chloe from Adore.

 

So, any of you creatives out there fancy giving one of these DIY tasks a go? Then get booking your tickets! Please ensure you book in plenty of time as spaces are extremely limited.

DIY Fortnightly Friday!

Posted by on in Blog, DIY, Fab Suppliers.

It is finally Friday and time to have a few days of R&R - this week has been one of the busiest for little ol' Save the Date Magazine - all good fun though :-)

So, to get the weekend off to a fabulous start, we have a DIY tutorial with Chloe Adlington .... over to you my lovely!

 

 

DIY Wedding Veil 

I took my newly engaged sister wedding dress shopping a few weeks ago. It was the first time she’d ever put one on and to watch her face light up as the veil was added to complete her look was extra special.

 

Which got me thinking… I’ve made lots of fascinators and a birdcage veil in the past but why not have a go at making a full on veil?!

 

So here’s my DIY wedding veil tutorial, minus any sewing! TOP TIP - it would look gorgeous with a few crystals, lace or fabric flowers sewn on!

 

 

To make this you will need… approximately 1 meter of netting, a hair comb, pinking scissors, a small length of elastic and some strong glue (I used my mini glue gun!)

 

 

Instructions…

 

Cut the netting into long,1-inch wide strips with your pinking scissors (to prevent the edges from fraying). Then start by simply tying them in a knot around the elastic in the middle of each strip…

 

Repeat until you’re happy with your veil’s fullness, scrunching the knots together as you go to build thickness!

 

 

Now thread the ends of your elastic through each of the end prongs on the comb…

 

 

And glue into place on each side of the comb to secure the elastic…

 

Once the glue is dry you can enjoy wearing it, down the aisle, on your hen do, to clean the house… whatever ;-)

 

 

If you want more crafty wedding inspiration or to host a local craft party,visit me at www.adorebychloe.co.uk. Hopefully I’ll also get to meet some of you at the Wedding Event With A Difference in a few weeks too?!

 

Chloe x

 

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