Been looking through this for inspiration... had loads! Especially for flowers!

here are a couple of pics of the hair comb, I much prefer the black wire against my hair, gives the illusion of the beads floating lol, it was based on the silver one which I liked the style of but came with a price tag of over £100!! mine cost less than a tenner!

i made my flowers but thought they looked plaine, so today i added bling, broaches, butterflys x

We have a lot of clever people on UK Bride.

Wow such creativity! Beautiful bouquet Louise, you are very talented :)

made some more things last weekend thats the favour boxes made and also the order of the day:-

not a great pic, but im putting all the signs i made for the wedding in frames, our theme is pink n white so the signs are pink, with white frames, i printed all the signs myself and designed them x

Mrs C to be before folding they were 3 inch x 3 inch so folded they would be 1.5 inch x 3 inch

Velcro my friend owns a chocolate making business so she is making me chocolate to go in them they will be little hearts one white choc, one milk choc and one dark choc for each box

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I like the idea of lollypop bouquets, do you have a how to make them guide? If so please could you share the link on my wall please :) Thanks xx

Thanks brilly :) Think I will be giving this a go xx

Very nice :) Also really like your table decorations xx

That's my worry with making my own is the ideas I have don't really match my skill level when it comes to creativity! I'm also having purple (I think, about 99% decided at the mo) I might be giving your idea a go :) xx

Love the bunting on those invites! They look really great.

I made our hand fasting cords tonight by plaiting coloured silk strings and adding charms at one end of each, the charms are the tree of life, eternal knot and pentagon star. Not much else to make now really....not sure what ill do with myself lol.

first attempt at my flowers and fg baskets really pleased with them so far unbelieavably cheap and totally mine ;) i didnt even think i would know where to start amazing what you can do when you try!

thankyou krissy :) im sure i will be messing with thtem from now til the day lol i just wanted to give it ago as flowers was one of the biggest costs budget wise so thought no harm would come of it im so pleased i did as they feel totally personal the blue line of roses across the bouquet mimics the empire line in my dress which is also blue. just love how i can pull things together with them looking ofrward to making the rest now! yours look amazing and defo more professional than mine lol

thanks laura just stick with it I was taking them apart and redoing them for about 4 months the last few months have been making the lace collar and wrapping the steams I finished the flower wands yesterday I had to rewrap the gold ribbon as it didn't look right but i'm finally happy with them. I will say that once you get them so your happy with them put them away so you don't keep playing with them lol xx

Oh all so gorgeous girls :) x

their should be an insert image option at the bottom of the end of the thread hun x
all these things are awesome girls, may see if I can have a go at making my own flowers xx

my buttonholes! (ARTIFICIAL) Started working on cake topper (not finished-refining! )

the start of my "paint the roses red" topiary trees nearly half done the 1st 1 3 more to go x

The modified cake topper of h2b... further editing going on but pleased so far!

lauraM9144 I saw some flowers at h craft today, and planning on going back up to get some and try them at a later date, got bit's to have a go at sweet tree's and invites today, can't wait to have a go, will upload pics as soon as I've done a few xx

Wasn't sure where to post this, sorry if its in the wrong place :)
I, like many others, am trying to make as much as I can for the wedding to save money and to personalise the day. But, my creative skills aren't all that.
I have impressed myself with some things but my question is, if you were at a wedding and for example, your favour, was obviously hand made and had taken a lot of time to do but wasn't 100% perfect would you be put off? Or worse, laugh about it?

I'm in a panic cus I'm making my place cards atm and have finished all my favours but some look a bit odd but in ways that will show I did it myself, like a paintbrush stroke in the wrong place or the heart not perfectly cut. I have made an extra 50% of what I need so the rubbish ones can go in the bin, but I don't want guests to think I went really cheap!!

Help xxx

Thanks Lauren-michelleC, I hope that's the impression they get :)
And luckily I have a year to refine my skills or re-do them! Haha.

You have t be a power user to post pics :(

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crawf, I always prefer hand made to bought :) im making as much as I possibly can, and if that means a flaw or two then il be alright with that. its so much more personal, and you will look at your completed room (before the guests trash it all lol) and think. I did that :)

valentina, your cake toppers are amazing!