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i think i have finally finished my bouquet and have put together one of the bridesmaids bouquets it just needs wrapping with ribbon and I'm waiting on butterfly's for my younger 2s flowers so as soon as they come i will up load pictures of them all finished cant believe how many flowers i have used will have to get more for my birdcages i think.

They are lovely Linzi! Very pretty, I was thinking of buying a bride and groom one for the top table :-)

Ive just put some photos in my wedding centrepiece and favour album of my diy favour boxes and place settings. Would love it if you ladies could take a wee look :-)

ignore the box with the feather, I'll be using the triangular one with plain balck ribbon :-)

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linzi, my 2yo just saw the photos and said "wowwww!!! mummy, pretty, pretty!!" lol

they're gorgeous!! did you glue the beads when you put them on the ring, or do they move??

Thankyou ladies :) and kisywisy that is so cute! lol and no I didn't glue them, they still move around a little but I bought little silver spacer beads that go inbetween the pearl ones which only just fit on to the hoop so they tend to stop them from moving :) xx

Thank you Linzi :-) Dead easy to make, Got a job lot of wooden roses for £12.99 for 100, ribbon £2 and the Wooden hearts were £7 for 30 and delivery. So £22 for 30 place settings :-) The lace flowers were dead cheap too - like 60p for a metre of lace :-)

My bargain head is on now more than ever!

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I got the flowers on the bay of e. Anni - another bride on here got the same roses so I think they are still on there. It was under joblot of wooden roses in black and white but they have loads of other colours too :-)

I must admit I am chuffed with the result - I had no idea what to do with that big box of flowers lol cos I bought loads of random stuff and hoped it would fit in somewhere.

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I got some gold and cream ones! Hopefully will they be as nice when they come as they look in the picture! They were £17.99 but for 100 that only works out to 18p each so I am happy with that! lol xx

ok as promised heres the pictures of my finished bouquets

woooooooow! hun - i adore these - they look incredible! well done you! you could charge a fortune to make these for people, very pro looking and the way you have wrapped the stems is so pretty, defo gonna be a talking point on your day x

hi krissy, was just wondering how did you tie the handle as thats what im sturggling with the most? everytime i try i looks a mess

thanks everyone im so happy with how thye have turned out and its so hard to get a good picture of them so the pictures done really do them justice. the only thing im not 100% about is the butterflys i love them and they are really pretty and my girls are so happy with the flowers but im unsure if they are a little big they are 8cm long so not sure if i need smaller ones going to take them to show my family at weekend and see what they think.
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hi kimi because the stems are bound with florist tape its actually pretty stick so at the minute its just pinned with the pearl pins .
i started the green at the top and wrapped it round the stem going down then went back up over it and cut and repinned it then wrapped the pink ribbon top to bottom and placed a pin were it crossed over its actually prity secure i was thinking i might use my glue gun and dab a bit of glue at the top just to keep the ribbon tight then tie a bow around at the top of the stems. it did take a few times to get it right.

i cant wait till i can make my favour boxes up i love those boxes lol in fact i like them so much i have one made sat in my living room window sill lol

omg Natasha i know a lot of work goes into them i have taken apart and put my back together some many times over the past 4 months but that price is ridiculous. i think mine as cost about £60 max altogether the brooches were the most expensive part but i even manged to find them for a between £1.50 and £2.50 each. i was going to get my bridal shop to do it as they do flowers to and they look great but i was going to have to provide the brooches anyone so thought i might as well try it myself and its worked out cheaper. xx

Hey Ladies, everything is looking amazing!

I've finally got around to adding some pictures:-

The Invites, not sure if I put them on yet!


Order of service


The Wedding Post Box, my youngest daughter drew the picture of me and H2B!


I finally finished the photo hunt/activity packs for the kids, even made up my own poem!


Cases for the cd-r's for the guests to send me back their pictures!


Both the pageboys waistcoats are finished:


Bridesmaid, just got to finish the hem (when she finally decides which shoes she's wearing!) and sort out the straps!


Here are the bridesmaid, moh and flowergirl bouquet!
All made with the same amount of flowers but I made them slightly different to see which one they preferred and each liked a different one so they stayed as they were! lol


Here are some of the buttonholes, made about 10!


And final picture for today, my bouquet, it's quite a bit heavier than the little one's but looks fab held in front of my dress!

Thanks Hails, yes they are wooden roses, are your place settings the one with the wooden heart to put the names on? x

Bags and photo hunt were stolen from Hail's idea!

We aren't having a photographer so the more photo's the better! xx

Well done Kaz! Everything looks great!

Thanks girls, makes me feel so much better!

Can't believe how quick this year has gone! 4 weeks saturday, I'll be a Mrs!!!! ARGH!!!!! Better get on xx

You have to be a power user hun. Add them into an album on your home page and people can check it out.

fannyswizzle......if you would like one of us to post the pictures for you, just ask.......I would be happy to, as I am sure would others

Finished my birdcage box favours tonight.......thats all my favours done.....Feels good to get a job finished.

No, I sat and watched Holby City and thats on an hour.......but I only did 24.
I only really need 18, but I had 24 boxes of eggs and 24 favour boxes so I made them all. Might as well.
threading the ribbon was fiddly in the beginning but I soon got quicker.......I got really quick when I had done about half of them. I found it quicker to cut the ribbon to a point before threading it through.

The chocolate eggs came in little clear boxes that fit perfectly inside, i thought I was going to have to empty the eggs out and fill the favour boxes, but they slotted right in.

There was twice as much ribbon that I needed......they are already cut to size which is good.

I like wine glass charms....I think they make great favours and double up as place names too.

Yeah I have too.. I first of all bought the tulle for my favours, and then I saw the boxes.....so now they have 2 favours, I could have saved a few quid if I could have been more decisive about which i liked the best but I couldnt choose so had both! LOL
I didnt fill the tulle with sugared almonds though cos not many people like them so I filled them with mint inperials, and inside the boxes are chocolate eggs so i think thats quite a nice combination. I would like that if I was a guest.

I too have got loads of pearls, and crystals too.....(for stringing) but they wont be wasted because I make clothes and my sons girlfriend makes jewellery;

yes, I bought some strings of pearls from International.......5 strings of pearls for £2......who wouldnt...
I got the idea of pearls from google images.....
this was my inspiration picture...