Wedding Details #2

Today, Wedding Details is all about FAVOURS. I struggled for such a long time to think up what kind of favours I wanted, or whether to have them at all! Our wedding was on quite a strict budget, and I really found it quite difficult to think about whether the favours would need extra packaging, on top of having to buy the favours themselves. STRESS.

Eventually, we ended up with a variety of favours. I bought seed bombs from this shop on Etsy, (which most people have planted and apparently, not a lot has happened). These were set out at each table setting. I also decided that instead of floral centrepieces, we would use some of our own glasses (similar to these) for decoration. I bought LOADS of straws from this shop on Etsy, in green and blue as that was our colour theme (our favourite colours). I then bought pinwheels from this shop. These were all set out in the glasses on each table so that people could help themselves. There was a slight disaster with the pinwheels. I ordered 25 green and 25 blue, and ended up with 25 pink instead of green! This was only 4 days before the wedding, but luckily I had a friend who was a complete star and helped me to remove the pink card and replace it with green in time for the wedding. The owner of the shop was also extremely apologetic and refunded me for the pink pinwheels.

I also purchased a set of photobooth props from this shop. I wasn't really sure how these would be used because we couldn't afford to hire a proper photobooth, and there wasn't really room at our venue to set one up. Luckily, our photographer came up with the idea of just handing them out at the reception, which made for some great photos! These weren't really intended to be favours, but they were great fun for people to play around with and broke the ice a little bit!

I also had to rethink our exit for after the ceremony, as our venue didn't allow confetti. I didn't really like the idea of rose petals, so instead I bought bubbles. These turned out to be a great idea, they look lovely in the pictures we had taken straight after the ceremony, and they were pretty cheap too. I ordered mine here.

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Wedding Details #1

I've seen a few people blogging about upcoming weddings which is super exciting! I got married in May this year and I've decided to share some of the tips and sellers, and of course, photos from our wedding. I've also been a bit of a bad blogger recently and haven't done any new Librarian Work Wear posts! The weather has been really crappy and it's so dark all the time! I'll try and sort myself out for next week, I promise!

The first item on my agenda is FLOWERS. I really wanted blue Hydrangeas for my wedding flowers, I think they're just stunning. Unfortunately, in May in the UK, this wasn't likely to be possible without it being super expensive. So, I hopped onto Etsy (my wedding saviour) to see what I could find in the way of paper flowers. There, I stumbled upon The Little Red Button. Stacy, the owner, talked me through all of the choices and price options available, and even sent me swatches of the card used in the making of my bouquet and boutonnieres. They really are so unusual, and as I chose not to throw my bouquet at the end of the day (because I didn't want to concuss anyone), I now have a lovely keepsake. The groomsmen all kept their boutonnieres as well. I would 100% recommend The Little Red Button to any future brides looking for something a little bit different!



My dad looking sort of happy :P

We also had a centrepiece for the table where we had the ceremony and signed the register. This was provided by a florist who shall remain nameless, as I was pretty annoyed at their service. They took a really long time to send us quotes and let us know what was going on, and I really think that I should have given up on them and arranged something with a different florist. But on the day, the flowers arrived, and they were beautiful. I just could have done without the added stress of having to constantly phone the florists to check that everything was good to go!

Two very different wedding experiences related to flowers there! If I was planning a wedding now, I don't think I would be as reluctant to kick up a fuss if a supplier wasn't performing to the standards I expected.

Thanks for reading :) xxx