make your own
Create a fun and festive vibe on your wedding day with these bright and graphic
DIY ideas that will add a splash of colour to your table and venue styling
Fabric Favour
Spoil your guests with sweet treats packaged
beautifully to say thank you.
To make Use chocolates or lollies of your
choice and a mini cardboard box. Place a few
pieces in the box, put the lid on top and start
wrapping the box with the fabric like you would
a present, folding the two opposite ends first
and then bringing the ends from the alternate
sides up to meet at the top. Ensuring that the
fabric is tight, tie a bow on the top of the box to
finish it off. Next, take some string and slide it
through a thank you tag. Wrap the string with
the tag around the bottom of the bow you have
just made and knot it to secure in place.
Spotlight Papier mache box, $1.49 (9x9x5cm)
and ‘Spots and Stripes #7 Stripe’ orange fabric,
$6 per metre. Bunnings Warehouse Diamond
braided polypropylene rope, $6 (30m). Bespoke
Letterpress ‘Thank You’ letterpress gift tag,
$2.95 each. Happy Lab ‘Blanc Parisian’
chocolate pearls flask, $19.95.
For Stockists, see page 320.Rope Words
Spell out the way you feel on your wedding day
with this adorable and colourful declaration.
To make Purchase coloured rope of your
choice. Using a glue gun, start by shaping the
rope into any word that you wish. We have
chosen to go with the word ‘love’, but you can
add a little something extra by personalising it
with your names. At each point where the rope
crosses over itself, put a dot of hot glue to fix
the letter in place. Once you have glued all the
rope together to form your word, place it onto a
piece of baking paper. Using a brush, paint PVA
glue over the top making sure it absorbs into
the rope; this will stiffen the rope and keep it in
place. Leave to dry overnight and when it has
completely dried remove it from the baking
paper and add to your table décor or even a
lolly bar area. Spotlight MFY ‘Vintage Floral’ glue
gun, $9.99 and Crafters Choice PVA glue,
$6.79 (500ml). Bunnings Warehouse Grunt
fluoro rope in pink, $16.90 (8.2mm x 30m).
Papier D’amour tissue fan in pink, $8.
For Stockists, see page 320.256 | bridetobe.com.auPHOTOGRAPHY: SURE FERRIS. STYLING: BIANCA SPIEGEL.