SALE: DIY Wedding Invitations from LoveLetters.ie

Sabrina Dent — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:58:19 +0000

Are we drooling yet? These absolutely stunning wedding invites are from the aptly named LoveLetters.ie, and are currently on sale until the 18th of December.

Self-assembly packs offer a huge savings over most printed invitation options, and are surprisingly easy. The gorgous invites pictured above start at €2.00 per invite, which if you’ve been shopping around you know is excellent value for something this chic. All of the pieces come pre-cut in the right sizes, and include the coordinating ribbons, belly bands, etc – so all you have to do is compose and print your own invitation text onto the provided sheets, assemble the pieces into gorgeous, stunning invites, and post the lot off.

If you’re not feeling confident about DIYing your own invites, Love Letters has some helpful, confidence boosting information on how to do it with style. As they point out, “handmade doesn’t have to look homemade”and they are totally right – I’m only moderately crafty and did my own invitations, and frankly they turned out knock-your-socks-off posh. Go for it!

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Yay! Now Throw Things At Us!

Sabrina Dent — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:16:17 +0000

This whole “Yippee! We’re married! Now throw things at us!” tradition of confetti and rice chucking has never made a huge amount of sense to me, but a lot of wedding traditions are a little strange when you stop to think about them. The throwing of confetti is actually meant to bestow prosperity and fertility on the newly wed couple – a connection that’s less than obvious in modern times.

Assuming cash and babies sound good to you, rice is apparently out these days (it’s bad for the birds who eat it), and traditional confetti is frowned upon (it’s environmentally unfriendly) so it’s time to come up with some creative options you’d actually want to be showered with.

Top choices: rose petals are romantic and beautiful; birdseed is inexpensive to buy in bulk and feeds our feathered friends; and lavender is an unusual and fragrant way to make your way up the aisle.

You can make or buy simple cones in a variety of papers and tie them to the aisle seats to provide your posh replacement confetti to your guests:

Alternatively, you can buy fluted bonbonniere boxes and fill them with the sprinkles of your choice:

These tied rounds are easy to make yourself with some inexpensive muslin, a pair of pinking shears and lengths of ribbon in the colour of your choice:

Finally, if you just want to buy something off the shelf, bubbles are a fun and beautiful way to sprinkle the bride and groom, and if your photographer is any good, look amazing in photos. A whole range of bridal bubbles are available online in Ireland from Lantz, but you can also use any kind of bubbles and even wrap them with your own custom labels.

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SALE: DIY Wedding Invitations from LoveLetters.ie

Yay! Now Throw Things At Us!