Ever since I spied these hanging lamp shades in the “love butterfly” themed wedding look at Confetti, I’ve been thinking about using hanging lamp shades. They need not be lighted as my wedding is a day long affair. In addition, if you painted or sprayed them different colours, that would suffice.

I then saw that my friend attended a wedding where another bride had used similar lamp shades:

I think the effect is lovely but could look even more stylish if there were hanging lamp shades of various sizes and …

This past weekend, my bridesmaids and I spent making our table name place cards. After much thought about a way to incorporate my fiance’s Chinese heritage, we have decided to use Chinese flowers and a brief description of what the flowers symbolise. These would then match our favours which are Chinese themed. A big THANK YOU to my hard working sisters in law who worked so hard to find the characters online and cut such perfect lines. One of my bridesmaids was so funny, she said “I am a Legend” …

I found these beautiful flowers made by a crafty bride to be on another blog. Isnt this lovely?

I think it actually has an oriental touch to it, and resembles orchids.
These are photos to instruct you how to make them yourselves. Here are the materials:

And for the templates to make the individual flowers:

I was watching the Speidi wedding video and I love the bridesmaid dresses in yellow. They have a beautiful detail on the asymetrical straps and flow so well. In case you too are a fan of the dresses at that wedding:

 
Speidi Wedding
Heidi’s wedding dress is from the Monique Lhuillier Spring 2009 line. The dress, called “Symphony,” retails for $7,500. It is made of silk organza and has a drop waist with a peacock feather design. The ivory silk chiffon sash retails for $2,500. It has an embellished motif at the …

I spent the whole of friday trying to make cupcakes with my good friend. We tried two different recipes, the tried and tested one and the newer one from the cupcake course. We realise that cupcakes rise if you use butter and if you use the fan assisted option of your oven. So finally on our fourth attempt, we made perfectly flat cupcakes, only to burn them because I wasnt looking! DOH.
Anyways, I was online today looking at cupcake stands. I found three varieties and they seem very cheap …

Sunday 5th July 2009
Mercure Parkside Wedding Fair, Woughton-on-the-Green, Milton keynes, Buckinghamshire
11am - 4pm
Contact 01908 336176
English Toastmasters Association member Garry Smith in attendance during this fair.
The Hamworthy Club Wedding Fair, Wimborne, Dorset
1pm – 5pm
Contact 07738 116754
Sunday 12th July 2009
Hatherley Manor Open Day, Gloucester
10am – 4pm
Contact 01452 730217
Sense of Occasion Wedding Fair, Kingsley Village, Cornwall
11am – 4pm Admission Free
Contact 01209 315646
Austin Court Wedding Fair, Birmingham, West Midlands
11am – 4pm
Contact 07922 505986
Ramada Maidstone Wedding Fair, Ramada Hotel, Maidstone, Kent
10.30am – 3.30pm
Admission Free
Kingsley Village Wedding Fair, Fraddon, Cornwall
11am – 4pm
Contact 01209 315646
Thursday 16th July …

When I first started researching about weddings, a friend suggested the Martha Stewart Wedding Magazine. Unfortunately, they are published in America so buying them here in the UK costs about £4 each. In the US, I think you could get them for a quarter of this price and free shipping. When I saw how lovely the ideas were, I was almost tempted to order them and make my cousin mail them from the US. Then I realised that Martha Stewart had a book on weddings published. I bought it immediately …

Ever since I saw that Tiffany inspired nest of boxes as a wishing box, I cant help think about a beautiful Tiffany inspired wedding. Whilst looking at other forums, I saw that Tiffany inspired birthday parties are all the rage for sweet sixteen year olds as well. So if you have a Tiffany ring, love New York, or even the movie, here are some Tiffany inspired items:

Maybe gift bags for all the bridesmaids and grooms men?

Very creative centre pieces. Not sure exactly if the pale pink flowers match …

One of the most important duties is keeping the card box safe. This is particularly important because guests bring some of the most thoughtful and heartfelt cards and sometimes even money inside them. I remember that at our engagement party, we had so much trouble remembering where we put all our cards that I am sure we might have even missed some or lost some!
So I stumbled upon this gorgeous Tiffany box inspired card box:

Particularly suitable if the bride is called Tiffany right? I actually adore the Tiffany blue and …

By now, you might have gathered that Im cupcake crazy. I was looking online for cupcakes and I found this amazing blog which featured these absolutely gorgeous cupcakes. I am speechless…..

The same decorations on a cake look fabulous. So maybe you can make a small mini cake on top of a cupcake stand…