New bouquet inspiration

So, I have already covered the 'button bouquets' which I plan to make my own and 2 for the brides maids, as well as 6 buttonholes to the same design for the Groom, Best Man, 2 Ushers and father of the Bride and Groom.

Also plan to incorporate an element of them in the table centrepieces, which I am also making myself. 6 for the tables and 2 for the top table.

Anyhoo...I was wondering around in 'Hobbycraft' looking at all the lovely crafty-stuff, seeing ideas/inspiration for invites and table decorations when I came across some paper flower cut outs in white and purple.

Hmm...I wonder what they would look like with buttons in the middle? I thought to myself.

And to my own astonishment they look better than I ever thought they would!

Paper flowers

Many many many purple buttons

Then, let the threading commense, I started off using small 'pearl' buttons, which I thought looked very sweet! As well as mixing purple and white flowers of different sizes

 

Then I started using multi-stacked buttons within the flowers as well.

Once I had made a few I had a lovely looking bunch of paper flowers :)

I think I'm just going to use a few flowers per bouquet to add some depth/texture and to break up the monotony (and weight) of a bouquet made purely of buttons. Overall a very inspired afternoon of crafting :)

Let me know what you think!

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The wedding invites are out

So, the wedding invites are made, stamped and posted. Looking to see if my degree in graphics was worth anything I made the invites from scratch...and not being disrespectful to people but I would like to think that people realise how much work and effort and time goes into making fairly 'simple looking' invites.

So buttons, lace and purple. The 'lace' is edging towards the vintage theme. Everything is buttons. I only made 20 invites, sending out one invite per family grouping, It still took me 3 days to make 20 invites.

Tags, stamped with 'Wedding invite, Embellished with glitter and a heat-gun to make it iridescent on the ink, random small purple buttons glued to each tag (they don't match!) and finally decorative scissors to put a fancy edging on the tag

Me applying purple lines to the tags



 

Purple lines applied

Andrew helping cut the string and me sticky-sticking



Invites, printed and hand cut out

Then glued onto purple backing card

 

 

Invites and backing card painstakingly cut out individually

(( Andrew being a little less helpful now :P ))

 

Paper doily and purple applied to the base card for the vintage feel

Time to punch those holes for sewing!

The first hole is made...

...and now holes, repeat x5 per card

String, knotted and now to hand thread a button onto each one, then into each card!

Buttons Thread to all the ivites

Inside and out views of the threading

Finally attached the tags, glued in the invites, popped into envelopes and ready to post!

 

And that is about it, the main 'Daytime' invites have gone out and we are now awaiting those RSVP's!
Evening only invites will go out a little closer to the time as the numbers for the evening are a little more 'sketchy' anyway :)