DIY wedding veil

Continuing my DIY wedding theme i'm also making my own veil. I just bought a nice lace trimmed one, no comb, from etsy and bought some lovely metal combs from ebay - total cost about £12!

First i covered my comb in ribbon. This to make it pretty and so that you have something to sew the actual veil to. The ribbon is just wrapped in between every tooth.

This is the back with the beginning end tucked in

When you come to the end sew that end in place, dont break the thread and then you can attach veil straight away

I didnt want a gathered veil, i wanted a more waterfall style one so i just gathered my veil into a point and folded over the end to make it flat.

I then just sewed it to the ribbon on the comb. Above is the back. Below is the front

And the finished product! Its exactly the effect i was looking for - a cascading waterfall kind of look :)

Bling bride trainers

 

Lovely BM is pretty tall so ill be wearing heels for most of the wedding day but once the dancing starts i want to be a kinder to my toes so i blinged up some white trainers for myself! Arent they cute!! I have a feeling im going to wear these a lot even after the wedding day...

 

 

They were really easy to make. I used Pritt Stick PVA glue and 3mm diamantes from ebay. I just marked the pattern in vanishing pen (apart form the toe, that was just free style!), then picked up the diamante with tweezers, dipped it in the glue and added it to the design - so easy. Time consuming though as the diamantes i chose were tiny but i prefer that look. Both shoes probably took me the length of time it takes to watch 3 episodes of call the midwife!

Library Card Pocket Wedding Guest Book

 

I fell in love with these little library card pockets i found on etsy and knew i needed to use them in the wedding. So i created my guest book around them. There will be a stack of notecards by the book and i want the guests to write a note and then pop it in a pocket. Much cuter (and neater!) than a regular guest book i think :)