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TRANSFORM YOUR WEDDING DAY DECOR WITH THESE JEWELED GEOMETRIC IDEAS

We hope you’ve all had the best weekend and if this is your first time visiting the new look site, we hope you have enjoyed what you have seen so far! Our love for colour is no secret, given the number of bright, bold DIY’s wedding’s and Styled shoots we share on our site. And today is no different, as we are super excited to share these jeweled geometric wedding decor ideas with you. Here’s a couple of quick tips for recreating this look for yourself.

First, take inspiration from your venue and work with the colours of the room. Compliment these with other bright and bold tones to make your decor really pop.

Second, if you want to know how to make those glittered champagne glasses all you need to do is get your own plain glasses (these were less than 50p each!) add PVA glue to the base and then sprinkled with glitter. They aren’t dishwasher safe but certainly look pretty and add a little bit of extra sparkle! Super simple, effective and cheap!

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Monday July 17, 2017 Leave a commentStyled ShootsBy admin

DIY CHRISTMAS CONFETTI ICE BUCKET

If you’ve been reading Bespoke Bride since August you would have seen the beautiful Confetti Bucket DIY in collab with Shropshire Petals! I absolutely adored making that ice bucket and loved the way it turned out so much that I wanted to try and recreate one with a Christmas spin! An ice bucket that would be the perfect centre piece for any table and really show off the glitz and glam of Christmas! This year, in our house, the festive theme is metallics so I really wanted my ice bucket to match and include lots of golds, coppers and bronze shades! Let’s get going shall we?

YOU WILL NEED:

Metallic confetti (I went for gold stars) // Crystal type confetti // Glitter // Tinsel // 1 large bucket // 1 smaller bucket (it needs to fit inside the large bucket but also be big enough to hold a bottle) // stones //

STEP 1:

Take your large bucket and fill it with 2-3 inches of water then pop in the freezer and allow to freeze.

STEP 2:

Next, grab the smaller bucket and place inside the larger one then weigh it down with stones to ensure it doesn’t float when we add in the extra water!

STEP 3:

Add another 2 inches of water to the bucket next and sprinkle in some glitter, then allow to freeze.

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Tuesday December 20, 2016 Leave a commentChristmas, Decor, How To...By Jessica

2 DIY SOCKS YOU NEED TO MAKE FOR YOUR TOOTSIES THIS XMAS!

Socks are such a staple at Christmas, I really don’t think that there has ever been a Christmas in my life when I didn’t receive socks as a present and I am totally ok with that! I love socks, especially the warm and cosy kind but most of all socks that look cute are the best! I feel like now, more than ever socks are becoming a really big thing in fashion (we’re looking at you Happy Socks!) and I thought it would be super fun to design a couple of pairs this year!

There are 2 different designs to make completely for free to help make your own! Whether you’re gifting them to friends, your bridesmaids or just to yourself there’s no denying that these socks are beyond cute! We have a cute cactus print or for something really simple and fun a gold polka design! It’s totally up to you what colour socks you go for but we decided on a shade of pink and a white pair for the gold polka dots. Here’s what you’ll need to make your own…

YOU WILL NEED:

Plain cotton socks // Cactus design // An Iron // Gold glitter iron on // Green glitter iron on // A Cricut Explore //

FOR THE POLKA DOT SOCKS

Simply create a circle shape in your Cricut design space (I sized the circles 1 inch in diameter) and load in your gold iron on into the machine. Allow the machine to cut it out then peel away the negative space leaving only the polka dots. Heat up your iron and iron on the dots, varying the placement as you go, making sure that you cover the entire of the socks. Super simple!

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Friday December 9, 2016 Leave a commentChristmas, Cricut Explore, Favours and Gifts, How To...By Jessica

DIY BRIDE TRIBE TOTE BAGS FOR ALL YOUR GAL PALS!

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Tote bags are the bomb, they’re so handy and can look insanely pretty with a little love and DIY! Today we’re getting our neon rainbow vibes on and showing how you can make these fun bride tribe tote bags for your bridesmaids! Be sure to fill them with lots of lovely goodies for your gal pals too!

YOU WILL NEED:

Plain tote bags // Cricut Explore // Cricut iron on in bright colours // Cricut iron on in gold // An iron // Bride Tribe template //

STEP 1:

Start by cutting strips out of your colourful iron on using your Cricut machine. (Remember to face the shiny side down onto the mat) We used the colours neon yellow, neon pink, blue , orange & neon green and cut them out 0.75 inches by 15 inches.

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STEP 2:

Iron your tote so it’s nice and flat and easy to work with, then place one of your colourful strips onto the tote and start ironing! You’ll want to keep moving the iron over your strip for a good 30 seconds to make sure that the design has completely transferred.

STEP 3:

Repeat with the rest of your strips varying the colours as you go.

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Friday July 29, 2016 2 CommentsCricut Explore, Fashion and Accessories, Favours and Gifts, How To...By Jessica

PRINTABLE CHOCOLATE BAR WRAPPERS FOR YOUR FAVOURS!

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Edible favours are one of the most popular and in my opinion easiest favours you can give at your wedding and the good news is they don’t have to break the bank either! These favours cost us only £1.40 each to make and could be made for even cheaper if you bought the chocolate in bulk! Plus, who doesn’t love ombre and chocolate?! Here’s how you can make your own…

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YOU WILL NEED:

Chocolate bar of your choice (preferably one that has a gold foil wrapper underneath! We used galaxy honeycomb!) // Double sided tape // Scissors // Free printable ombre wrapper templates (available here or below) //

STEP 1:

Download the templates and print them out onto paper, the wrappers are sized 20.5cm by 15cm which fit the galaxy bars perfect but you can easily adjust the size to fit your chocolate bars if you need to!

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Friday July 8, 2016 Leave a commentFavours and Gifts, How To..., Printables & DownloadsBy Jessica

FREE PRINTABLE CHOCOLATE BAR WRAPPERS FOR YOUR FAVOURS!

YOU WILL NEED:

Chocolate Wrapper Pink to Peach

Chocolate Wrapper Teal to Yellow

Chocolate Wrapper Blue to Purple

Chocolate Wrapper Orange to Pink

Chocolate Wrapper Purple to Orange

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Friday July 8, 2016 Leave a commentFavours and Gifts, Free Printables, How To..., UncategorizedBy Jessica

MAKE THESE FUN WIFEY AND HUBBY MUGS!

I can’t deny that I’m a self confessed tea addict, by midday I’m already settling into my third or fourth cup and you and me both know that there’s nothing better than enjoying tea or coffee from a beautiful mug am I right?! Ok well maybe enjoying tea or coffee from a beautiful mug with donuts and biscuits is slightly better but what can you do?! These mugs are super easy to make and would be the perfect gift for newly weds or you could even make them yourself for you and your other half! Here’s how to create your own:

YOU WILL NEED:

Plain white mugs (we got ours for 90p each from Sainsbury’s) // Gold spray paint (We used rustoleum) // Masking tape // Newspaper // A Cricut Explore and Gold Vinyl* // Wifey template PDF or JPEG // Hubby template PDF or JPEG //

*Please note: We’re using the Cricut Explore to cut out the wifey and hubby templates out of gold vinyl, if you don’t have a Cricut machine then you could try adhering some gold stickers with some sort of strong glue but we have no idea how well that would work or how long the stickers would remain on the mugs so we really recommend using the gold vinyl!

STEP 1:

Using your masking tape, create a geometric shape on the bottom half of the mug and cover the rest of the mug up with your newspaper to keep it protected from the spray paint.

STEP 2:

Spray paint the bottom part of your mug gold, allow to dry and then repeat with a second coat.

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Wednesday July 6, 2016 Leave a commentCricut Explore, Favours and Gifts, Home, How To...By Jessica

TURN TIRED TEAPOTS INTO PRETTY PASTEL VASES WITH THIS DIY!

When planning a wedding, especially on a budget, one of the best things you can do is upcycle! Look around your house and see if there’s anything you can refresh for your wedding or regularly look around local charity shops for bargains that you can turn into beautiful décor! That’s exactly what we did when…

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Wednesday June 15, 2016 Leave a commentDecor, How To..., VideosBy Jessica

MAKE THESE FUN CACTUS DRINK STIRRERS!

As you may or may not know last week was my birthday! I had so much fun celebrating and was spoilt rotten by friends and family! One of the gifts Em got me were these beautiful gold cactus glasses from Oliver Bonas which I instantly fell in love with!!! It only seemed right to create…

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Monday June 13, 2016 1 CommentDecor, How To..., Printables & DownloadsBy Jessica

DIY METALLIC FLOWER CROWN FOR ALL YOU COPPER COLOUR LOVERS!

It’s no secret that metallics are having a real moment right now, you only have to look in pretty much any shop window to see it and we’ve already seen how beautiful the trend can look when carried over to weddings! So we thought it would be fun to put a bit of a copper twist on the ever amazing floral crown! Here’s what you’ll need to make your own:

YOU WILL NEED:

Faux flowers // Metallic Spray paint (We used Rustoleum’s copper spray paint) // A head band // A glue gun //

TIME TO MAKE:

Less than an hour

COST PER HEADBAND:

Less than £10

STEP 1:

Take your faux flowers and spray paint them with your metallic spray making sure that you get in-between all of the petals and the back of the flowers, then leave to fully dry. You can apply a second coat if you think it’s necessary.

STEP 2:

Using your glue gun, take your first flower and glue it to your headband once you’re happy with it’s position. I decided to use larger flowers on one side of the crown so I stuck those down first.

STEP 3:

Repeat this process with all of your flowers making sure to fill out any gaps you can see with smaller flowers until you reach the other end of your crown.

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Wednesday May 25, 2016 Leave a commentFashion and Accessories, How To...By Jessica

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