Homemade: Budget Wedding Flower Arrangements

In my last post I wrote about all my Ikea purchases. Well I then had a play around with some ideas for our Wedding flower arrangements, and I think I’ve decided on the following, which I will have dotted around the wedding reception venue (my parents house.)

1. This first idea I had had in mind for months. Is it wrong to admit that the inspiration for this came from my own living room? I hope not.

I just love the simplicity of this arrangement, and how the stems bend so easily so that the followers can be arranged perfectly.

2. I love these also. The jars originally came with lids, which whist still in Ikea I checked that they could be removed, which they can very easily.

3. And finally these lovely glass vases were just so cute. I’m not sure which I prefer more, the flower wrapped around the outside or wrapped around the inside.

The prices for all these were fantastic. Each flower was only 39p, so in total £19.11 for the job lot. Less than £20 is just fantastic for the quality and versatility of the flower. 

The glass jars were £1.01 each, so I picked up 6, which I can use again and again and again. For what, I’m not sure yet, but I will find out soon.  These I think would look so cute as a centerpiece in a larger, more traditional venue.

The glass vases were £1.83 each.

And the mini cute vases (as I like to call them) were also only £1.83. I think these are my favourites.

In total all are flower arrangements for our budget wedding came to a grand total of £32.49 if my calculations are correct (knowing me they aren't. What a complete bargain, and I didn’t compromise on quality. I’m rather chuffed with myself. 

Speak Soon, 

Katie 

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Wedding: Ikea buys

I mentioned in yesterdays post that we made a trip to Ikea. We’d been planning to go for weeks to pick up a few items for our wedding, and finally made the time two Saturdays before the wedding day.

The flowers that I have picked for my bouquet and the buttonholes are gerberas, or as I like to call them, gerbils, and I knew from previous purchases that IKEA sold artificial ones for less that 50p each, with bendy stems.  So a trip to Ikea was an obvious choice.

We also picked up a few jars and vases for the flowers to be arranged in, along with a few candles to scatter around to create the perfect atmosphere on the day.

In Ikea I did think, ‘what am I going to do with all these flowers once the wedding is over?’ I knew I wanted to keep a few as I already have one set in the living room and a few more scattered around the house would look great, but I had just bought over 40. The as I was taking all the tags off each individual flower (which took forever) I placed them all in one plant pot to keep organized… and I loved it.

So there we have it, all of the flowers for our wedding day and a lovely center piece for our coffee table once the wedding day is over. Dual purpose items rule.

 I love Ikea, and I'm so glad that all my ideas are finally coming together. 

Speak Soon, 

Katie

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Quick OOTD plus IKEA temptations

Just a very quick outfit of the day post. After Mike finished work we headed off to Ikea to pick up a few bits for our wedding. We had to make it there and back ready for our appointment with our wedding photographers at 8:30pm. 

♥ For some reason I look slightly uncomfortable here, but believe me I wasn't. 

♥ I curled my hair with my conical wand, which I am now in love with. I hated it when I first bought it, but now I think it's the best thing since sliced bread. 

♥ I love these jeans from Primark, they are so comfortable, though I've got to do a bit of DIY on the button as I'm not too keen on the purple. 

♥ It was a little chilly out today, but not enough to wear a coat, so instead I opted for this jumper for Matalan. I'm sure it was only £4 in the sale. Bargain! 

♥ ♥ We managed to pick up all we wanted from Ikea, plus a few extras that we didn't plan on buying. Which is to be expected. I love ikea so much and I'm sure I could happily live there. 

I'll just leave you with this picture to ponder over and to just imagine whats inside. haha. The full post will be up sometime soon. 

♥ ♥ Tomorrow we're off to our very first car boot which is so exciting, but slightly nerve racking.  My plan is not to sleep tonight though for fear that I don't wake up. We've got to be there for 5:30am to set up our stall, so a very early start to the day. 

♥ ♥ And in regards to our Wedding Photographers. We have finally chosen them. I am completely in love with their pictures and they are the nicest couple you could ever meet so it's just a plus all round. It now means I'm a lot less nervous for our Wedding day as I think I will feel very comfortable in front of the camera with such lovely people behind it... if that makes sense. 

Hope you've all had a lovely day.

Speak Soon, 

Katie 

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