Like many, I have had a fantasy Pinterest wedding board for years. I think I started my wedding board 5 years ago, which means we were only about 6 months into our relationship. It’s not that I started planning our wedding then, it’s just that there are so many great ideas on Pinterest it’s important to save them when you see them. You never know when you might need them in the future.
I was under the impression that I wouldn’t marry again (my previous marriage was short and not particularly pleasant at times so I just didn’t feel the need to do that again). Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t that I wanted to be alone. Just that I thought I would be happy to live together without the need for that piece of paper. But then things got serious between Rex and I and the thoughts of what our wedding would look like started to creep into my head.
I mean, after all, I am a girl, it’s only natural.
Before I had even met Rex I used to always say to people that everyone that got married before the invention of Pinterest should get a do-over. Fast forward to today, about a month after the wedding and I can safely say it was a Pinterest-perfect wedding. As many of you know, I am a do-it-yourself kinda gal. So of course, I am diy-ed as much as I could. I had saved a pin with sheet music rolled into a cone filled with flower petals. I loved the idea but as we had a flower and lace thing going on, I decided I would use paper doilies.
I am thrilled with how they turned out, I think they are the perfect vintage, garden-party, old English addition to our special day. I don’t know if it’s a tradition in Canada, but in England (where I am from) throwing confetti at the bride and groom is essential. It’s not a proper wedding until you’re digging confetti out of your dress all night. In place of traditional confetti (which we have found difficult to find in Canada) I opted to use dried flower petals. They are beautiful, and they smell good!!
It’s an extremely easy craft and they were one of my favorite elements of our wedding!
Simply roll up a paper doily (I used the 6.5″ size round ones and some 6.5″ square ones), and glue the edge with a hot glue gun.
And fill with dried petals. I had bought 3 shoe boxes full of dried flower petals cheaply on a Facebook page, and I started drying and saving all of the flower petals from flowers I had bought to jazz up the kitchen, and I didn’t end up even using 1 full box but I’m sure I’ll find a use for the remaining 2 boxes!!
We purchased this Franks beverage crate at an antique store in Arizona during one of our trips down there and it used to live on our kitchen counter with mason jars in that used to hold our utensils but it made the perfect display crate for these confetti cones.
So fast and easy! And beautiful!