The wedding breakfast is undoubtably one of the most important parts of the wedding day. It is ultimately a celebration of marriage, family and friends, and of course, your first meal as a married couple. 

We're having our wedding breakfast in a 'Long Room', where we're going to have long tables rather than rounds. Having worked closely with weddings in the past, I got a little sick of the way round tables look, and like the idea of everyone being around a longer table, together.
Within this type of setting, the table decoration is almost more integral than the actual decoration around the room, especially when you're trying to create the perfect setting for a country style, rustic-themed, wedding breakfast. Green foliage is ideal for creating a simplistic, rustic look, and is perfect for lining long tables rather than rounds. Why not opt for a hessian table runner, which will contrast perfectly with green foliage, and pop a stem of rosemary on your guest's white napkin, and tie together with a piece of hessian string. If you're creative with the way that you display your guest's names, this will only add to the decor. Add some candles along the table, and you've created a picture-perfect table setting, that decorates the room without you having to. 


How will you be decorating your wedding breakfast?


Love Kelly x


Images sourced from Pinterest.

Rustic Wedding Breakfast Inspiration: Mood Board

The wedding breakfast is undoubtably one of the most important parts of the wedding day. It is ultimately a celebration of marriage, family and friends, and of course, your first meal as a married couple. 

We're having our wedding breakfast in a 'Long Room', where we're going to have long tables rather than rounds. Having worked closely with weddings in the past, I got a little sick of the way round tables look, and like the idea of everyone being around a longer table, together.
Within this type of setting, the table decoration is almost more integral than the actual decoration around the room, especially when you're trying to create the perfect setting for a country style, rustic-themed, wedding breakfast. Green foliage is ideal for creating a simplistic, rustic look, and is perfect for lining long tables rather than rounds. Why not opt for a hessian table runner, which will contrast perfectly with green foliage, and pop a stem of rosemary on your guest's white napkin, and tie together with a piece of hessian string. If you're creative with the way that you display your guest's names, this will only add to the decor. Add some candles along the table, and you've created a picture-perfect table setting, that decorates the room without you having to. 


How will you be decorating your wedding breakfast?


Love Kelly x


Images sourced from Pinterest.
Hello, and welcome to the first of my DIY wedding posts. When it comes to wedding planning, doing what you can, yourself, is going to be super important for saving money, and cutting particular costs down to a minimum.


Wedding invites & stationary require a lot of budget (yes, those £1.20 (at least) Save the Dates soon add up). If you think you've got to budget for a save the date per person, and an invite person, that's without order of service, RSVPs, envelopes, menus, information sheets & thank you cards, these soon mount up and you can be facing a bill that is well in excess of five, six or seven hundred pounds, depending on the number of guests. There was just no way that I could justify this amount of money on simply asking friends and family to come to our wedding.

We're lucky - Josh is a designer and is incredibly talented on photoshop, and so we decided that we were going to design our own, personalised invite. I can tell you now, this wasn't easy - there are so many designs to choose from, and you really have to have a clear idea of what you want the theme of your whole wedding to be, and that is a pretty big commitment to make. But stick at it, look through Pinterest, and at invites online, pick your theme, and stick with it, and you'll eventually get a design that you love. Online research is also super useful when it comes to what wording you want to include on your invites.



We stuck a sample of our design on our fridge for two weeks, and after that, we still loved it, so we knew it was the one!

Alternatively if you aren't so great on photoshop, there are a couple of alternatives for DIY invites:

1. Buy a template from Etsy, and print yourself

This is a great, and relatively cheap option for your wedding invitations and other wedding stationary. You'll simply purchase a template for a small fee, around £15.00, and you'll receive a digital copy that you'll be able to download, save, and print as many times as you want - ideal for those on a budget, who have a lot of guests.

2. Ask someone to help you
Weddings are a celebration of love, and family, so why not ask a photoshop-savvy family member, or friend to help you design the invite. 

Did you design your own invites? I'd love to hear from you!

Kelly x 

DIY: Wedding Invitations

Hello, and welcome to the first of my DIY wedding posts. When it comes to wedding planning, doing what you can, yourself, is going to be super important for saving money, and cutting particular costs down to a minimum.


Wedding invites & stationary require a lot of budget (yes, those £1.20 (at least) Save the Dates soon add up). If you think you've got to budget for a save the date per person, and an invite person, that's without order of service, RSVPs, envelopes, menus, information sheets & thank you cards, these soon mount up and you can be facing a bill that is well in excess of five, six or seven hundred pounds, depending on the number of guests. There was just no way that I could justify this amount of money on simply asking friends and family to come to our wedding.

We're lucky - Josh is a designer and is incredibly talented on photoshop, and so we decided that we were going to design our own, personalised invite. I can tell you now, this wasn't easy - there are so many designs to choose from, and you really have to have a clear idea of what you want the theme of your whole wedding to be, and that is a pretty big commitment to make. But stick at it, look through Pinterest, and at invites online, pick your theme, and stick with it, and you'll eventually get a design that you love. Online research is also super useful when it comes to what wording you want to include on your invites.



We stuck a sample of our design on our fridge for two weeks, and after that, we still loved it, so we knew it was the one!

Alternatively if you aren't so great on photoshop, there are a couple of alternatives for DIY invites:

1. Buy a template from Etsy, and print yourself

This is a great, and relatively cheap option for your wedding invitations and other wedding stationary. You'll simply purchase a template for a small fee, around £15.00, and you'll receive a digital copy that you'll be able to download, save, and print as many times as you want - ideal for those on a budget, who have a lot of guests.

2. Ask someone to help you
Weddings are a celebration of love, and family, so why not ask a photoshop-savvy family member, or friend to help you design the invite. 

Did you design your own invites? I'd love to hear from you!

Kelly x 

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