Handmade

**I just somehow managed to delete half of this post, usually when I type anything I say is something that just rolls off my head, I can't be as natural when I have to think about it to rewrite it so if this first section sounds stupid its because I'm a spaz who needs to keep her fingers away from the delete button when editing posts for stupid typos.**

Due to the impending doom that is our bank balance, Simon informed me long ago that I was not to go overboard with this wedding.

For me, NOT going overboard would be considered a crime against nature and therefor I have needed to try and find other creative ways in which to make sure I'm getting the wedding I dream about for a fraction of the price.

This is difficult to do because for some reason everyone in the wedding industry seems to want to charge you three times the amount you really should be paying. It's as if the minute they hear the word 'wedding' the dollar signs appear in their eyes and you can hear the faint sound of 'cha-chings' as all your money comes up for grabs.

I cant say I blame them, if I had something to offer brides that they just COULDN'T do without on their big day, I'd charge like a wounded bull for it too.

But anyway, how on earth is it possible to do something original, funky, chic, romantic and memorable on a budget?

Enter Pinterest - quite possibly the greatest thing to come into my Internet life. I have the app on my phone set up and I'm completely and utterly addicted to this gigantic pin board.  I know later down the track I'll use it to pin many ideas but for now there really is only one thing I'm interested in and that is wedding ideas.  It's great to see that so many other brides out there have taken to sharing their special ideas from their special days so that others may use these ideas as inspiration for entirely new concepts.

One thing I have discovered through this (and Etsy) is the amazing simplicity of Origami and how stunning it looks for the tiny amount it costs. You can get it professionally made but I think it's actually a beautiful concept that I'm going to hand make them all myself for the big day - sometimes it's the imperfections in things that really do make them perfect.

So this weekend when I've had two seconds to spare, I was playing around with Origami flowers. Now I have spoken to several people about what I'm doing with these flowers, sometimes I say I'm putting them together as the correct Origami instructions state, other times I feel I'd love to just scatter them everywhere.  All I know is that they are most certainly going to go SOMEWHERE on the day.  These here have taken a few hours to create so for all that effort I feel they deserve to be shown off.

And the cost? $2 for the political thriller novel I tore apart which was purchased one sunny weekend at the Glenorchy Market. Even Simon can't complain about that... For now.

I've got some interesting place card ideas and favour boxes I'll share with you next time.  Also I'm going to start putting up a list of suppliers I'm looking at or even if I'm not using them, who I believe deserve a plug. Especially the people I'm dealing with through Etsy - so far everyone I've put enquiries through to have been completely amazing.

Night loves,

xoxo