Printable Wedding trees! Free and beautiful

Can be found here: http://onefabday.com/uk/diy-project-free-fingerprint-tree-template/?redirect=1

Found here: http://thekavicliving.weebly.com/diy/make-frame-athumbprinttree-weddingand-birthday-partyfun-idea

How to decorate your wedding venue on a very tight budget! the DIY bride.

When you are getting married, there are just so many costs to take into account. People seem to thing that decorating your venue must be one of them. I just dont believe thats true at all!

BEFORE you do a run round buying bits and bob that you may not even use in an excited rush, think.

When it comes to decorating a venue for an after party there are just so so many ways you can cut down costs.

KISS - Keep it simple stupid!

This is very true. If you want a budget wedding that looks "put together" you NEED to stick to a colour scheme. White is the very best to keep it simple and beautiful.

Here is a simple wedding venue decor list and I will add up the totals and show you where you can buy there items!

This is assuming that your venue will sort out table clothes, plates, cutlery and glasses for you.

The tables.

Center peices.

Use empty/clean sauce jars as vases. Tie a little ribbon around the top and nobody will know!

As family to send you any of their spare jars so you can use those too!

Fill these with flowers, see if you can pick some the day before your wedding from families gardens or go to a supermarket, they often have lots of big cheap bouquets for around £4, you could split one pack between 3 vases easily.

Jars: free

Flowers: £4 for 3 tables.

Scatter fake rose petals over the tables, these are not only cost effective but so traditional too.

You can get packs of 100 petals for 30p on www.aliexpress.com

 You should only need £1 worth.

Buy a load of tealights (the ones in a little metal holder) to scatter around the tables for a touch of romance. You can buy these almost anywhere. Amazon or ebay normally have packs of 100 for £4 and that will be plenty.

For napkins try your local pound shop, you can normally get 100 for £1.

Print out table numbers and place settings yourself, I will have some uploaded here n a couple of days if you want to use these free ones.

Hanging.

Hang paper buntings made out of doilies aound the venue if you want a budget bunting idea.

White balloons are cheap and cheerful, but above all, they are great at filling spaces.

Pack of 50 white balloons on ebay will cost you about £2.

Clear christmas fairy lights dangled round the venue can add a nice touch, ask family and friends if you can borrow some.

The cake table

In one of my previous posts, I show you how you can make this simple wedding cake for less than £5. If you have lots of guests coming get cupcake baking and surround your cake with cute white iced cupcakes. Cake for all!

(Next post will show you how to make your own DIY cupcake stand (cost me around 35p to make!)

Add some simple jars filled with sweets around the table. Tesco have jars for £1 and the poundshop will sell jumbo bags of sweets and lolly pops. One of my next posts will be free printable sweetie bags, they may be great for this!

FREE printable wedding save the dates! Lots of colours - The bride on a budget

Please feel free to save and use my printable invites.

Personalise on photoshop, paint or other editors.

 

Right click - save image - edit - print

And here is an example ive made using my template

My fave super cheap DIY wedding pins! - Links included! The DIY Bride.

 Firstly, how perfect are these??

Wedding favours? Nibbles? Just so cute and would costs pennies to make each!

LINK to pin:  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/477733472949532114/

Paper doily buntings. These would look so cute at a reception!

LINK to pin:  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/477733472949532131/

Beautiful print out paper flowers!

That would save ££ and add a hint off rustic to your wedding party 

LINK to pin:  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/477733472949531698/

Simple and cute table plan!

LINK to pin:  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/477733472949532117/

These would be amazing for a winter wedding!

LINK to pin: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/389561436493258379/

Super cute way to use up those left over doilies!

LINK to pin:   https://www.pinterest.com/pin/413346072026697309/

Would be nice scattered around to add a touch of sparkle

LINK to pin:  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/510314201501798051/

Table decor?

LINK to pin: 

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/467811480014317020/

Free printable wedding invitations - For the money saving bride. Save yourself ££

Help yourself to these free wedding invite printables.

To personalise, simply save the image and load into paint, word or photoshop.

I have uploaded the images PLUS the wedding invites in action so you can see many ways to make them your own. 

 Right click - save - print

Examples

And for somthing more shabby chic

Right click - save image - edit - print

Examples

Enjoy x

How to make a basic wedding cake for less than £5 - The DIY wedding - How to save money on your beautiful wedding and keep things simple.

Not large in size, this one for example would feed around 12 - 16 guests.

A great way to "Bulk" this idea up is to add an array of cupcakes around the cake. Something for everyone and is bound to be under £10 total cost!

The sponge receipe: Makes 2 sponges

• 200g caster sugar
• 200g softened butter
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 200g self-raising flour
• 2 tbsp milk & 1 tbsp vanilla extract

Two step cake:

1. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Butter two 20cm sandwich tins and line with non-stick baking paper. In a large bowl, beat all the cake ingredients together until you have a smooth, soft batter.
2. Divide the mixture between the tins, smooth the surface with a spatula or the back of a spoon, then bake for about 20 mins until golden and the cake springs back when pressed. Turn onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.

The filling: Buttercream

One cup of icing sugar to half a cup of butter. Splash of milk, mix well and store in the fridge for half an hour to harden.

To make the filling, beat the butter until smooth and creamy, then gradually beat in icing sugar. Beat in vanilla extract if you’re using it. Spread the butter cream over the bottom of one of the sponges, sandwich the second sponge on top.

The topping: Royal roll icing with artificial rose buds.

Rust ready to roll icing with icing sugar, roll to fit cake. Lay over cake and trim excess.

Add artificial flowers to decorate and a plain ribbon for elegance.

- Place on a cake board and a cake stand if you have one.

Surround with matching cupcakes (plain white) and your ready to go.

Obviously the higher your budget the more fancy your cake can be. This is clearly not for brides with a huge budget who can afford hundreds of £ on a lovely proffessional cake. This is for helping brides have a lovely wedding on a very very small budget.