Leaves

I decided that leaves needed to be added to all the bouquets. The leaves consist of two or three pieces of felt which were sewn together with blanket stitch:

A piece of wire was cut and inserted into the leaves to make them malleable:

Each leaf was put in place before a hot glue gun cemented their home.

Alfie got bored watching on...

A strip of brown felt was glued in place around the handle: 

I think I can finally cross these off the list!

The Invitation

By now wedding guests should have received (and possibly been baffled?) by their invitations. They were sent an A4 sheet of paper with the following instructions on the bottom:

Correct folding should have resulted in this (as modelled by my bridesmaid):

If you are my father, they apparently resulted in this:

Order of Service

This is the Order of Service prototype:

 I foresee lots of cutting.

Table plan

Testing the 'sag' factor.

Zipper flower

I had a large amount of open white zipper left over from my wedding dress so I stitched together a flower while searching for some veil inspiration. Recycling craft materials is very satisfying and, who knows, it could be incorporated into the headpiece??

A Guest 'Book'

Rather than a guest book, we will (fingers crossed) have a guest quilt.

Thankfully I have borrowed a Grand Calibur from a friend which has saved me some cutting time. Alfie sleeps while I cut squares:

Two sizes are cut in separate colours:

The smaller squares are halved and then pinned to either side of the larger square:

These are stitched and the seams pressed. The edges are trimmed so that it is completely square:

Freezer paper is ironed to the back of the square which makes it easier to write on the front (I tested this theory on a corner):

Masking tape around the edges will stop guests writing/drawing on the seam allowance. One down, another 80 to go... Pictures of the finished product will appear after the wedding!

Cross it off the list

A few finishing touches and it's now complete: