Monday Makerie: easy moroccan inspired lanterns and more…

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Claire Gould

This week’s Mon­day Mak­erie is ded­i­cated to I Am Stag­gered. Hello fellas!

This week I want to share ideas for all of you cre­atively minded brides– and grooms-to-be. Whether you want to make your own wed­ding crafty bits or buy hand­made treats for your wed­ding, you’ll find some­thing to inspire you here!

Table dec­o­ra­tions, wed­ding favours, or just some­thing to make on a dull Mon­day: Moroc­can inspired mini lanterns from Design Sponge

Aren’t they gor­geous? There’s a full how-to blog post over at Design Sponge, and they’re easy to make from sauce or jam jars — it’s just glass paint on the inside and gold paint on the out­side (the stuff you get in a lit­tle tube that’s quite chunky).

How about some air plant wed­ding favours to dec­o­rate your offices? I found these on the Project Wed­ding Blog, they’re by Mary Swen­son and they’re just mad enough to be gorgeous!

Our very own Star Bride Sally blogged a lit­tle how-to fea­ture for origami for­tune teller wed­ding favours. These are so much fun… I fol­lowed her instruc­tions and made one in minutes.

Etsy’s fan­tas­tic for wed­ding craft inspi­ra­tion — I love this email­able save the date idea! Lit­tle Spar­row Stuff will design your Save the Date for you, all you need to do is email it to your guests!

More from the Mon­day Mak­erie next week!

Claire xx

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  • http://english-wedding.com/author/sally/ Sally

    Those lanterns are amaz­ing! They’ll def­i­nitely put my jars to shame, thanks for the shout-out, I’m lov­ing the Mon­day Mak­erie it’s such a fab idea xx
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  • http://www.mcavoyphotography.co.uk Jenny McAvoy

    Love those lanterns and always a sucker for a cock­tail but what I really really want is that 1950s gor­geous dress!

  • http://bigblondewedding.wordpress.com/ Viki

    I love your Mon­day blogs — they are so inspir­ing!
    There are so many pretty things for every pos­si­ble theme/colour scheme — but this is why I’m strug­gling to pick, as soon as I do I will think about all the lovely things I’ll miss out on because they don’t fit with what I’ve picked! It’s dri­ving me barmy :) For­tu­nately, I’ve man­aged to book peo­ple who haven’t tried to pin me down about specifics yet but soon I’m going to have to answer some ques­tions!!
    Viki´s last [type] ..Oper­a­tion Not-A-Fat-Bridesmaid…

  • http://www.english-wedding.com Claire

    Thank you Sally, Jenny, Viki! Glad you’re enjoy­ing the new Mon­day fea­ture :)
    Viki you’ll find lots of lovely things I’m sure… let me know if you come across any­thing you think would fit in the Mon­day Mak­erie won’t you! I think per­son­ally my wed­ding would be multi coloured and eclec­tic so I could have one of every­thing. Or min­i­mal­ist so I didn’t have to choose!

    Intrigued by your blog about Twit­ter, cakes and quotes. That is a weird sit­u­a­tion… I won­der if there are busi­nesses on there tweet­ing as brides? As for shar­ing quotes — that’s why it’s so impor­tant to find a wed­ding sup­plier you can trust. Inter­est­ing blog post :)