So I got married one month ago, which explains the lack of activity here! I decided to do the décor myself, and so the last couple of months has been spent making endless amount of paper pom poms and gazing at Pinterest getting very carried away. Now everything has been made and the party has ended (sob) I thought I would pass on my wedding décor DIY wisdom onto another.
Here we go!
So it's a good idea to get a general colour theme so you don't end up with a massive clash of colours and confusion. We went to Secret Cinema's Back To The Future event shortly after we got engaged, and that stuck with our theme as we had such a good time. So our theme ended up being Enchantment Under The Sea. This was handy, as we were getting married in a Victorian Swimming Pool (as you do) with an american prom looking room next door ! So with this theme, our colours were generally pastel blue/green, very similar to this colour palette I found on
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At the beginning of my plans I wanted it to be EXACTLY like the prom in Back To The Future. Draping silver sequinned fabrics, statues of titan, bits of coral props here and there. I even searched for a Michael J Fox cut out (does not exist, sad face). Obviously, I'm not a set designer with money on my hands so this was impossible. However I did accomplish making the exact replica of the Enchantment Under The Sea banner !
Photography credit - Sasha Lee Photography
This was hand drawn myself using photoshop and then printed on a banner (there's lots of online companies that do this for around £30-£40).
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Here's a link to the artwork so you can get it printed yourself! - Artwork Link
Photographs by Sasha Lee Photography
We also purchased some american prom style streamers to hang above the banner and hang at the end of the pool. They ended up being a really nice backdrop for the formal photos! We also purchased some hanging paper fans, but these can be a tad pricey. You can purchase them here in a variety of different colours -
Photograph credit: Sasha Lee Photography
Tissue paper garlands are relatively easy. All you need is fishing wire, a glue gun and tissue paper (all of which was purchased from amazon, very cheap!) I followed this tutorial -
Photograph credit: Sasha Lee Photography
This Pom Pom vine was so easy to make, just follow this tutorial -
Photography credit - Sasha Lee Photography
I made so many of these buggers, every nook and cranny in the living room had a bunch of pom pom's spilling out of it. But they are very therapeutic to make, and pretty cheap! Here's a tutorial -
Photographs by - Sasha Lee Photography
This was surprisingly easy and quick lil DIY project! The tutorial is here -
You can buy the letters either from Hobbycraft or Ebay here.
Photograph by Wayne Yuan Photography
Because our venue was a listed building we wernt allowed any paper confetti that would ruin the tiles and decor. We found a solution to this, in the form of cotton pom pom confetti! My grandparents were given the task and they made hundreds! It was great fun being pelted with pom poms, I would definitely recommend it. You can buy your own lil pom pom making kit here -Pom Pom Maker
Photographs by - Sasha Lee Photography
Being an Illustrator did save us money in some places. I designed the invitations, save the dates, Order of Ceremonies and any other stationary.The Order of Ceremonies were pretty fun to make - I illustrated the venue and made sure to include portraits of the grooms and bridesmaids to make it more personal.
Photographs by Sasha Lee Photography
Photo credit - Sasha Lee Photography
I also designed some sticky labels to put on the pick n mix sweets.
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You can download the labels yourself here.
I also made this lil Instagram illustration to print along side our instagram wedding tag.
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You can download and print this illustration yourself, get it here.
Phew, that's it! I hope this is useful to anybody. If you do use any of the designs provided let me know, I would love to see it being used again!
