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Wedding Invitation Wording: What Should You Write in Your Wedding Invites?

Posted by Sophie on 5th Jan 2021

Wedding Invitation Wording: What Should You Write in Your Wedding Invites?
Whatever your DIY wedding stationery’s theme or style might be, you’ll need to send out word-perfect wedding invitations to your guests. Design and style ultimately boil down to preference as there are no hard and fast rules for things like colour schemes, graphics, and other visual elements in your invites. But proper grammar and accuracy? These are non-negotiable — you either get it right or you don’t. If you’re planning a wedding,...
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Using Wax Seals with Self Adhesive Discs

Posted by Sophie on 4th Sep 2020

Using Wax Seals with Self Adhesive Discs
Self Adhesive Discs are a great alternative to using melted wax directly on your envelopes or invitations. This can save your from spoiling and wasting any elements of your project/invitations, plus any malformed seals can be remelted in a melting spoon and re-used!  Use a heat proof or silicone mat to create your seals in advance Once the seals have fully cooled, peel them off Attach a self adhesive disc to the back of the seal...
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How to Make a Simple 3D Paper Star

Posted by Sophie on 15th Oct 2019

How to Make a Simple 3D Paper Star
Perfect for Christmas crafting, these 3D are quick and easy to make in just a few steps! All you need to start is a symetrical 5 point star which can either be die cut, cut from a printed template (there are plenty on Goggle to pick from) or hand drawn if you're feeling particularly accurate. For this, I used A4 Gold Paper....
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6 Tips for Setting Up A Craft Room

Posted by Sophie on 16th Aug 2019

6 Tips for Setting Up A Craft Room
Work spaceThere are two things I consider an absolute must – a sizable and sturdy table and a chair on wheels. The table is obvious, it’s going to be where you spend the most time and needs to be large enough for you to work comfortably with all of your materials. The chair, more of a personal (and lazy!) preference, but it’s so much easier to quickly whiz to a shelf and grab any extra equipment without having to stand up. If you can indu...
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How to Make Simple, Realistic Paper Roses

Posted by Sophie on 12th Jul 2019

How to Make Simple, Realistic Paper Roses
Step 1. Cut three square sheets of paper. For this flower, I cut the sheets to 14cm x 14cmStep 2. Fold the sheet diagonallyStep 3. Fold the diagonally folded sheet in half, then in half again Step 4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 with the other two square sheets Step 5. Cut a rounded petal shape and snip a small section off the bottom of all three folded pieces Step 6. Unfold the three pieces and cut 1 petal from the first, 2 petals from the next...
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