Ebay, All the Way.

For people looking to save a few bucks on their wedding, I just wanted to recommend ebay.

We got so many things for our for very little money.

We got led night lights for our lantern pew ends (safety first kids!)


We also got stemtex (not to be confused with the popular explosive substance with a similar name) for doing the flower arranging with.



But we also got ribbon. Lots and lots of ribbon.

We got this green polyester for the cars and outside the church (bows constructed thanks to my sister and her boyfriend)



We got this lovely wide navy polysatin for the bouquets and pew ends.



And lastly my favourite. This navy and white polka dot for the buttonholes and place settings.


If you're thinking of picking up some things on ebay, I say go for it. Also, if any needs some stemtex I find myself in possession of about 10 rolls too many. It takes about a roll and a half for a wedding apparantly.

The Apartment

We live here. In this fabulous palace of a building. Its not much to look at but in fairness to it, the balconys have all been replaced since the Google Mobile was here.



We have a one bed apartment and the floor plan looks a little bit like this (check out my great skills with paint!)



This was on our first night here. We've been picking up bits of furniture and things as we go along.



You may be wondering why I am posting this. Well, over the next few months we hope to do some DIY jobs around the place to make it less clinical and more homely. I'm going to post pictures of any interesting things we do as we get them done or any ideas we come up with. Wish me luck....

More of the Wedding

As our wedding was a budget affair it involved a lot of DIY.

I found these picture at some stage during the planning and fell in love with them.






A tiara was never going to be me, or really anything blingy at all, but I loved the idea of a hairband.

On the big fabric shopping day, I had it in my mind that I needed to get something for my hair. I was really lucky and found 2 pieces of lace in The Woolen Mills on the quays in Dublin that were perfect. One for my dress and one for my hairband. I also got some ivory satin ribbon and some pearl bits. All together the elements of the hairband probably cost around €10.

And look what my very talented Mum did with these elements....





She sewed pearl beads onto the lace and then stitched the piece of lace onto the piece of ribbon



Also a bargain for the DIY bargain hunter out there was the veil. This cost about €25. I bought some tulle in Hickeys and cut out what I thought was a veil shape out of it. I used a little leaf stitch on my sewing machine to finish the edges. Then sewed it onto a comb, also from Hickeys, for a huge 60c!





If anyone gets headaches from wearing hairbands I would definitely recommend wearing a hairband on a ribbon, much more comfortable.