Paper backdrop idea

Don’t want the ubiquitous colour panel draping for your backdrop? Awhile ago we featured a few cool paper backdrop ideas. We just saw this cool new one at Club Monaco. What an awesome idea for a spring, jungle or outdoor themed wedding or party.

 

Red Hot (Wedluxe Highlights)

Fresh takes on the colour of passion. Happy Friday dear readers!

A refreshing take on reds at weddings! Courtesy of My Bouquet.

My Bouquet

My Bouquet

A little vintage from Love by Lynzie.

Sophisticated and modern red and black from Stemz.

Also from Stemz.

A conversation piece for sure! From Cake Museum.

A lot of love… (Wedluxe)

A little rustic, a lot of heart. Rustic glam brides will especially love the ideas found here from these creative vendors. Perhaps they will provide some DIY inspiration for you as well.

What a fun streamers backdrop, courtesy of Oliver & Bonacini group.

A fun orange rustic setting from Oliver & Bonacini.

How cute is this paper tree decoration? From Cynthia Martyn

Cynthia Martyn

So cute! L-O-V-E sign from Anista Designs.

Paper-chain links look great – what a nifty ideas for hanging on trees if you are having a garden ceremony. From petitestudio.

DIY Bridal Shower – Cupcake flags template

Download our DIY template for these cute cupcake flags/toppers to adorn your bridal shower or wedding sweet table.

Our template also comes with thank you tags and posters to make your bridal shower complete. Simply print the cupcake flags (preferably on card stock) and cut, then adhere to toothpicks using tape plus double sided tape or white (non-toxic) glue. You can get a circle cutter at most craft stores that will make cutting these a breeze, but here we’ve cut by hand just to show you they can still be done without the fancy tools.

Coming soon: DIY templates for your wedding & bridal shower

Mr. Briderella and I have some exciting news – we are expecting a new addition to our family! We are super excited and things have been busy. We are also happy to announce the launch of our sister site, Mamarella, a Mommy Blog for mothers (and parents) in Toronto, to publish chronicles in this new chapter of our lives.

January will be a month when we will be back in action. Stay tune as we show off some great bridal DIYs that you can do yourself! A sneak peak below of the lovely unique templates we will be providing to our readers:

DIY Wedding Cake Stand

Cake stands are great if you want to add some height and presence for your wedding cake without adding an extra tier, and we thought our DIY cake stand is just a bit more unique than your standard silver-plated cake stand. It also allows you to easily incorporate your wedding theme and designs into this element too. 

And trust me, we were so glad we didn’t add an extra tier to our wedding cake when we only had 130 guests. We had too much wedding cake to take home at the end of the night as it was.

What you need:

• A standard glass or ceramic cake stand, found at your standard home good stores (Home Outfitters, Pier1, The Bay, etc.). Our 3-tier wedding cake had a 10″ base, mounted on a 14″ cake board (verify your cake board size with your cake vendor), so we got a 12″ cake stand. Cost: $30
• A strong cake board from Bulk Barn, we got a 14″ board to match the cake board that the baker will put the cake on. The board should be larger than the cake stand so it would drape over the edge. Cost: $2.00
• Decorations of your choice, ours were pearl strands that were also used in our centerpieces
• Glue gun or strong tape
• Thin wires
• Tape measure
• Marker/pen
• Ribbon & double sided tape (optional)

Instructions:

1. Flip the cake board so it’s resting on top of the cake stand upside down and the white “underside” is showing.



2. Using a tape measure, measure equal distance around the radius (outer edge) of the cake board, mark these points lightly down.
3. Drape a section of pearl beading over 2 marked points along the edges of the cake board to figure out how long you want to make your decorations. You don’t want it to touch the table but hover above it. I counted the number of beads that would look good. 15. Wrap a wire on the very top end of the bead strand, then every X number of beads, I wrapped another wire.
4. Once you have all the wiring done, you can simply tape or glue gun down this wiring to the board along the marked points you made earlier.



5. Flip the board back the right side up, your beads should be dangling down perfectly. Voila!  A beautiful and unique cake stand. Rotate your cake stand around and find the most uniformed side, mark down “front” on the back so that you know this side is the side that should face the guests.





6. On the day of the wedding, our cake vendor mounted her same-size cake board on top, and wrapped the 2 board edges together with a white satin ribbon and some double sided tape. If your cake vendor won’t help you out, ask your decorating team or bridal party to help finish this last detail.

Other cool DIY cake stand ideas:
A budget-savvy groom on Rich Bride Poor Bride used a wooden wine crate as his cake stand for his winery wedding.

Don’t forget to check out our DIY Cupcake Stand post and other cool DIY inspirations as well!