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Celebrate your wedding with a mix of past, present and future

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Easy, DIY ideas for combining old and new ideas on your special day

Celebrate your special day with a mix of past, present and future. Personalized, handmade party favours help make your wedding day unforgettable, so create memories for you to cherish and keepsakes to pass along to future brides with these easy ideas for combining customs old and new.

wedding-1.jpgSomething new
Think beyond typically traditional—and expensive—bridal boutique accessories. Try, for example, using an elegant swath of drapery or upholstery fabric as a wrap to complete the overall effect—and have it monogrammed with the bride’s initials. An extra bonus: it can be your something new.

Fabric, Beacon Hill Kazvin in Petal, Robert Allen * wall colour, Slipper Satin, Farrow & Ball.

wedding-2.jpgPersonalized tokens
Decorate party favours with easy touches that take virtually no time to assemble. For this wedding, fragranced candles get the luxe treatment with ribbon bows in the wedding colours and simple stickers printed with the names of the newlyweds.

Comforts of Home candles, Gold Canyon * Vera Wang Grosgrain footed cake plate, Wedgwood.

wedding-3.jpgPlace settings
Give the head table settings distinctive panache using vintage-inspired top notes (top and left). This stylish display features a different type of flower tucked into a single vintage teacup and saucer at each place. Crisp linen napkins are crowned with a vintage brooch from the bride’s costume jewellery collection. Store-bought place cards with classic styling add the finishing touch to the tablescape.

Vera Wang Grosgrain dinner plate, Jasper Conran Platinum 9" plate, Vera Wang Pink Duchesse salad plate, Grosgrain bread/butter plate and Pink Duchesse teacup and saucer, all Wedgwood * Misia glassware by Marc Jacobs, Waterford * place card, Yellow Bird Greeting Cards * pink teacup and saucer, Putti.

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