Guest blog - DIY confetti bags
Gemma has written a guest blog for SP all about how she made her personalised confetti bags.....
The prospect of making things myself for our wedding in September really excited me and Pinterest provided a lot of inspiration.
My first project was to make some confetti bags for my guests to use after we are married. The idea on Pinterest lead to the actual project, which was on a site called
b.loved weddings.
I purchased the glassine envelopes from Ebay and was lucky enough to be gifted with my confetti for my project from a local company called Shropshire Petals who grow their own petals for confetti.
When Simon created the labels for me, I loved them! I needed to make 19 little bags for my guests.
I had a fab time making the confetti bags and it felt good knowing that I was putting a personal touch into something that would be used by our guests on our big day.
I was initially sent some samples from Shropshire Petals relating to our purple and ivory colour scheme. We chose Ocean Mist from the samples as we loved the colouring and thought it was aptly named considering we are getting married abroad, by the sea.
The petal confetti is completely natural, biodegradable and eco-friendly. On The Shropshire Petals website you can choose your packaging, including confetti baskets, pails and individual sachets and then choose your confetti using the 'pick and mix' feature.
We were sent 2 litres of Ocean Mist throwing confetti which provides enough for approximately 20 handfuls or enough to scatter on 20 tables. It comes in a cream 1 litre bag with a cream satin ribbon (I thought the packaging was lovely with its little ribbon and see-through window). 1 litre of Ocean Mist throwing confetti is £11.25 and we were sent 2 litres which in total would have cost us £22.50.
I didn't use all of the confetti to fill my confetti bags so will use this for aisle petals or table decorations. They have lots of inspirational ideas on their website, as well as help and advice in relation to the petals that they sell; you can also order some free samples so you can get a feel for some of the petals before you place an order.
Gemma's confetti bags
How to make the confetti bags:
1 - Take a little glassine envelope.
2 - Fill it up with the confetti but make sure that you can still fold the top section over.
3 - Take a label and glue all around the edges. Position it nicely over the envelope so you have half over the front and the same or less at the back.
They were really easy to make and I'm so happy with the results. They will be placed on our order of the day cards which will be waiting for our guests at the ceremony as they take their seats.
I was initially interested in Shropshire Petals natural throwing confetti anyway and was looking at the website for some time, I liked that the company was local, the petals were grown locally by the company themselves and that the confetti was a little different to the usual paper confetti you get, aswell as the petals being natural, biodegradable and eco-friendly.
Thanks so much for reading!
Gemma XxOo
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