Your Colour Story.

In the age of black and white Dorothy led a very boring life, until she was introduced to colour and then the yellow brick road, the red ruby shoes, the green emerald et al. made magic possible.

Likewise, colour in events, be it official or personal, spins your mood into the Land of Oz. For me it is very important to have definite theme colours for every event; it describes the mood you are trying to evoke in your guests - fun, quirky, elegant, sombre... the palettes are limitless. 

Keeping that in mind I found an ideal site that I thought I would share with you people to help you pick your colour story. Click away!

Fun Favour Boxes.

Everyone is always looking for unique ideas for favour boxes. Here is one I found that can fit in some delicious candies as a thank you for your guests. Now, I have not experimented with the size yet, but it seems possible to enlarge the template to make the box a little bigger. Although , I would suggest not to go too big, it might lose its cuteness, but feel free t ogive it a shot :)

What you need:

1 x favour box template

1 x thank-you flag template

2 x sheets A4 card (you could use complimentary colours to add an extra bit of pizzazz when your guests open the box!)

A pair of sharp scissors

Pencil

Cocktail sticks or toothpicks

Ribbon to coordinate with your wedding colours

Method:

Dowload and print the templates, and cut out the favour box template.  Glue the two pieces of card back-to-back and then cut out the box shape using the template

Once you have the shape, fold all the little strips inwards, place your favours in the middle, and pinch all the strips together at the top before securing with a little bit of tape.  Cover the tape by tieing a pretty piece of ribbon in your theme colours

Cut out the ‘thank-you’ banners, snipping one end in a ‘v’ shape to make a flag.  Roll the other end around a cocktail stick an secure with a bit of tape.  Gently push your flag into the top of your box…

and DONE! It wold be fun if you could fit some Hershey's Kisses in it. 

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Make flower fairy lights.

This is mighty tedious and a little time consuming considering origami is involved, but the result is beautiful. If you have a small affair where you can apply this, I'd highly recommend it.

To make flower fairy lights you will need:

•               Fairy lights

•               Vellum paper in a variety of colours (vellum paper is hard to find, you can try and alternative like stained acetate)

•               Scissors

Method:

1. Cut 15cm squares of vellum paper in a variety of colours. You will need two or three squares of paper for each fairy light. Fold paper square in half diagonally to form a triangle.

2. Fold the left and right corners up to meet at the centre, forming a diamond shape. Fold in half to form a small triangle. [see image left]

3. Cut curves along the open edges to form a heart-shaped top and create the petal effect. You might like to choose different petal shapes for each colour. Layering them, the variety of shapes will add depth.

4. Cut across the bottom point to create a small opening to slip the light bulb through. Unfold.

5. Layer a few paper petals in different colours on each fairy light. Attach the flowers above the bulb on the plastic wire so the bulb is left exposed.

While vellum paper is a lot less flammable than ordinary paper, but don’t leave the lights on unattended. 

Once done these lights can stay on even after the party or you can hang them in your or your children's room.