Bride Hairstyles 2017

PLACE SETTING AND DRINKS MARKER

Place small leaves on a charger plate, then cover with a glass plate for a unique setting. Next, take a long sprig of rosemary and soak in water overnight to make it pliable. Bend around a wine glass stem, and tie the ends together with wire (2). Tie the twine in a bow to cover the wire. Lay a place card on top.

Rosemary sprigs, £1.49 per pack, wholefoods market.com. Glass dinner plate, 80p, ikea.com. Charger plate, £1.10, and wine glasses, 60p each, to hire, joneshire.co.uk. Place card, 99p, Bonjour Laura J on etsy.com. Jute twine, £2 for 33 metres, hobbycraft.co.uk. Siluer floral wire; cutlery; arrangement; uotiues; pliers; napkin; ribbon and leather-leaf ferns, as before

ESCORT CARDS

Punch two holes into the top corners of your place cards, then thread through the sprigs of rosemary for a fragrant escort card.

Marble and wood seruing board, £25, habitat.co.uk. Place cards and rosemary sprigs, as before

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HANGING DECOR

Use a needle and thread to punch through the tops of lots of the leaves, creating a full circle. Tie the ends together, then attach a ribbon to hang. Eucalyptus nicholii, £1.95 per bunch, triangle nursery.co.uk. Needle, from 90p for 50, and thread, £3.50, johnlewis.com. Ribbon, as before

BALLOON TIE

Tie trailing ivy to a balloon ribbon using tape, then cover with a ribbon bow.

Ivy trails, 65p per stem, triangle nursery.co.uk. Silver balloon, from £4.95, bubblegumballoons.co.uk. Bowtie, similar £4.98, Baby What Knots at etsy.com. Ribbon; white shirt; chinos and braces, as before

CANDLES

Take a 40cm length of ribbon (this covers a candle 7.8cm in diameter) and place an 18cm length of double-sided tape in the middle (2). Stick on the leaves, slightly layering each one over the other (3), then repeat with another strip of tape and leaves. Spray with fire retardant spray, then tie around a candle.

Unscented block candle, £4 for five, ikea.com. Ribbon, £1.08 per metre, vvrouleaux.com. Double-sided tape, £1.90, paperchase.co.uk. Fire retardant spray, £11.51, safelincs.co.uk. Eucalyptus, as before “

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