We are in the process of making some big changes here at The Uncommon Bride!

1) Effective immediately, we’ve lowered our shipping costs, within Canada,  from $15 to $10…making your invitations that much more affordable.

2) We’re also working on a major face lift of the website…stay tuned for our new look.

3) Along with the face lift we will be adding some great new invitations and DIY Kits that include rhinestone buckles and Swarovski crystals as well as holiday cards, baby announcements and all the other stationery you need for your happily ever after events.

Here’s a preview of one of our new designs…but there will be lots more to come!

Eden Invitation with Rhinestone Buckle

It’s time to start planning your wedding programs, place cards, table numbers and all the other little details that will help you make your wedding truly unique, uncommon and unforgettable!

Table Number

The Uncommon Bride is offering a discount for all orders placed between May 1 and May 15! Enter the discount code MAY10 into your shopping cart at www.theuncommonbride.com to receive 10% off any order valued over $200.

Happy shopping!

This weekend we celebrated my daughter’s fifth birthday. We decided on a tea party theme with 4 of her friends. I had so much fun making the invitations and decorating for the party! It was a great birthday party theme but it would also work really well for bridal or baby showers.

The Invitation

Here is the tea cup invitation I created – the original template I used is from www.melstampz.blogspot.com.

The Table

For the decorations, I made tissue paper flowers in lime green & pink and hung them from the ceiling using fishing line. The idea and instructions for how to make the flowers came from www.weddingbycolor.com. The tissue paper flowers were so simple to make and turned out beautifully so now that the party is over I’m going to hang them in a corner of my daughters room. I dressed the table with a simple white linen table cloth paired with a hot pink runner. A teapot from the dollar store served as a vase for the arrangement of mums and tulips. For snacks we cut fruit and cheese, using cookie cutters, into flowers and stars and placed them on pretty platters. The tea (a.k.a. apple juice) was served in little green espresso cups that I found at IKEA.

Teapot with mums and tulips

Sampling the "Tea"

As an activity at the party we made these adorable bouquets of felt flowers and arranged them in a little lime green flower pot. They turned out even better than I had hoped. The original idea for the flowers came from www.americancrafts.typepad.com. You can find detailed instructions on their website. Once the girls finished their flowers we had them stick them into floral foam inside the pots and covered the top with spanish moss.

Felt Flower Craft

Felt Flower Bouquet

Fall Wedding Inspiration

Spring is finally here…but for all of you fall brides we thought we’d put together a little inspiration! Images from left to right: ella invitation, orange bridesmaid dresses, pumpkin centerpiece, baskets with leaves (a great alternative to flower petals), brown candle centerpiece with beads, wedding cake with vines and flowers, eden invitation.

We’ve lowered the price of the favor tins in our bargain section! Now only $24 for a case of 48 tins ($0.50 per tin)

These round silver matte tins with clear acrylic lids are food grade and so versatile as wedding favours. Fill them with your favourite treat to spoil your guests. The tins are 2 1/4″ in diameter x 1″ tall.

round favor tin

These tins are also magnetic so they are perfect for filling with wedding magnets or anything else you can come up with. Get them while they last!