Photography Credit: Arrow & Apple
If you’re a wedding blog junkie like me, you will probably have seen Elsie & Jeremy’s beautiful wedding photographs on a number of the ‘big boy’ blogs this past week. However I’m super excited to be getting a piece of this beautiful handmade wedding to share with you too. Over the next few weeks I will be posting a number of DIY tutorials that this super crafty lady made for her wedding.
First up, a DIY garter…
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For my wedding I became a bit of a shopaholic. I ordered tons of pretty things from Etsy shops and boutiques. There was just one detail that stopped me in my tracks, the garter! I don’t love traditional satin garters with itchy lace that are available. After looking online at other options I decided to DIY my own garter! It was so much fun and easy as pie. I hope this little DIY will inspire some of you to whip up a special garter for your big day!
Step 1: Find some pretty lace and trim that you fancy! measure around your leg (about halfway between your knee and hip) and cut a piece of lace that is 2 inches smaller than your leg.
Step 2: Use fabric glue to adhere a cute trim to the middle of your lace piece. I found a tiny daisy trim that I loved!

To make my second garter (I made one to throw and one to keep!), I stitched silk daisies around a comfy piece of elastic.
Both garters were easy to make, saved me a few dollars and were so much more appealing than the offerings in my local wedding shops!
Create a garter that’s distinctly you! XO, Elsie
You can catch more of Elsie over on her highly addictive blog A Beautiful Mess.

When I grow up I want to be Elsie Lawson. Such a big fan of A Beautiful Mess. Can’t wait to see the further DIY posts…
wow cant wait for more of the diy posts, i bookmarked this wedding the moment i saw it
Elsie’s wedding was so crazy-amazing! It makes me wish I had focused a lot more on the details… every single little thing is so filled with love and personality.
i LOVE elsie so much!! i followed that wedding via her BFF’s instragram photos all day! LOVE LOVE!!
xo.
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OMG I am a total “beautiful-mess”-junkie! That wedding was so so cute and I love the bridesmaid with blue hair 😉