DIY - Heart Shaped Sugar Cubes

We have some sweet treats for all your DIY fans out there. A fab ideas for wedding favours, these heart shaped sugar cubes are the cutest thing!

They are super simple to make, but look so gorgeous!

Gather together all the items you'll need. Let's begin! 

1. First off, pour out some regular caster sugar into a bowl. Obviously how much you'll need will depend on how many you want to make, but start off with half a cereal bowl amount - or about 150g.

2. Take your food colouring, and pour a teaspoon into the sugar. Stir it in until it's thoroughly combined. This can actually take a while, so have patience. If you feel like the sugar isn't 'wet' enough to combine the food colour, add a teaspoon of cold water. You want the final texture to be like damp sand. It needs to be even in colour so sticking to smaller batches of sugar will actually make this stage easier.

3. Once you are happy it's evenly coloured, tip it out onto a flat surface. We used a plate to avoid covering the floor with blue sugar!

4. Take the back of a spoon and press the sugar flat. Make it just under 1cm thick.

5. Now, take a clean cutter and press it into the sugar. You can get these from cake shops to cut icing and they come in a wide range of shapes.

6. Carefully, lift the cutter out - this requires a delicate touch!

7. With a little tap onto the baking paper, the sugar will pop out. Make sure they are on a flat surface and try to avoid touching them now as they are really delicate.

All that's left is to repeat the process to make as many hearts and as many colours as you need. Leave them in a warm place to go hard, and within 30 minutes, you can gather them into pretty bowls, decant into individual envelopes and give them to your guests! 

Here's an idea, why not have a beautiful bowl of them on each table when you give your guests tea and coffee? Or create a little pouch with 2 teabags in and some sugar cubes for your guests to take away with them and enjoy the following day?

Enjoy!

Henry and Flora x

Pinterest - Rustic Wedding Inspiration

To coincide with the release of our latest wedding invitation design - 'Chalkboard Charm', we have put together this Pinterest mood board, gathering together rustic, natural items that compliment our design.

Perfect for country, rustic themed weddings, we hope you enjoy looking at our favourite picks this week! See below for links to the items.

1. Chalkboard Charm Wedding Invitation - Henry and Flora

2.  Chalkboard Charm RSVP - Henry and Flora

3. Scented Cancle in Rustic Jam Jars - The Wedding of My Dreams

4. Wooden Log Tea Light Holder - The Wedding of My Dreams

5. Set of Five Wooden Heart Wedding Place Names - Letterfest   

6. Natural Lavender Mini Wedding Crackers -  FrouFrou & Thomas

7. 'Bride' and 'Groom' Chalkboard Signs - Sarah & Bendrix

8. 'Naked' Cake - Mai Fink, via Wedding Chicks

9. Rustic Dried Flower Wedding Bouquet - The Artisan Dried Flower Company

New Wedding Stationery Suite Design - Chalkboard Charm

We are so please to showcase our latest wedding stationery design - 'Chalkboard Charm'.  Sitting on a vintage chalkboard background, we have used a mix of stylish typefaces to create this wedding invitation design. A pretty wreath border is finished with a love heart at the bottom. It is printed on a textured card which really brings the background to life. 

It is available in three colour choices - peach, mint and pink. They are supplied with white envelopes free of charge. Coloured envelopes are available at an extra cost, please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries - hello@henryandflora.com

We have also included folded thank you cards as part of our range. Chalkboard Charm comes at 148mm x 148mm, leaving the perfect amount of space to thank your friends and family in this personalised card.

We feel it is the perfect blend of vintage charm and rustic elegance to create a really romantic feel. 

Invitation prices start from £1.90, and £1.40 for RSVP cards. Available to purchase now from our online shop www.henryandflora.com

H and F xx

The Real Flower Confetti Company - PLUS Giveaway!!

Today, we would like to introduce to you a company called 'The Real Flower Confetti Company.' The Real Flower Confetti Company is a wonderful business offering, as you might have guessed from the name, a fabulous selection of dried flower petals for use as confetti. From delphiniums to hydrangeas, roses to lavender, they have a great selection to choose from.

The Real Flower Petal Confetti Co was established in 1997 by Chalres Hudson. He saw petals fall from the bouquet he was carrying for his wife and thought it would be perfect for weddings. He experienced a 'eureka!' moment and the idea for the business was born. 

The Wyke Manor Estate is now the British centre for real flower confetti, and hundreds of thousands of petals are handpicked each summer. Their confetti has been used at the weddings of both celebrities and Royalty. Madonna, Catherine Zeta Jones, Gabby Logan all used their petals for their confetti moment, and William and Harry bought the petals to throw over Charles and Camilla at their wedding. They all chose the Real Flower Confetti Company confetti for it's unique beauty and ability to biodegrade as naturally as blossom. 

Delphiniums and wildflowers are grown on their farm every summer, harvested by hand, naturally air dried and packed by hand. 

They have also made the Record books for this stunning Union Jack Flower Field in 2004. "The world's largest carpet of flowers" - as certified by the Guinness World Records!

* * * * GIVEAWAY! * * * * 


The Real Flower Confetti Company have very kindly given us 5 flower envelopes to give away to our readers. All you have to do is email us at hello@henryandflora.com putting 'Confetti' in the subject line.  1 lucky winner will be drawn at random! We regret that this is only open to UK residents. We'll close the giveaway at 3pm Friday 19th July 2013, and let you know who has been lucky at 6pm that evening!

Enter now for your chance to win!

When the Bride and Groom walk your way, throw some petals and shout, 'hooray'!

Shop online at - http://www.confettidirect.co.uk follow them on Facebook here - www.facebook.com/RealFlowerPetalConfetti ,
and read what they are up to on their blog here - realflowerpetalconfetti.blogspot.co.uk !

Pinterest Love - Pom Poms!

We have gathered together some of our favourite images of pom poms from Pinterest. From hanging displays that add interest to an otherwise neglected space in a room, to decorating cakes and even adding wire hooks to create name cards, pom poms are so versatile! We love the idea of pom pom confetti - perhaps not the quickest, nor the most eco-friendly - but that aside, how cute would it be to throw pom poms over the newly wedded couple?!

Credits: 1. Potter and Butler 2. Pom Pom Factory 3. via. RuffledBlog 4. via. Rustic Wedding Chic 5. via. Style M ePretty 6. Aliexpress 7. via. Martha Stewart 8. via. Red Velvet Occasions 9. Pom Pom Factory 10. Antropologie 11. Pippi

Work the Theme - Vintage Styling

With the vintage theme for weddings as popular as ever, we have put together a collection of the best beauty buys and stylish accessories to work this look. Whatever your budget, you can create a look that oozes subtle vintage glamour. 

We love this hair piece from 'Silver Sixpence in her Shoe.' It has such beauty in it's simplicity, but still adds a beautiful detail to the outfit. Keep your make-up simple, all that's needed is a subtle sweep of brown eyeliner, a rosy glow of blusher on the apples of your cheeks and a 'just-bitten' lip colour to complete the understated vintage look.

1. Anais Lace Headpiece - Silver Sixpence in her Shoe, £130

2. Bourjois Effet Smoky Sparkling Pencil in Mocha - Boots, £5.49

3. E.L.F. Mineral Blush in Joy - E.L.F, £5

4. Colourglide Shine Lip Colour in Shell Pink - The Body Shop, £10

5. Pearl Petal Stud Earring - Accessorize, £8

6. Stay Flawless 15 Hour Primer - Benefit, out June 13th

Vintage Rose - Wedding Stationery

We are proud to announce we have a new suite of wedding stationery available today - and it goes by the name of 'Vintage Rose'.  New to Henry and Flora, this set is square with the invitations measuring 148mm x 148mm, and smaller items such as the RSVP and Save the Date cards measuring 95mm x 95mm. They are all designed with a soft duck egg blue polka dot reverse.  Matching items are available, including menu cards, directions and thank you notes.

You can find this design, along with our other items, in our online shop - www.henryandflora.com

We hope you love them as much as we do!

Henry and Flora