Thanks a lot. My thanks are ready to go!

I have been working on my thank you card design the last few days. And this one that won out with the design.(courtesy of Nonpareil Magazine)

They look so cute in real life. I really wanted the Thank You cards to be fun!

So I think I achieved that ! Super happy with them. I was going to do envelope liners and just thought meh, to much work! I have done address tags with the same flags but I wont print them out just yet..

Also if you would like the design. It's free to download here:
http://www.nonpareilmag.com/downloads/issue-02-free-diy-printable-bold-bunting-invitations/

Font: That I used is Sunshine in my Soul and you can find it at www.dafont.com

Nonpareilmag have some awesome downloads!! You should bookmark it!

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Change my wedding colors please, Just to have these!

I want to change my wedding colors now! How cute are these floral print tags!!!

Amy Moss from Eat Drink Chic has provided these tags as a freebie!

Here's the link:

http://www.eatdrinkchic.com/post.cfm/summer-floral-gift-tags

Scroll down on that page to get the download. So cute, so fresh!

Coastal City Bride - Charis x

Its the freebie template post!

Sorry ladies... Kinda been MIA recently with my blogging. But that's just been pure laziness!.

So its been awhile since I posted a freebie, but I stumbled upon free invitations and talk about SCORE!!!

So these are some of the invitations you can download at. http://www.loveandlavender.com/

How cute! I think also if you already have your invitation design how bout you use them for bridal shower invites? hens night?

Awww anyway if you want the downloads.. head to there website cause there's more and its free!! (how am i doing on the sales pitch here?) in all seriousness its just worth your while just dropping by!

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Freebie: Wedding Invitation

Found these super cute invites they are printable textured garland wedding invitations, RSVPs, and table settings by Kristen Ketola of Dear Clementine Invitations.

If you would like the link for these to download go to:

http://www.nonpareilmag.com/downloads/issue-02-diy-printable-textured-garland-suite/


:) I love freebies!

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Save the Date & Favor template from Burrs & Berries

I found some Printable “cootie catcher” save the dates and favor labels in yellow, navy, and white by Samia Kallidis of Burrs & Berries.

If you like these you can find the template here.

http://www.nonpareilmag.com/downloads/issue-02-printable-diy-cootie-catcher-save-the-dates-favor-labels/

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Vintage Paper Templates- freebie!

E.M Papers have provided this black and white printable Wedding Invitation Kit and it contains an editable PDF template for every piece of stationery you will need for your wedding. This free, downloadable wedding kit includes a templates for: a wedding invitation, a save the date card, a response card, a wedding program, a menu, place cards/escort cards, table numbers, a seating list and a thank you card.

Here's the link:
http://www.empapers.com/wedding/free-black-white-printable-wedding-invitation-kit-bike

Pretty cute :) I really like the whole set, makes me want a vintage wedding just to use these!
Enjoy!

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Favors, home stretch!

So I finished wrapping our favors! yay!!

and the last section of this job was to create our favor tags today. Using a free template from http://www.prettychicky.com/ I adjusted the design to suit us and changed the font and things to tie it all in and pictured is the end result. Here is a pic of what the original template looked like.

And here is what ours look like:

Anyone DIYed there favors tags? did you use a template or create your own?

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Best invitation freebie site ever.. I promise!

So tonight.. I stumbled in the Internet world on this absolutely friggen awesome website called Non Pareil Mag:
I am about to give you the link to what I think are some of the coolest DIY invitation sets out there.. I'm talking about invitation, envelope liner, escort cards, table number cards, RSVP cards out there today... So on today's showcase...


If you like any of these, or just love a new website click http://www.nonpareilmag.com/category/downloads/ to start downloading :)

Enjoy!

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Wedding Programs - oh so cute and trendy!

So my goal.. is to have these programs like the one pictured, I found off the DIY section of Weddingbee.com and I was lucky that when I fell in love with them that the poster had a template for them! I really love it when people include the template in the post. Here is the original link;

http://diy.weddingbee.com/topic/diy-program-that-hung-on-each-chair

Ive started off today by creating the card stock which we have on the back our thank you (this wasn't in the original design but I thought why not!)

Today we begin the rest of our life
Together forever as husband and wife.
Our dreams came true, with love and more—
Adventures to have and the world to explore.

Thank you for celebrating our wedding day.
As we share our vows, we just want to say:
These wedding memories will become a treasure,
And seeing you here is part of the pleasure.

Charis & Sheridan
August 14th 2010

I had other stuff that said thank you in a little less corny fashion but this the one FH liked best. So I designed and printed those today

My next step is to create the program itself, but I wont do that for the next few weeks as FH is unsure of one member of the bridal party. He has had a few issues so until that's sorted I wont print it out. Just thought I would get ahead and create as much as I could. And I will do the belly band I think next week.

But its good to have at least the template! and know what direction we are heading.

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

I am constantly on the hunt for cool freebies, I think like most DIY Brides.

One of the Blogs I check is Color Me Inspired. They have a range of cute templates/fans/ color trends and a great port of call for inspiration.

So if you like these thank you cards you can find the link here :

http://www.colormeinspired.com/2009/09/04/153/

If you want me to find you a particular freebie, list your category or what you need and Ill go on the hunt and then post! I love posting freebie templates!

Thanks Color me inspired!!

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Seed Packets from Blue Tricycle

Even tho I'm not having seed packet favors, it cant hurt to blog and offer a freebie right?

I was cruising the net and found modishblog.com -this girl has style! and a friend of hers Heather has posted some freebies for seed packets from her etsy shop Blue Tricycle. Which seriously well worth the visit.

So I'm sharing the love!

To download the Purple and Green packets click here:

www.modishblog.com/files/gardenseedpackets_purple_green.pdf

To download the Yellow and Grey packets click here:

www.modishblog.com/files/gardenseedpackets_yellow_gray.pdf

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Free Paper Template from Styleguide!

I'm not having a black wedding but I found this flower paper template and well personally I think it's adorable. So I'm giving you the link if you like it and you want to download it!

Styleguide.com.au have a great selection of free downloads, from favour templates, to invitations, to thank you cards. 4/5 for their website!

http://styleguide.com.au/pdfdocs/WSG0707BlackMagicFlower.pdf

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx

Save The Dates - Template Included!

Most of you probably have visited the weddingchicks.com website and seen that they have some pretty awesome stuff and freebies! I downloaded this freebie below...(in case you like the design, you can go get it yourself i have included the link)

http://www.weddingchicks.com/sweet-deals/5241/free-dahalia-wedding-invitation/

I decided to use the dahlia response card as my template, using photo shop I changed the color to red instead of yellow and also erased the wording they had so it was blank template :) Because weddingchicks.com own the template I am not able to provide you with the red template because I created it for my own personal use and it would be an infringement on copyright if I gave it out. Pity I know!

1. Printed the design on some white gold paper I found in K-mart (like the local walmart)for 4 AUD dollars for 25 sheets and printed the design out on the home printer.
2. I had some packets of blank cards that I had saved for cardmaking. I decided to cut these cards in half and use them as my backing card for the wording to be glued on to add a bit of contrast. These cards a plain beige.
3. Using my hole punch I punched holes in the corners and threaded red ribbon through and secured with a knot at the back so the ribbon wouldn't fall through
   

The ribbon is purposefully done loose so it can be hung from anyone's fridge or memo board... FH idea!

It is really easy, it took me 3 days after work to complete these with help from FH. I have done 95 in total.

All they need to do is just the envelope to be addressed.. I am feeding them through the printer and using fonts from www.dafont.com (because my handwriting is shocking!) They are due for posting mid january.

Coastal City Bride - Charis xx