it’s love actually…

I’ll have to write about how I decided on our wedding cake someday soon but short version: we’re having cupcakes. CUPCAKES!

I know this is very trendy but I don’t care. I mean, if we’re so worried about everything being played out by this point, why even have a wedding? Technically that idea is played out. Who hasn’t gone to one yet? Okay, okay, I’ll get serious here.

Thanks to Weddingbee, I became aware of the prettiness of Estilo Weddings’ cupcake wrappers. Have you seen them? Some of them are absolutely gorgeous but at $12.50 for 12 [or $48.50 for 50] there’s just no way I can swallow the idea of splurging on these.

But they’re so pretty! And I was a little sad that I wouldn’t be able to add a little bit of flair to our cupcakes. To be honest, that is such a me thing to do. I know my friends will just shake their heads and think, of course she did. In a good way. They don’t call me Martha for nothing! But I digress, after a little trolling on the internet, I stumbled upon a template to make my own cupcake wrappers. I was excited and thinking how I could get the fancy edged scissors to cut along the top and even use nice scrapbook paper.

But then I stumbled upon this:

DOILIES!

Regular, common AND cheap doilies! Ones you can find anywhere for a lot for a little! How awesome is that? So now thanks to Happy Birds Crafting Haven, I can have my fancy cupcake wrappers for less than a fraction of the price. That thumping you hear? That’s my heart being all excited like.

Of course, that will mean my sister will have to take the time to wrap our beautiful cupcakes [oh, I may have found a baker as well - promise, story to come!] and most likely without my help but I’m sure she can manage. I hope she can manage because I really want them. Especially now that I know I can have them.

Have you been super excited to find a DIY option for something you otherwise wouldn’t buy?