A Post on Postboxes

In this blog we've looked at stationery before, but this week we just want to concentrate on postboxes. The immediate reaction of most people, when you ask whether they want a postbox to match their invitations and table plan, is "why do I need a postbox?".The main reason people have postboxes at their wedding to keep all the cards they receive safe. If all your cards are left on a table, it only takes one rogue glass of red wine, and the well-wishes of your guests may be damaged or unreadable. If anyone ever gets stuck on which colour to use on the box, we recommend all ivory, or ivory with the colour of the bridesmaid dresses (if this is the colour that you will use throughout you whole wedding).

Today, we want to show you how we make and decorate our bespoke postboxes, maybe to give you some inspiration and to show you how much work goes into creating our designs.

Flat Packed

Our postboxes come in white or ivory, and flat packed, IKEA style! We unwrap them and open them out, glueing down the bottom of the box with a hot glue gun (the crafter's very best friend). The lid is a bit more complicated, but after some careful folding and sticking, we're ready to decorate. It's that simple.

Wrapping Ribbon

   

The next step is something we do on every post box we make, and that is to wrap a ribbon around the box and over the lid to secure it in place. This is so you can ensure no one else goes inside the box before you do at the end of your big day, to get in the box you must cut the ribbon.

Cutting Hearts

We then add a message over the top corner of the box, or add an extra piece or ribbon tied as a bow. The message will usually say something like "Thank you for your gift" and could have your names and wedding date on it. A speciality of ours is to put the message in a little heart, and back it with another heart in a matching colour to the ribbon.

Glueing....

....And sticking!

Now we move onto the detail of the box. For this one, we decided on simple but elegant, so cut out some appliqué lace to add to the bottom of the box. We laid all the appliqué out on the box the we we wanted, and started glueing, just with plain old PVA. It was with the greatest precision that we then stuck down the lace; a piece out of place and the whole box would be ruined. All that was left to do was let this box dry. Here we have a picture of the final product. What do you think? Personally, we love it, but we were the ones who spent time making it, so you could say we were bound to love it!

Here the box is with a few more of the boxes we have made. Although these ones are quite simple and understated, we do make complex postboxes as well. Whatever takes your fancy, we can make!

Got any ideas for future postbox designs we could try? Did you make one yourself and want to show us? Maybe you just want to give us your opinion on ours. Whatever it is, please tell us in the comments below, or email us with a picture at enquiries@especiallyforyoubridal.co.uk.