DIY Wedding Table Setting

This blog is called "A Bride On A Budget." Everyone has a budget. Some budgets are higher than others, but no one I know (and no one who I think reads this blog) has an unlimited stream of money. Everyone has a limit, which means everyone has a budget.

That doesn't mean you can't have an amazing wedding, it just means that sometimes you have to get a little creative. Like with our DIY wedding table setting.

I absolutely love how it came out. It's simple and pretty ... and made from a toilet paper roll. One woman's trash is another woman's wedding table setting. This is a very good chance you have toilet paper in your home. As do your parents. And your bridesmaids. Ask them all to start collecting their rolls for you and you'll have enough in no time.

DIY Wedding Table Setting

What You'll Need:

• Toilet paper rolls
• Paint (I used Martha Stewart Pearl because I love the shine in it)
• Paper plate
• Shot glass
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Foam paint brush
• Plastic utensils
• Glue
• Paper doilies (mine were four inches)

What You'll Do:

Fold the toilet paper roll in half.

Align the shot glass on the end of the toilet paper (about one-third of the glass should be over the roll). Draw around it with a pencil.

Cut the semi-circle out.

Use that semi-circle to measure a matching semi-circle on the other side. Cut that one out too.

Paint a layer of paint over the entire toilet paper roll. I used a foam brush because you don't end up with streak marks like you do with a brush with bristles. One layer of this paint was enough.

Let it dry.

Paint the inside as well, as far as you can go. If I had a smaller foam brush, it would have been easier to paint the entire inside. You don't need to, honestly. No one is really going to pick this up to make sure you got every nook and cranny inside. But you do want to make sure you paint deep enough that when your guests remove their utensils, they're not looking at the inside of a plain toilet paper roll.

Use that same semi-circle to measure a piece of doily. I moved mine around until the "corners" matched up with the doily's edge. Trace the semi-circle with a pencil.

I was able to get four pieces out of each four-inch doily I had. Five would have been a little too tight.

Glue around the edge.

Affix it into opening on the toilet paper roll. Do the same on the opposite side. Let the glue dry completely. Fill with a knife, fork, and spoon and leave it on each place setting at your wedding (bridal shower or rehearsal dinner).

BRIDAL BABBLE: Do you think you could make this DIY wedding table setting?