{"id":1705,"date":"2018-12-11T12:51:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T12:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2018-11-24T12:53:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T12:53:49","slug":"budget-wedding-decorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/budget-wedding-decorations\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget Wedding Decorations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perfect as favours or place names, why not showcase your talents as we show you how to make these fun felt <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingbranch.co.uk\/category-page.php?par_cat_id=124\">wedding decorations<\/a>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What you need<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coloured felt<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stuffing (cotton wool balls)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contrasting thread or wool<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Needle<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scissors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pins<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Card template<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instructions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pin your heart template to your felt (you can print a paper one from the computer) then cut around the template. Be sure to keep the template tight to the felt for a professional-looking finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put the two felt hearts together and pin in the centre. It\u2019s now time to start stitching, using a blanket stitch. If you are unsure of this stitch, you are sure to find it on You Tube.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the stuffing we used unravelled cotton wall balls. Stuff as much or little as you like, the more shape the better the finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continue to sew the heart, once at the end, tie a knot with the needle and thread. Snip the ends and you have a beautiful felt heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you wish to use the heart for hanging, pull a piece of thread through one of the stitches, or put wire or a small stick in the bottom of the heart and use as a cake topper or in your wedding flowers,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alternatively scatter loosely on your wedding table for a pretty look.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfect as favours or place names, why not showcase your talents as we show you how to make these fun felt wedding decorations\u2026 What you need Coloured felt Stuffing (cotton wool balls) Contrasting thread or wool Needle Scissors Pins Card &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/budget-wedding-decorations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[321,270,5],"tags":[446,289,352,266],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1706,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705\/revisions\/1706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}