Aisle Do: Doily Cones

In this column, Ernest Pascual of Bespoke Manila talks about how to DIY your doily cones. With the help of Adrian Ardiente for photos, Ernest shows you how to add these personalized touches for your wedding.

Our aim is to give you and other soon-to-wed couples ideas on how you can personalize your wedding by doing simple do-it-yourself (DIY) projects. We also want to help you create some lovely details to make your wedding extra special. We will tell you what materials to source, the step-by-step procedure, and how the details we have designed look during an actual wedding.

Doily Cones

Send off the newlyweds with a shower of flower petals using these dainty easy-to-do cones.

Here’s what you need:
• Craft paper
• Doily
• Glue gun
• Glue stick
• Printed sticker
• A pair of scissors
• Cutting mat
• Cutter
• Ruler

Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: Cut the craft paper into a square.

Step 2: Line one side of the craft paper with double-sided tape until about half-an-inch to the corner edge.

Step 3: Create a cone using the craft paper by rolling it from the corner edge where the double-sided tape ends.

Step 4: Cut the doily into quarters.

Step 5: Wrap the cut doily around the bottom of the cone and secure it using the glue gun.

Step 6: Place a ready-made sticker at the tip of the cone and put flower petals inside the cone.

The end result:

Bespoke Tip: For this project, you may choose to use wrapping paper depending on your wedding theme.

 

Read more of Ernest Pascual’s Aisle Do articles at weddingsatwork.com/category/aisle-do/.