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Thursday, March 17, 2011

DIY Vintage Blooms~ Part II~ the tutorial!

So, for all you who love to craft here is a really fun project that is great for making flowers for headbands, decor, or even, in this case, flowers for a vintage wedding!

I also wanted to add some different dimension to the bouquet, so I made rannunculas as seen in the bouquet (top pic) by cutting out circles of varying sizes, burning the edges and sewing them together then finishing with vintage buttons & pearls in the centers! So great for a vintage theme!

This is the grooms bout. The couple is also doing a "time" theme with old vintage clocks, etc. and I just happened to have a clock face from an old watch I took apart for another project, so I added it into the bout.

The timepiece in the bouquet. Borrowing some inspiration from a previous post, I clustered and draped pearls, misc. vintage items, and beads from the base of the flowers too, then finished it off by twisting grosgrain ribbon around the stems. (I'm so glad I finally got my hands on some of the professional pics two above- again, photography is not my forte!)

Here is the mothers' corsage and the fathers' bout.

So after finishing all the flowers for the wedding I decided to make this video on how to make these luscious blossoms!~ It's really not hard, just time consuming! My first attempt took about an hour & 1/2, but I got it down to about 40 mins! So if you're patient and love to craft, you'll have fun with these! Go ahead, give it a try!~

Thursday, March 3, 2011

DIY Vintage blooms!

I'm sooooo excited! So here's my first attempt and I have to say, I haven't been more excited about anything for a while! Okay, so maybe I need a life :) but seriously, these were so fun to make and, if I can say so myself, turned out pretty darn COOL! I think another reason I got so excited was, I just hadn't felt too happy about using silk flowers for the bouquet for a wedding coming up as the bride wants a truly vintage feel and I just hadn't come across anything that I felt would fit the bill. But then, I came across these beauties and my prayers were answered! So as promised in the previous post here are my results!~

Burning the edges was the funnest part!~ So then I just had to go fabric shopping! Hmmm.... Stay tuned to see what I came up with!

More Vintaqe Romance

We'll start off with this fun, truly vintage photo. Isn't it great! Now that bouquet's an armful!

This is amazing! I LOVE it!

I came across this while on the hunt for vintage bouquets, and thought it was totally gorgeous, so I had to add it in!

These make my all time fav's list too! And don't you just love her dress! I wish I could see the whole thing! Super Vintage!

A gorgeous handful! Isn't her dress incredible?

Now these are a fun twist!~ & would make a great keepsake after the fresh bouquet is long gone!

Doesn't this just look so soft and sweet? I just want to snuggle up to it!

Okay, so this may not be the typical vintage bouquet, but the flora choices and the asymmetry of it all, makes it oh, so, romantic! I'm in LOVE!

...and here we have what is keeping me up at this late hour (it was 1:30 am when I originally wrote this)~ I came across this site (hapitat.tumblr.com) from a link on weddingbee.com which showed how to make these delectable~to~the~eyeball vintage blossoms! (above and &below) I of course had to try it out and tomorrow I will post my results, which I am so excited about, I can't sleep! But alas I haven't taken pictures yet, so that will have to wait! But, WOW, if you are a DIYer, you gotta try these! But don't start at 10:30 PM or you might be so excited about them you won't be able to get to sleep either! Such an absolutely Vintage knockout!!

Sometime soon I will post the process! If you don't want to wait, check it out at weddingbee.com.

I like the unique shape of this one, so unpredictable!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

My Latest Designs

For Becca and Nicholas~February 2011

I can't wait to get the professional pictures back. These I took before the bouquet was actually finished.

Peonies, spikey things I don't know the name of, sprayed silver :), and pearl & glass picks surrounded by ostrich feathers! Very classy for a classy couple!

These were some bout ideas I came up with for her to choose from.

She went with this one, my fav too! More pics coming soon!

For Ashley and Taylor, October 2010

Besides her bouquet, his bout was probably my favorite creation! They had a peacock theme and though the feathers were super hard to work with, they were well worth the effort!

Great photography makes all the difference, doesn't it! Courtesy Kassy Crapo Photography.

I love the top left pic! Not only is it so fun to see a couple so in love, I love how it shows off the peacock feathers!

My pics of some of the other bridal party designs. Okay, so photography is NOT my forte! :)

This is just a bouquet I put together with some fall flowers I had on hand, just for fun. I love the green pods, they were soooo cool!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Vintage Romance

A sneak peak at the vintage themed flowers I'm doing for an upcoming wedding! These will be the bridesmaids corsages! Inspired by the bottom pic of this post.