Paper Bouquets Posted June 24, 2011 | 6 Comments Today we’re bringing you a round-up of 10 handmade wedding bouquets that are made to last forever. That’s right, lovelies – no throwing away the bouquet at the end of the night! Instead, place in your love nest and admire for years to come. First up, we bring you this beautiful purple hydrangea handmade wedding bouquet by Gabriella Design who describes, “I have always loved the look of hydrangea flowers with their small delicate petals and how they make this lovely round full look of fluttering flowers. The second bouquet is cute as a button! Buttons and felt make up this pretty bouquet with tons of vibrant colors. This romantic, vibrant violet bouquet contains 35 paper flowers and a sweet, swirly design. This modern, soft pink brooch bridal bouquet is gorgeous! If you’re looking for bright POPS of color, this handmade paper bouquet by Enchanted Bouquets is perfect! Calling all rustic brides: this bouquet is handmade with all real dried flowers!
DIY Wedding Programs from Burlap and Vintage Patterned Paper Posted on June 21, 2011 by Christina Jennifer from Memento Designs made these gorgeous DIY wedding programs for her garden wedding (they would also be perfect for a rustic wedding or a vintage wedding) and she’s agreed to share the project details with IW readers. The project does involve sewing, but if you are not the sewing type – don’t fret! Materials for DIY Wedding Programs decorative card stock(Jennifer found her MJ Designs cardstock at Michaels.)card stockin solid colorburlapsewing machinescissorsMS wordprintersewing machinethread Instructions for DIY Wedding Programs The main elements for these DIY programs are burlap and decorative card stock. Jennifer designed her programs in MS word. Jennifer cut each sheet directly down the center margin with her paper cutter. For the back cover, she used recycled Kraft card stock and for the front cover she used a variety of different vintage patterned papers. Want more DIY wedding programs? Photos (except image of back cover): Jenny Martell
Mismatched Bridesmaids For the last few years, mismatch bridesmaid dresses has been one of the hottest trends on weddings. Everyday visiting my favorite blogs, I discover tons of style-savvy brides who find the most creative ways to follow this trend. After all, I believe that allowing your bridesmaids to choose their dresses according to their budget, taste and type of body is a fabulous idea. If you decide to incorporate this plan to your wedding, just remember, the biggest secret of successful mismatching bridesmaids is to make your girls wear different dresses yet still look like your team… your bridal party. Here are some fabulous options for a successful mismatched bridesmaids look. Option No. 1: Same color, different shades. Neutrals, including grey, are so hot this year, especially when it comes to bridesmaid dresses. For those brides that want their bridesmaids to match their wedding colors, the third image gives you the perfect example on how to do it in a color as radiant as red. Heart this?
{Valentines day} pixelated popup card I‘ve been scratching my head trying to come up with a card for my hubby {AKA the non-romantic type}. I finally decided to make this pixely popup heart card! They are really minimal (which I love) and take about 20 minutes to make (that includes the card, insert and envelope). You can even make some pixely confetti to put inside the card (if you are a big kid like me!). Full instructions and printable templates below! (BTW I remember seeing something similar in a popup book years ago. How to 1. (If you have a cutting machine then see note at end of post!) Cut along the black lines and score the grey lines. 3. 5. 7. Edited to add: The lovely Kayla from saynotsweetanne has send me a .dfx file of the card which you can use if you have a cutting machine.
Music Playlist If you’ve been around here much, you are getting used to the name Jessica Velarde. She is the highly talented wedding photographer who did the styled shoot that you can see glimpses of all over my blog, and she is also responsible for my fantastic blog design. She also shared her super sweet proposal story with us. I am big fan of fun receptions. 1901 – Phoenix ABC – Jackson Five Angel – Akon Better, Stronger, Faster – Daft Punk Billie Jean – Michael Jackson Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison Cha Cha Slide – Mr. Club Can’t Handle Me – Flo Rida Cupid Shuffle – Cupid Don’t Stop the Music – Rihanna Dynamite – Taio Cruz Firework – Katy Perry Footloose – Kenny Loggins Gonna Get This – Hannah Montana & Iyaz Gots To Get Her – Blake Lewis Hey Soul Sister – Train I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas I know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) – Pitbull I Want You Back – Jackson Five It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Stasera) [Zoned Out Mix] – Michael Buble Lisztomania – Phoenix More – Usher Only Girl in the World – Rihanna xoxo
Easy Craft Ideas - Accordion Book This easy to make accordion book is a personalized way to organize all of your small odds and ends. Each envelope page can hold something different such as- "to do" lists, stamps, tickets, coupons, and business cards. Also a fun craft idea for a gift - fill with photos, tickets, and other keepsakes and share with a special friend. Materials: Chartreuse A2 Envelopes Glue Stick Bone folder Labels Gel Pens Step-by-Step Choose your envelopes. See our How-to Video to learn about a similar accordion project.
Wedding Cake I f you've decided to make a wedding cake at home, congratulations on your bravery! Now, relax: We've got everything you'll need to create a masterpiece. We've enlisted Melissa Murphy, owner of the Sweet Melissa Patisseries in Brooklyn, New York, to help, and she's designed an elegant three-tiered cake decorated with delicate rosebuds and filled with luscious lemon curd and fresh raspberries. Recipes by Melissa Murphy; photography by Emily Webster; videos produced by Nondas Voll See more on weddings: It’s a good idea to use free paint chips: Check out the 31 ways paint chips are used in all kinds of projects!! Some of these you may have seen around blogland others are from Etsy. 1.PaintswatchWall2.SnowmanOrnaments3.cut leaves 4. 7. 10. 13. gift boxes 14. 16. 19. 22. 24. 26. 29. 31. Hi my sweet bloggie friends!!!
Music Ideas Thursday, 28 January 2010 14:37 | Written by Team @ The Ring photo: A&M Sounds When the team at The Ring set out to create the Ultimate Wedding Tunes Database, we did so with the goal of creating the best first and last dance songs list ever (obviously) and also because it was just a super fun project. That was six years ago... making these tunes seriously out of date.