Washington DC Wedding Blog ~ DIY Origami Bouquet Tutorial

I am SUPER excited for today’s DIY Wednesday tutorial feature coming to us from Lindsey of Elusive Photo Design. You all know how much I love the unique, different, and offbeat when it comes to weddings [especially in the Washington, DC area], so naturally, I jumped out of my seat when Lindsey sent me this: DIY Origami Paper Flower Bouquet From Lindsey: These kusudama origami bridal bouquets are remarkably simple to make, and can be made to your taste using a variety of different types, colors, patterns and sizes of paper. As someone who didn’t use live flowers in my own wedding, I am always pumped when I find other ideas for non-floral bouquets. I love how unique this bouquet is, and that it’s a DIY bouquet! So now, here is the best part ~ Lindsey has given us the actual DIY Tutorial, including step-by-step instructions and a TON of pictures, so that you can make this totally unique & alternative wedding bouquet too! You will need: PaperWooden Dowel RodsCraft GluePaper ClipsA Foam Ball 1.

Weekend Art Project « The New Domestic e made a painting this weekend! We’ve been wanting a large scale art-piece to go up on our dining room wall. We had a large framed photograph up but, at 26″ x 32″, it didn’t have the right scale for the room. We wanted to go big. Inspired by color field paintings, I made a sketch in Illustrator and we tried different color combinations til we were happy. Update: To complete the dining area, we painted a high chair red to add another splash of color to the room. Also, congrats to everyone who has been DIYing there own versions of the Weekend Art Project. If you love this style of geometric art, patterns and triangles visit our shop.

lindsay’s wine bottle vases inspired by erik’s recycled wine bottle torches, lindsay and taylor from purr design decided to create these beautiful wine bottle vases in their home’s dining room. i love the way they set off the area with a painted square, and today you can learn their full how-to steps for the project! thanks so much to lindsay and taylor for sharing! CLICK HERE for the full project steps after the jump! We have an interesting living space, one where the living, dining, and kitchen areas are all basically one big (or, actually, not-so-big) room. We loved the idea of reusing old wine bottles, and thought a reinterpretation of the Erik’s recycled wine bottle torches, adapted for indoor use, would be perfect for the space. Total cost for this project (if you don’t count the cost of the wine, because, well, you get to enjoy that in other ways) was under $5 per vase. 1. 2. 3. 4. Notes: We had quite a time finding the proper hardware.

DIY - Terrarium Magnets Such a clever re-purposing idea. With a few air plants, white spray paint, gravel, and a little moss, inexpensive refrigerator spice magnets become mini modern terrariums. Learn how to make them. I'd like to coat an entire wall with magnetic paint for a full on vertical garden. Cool, yes? {Images via Ruffled}