November 7, 2015 was a live-changing date for me. After eight years of courting (technically seven, since we broke up for a 12 months, however he doesn’t depend it), I received married to the funniest man I do know and celebrated with household and buddies.
Attending to that time, nonetheless, wasn’t totally simple. Like most engaged {couples}, we had been hit with the same old dread of planning a marriage: setting a finances, making a visitor record, discovering a venue, crafting a menu, and so on. however I took issues a step additional by turning my wedding ceremony right into a DIY undertaking.
From the second we began planning, I knew that I didn’t wish to be conventional with a number of facets of the marriage, particularly when it got here to the bridal bouquet and centerpieces, and on the insistence of my buddy, I made a Pinterest board with every part I believed would make our day particular.
I’d fought backwards and forwards with my mom over wanting alternate options to the traditional huge floral bouquet and came upon images of burlap, brooch, and material flower bouquets. Deciding to do a mixture of the three, I continued looking out on Pinterest for inspiration once I got here throughout a country paper bouquet by crafter and designer Lia Griffith.
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A photograph posted by Lia Griffith (@liagriffith) on Nov 12, 2014 at 3:42pm PST
I used to be instantly smitten after which had a stroke of genius: what if my centerpieces had been paper flowers?! Lia additionally had tutorials on her web site and I used to be motivated additional after falling for an lovely flower pom on Pinterest.
As a jewellery crafter and hobbyist, turning my bouquet, centerpieces, jewellery, and veil (oh sure, my veil, too) right into a DIY undertaking was proper up my alley. The work, nonetheless, was as grueling because it was enjoyable.
Whereas coping with every part else, I additionally needed to make a whole lot of flowers, and with restricted assist since I solely had a maid of honor (whom I like to loss of life), who was usually busy.
I needed to actually streamline issues, and so the very first thing I took care of had been the bouquets. If I didn’t end anything I deliberate to craft, my maid of honor and I’d at the very least have our bouquets.
I Google searched “methods to make a material flower bouquet” for days earlier than I discovered a how-to information I favored. And after a visit to Michael’s for styrofoam, burlap, and material flower elaborations and rhinestone parts from their jewellery division, I jetted to a material retailer for materials to make the bottom of our bouquets.
Originally posted 2016-07-08 15:37:30.