BIG Flowers

A few weeks ago -- oh wait it’s been months -- I tried to make a felt flower pillow and faired to be pretty successful. Of course the mother of mine LOVED the pillow and begged for one. Well lucky for her, her birthday was right around the corner so I went shopping and found felt in every color possible (felt is so cheap, so you can buy tons!). I wanted to make a pair of pillows to match her guest bedroom which is decorated in bright colors—mostly turquoise and red.

I found two old pillows in her junk stash (extra bedroom closet) and used the pillow forms for her new pillows. The canvas-type home dec that I found went with her décor perfectly. She was beyond excited when I delivered her new pillows, despite the fact they were about a month late…

Happy Birthday Mom (again!)!

Wedding Flower Fun

I was very fortunate to play a small role in a gorgeous wedding two weekends ago. A friend of mine asked me to help them out with the flowers for their special day and I was ecstatic to get the ball rolling! A few online searches and scoping out bulk flower sites were much needed to get ideas. The bridesmaids dresses were a beautiful jade color so I wanted the flowers to be light colors so they would really stand out.

The selection: anastasia spider mums, dahlias, and roses.

I made a prototype bouquet then a few of the bridesmaids helped make more. We needed 8 bridesmaid bouquets, 1bridal bouquet, 1 bouquet to toss, 17 boutonnieres (wow that word is impossible to spell...), and 5 corsages. Whew!

Here are some bridesmaid action shots!

The bride showing off the handy Eagles storage container!

Baby S playing with a spider mum! Isn't he adorable! He also got the tiniest boutonniere. 

The finished bridal bouquet!

A detail shot of the ribbon wrapping and the "I Do" charm.

Some of the finished boutonnieres, the stems were wrapped with wire to give it a masculine touch. The flowers were done in a hotel room without a ton of planning so we made due with containers that we could find.

Storing the finished bridesmaids bouquets in ice buckets! 

And finally, the finished product! Don't these ladies look stunning!

Photo By Vanessa Sanchez

The boutonnieres looked great too; however, only fake flowers would have withstood the ridiculous amounts of dancing that would later come...

Hope your summer has been filled with fun weddings, mine sure has!
xoxo

Simple Bedroom Upgrade

I had an amazing time and was so impressed with all of the seamstresses, quilters, and crafters at the Hipster's Craft Show this past weekend hosted by Hipstitch. I entered my name into a few raffles and was HOPING to win the Weekender Bag that Suzanne made! Since I haven't heard from anyone, I am guess some luck gal/guy won.

Excited to use my Hipstich coupon for some new great fabric, I found some floral/paisley and some geometric fabrics that I thought would make stylish pillow cases in our bedroom. I worked on these at the Albuquerque Modern Sewing Guild meeting tonight and LOVE how they turned out!

Enjoy summer decorating!
xoxo