How to Make Beautiful Poppy Flowers

I found this amazing tutorial on Grosgrain Fabulous Blog. Click HERE to go to the link to see more pictures and the tutorial and also check out below.

Materials:
1 yard of either Linen, Cotton or lightweight solid colored material
1-2 pin finding bars (I found mine at JoAnn fabric)
Fray Stop Spray (I found mine at Hancock fabric)
3"x3" felt
2"x2" piece of contrasting fabric for center
Thin tipped marker
iron
scissors
hot glue gun and glue
newspaper

More Photos Robbie and Sarah Stone Wedding

I found some other photos that Sarah's sister Karin took of the wedding and wanted to show you all the other cute things of the day.

And Aimee, I am not obsessed with weddings, I just like to post cute things and creative event planning.

Enjoy!

Clay statues of Robbie and Sarah. So cute. And these DIY bride and groom statues are a very creative way to top a wedding cake.

Simple and beautiful wedding cake. And tasty too.

This was the awesome brunch that I helped Shari put together. Yummy French pastries.

Flowers Made From Old Books and Paper

I want to make these and when I do I will post some photos. I found these images from The Sweetest Occasion.
Wouldn't these be great for a wedding decoration or clumped together in a bedroom like above a headboard? These scream Anthropologie window display to me.

Pretty paper flower pomanders and bouquets from Whether Paperworks. Each piece is custom designed and handmade using your choice of paper from vintage magazines, comic books, sheet music, old books, journals, newspaper or photos. Every bouquet is handcrafted petal by petal, a process that results in gorgeous one of a kind creations, unique to your celebration.

{Photos from Whether Paperworks.}

P.S. By the way I posted out how to make and fold these beautiful things HERE!!!

500 Days of Summer Wedding Photos

As many of you have read, I have a Celebrity Crush on Zooey Deschanel. Click HERE to see past post.

I found this awesome wedding photo shoot inspired by the movie 500 Days of Summer that Ms. Zooey is in and I thought you guys might like to see it. I think these photos are fantastically clever. If you haven't seen the movie then I recommend you watch that too.

Anyways, these photos are taken from Sarah Yates Blog and she is also the photographer of these photos. I do not own the rights to any of these pictures.

there are so many more photos on green wedding shoes here and here. and here's a list of the talent involved

Event styling: Jen Campbell of Green Wedding Shoes, Lauryl Lane and Esther Kim of My Bride Story
Event Design & Coordination: Esther Kim of My Bride Story
Model styling: Jen Campbell of Green Wedding Shoes
Photography: Sarah Yates Photography
Floral Design: Lauryl Lane
Vintage props, rentals & styling: Jeni Maus from Found Vintage Rentals
Stationery design: Wiley Valentine
Hair/Make up: Theresa Huang and Manning Lee of TH Makeup & Hair Design
Videography: Jason Kim of Cloud 9 Cinematography
Architect/Chalk Artist: Jennifer Choi
Vintage dresses: Mill Crest Vintage
Shoes (bride and groom): Shoebuy.com
Hairpiece: Rachel Larraine
Models: Cazzy Golomb & Alex Hwang
Venue: Oviatt Penthouse

Robbie and Sarah's Wedding

The morning started with a beautiful European style brunch (sadly I have no photos) followed by an afternoon temple wedding ceremony and then a big party at the Fort Douglas Bandstand. The reception was fun and filled with 50s style dresses, croquet, horseshoes, yummy ice cream cones, cake and dancing. The vintage touches were sweet such as the old typewriter, flag pendants, old handkerchiefs on the tables, and vintage plates and cups.

Our handsome Robbie.

Action shot of TJ throwing the horseshoe.

We had a great time being home in Utah and wish Robbie and Sarah a long and happy marriage. Congrats!

To see Charlie's getup click here.

The Wedding Gift 2

Paul and I are in Utah for his brother Robbie and his wife Sarah's wedding.

I made them a painting for their wedding gift using their wedding invitation. (here is another gift I made Sam and Anna's wedding gift)



And here is my creation. The wedding was a vintage 1950s themed wedding so I tried to stick with the theme.


Congrats Robbie and Sarah. The day was beautiful and they looked beautiful and it was so fun to be with the family. Wedding pictures to follow.

Great Ways to Add Color to A Table

Shari-these are for you since you asked for a quick and easy way to add color to a wedding brunch table.

Add ribbon to the table like just 3 different colors down the middle like below. You don't have to cross them if you don't have enough.

Make these cute triangle pendant things out of cute paper.


You could cut hearts out of cute color print paper and string them together and lay them down the center on the table.


I love this idea and I came up with it all by myself. Go to the library and rent old love books--love poetry books, love stories, or anything that looks old. You can stack these up on the tables.



And balloons are always fun and cute if done right.

guess the wedding couple

Married 41 Years

If you guessed my parents then you are correct. My hippie parents were wed on the 8th of June in 1969, on the shores of the beautiful Lake Tahoe. Look at my mom's beautiful legs ---they are so great.

This is the dress I was talking about that I would have loved to wear for my wedding, at least I think that now at the time I wanted a big dress that was beautiful too. (See post Vintage and Classic) I would have tried to match the lace on the waist and made cap sleeves out of it and added a little lace on the bottom to give it a little length to hit the top of my knees.

Wouldn't that have been great for a daughter to wear her mom's wedding dress? Did any of you wear your mom's wedding dress?

Going To Another Wedding

Utah here we go again!

Paul's brother Robbie just announced that he will be getting married over Labor Day weekend, which means that Paul and I will be heading back West in 2 weeks. The wedding is a Vintage 1950's Garden Party. So now I have to find something to wear. Sarah-the soon to be Mrs. Robbie Stone-emailed me these photos as a reference as ideas of what to wear.



I know for sure that I wont wear that ridiculously gigantic bow on my head-so scratch that off the list.

I have scoured my closet and have thought that maybe one of these will work. I am posting to get your opinion. So don't be shy about the comments. Also, I am totally stoked cause maybe I can make my wedding hat after all and have somewhere to wear it. See post Wedding Hat for reference.

Wedding Hat

Outfit Options
this is really cute...is it enough of a garden party?

I just love this dress and have never worn it cause it is a bit, crazy, but maybe I could give it the right flare and wear it to a fun, garden wedding with lots of frills. Yes or no?



I could add the belt (it wouldn't stay on as it wasn't on a body)


I am not sure I like this cardigan on the dress.

Will any of these work???

Have a Great Weekend!