Wedding Stuff

The Garter

I made this myself - super easy, just bought white chiffon trim and beaded scallop trim and sewed them together.  I then made a blue satin elastic strap (from left over fabric from her Mom's corsage), and added a silver airplane charm (for Tom) and the letter "M" (for Dorothy's new last name). 

The Suits

 Tom's suit shirt on the right, the groomsmen on the left.  This was before we opted for bow ties and suspenders - Tom in white and the groomsmen in black.

The Dresses

Sapphire bridesmaid dresses all in a row (mine is on the right).  I love how Dorothy let us pick out our own dresses!

Mother's Corsages

I made the flower pins for my Mom and Dorothy's Mom and Grandmother.  I layered light aqua satin and sheer fabrics cut in scalloped flower shapes, and added a rhinestone button to the centers.  These were so pretty and something the Mom's could keep after the wedding.

Decorations

Pom-Poms

cut cut cut, fold fold fold...

The pom pom making process - what a mess...  I found a pom pom making tutorial online and went from there - I think I had about 4 different sizes.

 Steve and Abbey happily helping "fluff" the tissue pom poms - there were probably about one hundred...

Paper Pin-Wheel Backdrop

First, I made pinwheels from various scrapbook papers in the wedding colors. (The scoring/folding tool I used to make the invitations saved a lot of time and tired fingers on this project!  I just placed a score line at one inch intervals and then folded the papers like a fan) I hot glued them individually to 2 large canvases and they were hung behind the front main table where bride, groom, and wedding party sat creating a unique and easy, yet beautiful backdrop.

Each circle was made from 2 or 3 folded fans (the bigger, fuller circles, like the one at bottom left were made with 3 sheets of paper - accordion folded and then folded in half)  I used staples to connect the pieces.  Create variety by cutting shapes into paper or creating a scalloped edge by cutting a curve through all thicknesses of the fan edges and then open up.  I layered a few of the pinwheels on top of each other and cut circles out of coordinating papers with a craft punch.  Remember to keep sizes varied; texture and depth is important as well.

Cake Topper

I made the cake toppers from a little kit I bought on Etsy from Goosegrease - so cute!  I hand painted each piece to look exactly like the bride and groom on wedding day.  Tom and Dorothy had a small cake and these looked super cute!  (ignore the lip venom in the background - kind of an unintentional, yet funny, way to show scale...)

Final result on the cake.  I like how simple, yet absolutely personal these are.

 Moss Covered Initials

I started with foam core cut to make the "T" and "D" and glued the pieces together where needed.  The ampersand is more delicate so I just cut it out of cardboard.

I went outside to work with the moss - it was VERY messy.  I bought some "sheets" of craft moss online.  I had never worked with moss before so it was a little bit of trial and error.  I tore off chunks of moss from the sheet and cut up one inch sections of craft wire to create "U" shaped tacks.  I then tacked the moss down by pressing into the foam core.  When it was all tacked down I then wrapped the entire letter with clear fishing line - I wrapped it quite excessively, but it didn't show and stayed together well this way.  The ampersand was a little harder because I didn't make it out of foam so I stapled as much moss as I could straight to the cardboard, and then wrapped it with fishing line as well.  I then attached hemp rope tacked to the back to hang the letters.  The back side was left moss free, as it was going to be hanging against a wall.

 The final result looked great and it really wasn't too time consuming.