My Current Abandonment of Crafting...

I've unfortunately had to make the decision to hault on crafting anything... and that means anything, until I've completed the majority of the big projects I have to complete for school. Cause, you know, I'm graduating and all! I absolutely can't wait for May 7th to arrive! So as this no-crafting-rule continues for me, I figured an update of what I worked on a couple weeks ago would be appropriate.

Two weeks ago 2 really good friends of mine got married, and on their 3 year anniversary. It was precious, and it was the first wedding I've ever been in. So I was excited, not only for my friends, but for the fact that I could make stuff for it... oh so much stuff. This is the same bride I made the paper bouquet for back in December. Well, she has to have a lingerie shower and a bachelorette party right??? So why not make some cute favors?

These were a spur-of the moment idea the night before I left for the wedding. They're simple little pins for the Maid of Honor and bridesmaids to wear. I used all the leftover paper I had from her invitations and made the paper rosettes, then used cut-up cupcake liners for the blue layer to add some different texture. Then attached colored ribbon to the back, placed the labels lined with glitter, and a pin latch on the back. I was very happy with these, and I hope to advertise these for other wedding parties (or just regular parties!).

Then I had found these adorable explosion boxes on a blog I read (I sadly can't remember where :( ... ). Each girl got one, and it was so much fun making these. It was also great to see how happy they were when they each started looking through them.

One of my favorite responses was: After she pulls the lid off, "Oh my, I think I broke it..."

Haha

But each box had pictures of the couple in black and white, along with the girls name, a print out of 1 Corinthians 13 on love, and the date of the wedding. I had also found the perfect paper for these: a soft shade of kelly green, light blue, silver, and butterflies. The Blossoms & Butterflies stack from DCWV had a few sheets of it. Perfecto!

Here are some pictures of the inside of a few boxes:

And on another note: what's one disaster every bride fears on her wedding day? Flowers aren't delivered? A bridesmaid falling flat on her face and needing stitches...on her face. Or it could be ... the cake. The absolute and bitter fact that the cake is one glorious disaster. I watched this very disaster pan out the morning of this wedding.

Essentially, she received a 3 tier white cake that #1 was the wrong order (she didn't ask for the rectangular base layer it had) and #2 it was sagging ... like ... as we came to call it: an elephants foot. It was horrifying. So: Team Re-do the Wedding Cake (me, friend Julie, and mother-of-the-bride) went into action and pumped out this miracle of God:

Wedding Bouquets

Wow! The end of February is coming up so quickly!

Yesterday, I figured out that I have 2 months of my college career left to go. Yikes! I'm so excited to graduate, but completely clueless as to what to do afterwards. I'll DEFINITELY be working much more on my cards, flower, and art, and I'll also be looking for a few places to sell on a regular basis. But for now ... some updates!

During Christmas break I worked on wedding invitations and the wedding party bouquets for a good friend of mine from freshman year. Her colors are a bright electric blue and a clover green (although the greens vary throughout). She adores butterflies, so those are everywhere.

These were the first invitations I've had the pleasure of making, and I think they came out pretty good for my first time. I made the tri-fold card, then had a template that would cut out the pocket for the rsvp card.

She also gave me the opportunity to take my flower making to a new level, and asked me to make her bouquet (and the bridesmaid's bouquets, and the boutonnieres). She asked me months before I needed to even start planning, but I had plans in my mind minutes later. This is the bridal bouquet (made with white spiral roses, and forget-me-nots which she personally requested).

I'm hoping to add custom wedding bouquets to my shop this summer. It was so much fun to make all of these. And the best part is I get to keep one since I'm a bridesmaid!