Category: DIY Wedding Blog
Colorful boutonnieres perfect for a fall wedding from etsy seller, tinarie21……………
Peonies and Polaroids DIY caketopper for her impending wedding is coming together quite nicely. To see more pictures and directions from her adorable birdie caketopper project, click here.
I usually don’t post a lot images from the handful wedding magazines I purchase every season, but this wedding from the recent Martha Stewart Wedding issue was just too sweet not to feature. Not only am I a sucker for farm weddings, but I especially love that Amy and Leo incorporated some of my favorite wedding vendors like their Anne Wood cake topper and invites from the talented Bird and Banner into their celebration.
[Photos c/o Martha Stewart Weddings and Jaime Buerger]
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time behind the scenes recently working to bring numerous projects on board in hopes of transforming Once Wed from just a listing service/blog to a premier wedding inspiration and resource site. By this fall, Once Wed will have a completely new look and a lot more features…..more to come on this later though……..
The first step towards that goal is the launch of our weekly DIY wedding feature, which will post every Thursday from this day forward(hopefully by the end of the summer we will post a different DIY project twice a week). I’ve teamed up with Laurie Cinotto of LaLaLaurie and Fine Flowers to present modern and beautiful DIY projects that not only will work within a reasonable budget, but also that the average person can actually craft for their own wedding. I can’t tell you how excited and humbled I am that Laurie is lending her incredible talents and creativity to Once Wed once a week from here on out. As someone who has absolutely no talent when it comes to craft or creating anything by hand, I literally jumped out of my seat when Laurie sent me this beautiful wreath. Laurie also does floral design for weddings and other events and recently mentioned that a lot of the time the flower girl wreath is the first item to go when working within a certain budget because fresh flowes are so expensive. So, Laurie came up with this incredible and rustic butterfly head wreath as a beautiful alternative.
When the new site launches in the fall all the DIY projects will be categorized in a gallery setting making it easier to navigate through everything too. Even though Laurie already has some pieces in the works, we would love to hear suggestions from everybody on different DIY ideas you might like to see or any type of feedback in general about this new project.
I hope everyone enjoys this new weekly feature and I want to say a big thank you and Once Wed welcome to, Laurie!
Butterfly Head Wreath
your glue gun to adhere the tail of the ribbon to the inside of the
back of the wreath. Wrap the ribbon around the wreath, leaving some
open space to expose the bark covered wire. Continue wrapping until
you reach your starting point, glue the end of your ribbon and trim
excess. (see figure 2)
one yard lengths of ribbon. Find the middle point of each ribbon,
and tie the lengths to the back of the wreath to create four "tails".
out 15 butterflies from the card stock, using your craft punch. Use
your thumbnail to make creases at the point where the wings meet the
body. and slightly bend the wings upward. (see figure 3)
the 10 butterflies on, and around the leaves and wreath, then glue tiny
bits of reindeer moss near the butterflies. You can you tweezers
to hold the butterflies and moss to prevent burning your fingers with
the hot glue. (see figure 4)
I couldn’t resist posting this adorable wedding from the Martha Stewart Wedding summer issue I picked up yesterday. I love the blue, pink, and yellow pallette she picked up from a piece of vintage lingerie that set the tone of their "california dreamy" wedding. Oh, and her Caroline Herrera polka dot wedding dress is absolutely sensational. Enjoy!
[Photos c/o Martha Stewart Weddings and Thayer Allyson Gowdy]
