Category: DIY Wedding Blog

Regular posting will resume tomorrow, but I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Labor Day. Stay tuned tomorrow to see more of this charming wedding above and enter in our new giveaway…

I’m always excited when I see a bride take one of our DIY projects and run with it for her own wedding. Darci of With This Ring
took the DIY Table Notes project from last month and
incorporated a simple palette of green and black paper for her own damask
wedding coming up. 

Laurie
and I decided a while back we would love to support etsy sellers by
using their products in as many projects as we possibly can, so this
week you might notice that the lily of the valley stems are from etsy
seller, Caramelos. She has a wonderful store filled with craft goodies,
artful supplies, and wide variety of millinery flowers. It is an amazing resource for anyone who is undertaking a DIY project.

Laurie
created the beautiful nosegay above for this week’s DIY project on Once Wed. Even after a couple of months I’m still amazed at how talented Laurie is with crafting projects and am so grateful to have her as a weekly contributer on the site. I mean how perfect would this little posy look in
the hands of a flower girl? It could also act as a beautiful alternative
to the mother-of-the-bride corsage too. Enjoy!

What You’ll Need

One dozen silk Lily of the
Valley stems

One dozen feathers

One button

One yard of ribbon (1/2 inch
wide)

One roll of floral corsage
tape 

A Pair of scissors

Needle

Thread

Hot glue gun and glue stick. 

Resources:

Vintage Lily of the Valley
stems available through Caramelo’s Etsy Shop

http://caramelos.etsy.com

All other supplies are available
at your local craft store 

1.  Begin by stripping
the fluff from the bottom half of your feathers.  (see figure 1) 

2.  Take your bundle of
Lily of the Valley and fan out the flower stems (see figure 2) 

3.  Tuck your feathers
in between your stems to make your bouquet.    (see figure
3) 

4.  Wrap your stems with
floral tape.   (see figure 4)   Floral tape gets
sticky when you stretch it, so pull the tape as you wrap. 

5.  Cut five pieces of
ribbon, approximately 4 inches long.   Use your hot glue gun
to attach one ribbon tail at the point were the tape begins, just below
the feathers. (see figure 5).   Glue down the other ribbon
tail to create a loop.  (see figure 6) 

6.  Glue the remaining
loops, working your way around the bouquet, then wrap the “handle“
with your floral tape.  (see figure 7) 

7.  Take your remaining
ribbon, and glue the tail near the bottom of your posy handle. (see
figure 8)   Wrap the handle, from bottom to top, covering
all of the floral tape, and tack down the end of the ribbon with your
glue gun. (see figure 9) 

8.  Finish off the posy
by stitching down a button at the point where you glued the tail of
the ribbon, just below the ribbon loops.  (see figure 10) 

Budget:

Feathers $1

Lily of the Valley  $1.75

Floral tape $2

Ribbon $1.50

Total spent  $6.25

Laurie, you are incredible! Thank you so much for lending your talents to Once Wed every week!!
 

The blogging community never ceases to amaze me with their talents, creativity, and now generosity. Stephanie of Nie Nie Dialogues and her husband, Christian, were victims of an awful plane crash 2 weeks ago(you can read more about their story here).
With 4 small children to care for and very serious injuries sustained from the
crash, this couple has a long road ahead of them. The
blogging community has banded together to bring awareness to their
terrible situation by creating a recovery fund to help cover the financial expenses they will accrue over the next year.

Please consider contributing in one of the following ways…

  – Bid on one of the 165 items donated by bloggers from all over the
world in a silent auction. To see this list of incredible items, go to Design Mom.
 
  – Donate money to their recovery fund here.
 
  – Send a card or note to Stephanie & Christian at the Maricopa County Hospital, where they are currently being treated:

                                                                         c/o Stephanie & Christian Nielson

Brett and I have been together 5 years today. Words can’t describe the love and admiration I have for my wonderful husband…

I’m taking the day off to
celebrate, but posting will resume as normal tomorrow with a wonderful DIY
project from Laurie.

**The picture above is my favorite from our wedding on April 5th 2007**