Category: DIY Wedding Blog
You might have already seen snippets of this lovely wedding on the amazing Design Sponge, but I was so excited when Alyson Fox sent over images of her wedding to share with us. Alyson is an incredible artist and designer and I can’t wait to see the collection she tells us about below. She was kind enough to share a few details about how she and her husband met and their lovely wedding for Once Wed…
I am an artist and I also have a small design side to my madness. I
make a little of everything. Playing and trying to be self supporting
with it all. I also have a collaboration with a designer in Brooklyn
called "Fox in Mociun" It’s printed tees, and will soon be
undergarments with fun prints and colors. My husband and I meet in Grad school in Boulder Colorado. He was
studying Art History and I was Studio Art. We moved to Austin after
school. He started his own interactive design agency a little over a
year ago with 2 other partners called Coloring Book Studio. I am really fortunate because he makes me wonderful websites and take great care of me.
We really wanted a low key wedding that was fun and "Us" and keeping it
at a reasonable budget. We decided on a Brunch wedding since we both
love eating brunch on Sunday. We had breakfast tacos, potatoes,
muffins, casseroles and fruit. Regarding inspiration for the wedding, I only wanted white with accents of black. My dress was made from a WWII parachute that I got off of e-bay and a vintage kimono
that had some black drawings of birds and bunnies on it. I ended up making my garter belt too and it was super easy to do. I just took a
vintage ribbon, sewed a bit of elastic on it to fit my leg and then
hand sewed the detail fabric on it that I got from a vintage slip.
The flowers from the wedding we found by going to a flower company and picking
out fun looking flowers that were white and black/plumish in color. I
wanted a very simple hand picked look, so my mother in law did them all
with her friends and I just love them. I did a drawing for the invitations that we had embossed by Sesame letterpress onto thick card stock to go with our whole "Tying the Knot" theme. My friends and I actually made the origami flowers by finding instructions on line. We used white computer paper to create them and scattered them on the grass for the ceremony.
Stay tuned for Part II of Alyson’s lovely wedding coming up next….
[Images c/o Ashley Garmon and Emily Joyce of Ashley Garmon Photographers]
There are mornings I wake up amazed that I get to spend my days talking
about weddings and writing on Once Wed(of course there are mornings where
I wake up a little stressed because that is apparently what happens when you own your
own biz too but i try not to focus on mornings like that). Anyways, as
Once Wed is entering its 8 month of existence the word thankful has
been on my mind a lot recently. Thankful for generous and lovely
vendors who share their work with Once Wed, thankful for my
amazing readers, thankful for my incredible husband who pushes me to
dream bigger and picks me up when I fall, and thankful for all the
wonderful opportunites and people I’ve encountered along the way. I wish there
was something I could say that was more meaningful, but unfortunately I
am not one for words so…Thank You.
I’m really excited about next week on Once Wed. I’ve got a surprise
feature and 2 wonderful guest bloggers sharing their beautiful
weddings, so I will leave you with a snippet of Alyson Fox’s lovely
wedding for the weekend. Alyson was kind enough to send over details and
images from her wedding and I cannot wait to share them with you on
Monday. I will also be at The Not Wedding on Sunday, so I hope I see
some of you there…
Oh, and the site might look a little weird over the next week because I
am experimenting with different ads. Have a lovely weekend!
[Holga image c/o Ashley Garmon and Emily Joyce of Ashley Garmon Photographers]
I asked Celine if she would’t mind me ending end her week of guest blogging on Once Wed
with a spotlight on her wedding gown because I was just so impressed by this project. Celine fell in love with a Vera Wang couture gown, but knew it
wouldn’t fit into her budget so she decided to take matters into her own hands and create her own. Yes, Celine and her good friend, Yukiko,
custom made her stunning wedding dress(including the floral details
below) all by hand. I think custom is such a great way to go if you are working with a smaller budget or looking for ways to cut costs…especially if you have a talented friend when it comes to a sewing machine. If you
are interested in seeing more details, you have to check out the
website they put together breaking down the steps of the whole journey behind creating both the bride and bridesmaid gowns.
Thank you Celine!! Your wedding was absolutely beautiful and you’ve been so sweet to share it on Once Wed.
[Images c/o Yukiko]
Even though this DIY might be a bit more labor intensive than some of the other projects featured on the site, I think these beautiful medallions are a great idea as place cards for your wedding. Laurie does a great job of breaking down the project into steps that are manageable and simple enough for any novice to DIY to undertake. Enjoy!
folded pack of crepe paper. You’ll want the "grain" of the paper to
run the short way. The bottom of your strip should be cut with
standard scissors, but you can use any decorative scissors to cut the
top edge. (See figure one)
strip (straight edge at the bottom, ruffled edged on top) and begin
folding small, angled pleats. Keep the completed pleats pinched
between your left hand thumb and index finger as you work. Keep your
pleats even.
the completed pleats with your right thumb and index finger, fold with
your left hand. (See figure 2)
medallion 45 degrees, and staple again to create a "x" in the center.
This should secure all the pleats. If, by chance, it doesn’t, it’s
fine to add another staple or two. (See figure 3 and 4)
and 15 inches long. Repeat steps 2 through 5 to create a second,
slightly smaller medallion. You can use the same color paper as you
did for the first medallion, or you can chose a coordinating color.
glue in the center of your larger medallion and place the smaller
medallion on top of it.
circle with the name centered on it. Glue the circle in the middle of
the smaller medallion. (See figure 5)
larger medallion. (finished ends dangling down). Cut a circle out of
your decorative paper, ( smaller than the diameter of your largest
medallion) and glue to the back. (See figure 6)
begin making your pleats. When your circle is complete, go around it
again and make a second row of pleats and then staple the center.
(See figure 7)
I am drinking my daily cup of tea over the portfolio of Trine Thorson this morning. How pretty would a garden wedding look in shades of purple like above?
[Images c/o Trine Thorson via Follow Studio]
