Tuesday 26 August 2014

Blame it on Pinterest

I wanted the perfect Pinterest wedding, more than our budget could cater for...so I made it myself.  I taught myself to sew, and draw, and use Photoshop.

Here are the results!
All of the photos were taken by Jo Bongard, a photographer based in London.  I can't recommend her work highly enough, and she's an all round lovely person too!  It felt like a friend was taking the pictures :)  Check her amazing work out here.

Labels for sweetie jars 

I taught myself to sew in order to make the dresses I wanted.

Wooden table numbers painted peach and dry-brushed with cream.

We used a punch for the name cards.

I made the petticoats using (a lot) of net!

I used satin for the sashes.  One dress pattern was used for the 
bodice of the dress, and I created my own pattern for the circle
skirts using an online calculator like this one.

We made the little birds with modelling 
clay, then created a little mould and made
the birds with resin.

More sweets!

We made a photo display of our parents and
grandparents on their wedding days.

I used a zigzag stitch on the sewing machine to create
this appliqué welcome bunting

Menus created on Photoshop!

We painted terracotta plant pots in different
pastel colours to display the centrepieces.

Here are the bouquets and flower details...