Monday, August 24, 2009

A little vintage touch.

So, everyone know we had a very "rock n roll" wedding...
and every now and then we threw in a few vintage touches...
well, a vintage style... to keep it classic....

For starters I was married in an off-white all lace dress.
As you all have seen - very classic.
And, I could have been any happier with it...
I made the bouquets both my girls and myself...
using a very classic look.
Just simple red roses in a domed shape...
tied with fabric pieces from the leftover damask fabric...
Punked up with my sparkly Converse :)

Now my absolute favorite classic touch we had...
would have to be my veil and hair piece...
A long flowing veil would have just looked silly on me...
(the bride with the mohawk wore a white veil covering her face... right)
So it was never a question that I wanted to make my own birdcage veil.
I bought 1 yard of the offwhite netting on ebay...
I bought the black rose on etsy...
and the vintage ivory rose button inside the flower came from etsy as well.
I also added some black feathers to coordinate it with my flowers.
I loved it! My total cost was about $10...
by doing it myself I saved anywhere from $50-$200...
depending on how fancy one would want...
Check them out on etsy to see more examples...
Just search "wedding fascinators"
Some of my favorite examples...
Donatella - $89.00 on etsy by Portobello
This one my YJDesign is a little more budget friendly...
but equally beautiful. Its sold at $46.50

And this one, even more so!
How cool is that...
had I seen this one before I made mine...
i probably would have bought it...
we were on a very strict budget and this would have fit in just right.
I love the way the little "tails" come up...
Its made by Brendas Bridal Veils on Etsy for $25.99.
LAstly, I WISH i would have had these for the other side to hold my veil down.
Black Peacock $18 by JannyFay
My bridesmaid Mandy helped me our by twisting it into a cool little knot...
but I had bought some buttons to glue onto bobby pins that were misplaced.
They would have added a really nice touch. But, oh well!

So thats all for today!
What do you think about these classic designers on etsy?
Which one seems to be your favorite?

Saturday, August 22, 2009

CANDY!!

There were alot of awesome aspects to our wedding...
But one of my favorites was the Candy Table.
My MIL totally went over the top picking a bunch of awesomely matching candies...
and of course, I snatched a few from etsy!

Check it out!
This photo is from my photographers blog about out wedding.
Please check it out and drool over the photos, but PLEASE dont steal them :)
Send them an email and ask their permission...
Maybe they will let you use it in your listing in exchange for the link back, i dunno.

Now - in the top left corner we have the damask mintbooks.
I had them custom made by ExQuisiteInVitation...
She made half red & black... half white & black...
and they were SO awesomely displayed....
I just loved it and could have been ANY happier...

Everything else you see there was DIY'd by my MIL...
except for the super rad skull suckers in the bottom right corner.
I got those custom made by my friend over at Vintage Confections.
These were a HUGE hit. Not only were they awesome...
but they kept my youngest son quiet the whole wedding... haha
He was covered in a red sticky sugary goo all night, but he was happy...
She hand made the little tags on the suckers with a 2 layer tag.
And used a day of the dead style skull...
as well as listed our name and wedding date.
SO COOL!
So what do you guys think?
Once again, etsy pulls through :)

Lastly - my bridesmaid Mandy gave me an awesome gift!
Its funny because I saw on etsy that she bought them...
and I went to the sellers store to try to get one for myself!
Turned out... she bought them for me :)
Its a crocheted skeleton bride and groom couple...
Made my the awesome seller @ Twisted Pink.
Thanks as always for reading :)
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