Posted byThe Offbeat Flickr Pool had some serious flora, fauna, baubles, and yummies. This week's Montage is all about the nitty-gritty details.
Kimberly made these DIY bouquets from maps, which makes them pop with color. Ya'll know we love our paper flowers!
Kimberly also made these amazing colored coffee filter centerpieces! She said, “Afterwards we gave most of them to the nurses in the oncology unit — fresh flowers aren't allowed!” Crafty and philanthropic. She's a keeper.
This cake at Nicole and PJ's wedding is so famous, it has to go incognito.
Tribe member LindyShoes' friend V models her DIY garter flask holder. Sometimes a lady just likes a nip or two before the bouquet toss.
LindyShoes' also lives up to her namesake by sporting these amazing retro heels. And as she says, “blisters were totally worth it.” Oh girl, for shoes like that, you know it.
Cristina & Adrian's colorful, lesbian, vegan night of fun
These two put the hot pink in pinky swear, and I mean HOT. The crafty duo included lots of personal details -- duct tape bouquets,... Read more
Cynamin's groom, Mark, had a surprise green cake from his mother. He baked her a green cake back when he was fifteen and it was payback time!
Nikki and Randee had a most fabulous pink donut cake. Being a pie > cake person myself, I totally approve of this cake alternative.
In case you missed what was happening on top of that donut cake because you were looking at the donuts (and then craving a donut), here is the detail shot. I'm pretty sure we can safely call this “the glitterati.”
Stephanie probably posed for a million photos due to the hawtness of this rainbow-tulled gown-of-awesome. Her rainbow ribbon veil is icing on the cake. And bonus: check out their hilarious save-the-date vid featuring one harsh critic!
I love the expressions in this shot after Fae's ceremony. It's an awesome combination of love and “aww yeah!” And they got hitched in Chicago thanks to the new civil union law in Illinois.
This week's Clicky Links:
- Check out some things we've pinned this week on Pinterest: Glow paint-spattered mason jars and this Butterfly Whimsy Crown.
- A new take on 8-bit centerpieces (via Instructables)
- Shawna created a tutorial for those fantastic organza bouquets we loved in her aviation-inspired wedding.
- This how-to guide to making strawberry leather is making me hangry! Check it out at Offbeat Home.
- Check out this artsy backyard wedding at MyWedding.com (Thanks, Megan.)
- Some folks take the opportunity to highlight a personal belief during their wedding. This video shows a couple protesting the chaining of dogs. (Thanks, Jordan.)
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Catherine Clark loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur babies, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com.
My jaw literally *dropped* at the rainbow wedding gown. SO. FREAKING. AWESOME. !!!! 😀
The mason jar pin in the links- if anyone finds a way to actually make it look like that, or finds the original post with instructions, will you post so we know? That post has been driving me nuts and I can’t make it look right!
It looks to me like there is a light of some sort at the bottom of the jars, concealed by the blanket. Probably to light the paint and the scene enough for the photo.
I am not 100% sure in this case, but in the past I have used a toothbrush to make the fine spots of splatter (sounds strange, oh well). Just lightly dip the toothbrush into the paint and then use your thumb to flick the bristles and you should get a fine mist. If it is to heavy try using less paint. You can practice on a piece of paper first to figure out how much paint you need.
Hope that helps!
Not only did I drool at every photo, I “pinned” most of them as well! What would I do without you, OBB?!
I know awesome is overused, so let’s go with AWE INSPIRING! I love “the glitterati” – and pink donut cake especially.
and that save-the-date wedding video makes me wish I could time-travel to crash the 4-30-11 wedding! – now to make a flask garter or two….
Totally random, but does anybody out there know of a good tutorial for paper flowers like the ones posted up there? Inquiring minds want to know. ^.^
I learned how to make them yesterday with this link: http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/origami_kusadama_flowers
A couple of the steps confused me a little, but once I fiddled a little, I figured them out and was all set after one petal.
Elisabeth- http://artsyvava.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-05-10T21%3A53%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7 I’m planning these for my wedding- very easy!
I LOVE the idea of donating paper flowers to the oncology unit. What a lovely idea and so much better than tossing them or letting them collect dust in an attic.
Dammit every single picture here is just amazing! I can’t even remember anything specific my mind is all ‘asdfamazingawesomebeautifulgorgeouswhoa!’
Hah! I just learned how to make the origami flowers in the top picture last night, and I’ve been thinking that I’ll do either those OR the coffee filter ones. I guess I can do both! (And since my boyfriend’s a doctor, I bet they’ll end up finding homes at the hospital, too!)
I’ve been going ON AND ON about having a donut-tower instead of a cake for YEARS, and no one has listened to me. Now I feel so darn vindicated in my crazy. And I am even moar dedicated to making my donut tower a reality!
XD omg, guys, do you know how to diy the garter flask holder? My bridemaids would LOVE that!
OOH, you’re in luck — we’re going to run a DIY tutorial on this exact thing very soon. 🙂
Hey, Kelsey! Here are the instructions I used for the one above, except I used metal snaps instead of Velcro and skipped the extra elastic insert they suggest (but maybe I’m just lazy). However, these are just eHow instructions and I can’t help but imagine the OBB DIY is going to be much more epic… so it’s probably worth it to hold out for the ones Megan hinted at. 🙂 Happy crafting!
http://www.ehow.com/how_4899543_make-garter-flask.html
Love it. All of it. Their all so awesome and creative! Love the garter! Sounds like a fantastic idea 🙂