Corina's Cute Wedding

Last week, Corina emailed me some adorable photos from her DIY wedding. 

She handmade all her centerpieces from branches and paper flowers (just like yours truly)

I love how she used so many bright colors. Everything looks so fresh and festive!

I also love how she used them to decorate her dessert table!

Great job Corina and congrats!!

All photos by Jessie Pyne

(UPDATE: Jessie emailed me with a link - check her out!)

Things I've Seen that I Like

I've never been into making inspiration boards (except for one). 

I can either never find what I'm looking for. Or I lose interest around page 6 of my search results. Or there are so many good ones out there - just search Google images for "wedding inspiration board [insert color here]" - why should I make another?

I mean seriously, look at all this gorgeous inspiration...I can get lots of inspiration just handed to me :)

However, I do see things I like, like all the time. And I want to share them with people, like all the time. So instead of inspiration boards, how about I just post things I like? I make no promises of them matching or falling into a similar theme, or even making sense or that matter :) And all you have to do is sit back and enjoy.

Deal?

Great!

First, the only thing I love more than DIY is DIY using recycled materials. 

Like these gorgeous and delicate flowers made from vintage sewing patterns by MontclairMade on Etsy:

And I know I made no promises about things coordinating, but wouldn't they go perfectly with this Vera Wang dress?

And maybe pair it with this adorable and simple necklace from ANORIGINALJEWELRY on Etsy.

You can flip the necklace from "Ms." to "Mrs." after the ceremony!

I (because I'm a giant dinosaur nerd) also love these (hey husband, hint, hint) tiny dinosaur earrings.

Speaking of dinosaur nerds...

I definitely debating having our wedding at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

But A) not everyone is as much of a nerd as I am; and B) the dinosaur hall wasn't large enough for all our guests. 

If we did have it at the Natural History Museum, you know I would ask Kevin Dart to make my invitations.

Was that random enough for you? 

:)

This weekend!

Bouquet, originally uploaded by UglyKitty.

Can you tell things are getting busy around here? All my staged, nice photos with my fancy camera have been replaced by quick iPhone shots.

Well, it's this weekend!!!!!

Would you believe there is only two things left on my to-do list: manicure/pedicure and pack for the honeymoon...and I've got my nail appointment in 1 hr 15 mins.

After the wedding, I'll take the time to post all the details and lots of tutorials, but for now, there here are the bouquets.

Each one was made from recycled paper (security envelopes), wire, floral tape, tacky glue, and ribbon.

Total cost per bouquet: ~$3

My favorite though is the ribbon-wrapped handle. My maid of honor and I played with them for about an hour trying to figure out how to wrap them to no avail. Then I channeled my inner little girl, and started tying knots in the ribbon friendship-bracelet style. The ribbon held perfectly and it gave the wraps a great staircase effect.

I'll be back in a few weeks....as the Mrs.!