Before I get to all the fun, I first need to give credit to all my lovely friends and help, and give credit where credit is due. All photographs you are about to see were taken by the lovely Sarah Alston, and her best friend and second shooter for the day, Jesse Phillips. (www.sarahalstonphotography.com) Sarah is an absolute darling to work with, and I am proud to not only call her my photographer, but also now my friend. I just love her!
Also the creation of this special day would in no way be possible with out the tireless help of my wonderful, patient mom. She was an absolute rockstar with helping and planning from beginning to end. I always love my mom, I obviously always will, but there really are no words to say how grateful I was, and still am. Also, it would not have been this beautiful with out some crafty set up help from my wonderful Dad, Mother in Law, Sister in Law, Father in law, My husband's Aunts, Bridesmaids, Groomsmen, and even some groomsmen's wives. You all are absolutely fabulous, and I cannot believe how kind you all we to help me :)
With out any further delays....CRAFT MADNESS! (All items that I did not make, I will say where I bought/got as we go!)
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| Let the decorating begin! Before the ceremony at my Venue, the Marysville Opera House! |
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| My bouquets I made! I personalized each of the three bridesmaid's bouquets by picking out a brooch tailored to their likes and putting it on the handle. |
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| Here they are! The two feather bouquets on each end were made for my maid of honor and a bridesmaid. The bouquet made from sheet music roses and ribbon was made because I had a vegan bridesmaid, so I wanted to be considerate. The brooch bouquet is mine! |
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| The best part about making my own brooch bouquet: getting brooches from friends and loved ones, AND getting to pick out my own symbolic ones! |
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| I used both vintage and new brooches along with some creative repurposing of costume jewelry rings with the stretchy bands. |
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| BROOCHES! |
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| My brooch bouquet took SO long to make. Hours to compile, hours to create and hard work. But it was worth it. I felt very proud. :) |
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| A good portion of my accessories. My bouquet, which I made. My shoe, which I bought on etsy from La Plume Ehtere. And my dress, hanging on a custom made hanger with my new last name from Etsy. :) |
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| My hair, done by the fabulous Tiffany Phillips. Peacock hairpiece made by La Plume Ethere on Etsy! |
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| More of my accessories, if you will. :) My parasol (peacock, of course!) which we ordered from online, Shoes again from etsy, and clutch. My clutch is a repurposed vintage clutch from a seller, 2007musarra, on Etsy. |
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| My beautiful one of a kind clutch! (from Etsy) |
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| My crystal filigree necklace :) Bought on Etsy. |
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| Swarovski Crysal peacock cuff :) |
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| Okay, okay, other than my dress, this doesn't have much to do with accessories and the wedding theme. And I certainly didn't make it! But HOW CUTE is this?! All the couples can sign the door in the cottage when they get married here, and so long as it's on the white door, they don't repaint it! I signed later after we got hitched. :) |
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| My blue tulle slip I wore under my wedding dress. I had just a peek showing out the bottom. I bought this and it was made for me on Etsy by Fascinating Creations. You can also see the bouquets and parasol I painted hanging out below it. |
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| Groomsmen Boutonnieres. Purchased from La Plume Ethere on Etsy. (As you can tell, I used NO real flowers in my wedding!) :) |
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| The matching bracelets I found for the girls to wear. Found them at Ben Franklin crafts. They were a great deal! |
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| My custom keep garter. Made to my leg measurement by Pomp And Plumage on Etsy. It's got gems, a cameo, lace and feathers. And it was blue. SWOON! |
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| Gettin' into my garters and shoes! Here you can see the fab slip/tulle :) |
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| Oh, how I love these shoes! |
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| The feather flower boutonnieres we had for the male immediate family members. This one is on Ryan's Grandfather (on his mom's side!) :) |
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| The white gardenia style feather flowers we had for the female immediate family members. This is being shown off on my lovely sister in law, Ariana :) |
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| Here we are! The wedding party all done up, and the girls with our parasols! |
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| Now with our bouquets :) |
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| Action shot! I like this one because you see the bouquets a little closer. Plus you can tell how much fun we're having! |
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| Haha! Bouquet power! |
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| We did it! This is us leaving the ceremony! We got married on stage in the opera house. It was beautiful :) (Of course, Ryan is giving high fives, duh!) |
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| I love love love this picture! Just like I love love love him! I also adore that my bouquet I slaved over is getting in on the action! |
That's it for this round folks! Coming up, you'll see all of the elements of the reception and PAR-TAY (!!!) and watch my brainchild further come to life! Thank you all again for checking this out, and thank you especially if you made your way to celebrate with us on our big day! We love you!
Stay crafty my friends!
-Shelby
Stay crafty my friends!
-Shelby
