Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts

Monday, 28 March 2011

Toddler wedding bibs

Here is the only hastily captured picture of the bibs I made for the girls to wear at the wedding breakfast (complete with hotel carpet background).

Indeed this is the only evidence that the bibs ever existed, since they have now disappeared into the ether. Excessive alcohol consumption + chasing sleep-deprived, sugar-fuelled daughters around all day = distinct lack of care of personal possessions. Frankly I'm amazed I even made it home with my handbag and house keys.

Nevertheless, a fabulous day was had by all, the bride was beautiful, the girls just about managed to perform their flower girl duties without taking out anyone's eye with their flower wands, and the bibs were a hit, although nothing short of a miracle could have prevented Bethan from giving herself an ice-cream beard during the speeches.

The bib design was based on one of their current plastic bibs, but made slightly wider and much longer to protect the skirts of their adorable dresses. The fabric I used was a delicate Peter Rabbit toile, backed with a white brushed cotton. They were finished with topstitching around the edges and a satin bow. My intention was for it not to be noticeable that they were wearing bibs, and I think it worked out pretty well. Until they got covered in chocolate ice-cream of course.

Monday, 21 March 2011

Wedding Shoe Clips

From perfectly nice, but rather plain satin shoes...

... to something a little more glamorous, and certainly more suited to the lovely mother of the bride.

As the lone crafter in the family, my mother in law commissioned me to turn the plain jane shoes into something more befitting her fabulous wedding outfit. Pressure!!

Made from matching silk I finished these shoe clips with a vintage Japanese pearl cabochon.

When I emailed a picture of my first attempt to my mother in law to see if she liked them and wanted me to continue, this was her reply:

"The shoe design is marvellous. I love, love, love them! If you can make those I would be delighted. Can you try? You are a wonder!"

What a lovely response! She has been in somewhat of a panic about finding the perfect shoes to go with her outfit, so I think she is delighted to finally solve the problem, with only days left to spare.

The usual recipients of my crafting efforts are the girls, who are most likely to run straight into the garden and cover their lovingly created designs in mud, so I'm basking in the warm and fuzzy glow of appreciation right now...I am a wonder...oh yeah...

Monday, 14 March 2011

Bridesmaid rose hair clips


The most anticipated British wedding of the century is almost upon us**. Yes, my sister in law and her fiance are tying the knot in two weeks time - hurrah!

My two little angels (...please, please let them behave like angels...just for one day) are the flower girls.

They have utterly adorable 50s style dresses by Jasper Conran complete with skirts just crying out to be twirled, satin beaded ballet pumps, ivory butterfly party tights and now finally handmade rose hair clips. I don't know why I put it off for so long as they only took a few minutes really.

The only thing left to do now is to make some sort of cover up to prevent those dresses getting covered in an array of samples from the wedding breakfast. Turns out two and four year olds are pretty messy eaters - who knew?


** Other British (and possibly more Royal) weddings may also be available.

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