Lo & Behold

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Lo Boheme is having a trunk sale this weekend at Bar Pink! Lo made the drool-worthy veil that Erin wore. Be there this Sunday, December 13th from 5:30-10pm!

Greater Garter

The thought of wearing a garter never occured to me. I'm not having anyone's head up my dress so what's the point of wearing one. That was before I saw this vintage-inspired beauties by Florrie Mitton. I.die.

The Bridal Belt

LOVE LOVE LOVE the bridal belt and red shoes. And the groom holding the bouquet? Awesome. More photos of the wedding here.

{photo by Christie Pham}

Little White Dresser

I was hating my dress a couple days ago and started looking for other options. While I did find a new one that I adore I'm going to try a few additions to the current one before I do anything drastic. I think I have overdosed on wedding magazines and wedding blogs and now I think that I need a little more bling. Just a LITTLE bit. Thankfully, before I started bedazzling my dress, I discovered Little White Dresser. I adore her beaded belts, lacy head pieces and leafy necklaces.

I bought this belt to spruce things up.

I'm crazy about the matching head band but it might be too much, no?

Finally, a DIY Project (and a Giveaway)

For a supposedly DIY bride I haven't posted many (OK, any) DIY projects. Until now! I finally gave all my ww their gifts and can show you the process. I made each girl a flower hair pin as well as a pair for myself which I'll show you at a later date.

Bridal Hair Pins

Supplies:

• Fabric Flower (can be found at any craft supply store like Michaels)
• 3-5 Beads/flower (make sure the hole is large enough for the needle to fit through)
• Thread and needle
• Bobby Pin

Instructions:

• Start by taking apart the flowers. There might be little plastic parts in between the petals so take these out too until you have only the fabric (discard plastic pieces, leaves and stem). Each flower can make a couple of hair pins depending on how many petals you prefer.

• Layer the petals on top of one another starting with the largest and ending with the smallest. You want to make sure that the petals of each part are not perfectly aligned with the petal underneath or above it. This makes it look more natural.

• Thread your needle. Make a couple of preliminary stitches just to keep the flower together. I stitched the center hole closed and it didn't look perfect. That's OK.

• Thread the first bead onto the center of the flower. Make a couple of stitches through this bead so that it is secure. Repeat until the remaining beads are sewn onto the flower.

• With your thread sewn through the back of the flower, line up your bobby pin with the long side out. Make a lot of stitches around the short side of the bobby pin (the one closest to the flower) making sure that the stitches do not show on the front of the flower until you feel like the bobby pin is secure. Tie off the end a couple of times.

And that's it!

You can also add fabric, feathers, etc. to the back of the flower before you sew on the bobby pin. I'm adding chicken feathers to mine and maybe some tulle.

So I couldn't decide on the color I wanted and I made a few red flower pins that I won't use. I would love for one of you guys to get some use out of them so I'm giving away two red flower hair pins here. Just leave a comment and I'll randomly pick a winner next week!

Haute Tulle

I wish I could pull this off. She looks hot. I would look like a hot mess. Maybe on top of the head, Audrey-style? I'm going to buy myself the gift of tulle and play around.

{via kiss the groom}

Ruby Feather

I'm taking a cue from $10,000 and getting read to make some bouts! And I'm not talking roller derby. So far I have purchased some French chicken feathers (they're gorgeous, I swear) and some pearly leaves. I know I have a lot of time to start projects but I'm really excited to start this one (especially since I'm not using real flowers and nothing will die). I just need to find some more sprigs of silk flowers (any suggestions?). I had an idea in my head of what I wanted them to look like and then I saw these beauts from Ruby Feather. They are exactly what I had in mind!

Anyone else make their own bouts?

Double Aw

Aw, this tandem umbrella is so cute!

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P.S.: Doesn't this girl look like Zooey Deschanel?