My DIY Wedding - part 1 - Bridemaids bouquets

It's been so long, yes, but I have a good reason, I got married and did a lot of DIY for the wedding!
I wanted to share some if it  if maybe some other bride-to-be are looking for ideas for their own big day!
So first here are the bouquets I made for the bridesmaids
It was  a destination wedding so I needed something solid enough to be shipped and I liked the idea that the girls could keep them as a souvenir as well

"rolled" paper roses

I bought some polystyrene/Styrofoam balls 

and a Natural white blank  sketchbook  at the craft store 

You will also need:

 -  ribbon,  tulle

- some branches or sticks to make the "stems", 

- watercolor crayons if you want some colors  on the flowers

- cissors 

- a loaded glue gun! 

First, you need to determine the size of your flowers - Mine were out of a approx 4" circle.
Once you have decided the size, use a pattern or hand-draw like I did a spiral (ps: the more "spirals" means the more "petals) You can see the size of my spiral and the reasulted flowers . - It doesn't have to be perfect but pretty consistent - then, cut along your lines. (Except if you have a cricut machine, hand-drawn and cut is the fastest way I think .

After that, take your precut spiral and start to roll it from the outside toward the inside of the flower . Once you arrive at the center of the flower you should have enoug of a "base" to put so glue there and fix all the "petals" there. A lot of glue is always better. 

 

Glue the flowers to the ball once you add the stem 

I've made 8 bouquets, it was a lot of flowers and lot of time! I don't remember how many per bouquet but I guess it depends on the size of your Styrofoam ball and flowers.
Now, take you ball and make a hole in which you can glue on branches or sticks to make a "stem-handle" - again, the more glue the better ! Then cover the sticks with a ribbon of your choice (glue each and of the ribbon to the stick (you will add a bow on it later)


And once you have a good amout of flowers start glue them on the ball. You want them really close to eachother, so you don't see the ball under.


Add a bow on top and that's it!
I added some color to some of the flowers in mine with watercolor pen but it's not mandatory in this project. If you want more info, please pm me!

Baby growth chart and more

A few more crafty-baby-projects! I recently painted a baby chart for the 1year birthday  of my friend's kid  - and made another frame for a baby boy this time!

For the chart I used a 1yard burlap fabric and acrylic paints. It is a bit more difficult than on paper but you can achieve to the same results . I used 2 sticks (from Joann) for the top and bottom (the bottom one is for the weight). You will need to saw a "loop" to pass the poles in and add a ribbon or a cord to hang!

For this frame I used a cheap Michaels  wood frame and created a desigh in felt on it. I's also stuffed with doll stuffing so kid-safe as well. 

TMNT felted toy

Felted toy

So long!

It's been so long! But it's just I've been very into felted-wool projects lately so here are some of them!

First a moleskin cover for a friend (thanks Louaye for the help with the design!)

And a fluffy picture frame for a baby gift

Halloween Costume contest

So I haven't posted for a while because I was kind of busy to work on our halloween costumes! This year bf and I made the daft punk helmets! Using a pepakura method, it took way longer than I thought haha!
But here's the result!
and the video making of (made by Louaye! )  http://vimeo.com/110541353

                                        

Feeries

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Subject : inspired by Froud illustrations   http://www.worldoffroud.com/

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Did this one with watercolor pens for a friend having a baby girl :)  Sorry for the bad scan! (blogger seems to clamp this pic..)

So long!

I've been working on some other projects lately and forgot to fill up this blog! Let's start this again!