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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The Bride's Headpiece--a check off the list!
Okay, this has actually been done for quite sometime now, but I've been quite busy with work and passion projects--plus my craft ADHD has me skipping hopping and crocheting myself into a coma these days.
So, for posterity and documentation, I have finished the satin flower headpieces for my sister's wedding. Actually, I'd just call it a headpiece--made out of two flower units. I figured it'd be easier to have them in two, for easier positioning.
These flowers are cut and singed satin, the technique I will be teaching this weekend at another bridal workshop at Craft MNL! :-)
I sewed in big natural pearls for the centers. Whee! Another check off the list (that keeps growing because of my excitement and craft-hop-skippiness)!
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
In my quest not to cram...
Tadah! An arrhae pillow. |
Fabric flowers for her entourage! Clarisse learning how to make fabric flowers. |
I mean to finish her headpiece, then their signing tree, then focus on their invitations. Sounds like a plan, huh? Just sharing in photos the process of making my sister's arrhae pillow. I made an earlier one to serve as her ring pillow. Another check off the list, and a handmade item closer to a heart-made wedding.
It starts off with crocheting a little doily, which I made in the company of yesterday's amigurumi class. |
Materials assembled! Items include satin ribbon, linen cloth and organic cotton. |
Sewed the linen to make a pillow with my trusty Brother. |
Once sewn, I stuffed the pillow with the organic cotton I've had in stock from Ritual. |
After closing up the pillow, I sewed the doily onto it, keeping the stitches inside and away from view. |
Monday, April 1, 2013
Scribbling again
My latest signage/calligraphy project. Gouache on primed canvas. |
Anyhow, I've returned to nurturing my romance with letters.
Text from the Mole and the Owl. Recent calligraphy practice. |
I always wondered though about the elegant script type of calligraphy, the delicate cadence of wide and narrow strokes. I thought they could be achieved by varying the way I held my gothic nibs. So when I joined Fozzy's calligraphy workshop at CraftMNL last year, my eyes widened (the heavens opened and the lights danced before my eyes to a crescendo of angelic voices) at seeing how flexible nibs worked.
Amazeballs. Photo from CraftMNL's Instagram. |
For my sister's wedding. |
Directional signage for one of our events. Watercolor paper mounted on an embroidery hoop. |
Monday, September 17, 2012
Jay ♥ Czacza: The Actual Setup
Vintage imagery + Typography + Heat transfer = His print |
The Hers print. :-) |
The boutonnieres looked like this! |
Bouquet and a detail of the backdrop. |
Detail and top view of the varied centerpieces. |
Using embroidery hoops with heat transferred designs in the backdrop. |
Embroidery hoops and doilies! |
The floating candle waits to jump into the teacup. |
We did the table numbers in embroidery hoops too. |
Doilies and ribbon for the seats. |
Enderun was a pretty venue. |
Here's to handmade details! ♥
PS: The awesome wedding coordinators were Jets and Rhona Battung of Canaan Celebrations.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
First Styling Gig! Jay ♥ Czacza
So a while back, I posted on silkscreening doilies for a friend's wedding. It was also for this same gig that I prepared this sample rustic bouquet of fabric roses. Since the fabric bouquet seemed too minimalist for her, I tried my hand at arranging a fresh one. And since the wedding happily took place last July, I can now post pictures of how everything turned out! :-)
First off, the sample setup. The bride specifically requested for hydrangeas, and thankfully Lex and I were able to source these. I learned though that fresh flowers are really tricky. Their availability depends on the weather, the farm's disposition, transportation, etc. For the setup, I was able to get hydrangeas that had bluish/purplish flowers.
Then I tried to think of how to add a touch of charm. And the first thing I thought of were doilies! So I got to work having a screen made, and made a few for the setup. They ended up in varying shades of gray, so I had to note that when I went into producing all of the doilies needed for the reception, I'd need a big batch of a pre-mixed gray.
I also thought of using stickered bottles for the centerpieces. The decals used had nice romantic words and graphics. I hadn't quite seen these at a setup before (then again, I don't look around that much), but then I just liked the idea. The bride agreed. :-)
I used jute string to hang a sparse curtain of blue beads (for the blue element of her wedding motif), and put in these decorative ceramic balls. The bride actually suggested these in her pegs. I love the way candles can totally change how a simple setup looks, so I learned how to make floating candles, and got some ceramics and glassware.
I also got some succulents, put them in odd, charming porcelain and added them to the table decor.
And voila! I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Little did I know what a challenge it would be, replicating this to a reception setting of more than 120 (the guest list grew--these things apparently happen in the process).
My next post will be how the actual wedding setup turned out. :-)
First off, the sample setup. The bride specifically requested for hydrangeas, and thankfully Lex and I were able to source these. I learned though that fresh flowers are really tricky. Their availability depends on the weather, the farm's disposition, transportation, etc. For the setup, I was able to get hydrangeas that had bluish/purplish flowers.
Hydrangeas are lovely, aren't they? They're also very thirsty flowers. I learned though that they can last for quite a long time even when cut, as long as they're in water. |
I also thought of using stickered bottles for the centerpieces. The decals used had nice romantic words and graphics. I hadn't quite seen these at a setup before (then again, I don't look around that much), but then I just liked the idea. The bride agreed. :-)
I used jute string to hang a sparse curtain of blue beads (for the blue element of her wedding motif), and put in these decorative ceramic balls. The bride actually suggested these in her pegs. I love the way candles can totally change how a simple setup looks, so I learned how to make floating candles, and got some ceramics and glassware.
The sample rustic bouquet, and the setup from top view. The bride vetoed the dried tree-stuff on the table. |
Setup details! |
My next post will be how the actual wedding setup turned out. :-)
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