Make-Up and Fortune Bouquet
I went to a local mall last night armed with this photo of Drew Barrymore as my makeup inspiration. I ended up at the i.d. bare minerals store and I think that my lady did a great job at replicating the look IMHO. It wasn't quite as pink-y as I was hoping for but I feel that she did get the look and it will look good with my dress. I thought I'd post for those that are looking at the idea of going with bare minerals. LOVE it!
Next up... fortune bouquet. I'm making my own and thought I'd share my how-to since there's a lot that seem interested in the idea but not a lot of info on it.
For those that do not know, a fortune bouquet is basically a group of small bouquets that are held together as one and thrown similar to a bouquet toss. The difference is that each bouquet represents a fortune and all women are eligible to catch it, not just the single ladies.
I've never done anything with flowers before that's remotely crafty. I've put them in vases, I've planted them, I've picked them but that's the extent of it. So before any of you out there go, omg that looks impossible remember, it really is not! Seriously if I can do this, any one can!
My wedding is on the small side, around 50 people or so. MOST of those are married or kids - very few singletons. I was originally going to do the longest married bit, but really that's kind of stale and not as much fun IMHO. Plus at this point we're not having a DJ, we're doing the ipod thing so that would be a bit hard anyway. I saw this idea on someone's picture update and I fell in LOVE with it so I decided to give it a go. Here's what I did, how I did it and how EASY it is to do!
Fortune Bouquet
Supplies:
- flowers, lots of flowers. I got enough for 3 flowers per bouquet. I went to Jo-Ann's Fabrics and the Flower Factory (wholesale craf store in Ohio).
- doodads. I don't know what to call these but I got some beads and such to stick in the bouquets to pizzaz them up a bit!
- 2" ribbon, 6 different spools of various colors to match each arrangement.
- floral wire
- wire cutters
- tacky glue
- scissors
- bridesmaid pull charms (6) from Lolly Smith. I chose this instead of having a fortune wrote on a ribbon b/c my handwriting sucks and I thought the charms were too cute. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the cards that explain them though, probably hand them out after the toss? I stuck with non-marriage specific charms.
How-To:
1. Seperate bouquets. Decide what flowers will go with what bouquets and lay them out together in groups. I've seen these done in 1 flower, 2 and 3 flowers. I went for 3. I tried to stick with the idea of 1 larger flower and 2 smaller flowers per bouquet. Then choose the ribbon and lay it out with the bouquet and finally the charm you want with each bouquet. Finally select the doodads you want for each bouquet.
Notice to the left is my first tester of the bouquets, this is me starting #2 starting with the green hydrangea I purchased at the Flower Factory.
2. Select your first bouquet and play with the flowers until you're satisfied how they look. I'm using a green hydrangea and 2 cream peonies with green tips.
3. Select the doodads and fillers necessary to fill out the bouquet to your taste. I have seen people go without greenery or fillers and have theirs look great though so this isn't a necessity. I found some fun clear crystals that have a droop to them and used those.
4. Decide on length of stems. Cut off the leaves and other adornments below the line where you want to start wrapping your stems. Cut flowers to length with wire cutters or scissors. Some of mine were so hard to break that I had to resort to bending them back and forth to get them to snap.
5. Use wire and tightly wire together stems, again making sure they're still in the position you want them. I know some people just jump straight to the wrapping but I'm anal and I want my flowers to stay where I want them. I'm also traveling with these to my destination wedding, so I don't want them to move. Tie on and off by twisting ends together or however it suits you.
I apologize for my crappy photography but you get the gist!
6. Wrap stems from top to bottom or bottom to top, however you prefer. I started at the bottom on this round. The ends of the ribbon is hidden a bit more behind the knots you will tie later. However, to each their own as long as they are wrapped.
I am using 2" cream double face satin ribbon, purchased from the Flower Factory. I spun my bouquet around and wrapped as I spun.
7. Glue the end of the ribbon. I use Tacky Glue but anything that glues will probably work.
8. Get a LONG length of ribbon. I haven't yet really figured out how long I've been doing/needing. I just pull and pull. I'd rathe cut off the excess than not have enough. Start at the bottom and pull the ribbon towards you, tie a single standard knot and wrap back around and repeat. I steadied the bouquet with my feet. I have no idea how others do this because I kept loosing my bouquet without pinning it down! I keep my spacing to about a thumb's width apart.
At least I just got a pedicure! This is my first knot of many.
9. Repeat tying all the way until you're at the top of the ribbon you wrapped prior. Knot again with charm on ribbon in the knot as well. Ta-Da! You're done!
I haven't prettied up the ends of the ribbon yet, that will come when they're all done. This bouquet has "The Key" which is for a happy home.
View from the top!
3 down... 3 to go! This is an idea of what they will look like all together when I hold them prior to throwing. I love how the flowers are so different but blend so well it's hard to tell they aren't one bouquet.
Next up... fortune bouquet. I'm making my own and thought I'd share my how-to since there's a lot that seem interested in the idea but not a lot of info on it.
For those that do not know, a fortune bouquet is basically a group of small bouquets that are held together as one and thrown similar to a bouquet toss. The difference is that each bouquet represents a fortune and all women are eligible to catch it, not just the single ladies.
I've never done anything with flowers before that's remotely crafty. I've put them in vases, I've planted them, I've picked them but that's the extent of it. So before any of you out there go, omg that looks impossible remember, it really is not! Seriously if I can do this, any one can!
My wedding is on the small side, around 50 people or so. MOST of those are married or kids - very few singletons. I was originally going to do the longest married bit, but really that's kind of stale and not as much fun IMHO. Plus at this point we're not having a DJ, we're doing the ipod thing so that would be a bit hard anyway. I saw this idea on someone's picture update and I fell in LOVE with it so I decided to give it a go. Here's what I did, how I did it and how EASY it is to do!
Fortune Bouquet
Supplies:
- flowers, lots of flowers. I got enough for 3 flowers per bouquet. I went to Jo-Ann's Fabrics and the Flower Factory (wholesale craf store in Ohio).
- doodads. I don't know what to call these but I got some beads and such to stick in the bouquets to pizzaz them up a bit!
- 2" ribbon, 6 different spools of various colors to match each arrangement.
- floral wire
- wire cutters
- tacky glue
- scissors
- bridesmaid pull charms (6) from Lolly Smith. I chose this instead of having a fortune wrote on a ribbon b/c my handwriting sucks and I thought the charms were too cute. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the cards that explain them though, probably hand them out after the toss? I stuck with non-marriage specific charms.
How-To:
1. Seperate bouquets. Decide what flowers will go with what bouquets and lay them out together in groups. I've seen these done in 1 flower, 2 and 3 flowers. I went for 3. I tried to stick with the idea of 1 larger flower and 2 smaller flowers per bouquet. Then choose the ribbon and lay it out with the bouquet and finally the charm you want with each bouquet. Finally select the doodads you want for each bouquet.
Notice to the left is my first tester of the bouquets, this is me starting #2 starting with the green hydrangea I purchased at the Flower Factory.
2. Select your first bouquet and play with the flowers until you're satisfied how they look. I'm using a green hydrangea and 2 cream peonies with green tips.
3. Select the doodads and fillers necessary to fill out the bouquet to your taste. I have seen people go without greenery or fillers and have theirs look great though so this isn't a necessity. I found some fun clear crystals that have a droop to them and used those.
4. Decide on length of stems. Cut off the leaves and other adornments below the line where you want to start wrapping your stems. Cut flowers to length with wire cutters or scissors. Some of mine were so hard to break that I had to resort to bending them back and forth to get them to snap.
5. Use wire and tightly wire together stems, again making sure they're still in the position you want them. I know some people just jump straight to the wrapping but I'm anal and I want my flowers to stay where I want them. I'm also traveling with these to my destination wedding, so I don't want them to move. Tie on and off by twisting ends together or however it suits you.
I apologize for my crappy photography but you get the gist!
6. Wrap stems from top to bottom or bottom to top, however you prefer. I started at the bottom on this round. The ends of the ribbon is hidden a bit more behind the knots you will tie later. However, to each their own as long as they are wrapped.
I am using 2" cream double face satin ribbon, purchased from the Flower Factory. I spun my bouquet around and wrapped as I spun.
7. Glue the end of the ribbon. I use Tacky Glue but anything that glues will probably work.
8. Get a LONG length of ribbon. I haven't yet really figured out how long I've been doing/needing. I just pull and pull. I'd rathe cut off the excess than not have enough. Start at the bottom and pull the ribbon towards you, tie a single standard knot and wrap back around and repeat. I steadied the bouquet with my feet. I have no idea how others do this because I kept loosing my bouquet without pinning it down! I keep my spacing to about a thumb's width apart.
At least I just got a pedicure! This is my first knot of many.
9. Repeat tying all the way until you're at the top of the ribbon you wrapped prior. Knot again with charm on ribbon in the knot as well. Ta-Da! You're done!
I haven't prettied up the ends of the ribbon yet, that will come when they're all done. This bouquet has "The Key" which is for a happy home.
View from the top!
3 down... 3 to go! This is an idea of what they will look like all together when I hold them prior to throwing. I love how the flowers are so different but blend so well it's hard to tell they aren't one bouquet.