Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Red-Silver Crystal Wedding Cord (Joseph ♥ Jaymie)

Customized Crystal Rosary Wedding Cord
Ortega-Luna wedding, Dec. 28, 2012


wedding colors:  red & silver
materials:  all crystals + murano beads, crystal brooch (centerpiece)
style:  rosary wedding cord


so sparkly!
sorry for the poor lighting (not a pro, lol)


matching red cross




the couple's initials J ♥ J = Joseph ♥ Jaymie






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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Apple Green & Ivory wedding cord (Mark ♥ April)

Customized Crystal Rosary Wedding Cord
Cabahug-Lacambra wedding, Dec. 28, 2012

wedding colors: apple green & ivory
wedding theme: classic/vintage
materials: all Crystals + murano beads, crystal brooch (centerpiece)
style: rosary wedding cord

alternate colors: green rosary beads + clear white spacer beads (1st set)
clear white rosary beads + green spacer beads (2nd set).. & so forth 

i really loved this color combination! i couldn't stop staring at the cord after i finished it (lol)


very sparkly! I used all crystals for the rosary beads & spacer beads
& murano beads for  the big ones (our father beads)

crystal brooch for the centerpiece
M & A = the couple's initials


matching apple green cross :)
and apple green/white murano beads








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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Customized Crystal/Beaded Bouquet & Boutonniere (Cindy ♥ Bryan)

Customized Crystal/Beaded Bridal Bouquet & Groom's Boutonniere
Soriano-Hipol wedding, Dec. 18, 2012

wedding colors: shades of red, champagne, taupe


the bridal bouquet, dominantly red with champagne & taupe accents

top view
there were layers of artificial flowers (wired them individually) for added texture
used crystals, faux pearls, crackled glass beads, seed beads

brooch accent on bouquet's handle
the groom's boutonniere

used feathers, ribbons & crystals
the boutonniere is secured w/ a bar pin at the back
(image from the web)
the inspiration bouquet chosen by the bride
(image from the web)



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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Beaded Pomanders & Flower Girl Headbands (Cindy ♥ Bryan)

Beaded Pomanders & Flower Girl Headbands 
Soriano-Hipol wedding, Dec. 18, 2012

wedding colors: shades of red, champagne, taupe

These pomanders & headbands were made for the flower girls.  The pomanders required a lot of work, as they were made of fabric flowers. In order to make one fabric flower, 5 petals were needed; each petal was a full flower shaped cut out folded twice.  
1 pomander = 29-30 fabric flowers. 
145-150 flower shaped cut outs = 1 pomander 

Guess how many flower girls? 9! :) A bride can't have too many flower girls.. just like a girl can't have too many shoes, right?  ;) ♥

So there were 9 pomanders, and 10 flower girl headbands. Why 10 headbands? The other one was an additional ("pahabol"), 2 days before delivery [good that I was able to squeeze another 1 :)] for another cute flower girl.




adorned with crystals, beads, feathers & lined with seed beads

same flower as that with the pomanders, topped with a star  made of  faux pearls & crystals

9 headbands like these

the additional headband

the bride asked if I could still make 1 more accessory for a flower girl, any accessory...

i came up with this headband :)


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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Beaded Wrist Corsages (Cindy ♥ Bryan)

Beaded Wrist Corsages
Soriano-Hipol wedding, Dec. 18, 2012

wedding colors: shades of red, champagne, taupe

3 for Bridesmaids
3 for Secondary Sponsors




I made stretch bracelets so that the corsage would fit any wrist size & to make it steady on the wrist.
I used felt cloth to attach the flower to the stretch bracelet.






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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Beaded Composite Bouquets (Cindy ♥ Bryan)

Beaded Composite Bouquets
Soriano - Hipol wedding, Dec. 18, 2012

wedding colors: shades of red, champagne, taupe

composite bouquet is a bouquet made of individual petals woven or put together to create a single large bloom

These composite bouquets below were made for MOH, mothers of the bride & groom, and for the Ninangs.  The dominant color of their bouquets were the opposite color of the dresses they were wearing so the colors would pop! :) Like for the mothers & MOH, they wore shades of red, so they had champagne bouquets with red & taupe accents. For the Ninangs, they were asked to wear taupe, so they had red bouquets with champagne accents.

Originally, Ninangs were supposed to have wrist corsages, however, the bride - Cindy - asked if it's possible to switch them to composite bouquets... i could still squeeze them in to the working budget we talked about, though more work would be required... but then, i said yes! :)
It's really hard to say "no" to a bride, lol! :)


MOH's composite bouquet

the handles? you know that wood thingy used for scroll-like invitations? yup!  that's it! i  attached them  at the bottom center of the flowers (i had to figure out how, lol) & covered them with ribbons :)

stringed crystals & faux pearls as accents + wired flower-shaped sequins (they're really not called sequins, i forgot the term, lol, but made of same material. Sequins are the round ones, there's another term for the non-round)

Mothers' composite bouquet

i love the look of the wired pearls & crystals framing the blooms :)
at a closer look, those wires were braided :) (same with MOH's bouquet)

Ninangs' composite bouquet

faux pearls & crystal at the center + seed beads & crystal strings to spice it up!

love the way the feathers added texture to the bouquet :)


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