As with any holiday, it’s kind of a must for us to add a bit of sparkle wherever we can. That’s why we’re sharing this easy peasy DIY with you. We made these glitter votives to decorate our holiday mantel in a matter of minutes and they’re such a fun way to brighten up your holiday (or wedding) decor, keep all year round or make as gifts! Here’s what you need:
Hi Cakelets! Jillian here. Since there’s still a good two weeks before summer is officially over, I thought it would be fun to show you how to make these colorful lei’s. I made a handful of them for Amanda’s tiki bridal shower, and the ladies loved them! I’m pretty sure you’re going to love how easy they are to make too. Super fun for any bbq’s or beach days you have planned for this weekend. And, this is how you make them…
Step 1: Gather up a bunch of colorful crepe paper. We’re dying to get our hands on some these fine Italian crepe papers, so pretty!
Step 2: Measure out 2 strands of crepe paper 18″ each. Two 18″ stands = one paper flower.
Step 3: Begin to tuck and fold the paper in a circular motion to create your flower. Pinch the ends of the crepe paper to secure.
Step 4: You’ll need about 12 flowers per strand + embroidery thread. Once you have all your flowers created I like to lay them out in order to make sure I like the color arrangement.
Step 5: Begin to tie each flower with a double knot onto your thread so it’s securely fastened.
Step 6: Fluff each flower to make it nice and full. Be careful not to rip or loosen the flower to much so it stays attached.
And, there you have it! Super easy, fun project that could be used for lei’s or could be really cute as garland. We hope this inspires you for your next soiree!
We love this time of the year! May hits, the sun starts to tease us that Summer’s coming, and our inbox gets happy with all kinds of bright weddings and inspiration shoots. Like this super bright and fun neon beauty, conceptualized by Sweet Sunday Events and photographed by Paige Newton Photography. Festive enough for Cinco de Mayo festivities this weekend? We think so!
The altar made with paper garland, rope, and fabric, hung for the happy couple to use as their backdrop. Macrame string displayed hot pink rocks in glass votives to brighten the middle layer. Stunning, right?
Loving the geometric patterns on the suite, designed by The Creative Parasol. The rsvp card check boxes read: HECK YES or aw, shucks.
Fun centerpiece of protea, garden roses, and ranunculus was assembled over a handcrafted leopard print tablecloth with white tassels.
They even included piñatas into their shoot! Take a peek at those geometric ones below. Nice twist on the traditional.
Ok, we’re ready for the weekend to get here. Oh yeah, and Summer too!
Photography: Paige Newton Phototgraphy / Concept + styling + rentals + floral design: Sweet Sunday Events / Paper: The Creative Parasol / Cakes: Polkadots Cupcake Factory / Hair: Erica Rae
We did this cute little DIY project for our Boho Summer Party shoot coming up tomorrow – yummy feather drink stirrers! Such a fun addition to any girly, festive occasion. Bridal showers, baby parties, dinner parties, and obviously weddings! As a super bonus, we’re selling a limited number of DIY kits in our Pop-Up Shop starting tomorrow. Isn’t that so super fun? You can buy your own feathers and supplies, or pick up a kit tomorrow starting at 9AM, along with a ton of other awesome products we used in our shoot.
Firstly – assemble your supplies. If you purchase a DIY kit, you’re all set! All you need is scissors and a glue gun. If you’re purchasing your own supplies, gather a bunch of feathers (in different colors and sizes), a handful of bamboo skewers, and whatever trim you’d like to use to finish them off. We used gold, because we love gold. But you could totally use anything you like.
You can make a bunch of the exact same stirrer, or you can make all sorts of different ones that go together, like we did. If you purchased the kit, you’ll see that feather sizes and shapes vary, so you’ll have to figure out which go together best.
Start with your biggest feather first and position it in the direction you like. Add a spot of hot glue, and then affix the feather to the top of the stirrer.
Repeat with the second biggest…
… on down the line until you have them all arranged as you like them.
To add the trim, squeeze out a spot of glue at the lower part of the feather tips.
Attach the trim and wind it up the stirrer until it covers the messy part of the feathers. You might want to add another spot of glue midway, if you think it’s necessary. Then one more spot of glue at the top to attach the end of the trim.
Snip the remaining trim away from the stick, and voila! You can cut the stirrers down to size if you’d like them to match the height of your glasses. Or if you want to use these little beauties on a cake or cupcakes, leave the pointy end intact.
Happy crafting! Remember, our kits will be on sale tomorrow starting at 9AM Pacific. If you’re not on our mailing list and you want to be reminded the second our sales are live, add your email in the sign up field in the right column.
Here’s a little peek of what’s to come:
Lots more pretty inspiration, and more importantly – shopping – coming your way tomorrow!
Before helping yourself to second and third helpings of Thanksgiving plates, we highly recommend helping yourself to Sarah + Doren’s homemade wedding. Amid picnic tables decorated with baby’s breath and dry wheat bouquets, potted mums, and a pie-lovers dessert table, these two had the most intimate and coziest of celebrations, in the backyard of a cabin in the small town of Forsyth, MO. Their goal of wanting to take it easy and just get married most definitely paid off when they used all of their resources to make planning as stress-free as possible. Of course it helped that it was kept small and simple, but hey, if you knew you could pull off an adorable and memorable wedding for $1,500, wouldn’t you?
Sarah’s dress is from Elsie and Emma’s Red Velvet Shop. After she had described what she was looking for, the Red Velvet gals went to town scouring their store for the perfect dress. They found this vintage beauty, but it was floor length. A little snip snip in alterations to make it shorter and the dress hunt was over. And, if you can believe it (we never do!), this was the only dress Sarah even tried on!
Sarah had sprigs of baby’s breath pinned in her hair to look like a headband. Affordable + adorable!
Their dessert table has us so ready for Thanksgiving eating tomorrow!
We spy with our little eye, Elsie + Jeremy. Fun fact: Doren (the groom) is Elsie’s brother!
Congrats Sarah + Doren!
We hope you all have a fabulous, food coma-esque holiday!
Photography: Janae Hardy / Venue: Edgewater Beach Resort / Food: Bride’s father, Bill Lockhart / Desserts: Emma / Hair: Coral Gibson from Dana’s Cutters & More in Cabool, MO / Everything else: Handmade by bride + friends / Bride’s dress: Red Velvet Shop / Tights: Merona from Target / Shoes: Urban Outfitters / Earrings: Francesca’s / Groom’s suit: Urban Outfitters / Tie: Thrifted
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