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I love the weekly wedding looks from the Winifred Bean girls. Every week they invite someone to pull together a look for their gorgeous wedding dress line and this week they’ve featured my look!
I styled the Vintage Inspired Winifred Bean Dress, which is actually the Audrey Blouse and Descending Silk Skirt (I love that it’s a skirt.)
It’s so elegant and chic and I didn’t think it needed much accessorizing. The shoes are a glitter DIY from Could I Have That and I adore that tiny Catbird ring.
Here are some more of my favorite weekly wedding looks from Winifred Bean:
Look by Catbird
Look by The English Department
Look by Plum Tree Wedding
Noelle
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“Why?”
“You know, when rock meets love. Think Meatloaf.”
via sewing daisies
Placemats for your home because they look cute!
For endless + crafty fun, visit Heidi at Sewing Daisies.
♡ ~Joy
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{images via bash please studio // kelly + olive DIY // urban outfitters zigzag rug // gretchen jones chevron necklace}
It’s been around for a while and seems to be everywhere I look – chevron + zig zags. Lately I’ve been pinning images of it and I can’t really stop, so I’m suddenly finding myself longing to get out the painter’s tape and DIYing myself some chevron on the furniture, walls or anything else I can get my hands on. I’m obsessed.
I’m currently saving my pennies for that gretchen jones chevron necklace.
Noelle
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Joy on 08.14.2011, under
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Making stuff is the best. However, I need a good reason to take on DIY projects because unfortunately, my fun plans are bigger than my ability to actually carry them out. SO since yesterday was my friend’s birthday, I had an excuse to try a project that I’ve been dying to work on. And what could be better than to make her something special from my little heart? Look what she made me for my birthday! A book of our 12 Days of Christmas illustrations.
{thoughtful + adorable}
I wanted to give her something unique + handmade, so I turned to some inspiration. Elsie Larson of A Beautiful Mess posted a really creative DIY Project: Song Lyric Wall Art. It’s a cool idea — take a song lyric and spell it out in letter stickers overtop a painting. Then cover the whole image in spray paint. Once the paint dries, peel off the stickers so the painting is revealed in the letters.
BUT aside from the spray paint, I didn’t have any of those other things. Time to be resourceful.
Step 1: Supplies! White spray paint, an old record + artist tape. You can really use whatever you want. I chose a record because honestly, it was all that I had! The artist tape comes in all sorts of sizes, but a thin one works best. I always have some lying around because I like to think I’m crafty.
Also, you must find a wonderful quote. I went with her favorite author and selected a line from Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, Season of Mists: ” ‘The devil made me do it.’ I have never made one of them do anything. Never. ” ~ Lucifer
Step 2: I wrote the quote out in pencil first, that way it was easy to trace it over in tape.
Step 3: Trace over in tape…
Step 4: Spray! Cover the entire surface in paint. But it’s so annoying, you have to lightly coat and allow it to dry for a minute, then spray another light coat and so on. This took about 100 coats … or forever.
Step 5: Allow the paint to dry for 20 – 30 minutes and then peel away the tape.
It’s probably a good idea to cover with a protective finish. I used shellac.
But that’s it! Yay! I like how it turned out.
~Joy
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Donna Williams of Funky Junk Interiors was recently featured on Apartment Therapy. She is a pro blogger known for her unique decorating and her one of a kind furniture. I’m overwhelmed by the charming details in her home but what really gets me is that she made almost everything in it by hand, a mix of salvaged wood, metal and natural elements.
Donna calls this her white trash bedroom since everything in it was, more or less, garbage. She made that headboard with a gate from the dump, an old door from a burn pile and everything else from thrift stores. She uses ordinary objects in new, surprising ways. Think dada or surrealism for the home.
This is not a meat grinder.
Vintage ironing board turned lamp.
Head over to the Unique Projects section where she teaches you how to make anything from a mattress spring bulletin board to a staircase made completely of old crates.
I know. You can read more about this talented lady over at Apartment Therapy.
Joy + James’ apartment is full of vintage finds and DIY projects. Every time I visit I’m impressed with their creativity and playfulness in the décor. See James’ tutorial on how they turned an old ice box into an entertainment unit.
My new favorite hobby is bouncing around the antique stores downtown and finding interesting things to play with. We’re going today and I’m excited to see what we’ll find! Last time I went I got an old shipping crate for the foot of the bed and some shutters we plan to make a headboard with. Funky Junk is really inspiring me to be more imaginative.
Noelle
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I’ve always had a thing for Rag & Bone. So what’s the look this season?
“There’s lots of skins and hides!” says designer Marcus Wainwright.
I like.
More images at vogue.
Did any of you participate in their DIY project? You could win seat at their Fall 2011 Fashion Show. No big deal.
Noelle
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Photobooths are fun. We wanted to have one for our wedding this past November but they can be a bit pricey.
SO – my photographer Lisa and I decided to put together a makeshift photobooth with a backdrop she had, curtains, bunting, frames from my grandfather, and masks from Marco Designs on Etsy. My designer Heather made a fun sign to jazz it up. I believe the total cost was about $50. And the photos …
Noelle
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A Summer Camp Wedding in Hueguenot, NY – 09.12.09
I love DIY weddings where all of your creative friends and family get together to make the day really unique and special.
I got a chance to hang out with Darbie and Justin last October at the Woodstock Film Festival; James, Arthur, Joy and I had worked on 2009 Signal Film and Justin had starred in Harmony and Me, a wonderfully funny film about a broken heart, directed by Bob Byington.
from the left: Darbie, Justin, Me, Joy, James
Darbie and Justin are also in one of my favorite bands, Bishop Allen. If you haven’t heard their music, go get their albums and your life will be happy.
At the festival we could tell they had just gotten married because Justin kept playing with his wedding band. Boys are so cute when they get their new hardware aren’t they? Darbie told us a little bit about their recent summer camp wedding and my heart was captured.
A year later, on their anniversary, Darbie posted a link to the wedding photos on her blog, field guide 35 and described their day. I asked her if she wouldn’t mind me sharing them here and she was delighted:
“The whole thing was a real DIY family affair. I handmade all of the invitations, table numbers, seating cards, maps of the campgrounds, and boutonnieres for the boys.
My dad made all of the signs and hand-built the chuppah out of branches from the backyard. My mom sewed the tablecloths and a zillion feet of pennant flag bunting. Both of our families got together to decorate the dining hall with all kinds of lights and lanterns and more tissue paper decorations than imaginable.
My wedding dress (a stunning 1920′s beaded beauty) was from my mom’s best friend Susie.
Our friends and bandmates played the ceremony music (Chapel of Love, Sea of Love, and Then he kissed me — on marimba, ukulele, glockenspiel, guitar, drums, alto horn, and kazoos. SO BEST.)
My friend Frankie (aka Kid America) deejayed.
And Justin’s friend Ryan took all the photos. Even the priest was a friend of Justin’s family.
And this was our wedding song:
And if I do say so myself…I think it HAS been our year.”
Now go to the slideshow and see all of the lovely photos.
PS! Darbie’s blog, field guide 35, is a fantastic read on cooking, inspiration and arts & crafts.
Noelle
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Via hautemacabre.com. “The Corpse Bride” for Vogue Korea, by Zo Sun Hi. I love the abstract take on it and it’s really inspired me for my Halloween-Bachelorette tricks and treats. And if I’m going to be something “bride,” I’m going to be a Tim Burton creation.
So the Corpse Bride is the big winner! Most people make this costume scary but Adriana Lima is drop-dead. More photos over at hautemacabre.com.
I got an old 80s wedding dress from ebay:
Some purple + blue dye, fingerless gloves, a blue wig and viola!
Noelle
**UPDATE**
I’m now selling this costume on eBay!
