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Bouquet project notes
Jul. 12th, 2012 09:47 amWent out to to some of the local craft and fabric stores yesterday, idea shopping. :)
Did pick up one rhinestone flower brooch (purple) and a faux silk bunch of hydrangea from the floral section at Michaels.
I simply love the idea of using the hydrangea flowers as a base and filler for the boquet! it reminds me of when my sisters and I were little girls, visiting our Grandmother Pauline, plucking large snowy balls of blossoms from the bushes in her yard, and "playing bride" with these as our bouquets.
Think I prefer the look of a bouquet made with a combination of blooms and brooches, not just a tight packed sphere of jewelry pieces. Lol..some of those end up somehow reminding me of a head of cauliflower! Not my favorite vegetqble. :)
The main colors for my wedding ensemble are pastel mint green, with accents of pinks, lavender, ivory/white and I love rhinestones (but not as much as I love B).
Am also thinking I'm going include a few figural bug brooches in the mix, ala vanitas imagry. I have a set of rhinestone cicada earrings I bought at a San Francisco boutique years ago, which I will include, but will also keep an eye out for a couple more. Butterflies would probably be the easiest to find, but I'm thinking more beetles & spiders.
Later on, I went through my jewelry box, and B found a couple suitable pieces that were his Mom's; so, between that I've got about dozen brooches so far. Which is only about a third of what I need...so, collecting continues.
Did pick up one rhinestone flower brooch (purple) and a faux silk bunch of hydrangea from the floral section at Michaels.
I simply love the idea of using the hydrangea flowers as a base and filler for the boquet! it reminds me of when my sisters and I were little girls, visiting our Grandmother Pauline, plucking large snowy balls of blossoms from the bushes in her yard, and "playing bride" with these as our bouquets.
Think I prefer the look of a bouquet made with a combination of blooms and brooches, not just a tight packed sphere of jewelry pieces. Lol..some of those end up somehow reminding me of a head of cauliflower! Not my favorite vegetqble. :)
The main colors for my wedding ensemble are pastel mint green, with accents of pinks, lavender, ivory/white and I love rhinestones (but not as much as I love B).
Am also thinking I'm going include a few figural bug brooches in the mix, ala vanitas imagry. I have a set of rhinestone cicada earrings I bought at a San Francisco boutique years ago, which I will include, but will also keep an eye out for a couple more. Butterflies would probably be the easiest to find, but I'm thinking more beetles & spiders.
Later on, I went through my jewelry box, and B found a couple suitable pieces that were his Mom's; so, between that I've got about dozen brooches so far. Which is only about a third of what I need...so, collecting continues.
