How-To: Easy Boutonnieres
New MAKE/CRAFT Web Producer Jake Spurlock has caught the Make: Projects bug with his first tutorial, how to make easy boutonnières!
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A Perfect Wedding Flower Arch
Yesterday I shared some progress shots of the homegrown and handmade flower arch that was created for my friend Leandra’s wedding. The wedding was yesterday, and it was perfect in every way. Leandra and her husband were married beneath the massive sprays of wildflowers, and it was just incredible. I’ll be sharing her bouquet and […]
Continue ReadingWedding Wildflowers in Progress
Last night I worked until dark with a team of women creating a flower arch for Leandra’s wedding. While I can’t spoil the surprise and post early photos of the final results, I thought I would share some shots of the materials and the process. The structure of the arch are boughs of bamboo, and […]
Continue ReadingMy First Wedding Bouquet
No silly, this isn’t a post about the bouquet from my first of many weddings! (So far I’ve only been married once, fingers crossed!) It’s actually the first wedding bouquet I ever made. I created it for my friend Harper, and I kinda went over the top with the flowers I chose. It has 5 […]
Continue ReadingInspirational Purple Bouquets
These four aubergine bouquets are a wonderful inspiration for anyone doing their own wedding flowers. 100LayerCake shares them from Abby and Matt’s Carmel wedding. The bouquets are unique, but are clearly unified. I love that they appear so wild and casual. While each piece is perfectly designed and impeccably created, these are not hard looks […]
Continue ReadingHow-To: Vitamin Bud Vase
By Future Craft Collective When springtime hits, the desire to bring some of nature’s beauty inside is relentless — and easy too. Especially here in Central Texas, where Ladybird Johnson left her mark on the world in the form of wildflowers on every roadside in the state. Bluebonnets kick it off in March and from […]
Continue ReadingRoses are Red, Violets are Yellow?
There is literally a rainbow of colors in bloom right now. I even have yellow violets! I didn’t plant these native lovelies, they just volunteered. I took a walk through my gardens today, and want you to pretend you came with me for the tour!
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