Part 2 Wedding Recption Masquerade (Phantom of the Opera theme)

       

Pomanders

The pomanders for the table scapes consists of softball size wiffle balls, Hiawatha moss, 35 silk rose heads and a lot of hot glue.

We first glued the moss over the entire ball. Then we glued the roses over the moss. Leaving a open spot to attach the ball to the candlestick.To prevent the ball from falling off the candlestick. We glued a rolled up piece of card stock inside one of the holes of the wiffle ball then we glued the rolled up piece of card stock inside the candle cup.

                                                                                                                          

Candle sticks
     

We didn't have enough pillar candle sticks, so are inexpensive fix was gluing canning lids to the top of taper candlesticks. To give the candlesticks a heavier look we glued the canning rings to the lids and covered the rings with black ribbon.

Runners
For the rose petal table runner we used this tutorial Here and simply added more petals to make it wider.
All candles we used were electric. We bought them after Christmas very inexpensive.

  

Card Cage

For the card cage  we simply spray painted an old decorative birdcage gold and glued black ribbon around the cage. We used to same Christmas ornaments masks we had used for the aisle  markers. We painted the masks and silk roses with gold spray paint. (We did take  the roses apart and paint each layer of petals after they were dry we reassemble them.) Then we tied and gold wired ribbon into a bow on the ring on top of the cage and glued the painted roses and leaves  underneath the bow  the gold birds were clipped on either side of the bow to the leaves. For the bottom of the cage we cut out a circle of black card stock slightly smaller than the cage. We centered gold sticker letters to spell out the word "cards" to the card stock. Then centered the card stock circle and glued it to the bottom of the cage.  For a more personal touch we put their names on the black ribbon next to the mask. To make it easy we printed out their names in a pretty font put a piece of wax paper between a piece of satin tape and the paper and traced over it with a gold paint marker. We removed the tape and put it on the ribbon.

Hope you are enjoying this series we are almost done with it our next post will be on the Candelabras and Newel Post decorations DIY

Wedding Reception Masquerade (Phantom of the Opera theme)

View of the backdrop

We finally edited the pictures from Britney's Wedding. I really loved the way the decorations came together with their venue Chantilly Mansion in Layton, Utah. Wish we could have decorated more but we had very limited set up time. Almost everything had to be made before hand and just set in place.  Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed putting it all together.

The guest book table .

  For the guest book table we used a

a matching guestbook & pen set we picked up for less then 5 dollars at Hobby Lobby on clearance . We just added glitter, sticker, letters for their names and music notes for decoration.Our candelabra was once a lamp we bought at a yard sale for $3 dollars. We removed all of the wiring and some hardware replaced the white tubing ( faux candles) with candle cups then we use battery operated candles. The pomander is made up of 35 dollar store roses (6-7 per bush) a softball size wiffle ball we covered in moss and a lot of hot glue. The little gold turtle doves are Christmas ornaments bought after Christmas we clipped to the flower petals on top of the pomander.

Turtle doves

Chair sashes

For the sashes we used wired ribbon and music note pins. The pins were handmade by us, from corn starch & baking soda clay recipe we found here. 

Aisle markers

Aisle Markers were Christmas ornaments we picked up for 10 cents each after Christmas. We spray painted them to gold and hand painted the jewels with a high gloss black to match the brides colors.









  Next week we will be posting the DIY's and pictures for the Card Cage and Table Scape's                                                                                 

Table Scape's

DIY Paper Toss Bouqet

Last week we made a toss bouquet for Britany's Phantom of the Opera themed wedding! It turned out so cute we wanted to share it! We made these lovely paper roses from sheet music we downloaded and then coffee dyed. We used these great tutorials we found Here to dye the sheet music and the paper rose tutorial we found Here. We pretty much followed these tutorial to the letter the only thing we changed was adding a paper collar to the bouquet to hide the stems.
For the collar we drew a circle on light weight poster board just big enough to cover the underside of the bouquet. Then we found the center of the circle and cut a slit to that point. Then cut another circle  and put the stems though and over lapped the the ends of the slits until the poster board made a cone and fit snugly under the rose heads. Then we stapled the overlapped edges and together.
To cover the poster board we simply spray painted a coffee filter gold and fitted it over the cone poster board (the filter just happened to be the right size about an inch larger than the circle so it peaked out around the rose heads). The same way we fitted the cone on the bouquet only gluing the filter to the cone with white glue.

We think it turned out really cute and so did the bride to be!

DIY Pink Paper Peony Tutorial

For these paper flowers I dyed coffee filters with tropical punch and black cherry Kool-aid (the difference in shade is not noticeable). I added the Kool-aid and 1/4 cup vinegar to 1 quart water in a flat pan mixing until the Kool-aid dissolved. Depending on the shade of pink you want you can dip the filters in only part way and the tips of the petals will be darker pink and fade to white in the center or dip the all the way in and soak for a much darker pink. Also how many you dye stacked together will cause the filters in the middle to be a lighter pink. First, I tried dying each one separately, it took too long, but the colors of the filters were more uniform. (If that's what you want you should time how long you leave them in and use the same time for each filter.) I found I liked the less uniform colors and the flowers looked more natural. After the filters reached the color I wanted. I wrung the excess dye back into the container and placed the filters on a cooling rack set on   top of a cookie sheet. To speed up the drying process I heated my oven to 250 and put the filters in the oven Checking them every 5-10 min. until the filters were Dry. ( It's easier to separate the filters after they are dry.)  

                                                          

SUPPLIES

 

     When I cut the petal shapes I stacked 4 filters together and folded into fourths. Then started my petals about an inch and a-half up from the point. You can leave the petals rounded at the tips like I did or make them jagged by unfolding the filters once and clipping small notches in them.

I unfolded the fillers and left them stacked together. Then took a pencil and rolled the ends of the petals around it and slightly push the edges of the petal together. Then I separated the filters and  re-stacked them so the petals overlapped the gaps.

                                                            

 For the center I folded two of the darkest filters together like the petals. I cut about and inch and a-half from the point jaggedly. Then I stacked these on top of the petals. From there I took a 4 inch piece of wire and put it through all ten layers about an 1/8 inch from the center then I put the other end through about a 1/4 inch from where I put the first end. Then pulled up and gently twisted each layer. After I had the flower the way I wanted it to look I twisted the wire together tightly and fluffed the petals.

 Finished Peony

Let us know if you made your own peonies and leave a picture of how it turned out!

Rustic Snowball Flower Arch

This is the time of year we usually would be getting decorations ready for Venture High Prom but Colton my youngest graduated  last year!!!  For the past couple of years we have been putting the over abundance of snowballs from my Mom's garden to good use at Venture's senior Prom. Well with With no Prom to decorate for and a ton of beautiful white flowers in her garden. My Mom asked me if I would like to try an idea I had last year and of course I couldn't say no to my Mother and Sierra couldn't say no to hers. It took us about 2 hours to put the arch together. We borrowed a couple of old garden pots from my Mom's patio and filled them with dirt. We cut 8 limbs off othe bushes we tried to keep them fairly log about 12 to 14 feet. We pushed the branches into the pot all the way to the bottom and wired them together Then we overlapped the branches and wired them together about a foot above the pot and again another foot up. In the center of the arch we wired touching branches together in several different places until it was strong enough to stand. Then we placed snowballs on the arch to fill in holes and hide wire.

It turned out lovely! 

Sierra working hardon the arch.

My Mom checking out our work.

Pink Paper Peonies on Vintage Garden Arch

Here is what we did with our beautiful Pink Paper Peonies we worked so hard on. We paired them with my favorite lights old fashioned Edison string lights. To give a more vintage garden feel we used cream burlap, dark green moss and grapevines. All on our easy to set up metal garden arch and fence. Later this week we will post a DIY tutorial on the Peonies! Please tell us what you think in the comments below!

Beautiful Vintage Wedding Gazebo

We will be dressing up our lovely Garden Gazebo for Spring Weddings. Check back later this month

and see what we came up with.

3 DIY Bridal Party Flowers with a Phantom of the Opera theme: #2 Musical Note Boutonniere

 

Today we are continuing our wedding party flower tutorial series with our music note boutonnieres.

To make this simple boutonniere you need

Supplies and Tools 

                                         

One silk rose bud                               

One silk rose leaf                               

Green floral tape                                  

 Black ribbon

 12 gauge gold aluminum wire

 Hot glue

 Scissors / Glue gun /Needle nose pliers

First trim the stem to about 2 inches  using the wire cutters or needle nose pliers.

                              

Trim any extra leaves off leaving the largest leaf at the top of the stem.

So it looks like this.

Next wrap the stem of the leaf to the stem of the rose so rosebud sits against the widest part of the leaf.

Start wrapping under the rose head pulling lightly so the tape stretches a little wrap down the steam and back up under the rose and tear.

 

Next wrap the stem with the ribbon start at the bottom glue and wrap over the cut edge and up the stem. Cut the ribbon fold the cut under and glue. Then  glue the ribbon to stem.

To make the music note use your fingers to form the head and stem of the note. Start with the center of the head this will hold the note to the rose.

At the top of the stem use a pair of needle nose pliers (tape the tip of the pliers to prevent them from leaving grooves in the soft wire) to make a small loop to start the flag. After you have made the first loop measure how much wire you need to finish the flag on the note and cut off the excess wire. At the end of the flag make another small loop with the pliers and shape the flag. You can use a template to help get the size and shape you like just shape the note over it and make sure you have a large loop in the middle of the note head.

   

Next bend the loop in the center of the note head so you can slide the rose stem into it. If the loop is to big just squeeze the loop until it stays where you want it.

And your done!

Hope you enjoyed our Music Note Boutonniere tutorial! If you make one of your own leave us a picture or let us know how it turned out!

Next week will finish off our Bridal Party Flower Series with the bride maids bouquet you don't want to miss it! So check out our blog next week!

DIY Ice Blue Candy Buffet

We are sharing our DIY Ice Blue Candy Buffet we did for our facebook page. We used some of our lovely vintage milk glass an assortment of vases and apothecary jars. The letters are old Christmas ornaments. There are sheer curtains and lace in the back ground. We made the crystal chandelier (we will show you how we made this in the next few weeks)  We even made some of the candy you can find the recipes on our facebook page Here

 

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