2nd Anniversary Photoshoot: Dresses and Butterflies

Kyle and I won a free photo shoot with our wedding photographer  (Sarah Knowlton [ now Mitchell!] of Sknow Photo and Design) that we used as an anniversary shoot, being we scheduled it for the day before our second wedding anniversary! We had a blast, and Sarah is amazing to work with. We just got the pics back and I wanted to share the dress that I made for the occasion, along with some butterfly and flower hairpins I made recently and wore for the shoot!

The butterfly pins were inspired by this photoshoot over on Once Wed: Butterfly Bride

For how to on how I did my hair, check out this post at Grosgrain - Heat Free Curls

I designed/made my dress using a combo of 3 patterns, 2 vintage ( top from Simplicity 7760, skirt from Simplicity 1235 ) and one altered sleeve pattern I found a tutorial for online (which I cannot currently locate).  The fabric is a flowery thrifted twin sized fitted sheet - I used pretty much every bit of fabric from the sheet in making this dress! I actually ran out of fabric for the binding and had to do a rolled edge from most of the finishing. 

I pulled the dress together in about a half a day - mostly an afternoon and an evening to finish. The wrap dress was super easy to adjust and add the fuller skirt to! I just had to add some width to accommodate the wrapping.

Simplicity patterns 7760 and 1235 . Images from Vintage Sewing Patterns Wiki

Photos by the super talented Sarah Knowlton Mitchell (on Facebook !)

Wood Chalkboard from Joann fabrics - whitewashed by me

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Weddings - Sarah's hairpiece and veil in action!

 Sarah (of Sknow Photo and Design) and Dave Mitchell were married at the end of April, and I had the distinct pleasure of creating Sarah's veil and hairpiece, in addition to helping film the whole shebang along with my hubbs. Here's some shots from their beautiful wedding and the pieces I made in action!

Photography courtesy Sonya Verblaauw (Sonya on Facebook! )

sonya verblaauw

sonya verblaauw

sonya verblaauw

Weddings - Ashton's Hairpiece in Action!

The hairpiece I made for Ashton's wedding in action! She looked so beautiful and it complimented her gorgeous dark hair perfectly! Photography by our sweet friend, the very talented Sara Tyer! Go check out her work, you'll be glad you did!

See more of this sweet, joyful, Christ-centered and God glorifying wedding right here!

 

Sara Tyer Photography

Weddings - Hairpiece and Engagement Bliss!

You may remember the hairpiece I made for Sarah K. {of Sknow Design and Photography} a while back for her upcoming wedding this month; well, she has just had engagement shots done while wearing it and looking just so lovely and blissfully happy with her fiance! These images are just beautiful and Sarah raves about Ica, her gorgeous work is definitely noteworthy!

Photos by Ica Images

Ica Images

Ica Images

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Weddings - With Grace in Your Heart and Flowers in Your Hair

Another bridal hairpiece! I met Ashton for the first time over last summer, but our men have been buddies for several years as they were in the same engineering program at school. She is as sweet and beautiful as can be and we are so excited for their upcoming wedding in May! I can't wait to see her wearing this in the glow of her wedding day!

 

I am not Ashton

Weddings - Glasgow-Easter

Another dear couple we are friends with also got married over the summer, and I did a last minute request for hairpieces for the bridesmaids. I neglected to get good pictures of them before I sent them to her but here are some shots from their gorgeous vintage farm wedding!

Group shots courtesy of Carrissa Gallo {For You Love Me Photography}