Pixelated and Tulle Hair Bow DIY

Hello Dinosaurs! As many of you have probably noticed, wearing bows in my hair is my trademark. So it was only natural that I wanted to include this for me and my bridesmaids at my wedding!

So today I'm showing you how I made our customized bows! It's an easy, quick project that will allow you to customize your own bow!

Supplies needed: perler bead bows or other art, scissors, hot glue, needle, thread, and sharp knife (not pictured)

1. First, create your pixelated art using perler beads, following its provided directions. 

2. Place tulle underneath perler bead bow. Using the bow as reference, cut the tulle in a rectangle, about an inch larger than bow on all sides. (The tulle could be larger or smaller depending on how much tulle you want behind the perler bead bow).

3. Repeat and cut out multiple layers of tulle of the same size. For this bow I used 6 layers. Stack the layers on top of one another.

4. Pinch the stack of tulle in the center to create a bow shape.

5. Using your needle and thread, sew together the layers of tulle at the center where you pinched, keeping it in its bow shape.

6. Using a sharp knife, carefully score the back of the perler bead bow multiple times all over the center area. This will help the glue to stick better, since the surface is normally very slick.

7. Take your hot glue gun and add glue to the center of the tulle bow.  Place perler bead bow on top, pressing the two together firmly until glue dries.

8. You now have one complete bow piece!

9. To attach the hair clip, add hot glue to the clip and press onto the back of the bow. After the glue dries, sew the clip onto the bow for additional support, if your particular hair clip allows.

And you're done! These bows are super easy to make for any occasion! Below is the finished product used at the wedding:

[Lauryn Galloway Photography]

For my bow, I made the perler bead portion white and used both teal and purple tulle, to combine both of our wedding colors. I was super happy with the results!

I hope you enjoyed this fun little craft project! Thank you for reading!

<3

Our Invitations and other Wedding Stationery

Happy Monday Dinosaurs!

After last week's wedding week, I realized I never actually shared our wedding invitations on the blog. So that's what I wanted to do today, because they definitely deserve to be shared! You'll see some of the other stationery we used for different parts of the wedding!

During the Spring, I contacted Lauren from This Sweet Season. I had known Lauren from an earlier year in college and when I found out she was doing her own graphic design work I knew I had to ask her to make my invitations!

Our invitations included the invite, response card, information card, and a tag for the packaging. I wanted a unique and customized invitation that would reflect us and the wedding, going along with our Pokémon and Asian theme!

The image of Umbreon and Jolteon was actually made by my maid of honor, Heather. Lauren took it and made it work perfectly in the invitation! The bamboo was the piece that tied together each part of the invitation. Our names utilized our wedding colors and definitely stood out!

For our response cards, we decided to have a little fun with the choices, to continue with the Pokémon theme. You could choose between "Yeah! Not even a battle could keep me away!" or "Sorry, I'll be catching 'em all!"

The information card was simple, directing our guests to our wedding website for more information about the big day!

Lastly, everything was wrapped together in purple twine, with the bright teal tag on top, adding just the right amount of pop to the invitation! It was packaged so nicely, ready to be sent to our guests!

I used a silver Sharpie paint pen to address each invitation, so they each had a little sparkle to it!

I am absolutely thrilled with how these turned out and Lauren did such a great job with them! If you want to see her post about them and how she went through the design process, check it out here!

Long before the invites were sent, we had our Save the Dates made by Shutterfly. I wanted something simple for these, but still wanted to have fun with them! We wanted to reflect our nerdy selves and this is what I came up with! I was really happy with the results!

We also had our thank you notes for after the wedding made through Shutterfly. I wanted something fun and sweet, so I went with a cute, quirky design and included some shots from our engagement session!

With all of the expenses of the wedding, I had to be cost efficient, so I decided to design our ceremony programs myself. I just chose a simple layout, only including the necessary information we needed, such as the date, ceremony events, and the names of our family and bridal party. Even though it doesn't use any serious design skill (which I have yet to learn...), I'm happy with how they turned out!

Lastly, I wanted to share Heather's beautiful image in it's original form. I had just asked her to make an image of our two favorite Pokémon together, but when she knew were including Asian themes in the wedding, she decided to draw it in that kind of style. The result was absolutely perfect! Aside from the invitation, we used this image on the inside of our thank you cards, and in the middle of our programs. Thank you for your help Heather!

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed seeing these different types of stationery and that it can inspire you to add your unique touches to an event!

<3

Wedding of Awesome: Our Bridal Party

Hello my Dinosaurs! I wanted to round up this wedding week with a few shots of our amazing bridal party! These are our closes friends and we were so happy to have them by our sides on this day! After the ceremony, while our guests enjoyed some cocktails, we took the opportunity to take some portraits, and as you see, we had a little fun with it ;)

From left to right - Groomsmen: Austin, Ollie, Logan. Bridesmaids: Heather, Nicole.

We had a mini, epic, 7-way rock-paper-scissors battle, because that's how we roll! If you notice, all of them chose scissors, while I ended up with paper. I would say that was super effective, ha!

[Images by Lauryn Galloway Photography]

We had so much fun during this little session! We feel so happy that we were able to have this group of awesome people to share our day with!

I also need to mention that I actually had 3 bridesmaids. My dear friend Lauren had a commitment to Teach for America and was unable to join us, but she was still in my thoughts that day!

Below you will see how I popped the question to each of my girls. I made a special little origami box for each one, each containing a card with the question! They were each so thrilled, as I definitely was!

Bridesmaids// Dress: Self sewn (on Heather) & ASOS (on Nicole | Tights: We Love Colors | Shoes: Sears (on Heather) & Shoe Dept (on Nicole) | Pins: DIY | Hair Bows: DIY

Groomsmen// Suits: Men's Wearhouse | Ties: Men's Wearhouse | Pins: DIY

Thank you for joining me this week in reminiscing about my wedding day! Next week will be a special week of a few DIYs to hopefully inspire you!

Later Dinos!

<3