Bridal Talk Tuesday: Engagement Picture DIY/Behind the Scenes

Linking up with Life with Elizabeth today

for Bridal Talk Tuesday! 

Today I am going to reveal how I made some of the props

we used in our Engagement Picture shoot. Most of the ideas

that I found were from Pinterest (surprise, surprise!)

 These don't look like a total fail but they were. I painted

them a pretty khaki color with a gold sheen and then

used the crackle paint and it didn't work. I still think the color

turned out nicely and went well with the background colors.

These are from Hobby Lobby. 

Photo Credit: Maria Glassford Photography

Photo Credit: Maria Glassford Photography

Photo Credit: Maria Glassford Photography

 The banners were something I knew that I wanted

to do from day 1 of engagement prop planning.

The anchor stencils are from the Martha Stewart

Michaels nautical collection, and the letter and

number stencils are from Hobby Lobby. 

I found a tutorial online

that was kinda confusing so I ended up making them

all on my own. I measured the burlap and cut one to use

as a stencil for all the rest. 

 I ended up making two banners, one with the date

and one that said 'Save the Date'. 

 After they dried I simply folded a tiny flap of the top of the

penant over the string of burlap and got glued it.

 I LOVE LOVE LOVE how these turned out.

Especially the anchors!
Photo Credit: Maria Glassford Photography

Photo Credit: Maria Glassford Photography

Photo Credit: Maria Glassford Photography

Photo Credit: Maria Glassford Photography

Photo Credit: Maria Glassford Photography

 The next project was these numbers. I painted them

the first time and it was too blue (see the back of the right one)

so then I bought a darker color which was more navy. 

Then I used the pop-top part of an aluminum can and hot

glued them to the back so that I could string them all on my 

jute.

 Final product.

Final product.

Photo Credit: Maria Glassford Photography

Photo Credit: Maria Glassford Photography

I can't find the pictures for how I made these

but there are SO many tutorials out there to do so. 

All you have to do is google 'Moss Green letters'. 

I bought the sheet moss from Joann Fabrics and

cut it to size around the cardboard letters also from Joanns.

 I used two packs on these. I love how 

these turned out as well! 

 Of course my BFF Carrie was my hair inspiration!

(as she almost always is) 

 This is how it looked when I left the salon..

A little poofy and a bit too curly but

it fell out so nicely! I love my hair stylist. 

This is where we took our pictures.

Boca Grande, FL. It's so weird that this 

is in the same county as the one I live in but

it still took us about 1 hour 30 minutes to get there..

but so worth it! 

Let me know if anyone else has any other

questions!

Hope everyone is having a great week!

xoxo,

Little Miss Southern Love