Mrs Nautical Belle

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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

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

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.

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

Catch up time!

1. I totally missed my one year Blog-aversary on March the 9th! Oops!

Happy first birthday Little Miss Southern Love!

2. Yes, I have graduated Nursing school and am officially an RN but-
no, I still do not have a job. Yes, I am trying to fix this, Don't worry!
(More to come!)

3. [KP] and I are building a house! So excited :)

4. Most of our wedding planning is done! Still left are: the cake
tasting, food tasting, ordering of bridesmaids/groomsman outfits, and
a few more things.. feeling pretty good at 8 months out!

5. The weather in FL the last few weeks has been amazing! I'm talking
70's-80's with no humidity and a nice breeze! The only downside.. Snowbirds
are still here!

6. I have been keeping myself busy by selling a TON of old stuff
that I don't use anymore on Facebook selling pages and ebay. I actually really
like it!

7. It has officially been decided that I am in fact a clothes, shoes, and handbag
hoarder.. I have enough stuff in my one walk-in closet to fill three
normal sized closets. Don't make me post a picture.

8. [KP] still loves his job and works a ton but is making that $$! He
even bought his first truck all on his own a few weeks ago.. He was
such a happy boy. Now he is planning all the upgrades he will make to
it.. ya know.. normal redneck boy stuff: rims, tires, toolbox, lift kit, etc.

9. Thinking about growing up is weird! I can't believe in 8 months
I am going to find out how real everything is going to become. Mortgages,
Electric bills, Shopping budgets :( oh boy!

10. I am thinking of starting to sell Stella & Dot. Anyone know anyone who sells?
Or have any advice for me?

11. I still need to blog a ton of pictures of things that have happened over
the last few months. It's coming!

12. It's hard to believe that I used to be a better blogger while I was still
in nursing school because I was blogging everyday during class.. and I
still passed!

13. I am going to start blogging more starting... NOW!

14. This is one of the first posts in a long time I have done with no
pictures.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!
And I have still been reading/commenting!

xoxo,

Little Miss Southern Love