Lilac Saloon

Robyn's Wedding: Complete!

Remember the peek into Robyn's wedding flowers that I shared with you?  I've finished the order and wanted to show you the whole thing!

I just love when handmade elements are incorporated into weddings.  It adds a much more personal element to the event and makes it that much more special for the couple!

Thanks, Robyn!  I truly enjoyed working on this unique order!  Your idea of putting little wallflowers in the bouquets was genious and is going to continue on into future bouquets!!

 

Misty's Wallflowers

I just finished a set of custom Wallflowers for a little girl's nursery!  It's going to have grey walls and the fabrics are grey and mustard and white.  These big white Wallflowers with yellow centers are going to go above the crib!  

We even went a little above and beyond with this set and made some leaves and vines so the flowers could "grow" up the wall.  I think it will look magical!  What little girl wouldn't adore having big beautiful flowers growing up the side of her bedroom wall?!  I do hope we get to see photos of what the room looks like with the flowers!

Hand Embroidered Vows

I've been super busy lately!  I needed to fall behind on a few things in order to get ahead on others.  But, that's okay.  You forgive me, right? :)  I'll be posting this week's Picture Project post tomorrow instead of tonight.  I wanted to share a little peek into a custom order that I've been working on.

I'm working on hand embroidering wedding vows for a newly married couple.  They wanted to have their wedding vows embroidered and framed to give to their parents and also one to hang in their own home.  It takes me about 35 hours to make one.  I have finished two and have one more to do!!

I used their wedding invitation as inspiration for the branches and birds that border the vows.  That part is the most fun to stitch and I always save it for last :)

And check out their wedding date!!  What a memorable one.  I love that!

It is a challenging project but also so rewarding!  They will have those to hang in their home and remind them of their love for each other for all their lives.  I'm so honored to be a part of that!

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p.s. I'll be slowly making some design changes to the blog!  Notice anything different today?  Hint: LOOK HOW BIG MY PHOTOS ARE!

 

Wallflowers for Jennifer: Complete!

I'm really excited to finally be able to share these with you!

I've been working back and forth with Jennifer to create these custom Wallflowers for her home in the Netherlands.  She wants to fill a wall next to her piano with something that will help absorb some of the sound.  Wool felt Wallflowers are the gorgeous solution!

I had such a blast making and photographing these.  It has made my day to see them all together, finished and hanging up!!

If you're interested in a custom set of Wallflowers, send me an email!

Wallflowers for Jennifer

Thanks to Jennifer and her request for extra extra large custom Wallflowers, I've pushed their size to the max!!  I think this is as big as I can go with this design.  I'm afraid they'll start to lose their sturdiness if they are any bigger.  So these flowers are the official "Extra Extra Large" size and are around 18 inches wide!  These three flowers are for her set of 7.

Imagine the possibilities with these in your home!!  Where would you put Wallflowers?  I'd love to hear suggestions - I bet you have a new idea I hadn't thought of!!

Start of Something Big

Literally, I'm starting to make something really BIG!

You can't tell yet from the photos, but I'm working on a custom Wallflowers order for Jennifer in the Netherlands!  She contacted me about creating a large set of large wallflowers for the wall next to her piano.  They will help to absorb some of the noise in a room that would otherwise cause echoing.

We're doing a set of 7 flowers that are 10, 14 and 18 inches in three different colors.  I'm really excited about how this project is going to turn out and can not wait to share the final design with you!  It's going to be dramatic, soft and beautiful.

If you're interested in ordering your own custom Wallflowers, send me an email!  
I still have some sets left in the shop, too!

Wendy's Vows in Progress

I'm working on a custom order.  I've been putting in long 11 or 12 hour days on it actually!  A lovely girl named Wendy wanted to have her wedding vows hand embroidered to give as a gift to her parents, as a sign of promise to them.  They also have theirs hand embroidered.

Here's a sneak peek.  I'm actually MUCH farther along now.  These photos were taken three days ago.

Blog Design: Sara Doud

Aside from keeping up with Lilac Saloon and Metal Octopus, I've been working on some Alchemy projects.  I bid on a few requests and am juggling multiple jobs!  I am one of those people that works best when I've got a lot to do, apparently.

I recently worked on a blog re-design for Sara Doud's blog that she so cleverly named, Doudsville.  It's nice and clean and open so the focus can be on her gorgeous, bright photography!

Thanks Sara - it was fun working with you!!

Custom Order for Beth

I had so much fun working on this custom order!!  Beth is having a baby girl in October and is working on decorating the room prior to her arrival.  

She's using this Amy Butler fabric in the room and wanted Wallflowers to go with it!

Not only that, but she asked if I could make one any bigger than the largest size that I make.  I hadn't thought about doing that before, for some reason.  I said "Yes, I'll try it!".  I wasn't sure if the large one was going to be as sturdy as the smaller sizes.  When I finished the large flower I was just in awe of how FRICKIN COOL it looked!!!  

I owe it all to Beth for her idea to try them bigger.  From now on I will be offering "Extra Large" as a flower size option.  The XL flower is about 13.5 inches wide.  It looks crazy awesome on the wall.

I dug through my stash of vintage and fabric remnants that I've gathered from sample sales at my old job and decided to put them to good use.  I made the bag for her Wallflowers out of this happy and bright Lilly Pulitzer skirt.  Cute, right?

As a "thank you", I also sent her a sample of the new Magnetic Garden flower magnets that are in the shop!

(Learn how to make this little gift bag from an envelope, here on How About Orange!!)

Email me or send me a message through Etsy to place a custom order!!