Do You DIY? I do. I do.

Soooo... since I last posted guess what.....

I got married!  Ow ow!

Yup, that's right, I'm not Lisa Brown anymore.  It's Mrs. Ingram to you!  So, surprisingly, marriage and pottery go hand in hand.  I've always loved to give pottery for wedding gifts.  It's nice to have something unique and lovely to give to a newly married couple for their new home.  However, with my wedding on the horizon, my brain began to overflow with ideas with which to decorate and accent our wedding.

One of the details I was adamant about was the flowers for the pew markers for the family section in the church.  I wanted hydrangea balls.  I loooove hydrangea and the look of them all bunched together however the florist warned us that they don't last much more than 30 minutes without water.  So, I designed small vases to hold the buds with skinny necks to tie ribbon- or in our case, raffia around to hang them from the pew.  They worked like a charm!

  

Years ago I dreamed up the idea of making flowers for my wedding.  I thought it would be so neat to have handmade flowers accenting the day.  So, immediately after our engagement, I began working on flowers for my bridesmaids to carry.  I rolled out flat slabs of white clay and cut out each petal individually.  I then pressed them together into a flower and did unique centers for each one.  It was so fun!  Several flowers ended up back in the slob bucket or the trash can, but the majority turned out lovely!  And the girls get to keep them much longer than a regular bouquet...

I also displayed plaques from our engagement party that our guests signed and made their marks on.

And then my final endeavor was the centerpieces for the table.  Two friends did the flowers and I just loved everything they did that just worked so well with my creations.

That's it!  It was fun... and now I'm resting.  It was fun but I don't recommend firing your kiln up until the day of your wedding.  There are plenty of other things to worry about than dripping glaze and glueing stems on flowers!  But, it was all definitely worth it :) 

Love, Lisa