Wedded bliss!!

Well, where do I start???
I am now Mrs Banks!
After 18 months of wedding planning and preparation, the day finally came and everything went fantastically!
From start to finish we had an amazing day, and cannot thank the staff at our venue enough, nothing was too much trouble for them, they made our day truly special!
My Uncle is a photographer and captured the feel of the day perfectly for us. I've had a sneak preview at a few of them and they look amazing. I will be sharing the photos as soon as I get them so you can see what a talented photographer he is.
The night before our wedding, I stayed the night at the hotel where we were getting married, and my now Husband (that still sounds strange!) had organised an extra special surprise for me.
I love the Pirates of the Caribbean films, and have a bit of a soft spot for Captain Jack Sparrow... So David very thoughtfully for the last 12 months or so had been corresponding with a Jack Sparrow look-a-like, to organise him to come to the hotel the night before the wedding, bearing gifts that resemble the last 9 years we have been a couple.
So, there was a knock at the door, and there was Captain Jack Sparrow standing there holding a chest full of treasure! (I had to do a double take as initially I really thought it was him, he was just like the real thing, his mannerisms and everything!)
After the initial shock of having a pirate knocking on my bridal suite door, I invited him in nervously laughing to myself, while my uncle was there snapping away, making memories for us!
So Jack Sparrow opens the chest and passes me the first gift (David had sorted them all in a particular order)
I unwrapped it and it was a plastic toy barracuda fish...which seems a bit if a strange gift, but I understood it straight away, as Barracuda was the name of a bar in the City Centre where we first met...
Captain Jack Sparrow then passed me another gift which was a DVD of the first film we went to see at the cinema,.
The third gift was a bottle of perfume, the first perfume David had ever bought for me.
The fourth gift was a photo of the two of us on my 18th birthday, and a postcard with a Birdseye view of Torquay photographed on it, as this was our first holiday together.
The fifth gift was Alfie's (our son) first pair of booties and a set of lanzarote thimbles, as this was our first abroad holiday together.
The sixth gift was (very funny) wrapped in a map of Billesley Common, which I knew straight away was because that was where David proposed to me. I unwrapped the present and inside was a display case full of grass....Dave had been back to Billesley common and dug up the patch of grass which he believed to be the spot where he proposed...I thought that was hilarious!
The seventh gift Dave had got for me was a gorgeous personalised teacup, with pretty birdies all over that read on the front 'Our Wedding Day 25/11/2012' and on the back 'Love Always, Dave xxx'
I have got to say that the whole thing was the most thoughtful gift ever! He had put such alot of thought in to it, and that sort of thing is the most special gift someone can give as it will be a treasured memory forever!
Anyway I've got a lot more to share with you about the wedding, but I'm going to break it up into separate posts as otherwise you'll never get through it all!!
Here are a few photos of me with Captain Jack Sparrow!
Thanks for reading! xx

Pretty vintage tea cup arrangements!

Hi everyone!

Well, less than two weeks until my wedding!
I can honestly say I've really enjoyed all the planning and DIY-ing thats gone into making our wedding special, I don't know what I'm going to do when it's all over! There have been a few small blips along the way, for instance, I had someone to make my stationary for me who let me down, and kept my deposit! But I picked myself back up, and decided to make it all myself! It was really hard work trying to get it all finished on time, but I managed it and I'm really pleased with the outcome, I shall share pictures of all the stationary I made after my wedding (I don't want to give too much away yet!)

Anyway the reason for my post today is to show you these pretty and unique vintage teacup arrangements!
They are so pretty, and they add a new lease of life to these pretty vintage teacups and saucers!
They'd look absolutely gorgeous on display in any vintage shabby chic home, also a perfect christmas gift for someone special. They'd also make a gorgeous table decoration at a wedding. I thought they'd be nice as an alternative wedding cake topper too.
I can make these in any colour you wish, whether it be brooches or buttons.
I have got a few ideas up my sleeve for these, and I shall get to it straight after our honeymoon!
Thanks for stopping by

Beckie xx

Pretty fabric flowers!

Hello! I just thought I'd share a quick post with you about the newest addition to Something Old, Something New...these pretty silk flowers!
I decided to make something for my grandma to be able to wear at our wedding that she could have as a little memory of the day, and I thought a corsage would be nice. I usually make singed satin flowers for this sort of thing but I really wanted to try something different. So that's how these pretty ones came about, I saw a teacup arrangement with them in on a blog a while back and I thought how cute they were, and thought I'd try my hand at it, and this is what turned out. They are so versatile, they can be made into a corsage, brooch, hair accessory the sky's the limit!
I've got a few ideas for these, which I will be sharing with you in the near future, but for now I thought I'd just share the flowers to see what you think.
Thanks for stopping by
Beckie xxxx

My first vintage button bouquet!!

Hi!
Well, I decided to try something a little bit different and make a bouquet mainly out of vintage buttons, but with a few pearls and embellishments too.
It's not quite finished yet, but it's taking shape nicely so I thought I'd share a photo of working progress...
Let me know what you think!
Thanks for stopping by :-)
XxX

Photos of my most recent creation!

Hi,
As promised, I'm uploading a few photos of the latest bouquet I have made, which is making its way to Jess as I type!
I have used lots of pretty vintage inspired brooches and lots of pearls with a champagne and pink hue to them, some vintage buttons and pretty fabric roses with a bit of sparkle in them!
I have wrapped the handle in an ivory chiffon ribbon, and finished it off with distressed antique style lace. It's very pretty if I do say so myself! I especially love the droplet pearl embellishment on the handle!
Thanks for stopping by x

A bouquet for a Cornish bride!!

Hi, and apologies again for my absence from here!
I have been working on a bouquet for a lovely bride called Jess, who's getting married in January.
She has a lot to do with the wedding industry so I was very flattered when she asked me to make her bouquet for her, after she had seen a photo of one that she liked on my Facebook page.
I shall be uploading photos of Jess' bouquet on here soon, so keep and eye out!
She has her own blog too, which is very good, check it out for yourself...
www.treatalady.com
xoxo

Apologies for absence!!

I'm sorry for my recent absence from here over the last few weeks, I've been so busy planning my own wedding which is now less than 3 months away!! Eeek! Exciting stuff!
I think everything is pretty much done now really, just a few minor details that need finalising before the big day. My wedding dress has just arrived at the dressing rooms, and so I have got my first fitting this Tuesday!
As I've been planning my wedding since August 2011, I thought I would take ages to come around, but I can't believe how quick it has gone, I suppose it because I've been kept busy making all of these beautiful bouquets for all of my lovely brides!
One of the brides I worked with recently had her wedding day and so I should soon have a fee photos of her with her bouquet to show you.
Anyway, I feel I'm rambling a bit now, so I'm going to go and make my self a nice cup of tea (in a vintage teacup of course!!) and get myself some beauty sleep!
Thanks for stopping by!
xoxo

A personal project for our wedding!

I thought id share with you a personal project I've been working on for my wedding.
I ended up having to make all of my wedding stationary myself (long boring story) and I'd decided from early on I wanted a vintage theme with lots of vintage birdcages and whimsical flowers and pearls and I wanted my stationary to be in-keeping with that theme.
So my invites all had vintage birdcages and pretty birdies on, with seam binding ribbon in a mink colour and a dusky pink, which are our wedding colours. I decided I wanted a wedding guest book for guests to sign, but I couldn't find one that would match our theme so I had an idea, I should make it myself! So, low & behold, I did, and I'm glad I did because I'm very happy with the results! I used the tim holtz birdcage die, a music note stamp for the background, I distressed the edges with tim holtz distressing ink in antique photo and old paper to give it an aged effect.
I also tea stained some scrap bits of lace I had lying around, and use the same seam binding ribbon that I'd used on my invites, to tie it all in together. I also used pearlised buttons down the one side, with a pretty vintage inspired bow embellishment and pink cameo.
This is that little bit more special because our little boy, Alfie, who's 4 helped me stick all of the buttons on!
I hope you like it as much as I do. It'll be something beautiful to remember our wedding by! x

Bridal side tiara

Ok so **drumroll please** here is the grand unveiling of the first ever bridal side tiara I've ever made....I'm very pleased with my efforts and I've got soooo many ideas for these, I can't wait to make more!!! I just wanted to share this with you, just to give you an idea of the hair accessories I'm going to be making. Thanks for stopping by ;-) x

Vintage inspired prettiness!!

Its been so long since I last posted on here, I've just been so busy!
Anyway, I'm now making pretty vintage inspired bridal hair pieces and tiaras!
I recently done a competition giveaway on my facebook page, and the winner has got a free bespoke tiara! I've just sourced all of the pieces to make it so photos of that project will follow soon!
I do have a photo of a bridesmaid hair comb I have recently made which includes some pretty pearl and crystal embellishments across the top, with pearl and crystal branches spraying across the top, so let me know what you think!

New photos!!

It's been a while since I last posted on here! I've been so busy these last few weeks finishing off a few orders, and I've been on a little family holiday down to Cornwall to visit my Nan & my aunt & uncle, and with planning my own wedding it been non stop! I'm making my own wedding invitations now, which is very time consuming but I am enjoying seeing them come together!
Anyway, My lovely uncle who is a fantastic photographer, and has taken some amazing professional photos
of a few of my creations, so I thought its about time I uploaded some new photos! He is available for wedding photography, so if you are looking for a professional very talented photographer for your special day, please get intouch with me and I can forward you the details. He's doing my wedding photos and I just know they are going to be fantastic!
Thanks for stopping by!
Beckie x

Button holes!!

Here is a ladies' buttonhole I made today, I love the marabou feathers on it! I'm going to make matching bridal and bridesmaid bouquets soon, and then I'm going to play around with different colours, so there will be lots to show you soon!
Thanks for stopping by, let me know what you think!
Bex x

Vintage inspired brooch bouquet!

Here is one I have made today! It includes a blue cameo, for your something blue, and lots of sparkly and pearl brooches, a lot of hard work went into this one, and I'm very proud of it!
Thanks for looking! X

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Bespoke vintage inspired brooch bouquets

Hi,
Here is a picture of the bridesmaid brooch posy for you to see!
I shall soon be making a larger bridal one, as soon as it is finished I shall upload a photo on here.
I'm also going to be making vintage inspired button holes, brooch corsages for mother of bride/groom, and antique lace bridal garters, so as soon they're All finished, there will be lots of lovelies for you to feast your eyes on!
Thanks for stopping by!