wedding Gardenia bouquet

The clay wedding bouquet looks likes ,I used a staggered approach rather than creating a rounded bouquet and added some vine and folded leaves.Nancy had a lovely idea she just wanted the stems of gardenia tied together and she wanted a dozen gardenia separate.What she plans is to give them to her family and they would come up and give it to her to add to her bouquet - a nice touch of including the family in the wedding!

The bouquet is not yet complete.I have tied a blue ribbon bow to it!


The mother in law likes red roses so we thought we would create a red rose corsage for her - havent yet added the ribbons to it..





The ring cushion has these: 2 large gardenias and bud.




Handmade artificial flowers : Double Gardenia corsage for wedding bouquet



The order that Nancy placed was for gardenias in clay for the bouquets so I created some clay gardenias and tried out corsages with them and they turned out sooo well.

The main wedding order of Nancy is for an artificial clay gardenia bouquet.She has 12 boutounierres and 13 corsages!

Here are some inspiring pictures.I am debating whether I need to put the twig curls in or not?

Gardenia Corsages:
with a twig in it?

I might go with the 2nd one??

Paper poppies in yellow and orange and red roses bouquet

I am making flowers for Nancy for her wedding.She ordered for yellow and orange poppies and red rose and what a head turner it's turning to be! I thought the combination wouldn't go well together but the moment I saw them together I knew I have a winning combination on my hand!

See the pictures,I am not much of a photographic genius and the pictures don't show justice:-)



I am trying to hurry up here :-) as I need to get this out this weekend with another large order coming up!!!

Handmade artificial flowers : Gardenias for wedding Boutonierres in clay

I was making the Gardenia Flowers for the wedding boutonierres in clay.The bouquet is yet to come but here is a sampler for Nancy.



The boutonierre consists of a single clay gardenia with 2 artificial leaves tied with a light blue ribbon.



Buy Gardenia hair flowers for wedddings bridal here

Red paper roses and gardenia for a wedding

I have a large order for a wedding from Nancy Her order consists of gardenia,red paper roses and yellow and orange poppies.

Here are some pictures of the gardenias and the red paper roses to be used for the tables.



The bouquet would be with white gardenia made from air dried clay.Here are some pcitures of the white gardenias

Your voice is needed more than ever! FOCA the pro abortion bill

I have been wanting to post on this issue many times before and I thought I cannot postpone it any longer.Issues like abortion are very close to my heart especially since I had 2 miscarriages before I had my lovely now 3 yr old daughter and now 1 yr old son.It was a very painful time in my life but one thing it taught me was the value of life and that a child is a very precious gift in life.

There is post card campaign that is going on:
It very essential that you take a printout and mail it your Senator and make sure your voice is heard! The msot ridiculous fact is that even doctors and Catholic institutions would probably will have to be potentialy forcibly allow abortions.Also this measure would be funded with the income tax we pay!!!!!

Please take a moment for life and click here and take a print out on any cardstock and mail it:

Post Card Please Print Back to Back

You are welcome to repost any part of this article in whole anywhere.Let the word get out.You know if we can't protect or speak for the innocents who cannot speak then how will we protect the ones who can speak?


Now if you know about the new abortion law FOCA that president Obama is putting into effect,


Here is the following:

The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) is again before Congress (S. 1173, H.R. 1964). FOCA is a radical bill. It creates a “fundamental right” to abortion throughout the nine months of pregnancy. No governmental body at any level would be able to “deny or interfere with” this right, or to “discriminate” against the exercise of this right “in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information.” For the first time, abortion would become an entitlement the government must condone and promote.

FOCA would go well beyond the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in imposing an extreme abortion regimen on our country. No other piece of legislation would have such a destructive impact on society’s ability to limit or regulate abortion. It would eliminate a broad range of laws—informed consent laws; parental involvement laws; laws promoting maternal health; abortion clinic regulations; government programs and facilities that pay for or promote childbirth and other health care without subsidizing abortion; conscience protection laws; laws prohibiting a particular abortion procedure (e.g., partial birth abortion); laws requiring that abortions only be performed by a licensed physician; and so on. For a careful legal analysis of FOCA by the USCCB’s Office of General Counsel, see: www.nchla.org/docdisplay.asp?ID=190. A summary fact sheet for general distribution can be found at: www.nchla.org/docdisplay.asp?ID=194

In a September 19 letter to Members of Congress, Cardinal Justin Rigali, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, raised grave concerns about any possible consideration of FOCA. “Despite its deceptive title, FOCA would deprive the American people in all 50 states of the freedom they now have to enact modest restraints and regulations on the abortion industry,” and would “counteract any and all sincere efforts by government to reduce abortions in our country.” The Cardinal declared: “We can’t reduce abortions by promoting abortion.” He urged all Senators and Representatives “to pledge their opposition to FOCA.” For full text of the letter, see: www.usccb.org/prolife/FOCArigaliltr.pdf.

Recommended Actions: Contact your U.S. Representative and two U.S. Senators by FAX letter, e-mail, or phone. Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at: 202.224.3121; or call Members’ local offices. Full contact info can be found on Members of Congress’s web sites, at: www.senate.gov and www.house.gov.

Message to all Members: “Please pledge now to oppose FOCA.” Those Members of Congress who have signed on as cosponsors of FOCA should be asked to remove their names from the bill. To check the list of current cosponsors, see: nchla.org/docdisplay.asp?ID=191.

Other Actions:

1. Arrange a formal meeting with your Representative and two Senators.

2. Communicate with your Representative and two Senators at town meetings.

3. Place an ad opposing FOCA in your local Catholic paper or other publication or insert educational materials in church bulletins. For an ad presentation designed for grassroots use, see: www.usccb.org/prolife/media/docs/foca.pdf. For bulletin inserts in black and white or color, see: www.nchla.org/docdisplay.asp?ID=201.

4. Write letters to the editor or express your views on call in radio talk shows.

Thanks!
Maria.

For more information please go to:
FOCA

Crepe paper flower for cakes inspired by Martha Stewart

I was pretty surprised to see crepe paper flowers used by Martha Stewart on fondant covered wedding cakes! See the following picture:


Picture courtesy www.marthastewart.com A real beauty.

Now I was really inspired by the new crepe paper peonies I made to turn them into flowers for cakes.It's something I am looking into especially when brides would like to cut costs in this economy.

Some flowers on top and graduating down would look gorgeous!
crepe paper peonies

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