I was the nightmare bride, but not in the way you may think. I was the bride who had
no plans. Mere weeks before my wedding I was still being asked the usual questions like "What's your colour scheme, Robynne?" My reply? "Ummmm, I don't really have one." In fact, I didn't even have table cloths or much decor until the Tuesday before my wedding. Heart-stopping stuff, right? Magically, everything worked out beautifully and I had the wedding I never even dreamed I wanted.
One thing I was absolutely sure I was going to have on our special day was elements of crochet. At first my plans were grand. Decor would be crocheted. Favours would be crocheted. The dress shall be crocheted! As time quickly dwindled away though, my plans became less ambitious and I settled for crochet bouquets and crochet ties for the groomsmen.
I began the wedding crochet in earnest after I stitched in my last ends on my Christmas gifts. Following a wonderful pattern from Red Heart Yarns, I crocheted flower after flower in my spare time using Patons 4ply cotton. The pattern for the bouquet can be found
here. Due to time limits (i.e. due to the fact I still had not assembled my bouquet the night before the wedding. I lie, my sister-in-law actually took on the role of assembly for me. She saved a bride from burning the midnight oil and I shall forever be in her debt.) I did not use the suggested method of placing the stems in a polystyrene cone. I simply used flower tape and wrapped it around the wire stems. I adore how they all turned out.
As I sell crochet ties on my Etsy store, I feel I could make them in my sleep. 6 ties were dutifully stitched in Rowan 4 ply cotton following the pattern from
Geek Chic Crochet. The groom, his men, his dad and my brother were all very lovely to agree to wear a tie on the day.
It's a difficult task to made a wedding "unique" but being able to incorporate this little passion of mine on such a special day made me feel like our wedding was very "us". Also, it saved a heck of a lot on our budget not having to buy fresh flowers.
P.S. Want to know how to willingly get
every lady up for the bouquet toss? Throw a crochet bouquet!
P.P.S. Our gorgeous pictures were taken by the lovely
Dearheart Photos.