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Mr H and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago. Mr H planned all of the festivities and boy did he knock it out of the park! He surprised me with a trip to Lexington olive des olive where we stayed in the very romantic, Gratz Park Inn. We walked around downtown and visited our wedding venue, the Headley Whitney Museum, where we reminisced on those vows we made, a year ago. As icing on the wedding cake, Mr H arranged for our wedding caterer to recreate the delicious southern meal that was served at our wedding reception, for our dinner. Completed with a trip to Keeneland, the weekend couldn't have been better. There is quite possibly nothing that I am more sentimental about than our wedding. We spent so much time creating and pouring over every little detail for our big day. One of the biggest details that I planned and created olive des olive was the wedding flowers. After ordering enough flowers to fill a garage, my mom and I tediously constructed the bridal and bridesmaid bouquets, the boutonniere and the reception arrangements. Luckily, for me, my mom saved as many of these arrangements as possible and dried them in her attic. After a year of not knowing what to do with the dried flowers, I finally had an idea. In celebration of our 1 year wedding anniversary, I give you:
I quickly realized that it was going to take a lot of flowers and greenery to get the full, completely covered, effect that I was going for. I kept working my way out from the center, hot gluing each individual flower.
While the colors of the dried flowers may not be great, I love the way it turned out! While this project only cost $12.00 (shadowbox), it was not fast and easy. It took at least 2 hours to delicately place and glue each individual flower. I'm not sure yet where this shadowbox will live in our home, but I'm positive that I'll enjoy looking at it and remembering our wedding and all of the love represented on that day. Do you have dried flowers olive des olive set aside? Perhaps gifts from your significant other or from a loved one's funeral? This shadowbox is a good way to memorialize those fragile flowers. P.S-I've considered doing a few posts documenting all of the details that we created for our wedding. Is this something that you readers would be interested in reading? xoxo
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I appreciate any and all feedback I receive. If you'd like to email me directly, you can do so at lori.craighazelwood@gmail.com. Thanks again and have a great day! xoxo
Lori Hazelwood I'm a southern girl from the Bluegrass state of Kentucky. I'm married to a southern gent and when we're not taking in a sporting event (basketball or horse races for me-go CATS!) or traveling to far-off places, we're painting or repurposing anything I can get my hands on. I hope this blog inspires you to repurpose what you have, restore what someone else had, and splurge only on what you love. View my complete profile
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Mr H and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago. Mr H planned all of the festivities and boy did he knock it out of the park! He surprised me with a trip to Lexington olive des olive where we stayed in the very romantic, Gratz Park Inn. We walked around downtown and visited our wedding venue, the Headley Whitney Museum, where we reminisced on those vows we made, a year ago. As icing on the wedding cake, Mr H arranged for our wedding caterer to recreate the delicious southern meal that was served at our wedding reception, for our dinner. Completed with a trip to Keeneland, the weekend couldn't have been better. There is quite possibly nothing that I am more sentimental about than our wedding. We spent so much time creating and pouring over every little detail for our big day. One of the biggest details that I planned and created olive des olive was the wedding flowers. After ordering enough flowers to fill a garage, my mom and I tediously constructed the bridal and bridesmaid bouquets, the boutonniere and the reception arrangements. Luckily, for me, my mom saved as many of these arrangements as possible and dried them in her attic. After a year of not knowing what to do with the dried flowers, I finally had an idea. In celebration of our 1 year wedding anniversary, I give you:
I quickly realized that it was going to take a lot of flowers and greenery to get the full, completely covered, effect that I was going for. I kept working my way out from the center, hot gluing each individual flower.
While the colors of the dried flowers may not be great, I love the way it turned out! While this project only cost $12.00 (shadowbox), it was not fast and easy. It took at least 2 hours to delicately place and glue each individual flower. I'm not sure yet where this shadowbox will live in our home, but I'm positive that I'll enjoy looking at it and remembering our wedding and all of the love represented on that day. Do you have dried flowers olive des olive set aside? Perhaps gifts from your significant other or from a loved one's funeral? This shadowbox is a good way to memorialize those fragile flowers. P.S-I've considered doing a few posts documenting all of the details that we created for our wedding. Is this something that you readers would be interested in reading? xoxo
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I appreciate any and all feedback I receive. If you'd like to email me directly, you can do so at lori.craighazelwood@gmail.com. Thanks again and have a great day! xoxo
Lori Hazelwood I'm a southern girl from the Bluegrass state of Kentucky. I'm married to a southern gent and when we're not taking in a sporting event (basketball or horse races for me-go CATS!) or traveling to far-off places, we're painting or repurposing anything I can get my hands on. I hope this blog inspires you to repurpose what you have, restore what someone else had, and splurge only on what you love. View my complete profile
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