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Our hair stylist Tara Watts and I, decided on a glamorous headband to complete Rebecca’s 1920’s look. The headband was really simple to make. I started with a 200cm x 25cm piece of birdcage veiling in dove grey. I purchased the veiling through Britex Fabrics in San Francisco. I purchased it on a trip there […]

DIY Downton – Create a 1920’s headband

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The talented Tara Watts sculpted the bride’s hair for our Downton Abbey shoot and offered tips on creating a 1920’s hair style. This particular style was a combination of pin curls and fingerwaves. First of all, Tara instructs us to start with freshly washed, wet hair. Tara fashioned Rebecca’s hair around her fingers and clipped […]

DIY Downton – Tips on Fingerwaves

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To carry the silhouette theme a little further, we made silhouette favours, customized with the profiles of the bride and groom. First step is to refer to the tutorial on creating a silhouette from earlier in the week. We used Martha Stewart’s Ideal Sugar Cookie recipe for these favours. To add contrast, we made the […]

DIY Downton – Silhouette cookie favours

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For part two in our DIY Downton series, I asked my friend Nicole Westerlund to create an invitation suite that could be printed and assembled by a layperson (like myself). Maybe you have a talented, designer-friend like Nicole who can create files for you and some loyal Bridesmaids who can be coaxed into a crafty […]

DIY Downton – A Silhouette Invitation Suite

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Silhouettes are all the rage and there are so many clever ways to use a silhouette in planning your wedding. This week I’m going to feature several DIY projects but for all of them, you have to start at the beginning – by creating the silhouette itself. Today I’ll show you how. If you missed […]

DIY Downton – Create your own silhouettes

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I know I’m not the only one who’s fallen in love with Downton Abbey. The storytelling, the fashions and the breathtaking, visual appeal…the first time I saw it, I was hooked. When I proposed that we do a wedding shoot styled after Downton, some of my favourite people jumped on board, some whom hadn’t even […]

Inspiration for a Downton Abbey wedding

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