. . . and so it begins! The DIY wedding craft blog posts! . . .
My husband, family, and I spent numerous hours with DIY projects for our wedding . . . so be prepared for quite a few posts! hehe.
Let's see . . . to begin . . . one of the first things I had to buy was my wedding dress. Being Nikkei, we wanted to find different ways in which to incorporate our cultures into our weddings. So, one of the first things I purchased was a Japanese obi for my dress (My favorite website for purchasing vintage kimonos and obis!
http://www.ichiroya.com/index.php - I spent hours and hours searching the web for authentic obis sold for decent prices). I got this idea from a family friend. The bridal shop helped to make the sash and bow. However, I wanted to make the design on the sash more noticeable, so I decided to hand sew glass beads, following the design of the obi. This took many, many hours - as each bead needed to be sewn, one by one. For the end beads, I sewed/threaded the clear string back and forth, both ways, so that they were less likely to move.
Here are a couple pictures of the hand-beading I did on the sash.
Photographed by Quinn Photography (but photo was cropped by bride)
Photographed by Quinn Photography
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