work work work

I had a custom order for wedding banners this fall, I love these things...I'm so glad other people do to!

I have an idea to tweak these a little...watch out for them on etsy, I'm gonna make some more up soon!

Have you seen it?

The current issue of Southern Weddings magazine featured my brother Kurt and my sister-in-law Jodi's wedding. You know them from Jodi Miller Photography! Anyway, this was the first wedding I ever worked on aside from my own, everything was handmade by myself and Jodi. We made close to a mile of garlands alone to hang in the tent, all paper doily poofs that turned out amazing! We made pie stands, napkins, table runners, signs, fabric flowers for each chair and pulled furniture from our homes. We spent close to a year compiling and planning. It takes a whole year to find the perfect mismatched china for 120 guests! Everything turned out perfectly, the rain held out(mostly) and at the very end of everything the bride and groom left under a double rainbow...God's promise times two! I love it! Pick up a copy before they are off the shelves, the whole magazine is piled full of gorgeous, Southern and handmade weddings! Oh and PS...my sweet little Keira made it into the issue, she's the little one grabbing the quilt:-)...and the amazing photography is by the very talented Stephanie and Isaac of Stephanie Williams Photography

pink flowers

I've been hard at work compiling things for my etsy shop...I know I know! There still isn't anything listed on there. Give me a couple more weeks please:-). I've been trying very hard to get caught up. My computer has some sort of virus that won't allow me to remove pics from my camera. I have to make Chris download all the pics and then send them to me. Needless to say its cramping my style. Time to move my work onto a Mac...but in the meantime I'm making lots of cute little flowers with handmade peonies in the works! I will post some pics soon, I just got the perfect fabric for them:-).

published

So I am sort of disappointed, by the time I realized Bride's magazine was featuring a photo from our Valentine's shoot they had already started taking them off the stands:(. Does anyone have a copy of the June issue of Bride's, I'll buy it off you! The picture was taken by Jodi Miller Photography and its the one of the cupcakes and birds and x's and o's made by Christina Main of Sweet Lavender Bake Shoppe! Styling by me:-).

fancy flower

My brother and sister-in-law are the amazing photographers behind Jodi Miller Photography, I'm proud to say. Recently they did some major rebranding to give their packaging, as well as their website, a more hand drawn, handmade kind of feel. They love working with clients who express themselves this way. And! They asked me to create some custome handmade lace flowers to coordinate with the awesome folios my brother created. So here are my humble flowers above with their newly designed packaging! Oh, and the sweet logo and drawings were done by the talented Bill Main!

Katie + John

Recently I made some decorations for a wedding that took place in Yorktown, VA. Here are some photos from that day. I made the burlap "Just Married" banner, the chair deorations, provided the desk/alterpiece and the very hard to see runner on top of it:-). All photos are Jodi Miller Photography!

wedding decos

Forgive my awful Blackberry photo above! Here is a little glimpse of what I'm working on for this weekend...I've got about 140 more flowers to go, not including lace flowers as well, which take way longer. Today I'm working on table numbers! I have to hand draw them and then hand paint them. After a week of being unbelievably sick I am anxious to knock this stuff out! After April 2 I'm taking the rest of April off! I will have time to work on some creative projects and breathe a little! I can't wait to share what I work on for fun!

teasers

Hello all! I just wanted to share a couple of photos from the shoot we did on Tuesday. I made the dress, the hair piece and bouquet(not pictured). I look forward to getting more photos back from the amazing photographers Jodi Miller Photography and Josh Gooden Cinematography! And a big giant thanks to our gorgeous model Becca, she is stunning!

my friend Christie

One of my very good friends got married on January 15. I was unable to attend her Atlanta wedding due to about 5 million things going wrong the day before, but thankfully the hair piece I made for her made it to her in time. She looks so stunning and beautiful. I am so grateful she found such a wonderful, Godly man to spend her life with! I wish them so much happiness and blessings! Photos by J. O'Brien Photo.

french country

Here are some pictures from the other french tablescape we did a couple months ago! I know I am so behind with posting, but I hope you enjoy!

All flowers by Janie Medley of www.jmflora.com, all photos by Jodi Miller and Kurt Baier of www.jodimillerphotography.com, and styling by me(www.sunshowersandrainshine.com)!

sneak peek

Here is a little hint at my new website in the works. I am hoping my hubby has it done this weekend. I took a snippet of visuals from my site and printed them on paper. I love little details that pop out later and tie everything together! I can't wait to be able to share my new website...

Jodi Miller of www.jodimillerphotography.com came over this evening to do a mini photo shoot with me. She normally comes once a week and we get together to sew and work on her wedding details and the boys drink fancy homemade beer and hang out in the living room(a library might be needed in the next house!). Anyway, after a discussion a week ago we decided that to keep ourselves extra sharp with the creativity we would try to fit in a little shoot every week on top of dinner and sewing!!! Yes, its a lot, but its soooo much fun!

Here is a little peek at what we did. These are my photos, Jodi's will be much better. I didn't want to give away too much, but here is a taste. I made the gray flower and curtain above(the navy one is a silk flower. And below is an "L" for me:-)...more to come!