My sister's wedding was last weekend in South Lake Tahoe in Nevada/California. It was absolutely gorgeous and I am very happy for my sister and my brand new brother in-law. Our boys had a great time as ring bearers for the wedding. Here are some of the before-the-wedding fun in preparation for the wedding: custom ring bear pillows and tie/bow that perfectly matches the wedding colors :)
The wedding colors were mainly eggplant purple and green, accented by NATURE :) - to match with the pine trees and natural decor of Lake Tahoe. For the ring bearer pillows I decided to pull all these elements together but also keep the design on the simple side. The finished pillows are about 8.5 inches square.
To make the ring bear pillows I started with 2 off-white pillows - stuffed with the same stuff I use to stuff regular pillows.
Then I gathered all the decorations needed for the pillow - ribbons, pine cones, rings, and of course HOT GLUE GUN. I gathered the pine cone rosettes from my front yard :)
I started assembling the pillows by layering the ribbons - held nice and tight by a few pumps from the hot glue gun.
Top with a fancy bow made by the same green ribbon:
Finish with the pine cone rosette and rings - don't forget to use as much hot glue as possible to keep everything nice and tight. I'm glad I did because I boys put these pillows to the test during the wedding :)
And voila - a pair of custom made ring bearer pillows:
For the boys' ties I saw this great tutorial HERE. It was super easy to make and the results were fabulous. I also made a pair of bowties as well - just in case the boys didn't want to wear the ties. Turns out that they loved the ties.
Making the ties was as easy as cutting out the fabrics:
Follow these easy steps and you have ties (and bowties) ready for use. I recommend making your own kid's ties - it's easy, you could custom it to any color theme and you save a bunch of $$.
Another perk of making your own children's ties - since the boys saw the whole process they LOVED wearing the ties they 'help' make :)
Two happy boys ready to walk down the aisle.
Congratulations again Feng and Mike - you two make a SUPER cute couple :). I am very proud and happy for the both of you.
