My best friend got married last week, and I had the great honor of being her Maid of Honor. As part of my gift to her, I decided to make all of the bridal party jewelry.
Little did I know the feat this would be. Bri wanted something very romantic and simple. Her theme was romantic renaissance (just look at her dress!) so I also had to make the peices match the theme.
The original plan was to make everyone a pair of earrings and a necklace, with the exception of the Matron of Honor (Bri's older sister) who didn't have peirced ears and requested an ear cuff, and the two young bridemaids as everyone thought they didn't have peirced ears. So I needed to make 5 necklaces, 2 pairs of earrings, and an ear cuff.
So I finish up Bri's peices in time for her to use them in her bridal pictures, and finish up my peices sortly after. The cuff took a few days of playing with, but that I once I figures out the design I wanted, that went together quick. That left the last two necklaces for the bridesmaids, which I was just going to string up real quick.
A week before the wedding, at the bridal shower, Bri and I realize that one of the bridemaids has peirced ears. No problem, I had brought all my supplies with me to UT and had a week to put something together. Once I had finished that pair a few days letter, I thought all was done. The only thing I had overlooked was forgetting to order earring backs when I ordered the posts. So I told everyone to bring backs with them to the wedding (and then I go and forget to bring backs!). The day before the wedding, during rehersals, the youngest bridesmaid asked if she too needed to bring earring backs. Turns out she too had her ears peirced. So after the rehersal I rush home to make earring for her, make the ring-bearer pillow (another entry), and some poof purses for the Matorn and myself. Needless to say I got 2 hours of sleep the night before the wedding!
I regret to say that I did not get pictures of all the peices I made, but I do have shots of the brides set and my own.
Here is a shot of her necklace and earrings:
And here is a close up:
And here are my peices:
For the two Bride's Maids I made them a simple 4mm glass pearl necklace and some small earrings. The earrings had a CZ post with a 3mm pearl followed by a 4mm pearl dangling from it.
Happy June!
