How gorgeous are these paper ranunculus flower bouquet from Sunny & Stumpy??  I would love to learn how to make them.  Luckily they sell the paper flower template in the Etsy shop.

^ Origami Wedding Decor

^ Charlotte NC Wedding of Ashley and Mark

^ Origami Crane Themed Wedding: 2 Ways

^ Julie & Sam

^ A Beautiful Washington D. C. Fusion Wedding from Offbeat Bride

^ Origami Table Setting

^ The DIY Origami Heart Invitations are in the mail

^ Orange Park Wedding by Browne Photography

^ Origami roses for my wedding

^ Marissa + Brandon at Nestldown

^ DIY vintage chic wedding

^ Romantic wedding centrepiece

^ DIY Picnic Wedding: 500 Paper Cranes Under The Willow Tree 2

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^ Sunflower farm wedding

^ Bridal Bouquet Colored by Flowers

^ Friday Fresh Squeeze
^ Kim + Alex {by liz

^ Jennifer + Bill – Real Wedding with Dried & Mini Sunflowers

^ Max & Sara Mexcian Forest Wedding

^ Eco-friendly forest wedding

^ A Forest Wedding Tablescape

^ Caitlin and Josh: Bremen, Alabama

^ Magical Spain

^ Enchanted Forest Wedding Ceremony

^ Simple Australia Garden Wedding

^ Rustic Wedding

^ Forest Wedding by Bryan Rupp Photography

^ Whimsical woodland Portland wedding: Kelly + Joseph (part 2)

^ Chic Vintage Brides

I’ve been living in Georgia for about nine years now and I’m embarrassed to say that I have never been to Stone Mountains until this past weekend!  It was a beautiful weekend, just about 70 degrees (in December.. that’s crazy!), with a good amount of cloud and cool breeze.

Unfortunately I only have pictures after we got up there to share because we were so busy enjoying the walk up the mountain.  It only took about 30 mins I believe, might be less.  There’s a few options to parking and enjoying view:

1) Park by the cable car entrance, walk about half a mile to the entrance of the trail and then take the cable car down (or take the cable car up, walk down the the trail and back to the car)
2) Park by the trail entrance, walk up the trail and walk down the trail
3) Park by the cable car entrance, take the cable car up, and down.

We did option #1, not really by choice but due to lack of research. haha!
We didn’t do anything else other than the trail and enjoying the view up there, but the park itself is very nicely done, and it seems like there’s a lot more to do.  Especially if you’re with kids, and also around this time of the year when the Snow Mountain is open.

Perhaps a good place for your guests and family to enjoy before/after your wedding.

Thank you Favor Tag/ Cupcake Topper Templates:

• Yellow Thank You Tag
• Turquoise Thank You Tag
• Orange Thank You Tag
• Pink Thank You Tag
• Mint Green Thank You Tag
• Gray Thank You Tag

How to make a Favor Tag:

1. Print the template out on a white card stock paper (12 tags per sheet, 2″ wide)
2. Using a 2″ Paper Puncher, punch the circles out.  (Or cut them out with scissors/xacto knife)
3. Using a 1/4″ hole puncher, punch a hole above the heart (Or a regular hole puncher)
4. String a ribbon through the hole, and tie it to your wedding favor!

How to make a cupcake topper

1. Print the template out on a white card stock paper (12 tags per sheet)
2. Using a 2″ Paper Puncher, punch the circles out.  (Or cut them out with scissors/xacto knife)
3. Tap/hot glue a cupcake topper stick to the back.
4. Stick it in to your cupcake!

^ Nautical Cork Wedding via Brosnan Photographic

^ Nautical Portuguese Wedding via RuffledBlog

^ Beach Wedding Inspiration via Wedding Wire

^ Sail Away With Me Inspiration via Ruffled Blog

^ Colorful Nautical Invitation via InvitationCrush

^ DIY Nautical Wedding via AdoreWeddingBlog

^ Coral Aisle Decorations via JL Designs

^ Coastal & Casual Southern Wedding via Elizabeth Anne Designs

^ Nautical Inspiration via Grey Likes Weddings

^ Malibu Wedding via Style Me Pretty

^ via Lovelyness

>>> Click here for “Nautical Wedding Theme” Pinterest Page <<<

This is The Little Canopy’s signature handmade paper flower wedding backdrop!  It’s 9 feet wide by 18 feet tall, and it has about 600 handmade paper flowers on a fabric.  The variety of flower shapes and sizes gives it much depth and texture, and the lighting that’s shooting from below and above give its dramatic finish.  It took about 4-6 weeks to make since I only had after 5pm and the weekend to work on, and probably about 20 bags of hot glue sticks.  You can find it in my etsy shop.  Unfortunately since it’s so big I don’t have a shipping method for this, so it’ll have to be picked up in Atlanta, or you can buy the DIY listing where I ship out the flowers + fabric and you have to glue them yourself.  Anyways I thought I’d dedicate this post to brides who would like to make themselves a handmade paper flower backdrop and find some useful tutorials.  A lot of it is improvising, cutting petals in different shapes using the tutorials below, and just lots and lots of gluing!  If you have paper scrap left over, cut it into a leaf shape and glue it at the bottom too.

Tutorials for DIY Handmade Paper Flowers:

^ How to make recylced paper flowers via How About Orange

^ Video: How to make a paper rose

^ Simple Paper Flowers

^ Kusudama Tutorial Part 1

^ Tissue Paper & Paper flowers Tutorial

^ Let me make you some giant flowers

^ Tutorial for Newspaper Flowers

^ Paper Flower Tutorial

^Paper Flower Centerpieces Tutorial

^ Fairy Tale Paper Flower Tutorial

^ Two methods to craft paper flowers

I have put together all these cute boutonnieres from Etsy artists from all the colors of the rainbow.  Unlike a bride who needs a veil, tiara, earrings, necklace, bracelets, rings, brooches, shoes, inner skirts, etc, a groom only have a few things to jazz up their style with.  Ties and bow ties, cufflinks, earrings, and maybe handkerchief? So a boutonnieres has a big impact on their look, even though they’re so petite.  It makes a groom look like a groom!  Pick wisely, ladies!

^ Red Boutonniere & Hair Clip MATCHING by SewSmashing

^ Orange Calla Boutonniere by ysoriginals

^ Yellow Felt Boutonniere by ThursdayCraftLove

^ Rick Rack Rose Bud Boutonniere – Pink and Gray by roseandbirch

^ Boutonnieres Wedding Country Groom Groomsman by FairyfolkWeddings

^ Tea Green Flower burlap Boutonniere by BrightBride

^ White Rose and Lime Green Pom Boutonniere by KateSaidYes

^ Artsy Vintage Handmade Groom Boutonnieres boutonieres by roundtherosies

^ Boutonniere For A Blue Wedding GlobeThistle Salal Queen Annes Lace by donnahubbard

^ Rustic Wedding Boutonnieres -Set of 5 Blue Feather by CherubinoCrafts

^ Rosette Brooch Pin Rose Broach Pin Navy Blue by Brydferth

^ Eggplant Purple Satin Boutonniere with Pearl and Spotted Feather by BloominCute