Handmade Wedding by Julie Mikos
Sometimes, it’s the totally handmade affairs that completely steal our hearts. The weddings where you can see all of the love, all of the fun, all of the passion that went into crafting each and every detail. Such is the case with this next little number, photographed by one of our favorites, Julie Mikos. With a couple pairs of scissors, a hot glue gun and a teeny tiny budget, this bride and groom designed a wedding that has made me smile from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. And I just know it will do the same for you. Click here to see even more.
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From Julie Mikos…Young couple and new parents, Beka and Josh, live in a tiny mountain town outside of Phoenix and had an extremely limited budget for their wedding, but wanted to invite practically their entire town population. Luckily, the bride and her mother are both artists and very crafty and were able to create all of the details on their own.
The bride spent weeks preparing. Cutting and stringing all of the birds, creating all of the decorative pinwheels for the cupcakes, directing her fiance (who is a carpenter) to build frames to house the pictures of them together as they grew up (yes, they’ve know each other since they were babies!), etc. They also recruited a small army of town-folk to help decorate, put together floral arrangements set in colored glass (collected by the bride and inspired by Martha Stewart’s recent article on colored glass collections), set-up tables and chairs and even cater the food. The ceremony was an extremely private ceremony which couldn’t be photographed, but the party was held at a friend’s cabin down the dirt road and nearly the whole town DID attend and pitched in to help. I was honored to also pitch in and help as the bride was one of my former wedding photography interns and now a good friend. This wedding truly took a village to create and was down-home charming!
From the bride…I wanted my wedding to be fun. I was inspired by old mexican colors and decor. We had a small budget so I looked for ways to make my wedding beautiful and fun without spending too much. I got almost all of my ideas from Style Me Pretty like the colored glass and paper birds. My friends and I went to work collecting glass from all the antique stores in town months leading up to the wedding. My mom painted all of the table centerpieces, signs, and peacock mural. I wanted everything to be personal. Josh made me frames from old barn wood and I filled them with photos of us and our new family. I bought a lot of scrapbooking paper and crafted the birds, cake topper, and pinwheels with it. Using the paper really tied everything together. With the help of all my close family and friends, Josh and I were able to have the wedding of our dreams. They helped us with everything, down to the home brewed beer and amazing wedding cake. We laughed, danced, and had the time of our lives.
Photographer: Julie Mikos Photographer / Minister: Trina Kamp / Stylist: Kathy Karrys / Hair and Make-up: Rose Walker & Sumer Harper / Dress: Davids Bridal / Wedding shrugs: Mary and Angelika via Etsy / Decor: Rebekah Sampson (bride) & Elizabeth Silver(mob) / Music: Landon Shill / Food and drink: Walker Catering / Flower arrangements: Glenn Widger & Lucy Karrys / Cake: Sydney Kamp
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LOVE the birds and lanterns. How exactly did you make/string it all together? I'm not crafty at all, but want to try and do some DIY for my wedding. THANKS!!
Absolutely gorgeous Julie. Just goes to prove that you can make a wedding ceremony and reception a very nice affair without breaking the bank. Your creativity is inspiring! (I loved the photos as well. I'm an amateur photographer myself.)
omg every time i see that DB dress it KILLS me!! it looks exactly like mine.... only at about 1/5 the price. **grumble** why oh why did i have to so easily disregard david's bridal?? she looks stunning, and i love that she removed the bow detail cuz it would have been too much with her bolero jacket. this whole wedding is so much fun, i love it!!
I cut out a bird with card stock paper and then used it as a template for all the others. I trace it onto scrapbook paper then cut them all out. Then I bought a bulk spool of ribbon and hot glued each bird to it!!
love love love all of the handmade details
So sweet! i love all the paper details.
So pretty! It just goes to show that you don't have to break the bank to have a beautiful and personal wedding.
So excited that this lovely wedding is featured! It was one of my favorites of the year to shoot, not only because the bride is one of my favorite people in the world, but also because it was such fun to photograph all those details. I highly recommend clicking to see more photos because there are so very many details to get inspired by! Thanks, Abby for such a gorgeous layout on the story!
By Far thses are some of my favorite pictures. Loved the little vests you wore with your dress! so amazing!
Nothing like good handmade details. Beautiful details Julie!!
Great photographs Julie and adorable wedding!!
Just perfect! How beautiful is her baby girl?! I love the papers she used for the pinwheels. Where would you find those?! Adorable all around...
I got my paper from www.twopeasinabucket.com
I swear this is the third time in a month that I've stumbled across a Napa Valley Wedding. I'm really lemming on this area by now...and it's within driving distance (well, it's a bit far but do-able). May have to check this area out for my vow renewal.
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I enjoy seeing brides in David's Bridal dresses (that's where I got mine), they have some really great choices! She looks beautiful and their wedding looked so festive and fun!
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