Linked Bridal Fair

Hey Everyone!


Please stop by and see us this weekend at the Vintage Wedding Fair in Greenwood from 12-6pm.


If you can't make it come to our event- Linked and Artisan Wedding Showcase taking place Sunday April 22nd, 2012 from 12-4pm at E M Fine Art.  Please RSVP for this event.

Our Linked Featured Artisans Include-

Clothing & Wedding Accessories

- Holly Stalder: Custom Bridal Clothing Design

-Duchess, Clothier: Custom Men's Suits!  


 -Julia Barbee: Gorgeous Women's One of a Kind Wedding Dresses, Hairpieces and other Reworked Vintage Accessories


- Violet Magpie: Vintage and Custom Designs, One of a Kind Hair Pieces


 -Fancy: Custom Rings, Other Handmade Designer Jewelry


- Frankie Four: Vintage Inspired, Handmade, One of a Kind Swimsuits and Custom Men's Ties


- Essenza: Custom Wedding Perfumes & Hand-Crafted Wedding Ring Collections by Local Independent Designers including Jaimie Joseph, Francesca Lacagnina, & Ann Sportun's Wedding Collection.  So Gorgeous!

Florist
-Marigold & Mint: Organic Flowers & Botanical Designs

Wedding Cakes & Desserts

- Rosellini Sweets: Lovely, Lovely Cakes! 


-Ruth-Anne Ford Cakes: Custom Cakes, French Specialties, Pastries & Confections


- Trophy: Cupcakes!

Decor Rentals
-Vintage Ambiance: Vintage Event Details,Tabletop, Props, Furniture and Architectural Elements

Catering

-Corson Building Events: Remarkable, Organic, Locally Sourced Caterer & Wedding Venue

-Feed Co: Inventive, Lovely Northwest Fare

Wedding Graphic Designers
-Razi Bhatti: Artful, Modern Wedding Invitations


-The Willows: Invitations, Illustrations and Graphic Design for Weddings and Fetes 

Photography

-Rosemary Photography: 

Photo Booth Feature, Weddings, Creative Portraiture & Timeless Documentation

-Amber French Photography: Lush, Artistic Wedding Photojournalism

Linked Hosts and Curators-

Crinoline & Tweed: Artful Event Decor, Design & Fashion Styling
Contact Tes de Luna & Sarah Furstenberg: crinolineandtweed@gmail.com
Luxe: Productions & Wedding Design:  Custom Event Design Service: Coordination, Planning, Ceremony, French Wedding
Contact Annette Lefebvre: annette@luxeweddingdesign.com

and many more to come!

Vintage Wedding Fair & Linked Bridal Fair

We are getting busy planning for Spring Bridal Season!
If you are engaged and the planning is starting to feel a little overwhelming stop by and see us at one of these two events.  Saturday March 31st we will be a featured vendor at the Vintage Wedding Fair taking place in Greenwood at the Upper Crust space.  Here is more info-

Also, we are throwing Linked, a little bridal showcase of our own, Sunday April 22nd from 12-4pm at EM Fine art.  We're curating a show featuring a few of our favorite artful bridal vendors.  Stay tuned for the official list coming soon!  Here are the details if you want to RSVP now.

Hope to see you soon!

Tes & Sarah

Designers

Crinoline & Tweed

Winter Wedding in the Northwest Woods

For a couple who loves the outdoors, we created a winter wedding getaway out in the woods.  We ventured out to a cozy snowy lodge in the northwest wonderland. For the bride we designed a bouquet with soft winter flowers accented with pine, pussy willows, ferns, and other textured leaves.  She wore a vintage mohair crocheted wrap over her dress and we found her the perfect wood clutch to top off the look.

 The groomsmen's boutonnieres were made with evergreen and fern leaves with little sprigs of pussy willow and white ranunculus.

We were lucky enough to find these amazing vintage pine dishes for the bridal party table.  We sourced the french flatware with olive wood handles that was a perfect compliment to the dishes.  To complete the cabin feel we knit napkin rings and made plaid wool place mats.  Tree slices with bark made for rustic centerpieces that we topped with cedar, pine, fern and pine cones to frame beeswax candles.  We couldn't resist layering evergreen and ferns under our place setting to bring a little more of the outdoors inside.

For the place cards we hand-cut and painted little pine cones to attach to the knit napkin ring.  

 Dessert was served in teacups.  The chocolate pot de creme was topped with our handmade chocolate pine cones.

To keep the guests warm and cheery we suggested serving hot toddies.  What could be better on a cold winter's night?

To end the night our handmade chocolate pine cone favors were served on little beds of moss.  A sweet ending to a lovely party.



Photography by Tes de Luna for Crinoline & Tweed

NW Vintage Wedding Fair

Hello!




We are very excited to report Crinoline & Tweed will be featured vendors at the NW Vintage Wedding Fair taking place Saturday March 31, 2012.  

Please stop by our table and we can chat about what we do and help you plan your special day!  Pick up a brochure and see a glimpse of our style.

Then please join us Sunday April 22, 2012 for Linked, a NW Bridal Showcase featuring our curated group of artisan designers, photographers, caterers and more.  More details coming soon!  Stay tuned.


Tes & Sarah

Violet's 1st Birthday

My daughter, Violet, just turned one.  I couldn't resist making a blog post about her special day.  She loves books so it was easy picking a theme for her first party.  I asked friends to bring a favorite book they had growing up.  My dear friend and graphic designer,  Frida Clements, made the most darling invite with a drawing of Violet holding a book siting in a cluster of violet flowers.

 I chose a color palette of brown, red, and cream that was inspired by an outfit she received at her shower that I had saved knowing I wanted it to be her birthday outfit.  I popped these colors with a little bright moss green, pink and sky blue.  I made this diorama with a little woodsy motif as a centerpiece.

I bought bulk crepe paper and cut strips and then ran them through the sewing machine to give them a little ruffle effect.  I also found some pretty decorative papers that I made a custom birthday banner in the color scheme.  For her name I used pages from an old book to bring in the book theme.  Little red bird clips held up the sign.

 I lucked out and found these cute polka dot plates and wood-grain napkins that matched both the color story and theme. Out of the left over crepe paper I made little tissue flowers using a pinking shears and thread.  I nestled them throughout the house to add bits of color.

Suzanne Rosellini of Rosellini Sweets made a delicious chocolate cake for the occasion.  I couldn't resist making a special cake topper.  I found some wood-grain paper, moss, decorative vintage mushrooms, and some flocked deer and went to town creating this whimsical piece.  Vintage birdie candle holders worked great holding these long red candles I found.  I also spruced up the white cake stand with bits of ric rac, pom poms and a paper doily.

 When I found this mushroom candle I knew Violet needed her own miniature cake.  So she also got a fun topper with little plastic deer, moss and a very special candle.

Here is one more view of the cake before it was gobbled up.

Violet enjoyed her first sugar rush thanks to Rosellini Sweets.  She wasted no time diving in to devour her special cake.  Thanks for letting me share a more personal post.  I loved making these little decorations on a smaller level for our little gathering.  xoxoTes

Cake- Rosellini Sweets

Invite Design- Frida Clements

Photography- Tes de Luna for Crinoline & Tweed

Flirty Forties Birthday Party

What better party idea for two friends turning 40 than a 1940's themed get together?  We picked red, brown, orange, and jade green as our color scheme as those were popular shades of the 40's.   With the invitation we conjured up an image of ladies dressing up and going out for a glamorous night on the town.

 We had our favorite baker, Rosellini Sweets, whip up a couple of cakes for the occasion.  We thought about what might have been traditional favorites cake varieties in the 1940's and decided on fluffy white coconut and smooth buttermilk with butter cream frosting.  We were so pleased when we happened upon these reproduction jadite cake stands.  We created the cake topper using images from vintage sewing patterns as well as other decorative papers and vintage buttons.

For table tops we used these cute rose themed vintage tablecloths.  Our collections of antique McCoy vases provided the perfect choices for lush bouquets of red roses and orange ranunculus.

 Isn't this little deer vase perfect for a small floral arrangement?  For a larger event it might be fun to find different animal vases for each table.

Later in the evening everyone gathered around while the cakes were served.  We're always amazed at how perfectly delicious Suzanne's cakes are.  They taste like the cakes of your dreams.  Tables were embellished with punched paper flower confetti and cute vintage photo signage.  All of our favorite ladies brought their fellows for an evening of music, dancing, cake, and great conversation.

Cakes- Rosellini Sweets

Invitation & Sign Design- Michelle Stewart

Photography- Rich Casey

Venue- Copper Gate

A Day on the Farm

We didn't want summer to pass us by without making time for a little country getaway.  We packed up friends and food and drove out to Oxbow Farm outside of Seattle.  As we planned the trip we thought what a fun wedding theme this could be.  So we whipped up some favors for our guests.  These darling jars of organic local blackberry honey are topped with 1930's feed sack fabric and our staple laser cut element.  This time we went with a cute honey bee.

 We took the opportunity to style up our best girlfriends as bridesmaids.  We stopped by Pretty Parlor and picked up these vintage dresses perfect for a casual farm wedding.  Both had sweet floral patterns adorned with lace and ruffles.  We went with loose soft braids for the hair.  Vintage Magpie supplied us with her lovely flowery vintage jewelry and headbands.    

Katherine from Marigold & Mint put together a charming wildflower bridesmaid bouquet including Queen Anne's lace, red zinnias, chamomile, and sprigs of peppermint. We all dressed up in cute flowered vintage style farm frocks and western boots for the party. 

As our guests arrived we served up a refreshing lemon drop punch with champagne, vodka and lemonade.  We found a darling milk glass punch bowl and cup set. 

Fitting for a farm picnic, we decorated the food table with local fresh produce and fresh flowers.  We used vintage blue and white china for serving plates.  We love animals so the days feast was a variety of organic vegan and vegetarian options.

Our old farm table was covered with a table cloth and napkins we stitched up using reproduction 1930's feed sack prints in our yellow and blue color scheme.  The table was set under the shade and beauty of a grape arbor.  We brought down old schoolhouse chairs giving the table some rustic charm.

What could be a better choice than milk glass for a farm wedding theme, right?  We collected vintage milk glass vases and filled them with local wildflowers.  Each table had an animal theme, the one seen here was the cow table.  Each place setting had a cow wood veneer place card, vintage silver, delicate cut water glass, and the table number centerpiece was a farm vignette shadow box with cows, produce art from old seed packs and the table number.

To beacon guests to the dessert table we designed a "Sweet on You" sign out of wood veneer and vintage fabric .

Kimber Cakes, a local vegan baker specializing in vegan treats that are so rich and tasty you wouldn't believe they are vegan, baked up little blueberry tarts with a flaky pastry crust and the secret ingredient of a splash of vodka and twist of lime. These were served individually with a vintage serving spoon so guests could grab their tart and walk around to mingle. 

What a gorgeous day spent with close friends at a stunning venue.  The only thing we'd add next time would be to bring a band and dance the night away under the stars.

Catering- Rich Casey

Accessories- Violet Magpie

Vintage Dresses- Pretty Parlor

Flowers- Marigold & Mint and other local farms

Laser Cutting- Amy Bengtson