Jewelry Trunk show turns Photoshoot!

Leave it to me to turn a simple trunk show/ gown sale into a full on photoshoot. The Gown sale was one of  the second day events for the Marry Me Bridal show put on fabulously by Luxe Productions. Courtney and I with Human Beauty had a blast styling both of the fashion shows the previous days with makeup, hair styling and custom jewelry and accessories for all of the runway brides, children and men.

The second day was simply to display all of the jewelry and accessories for brides trying on gowns at the gown sale and to experiment with our veils and necklaces to complete the look. It was a great experience but of course I couldn't help myself with all the amazing dresses...I just had to try some on. Yes I am married but playing dress up never gets old!

So I grabbed a few dresses and my jewelry designs, threw up my messy hair from a long weekend and grabbed the photographer!  I discovered I very talented and sweet new friend  Tessa Anne! You can check out more of her work on her Facebook page 

Tessa Anne Photography Her work is so natural and beautiful and she made me feel so comfortable. The Bouquets are gorgeous as well so couldn't help but grab those by Amanda Karam Florals!

 

 

 You can see more photos like these on my facebook page KTemotio Designs as well as our bridal styling website Human Beauty Bridal

Alterations to fit your style!

Photos by Kyle Hoffman Photography

This necklace and earrings were transformed from a necklace that my grandmother had in collection I got after she passed. The original necklace had a large pendant in the middle of a silver fillagree flower shape with three tear drop shaped crystals hanging from it. For my wedding I wanted something a bit more simple with matching earrings. I took two of the crysals off of the necklace and made them into earrings and removed the pendant from the necklace to have just a simple chain with tiny crystals for my special day.

For my headpiece I had an idea of what I wanted and my mom and I were going to try to make something. While shopping for the materials we came across this beautiful bridal headpiece at new boutique called Accessory Appeal in Exeter NH. Lucky for me the bride who had it personally made for her never showed up to get it so it was the only one in the store!. To help it fit me even better I bent some of the feathers so they fell closer to my head instead of sticking up and out. Added a few antique pearls with the already white pearls so it pulled in the pearls on my necklace. I also added a peacock feather to the back. Although Peacocks or their colors had nothing to do with my wedding I do have a pretty good sized peacock tattoo on my back and it was sure to be shown off. Just to let everyone know that "Yes I know I have a tattoo" and "Yes I like it there!"

One of a kind bridesmaid necklaces - 6 girls 6 designs!

One of the best parts of planning a wedding is planning what everyone will wear. Not only did I get to pick out all the dresses but I had the pleasure of making all of the jewelry for my wedding party as well, along with clutches for the girls instead of flowers, and all of the boutonnieres for the men!

Each necklace is hand peirced out of copper and stamped with a lace texture. Each necklace is unique in design and pattern to the next. All 6 necklaces have a patina and fresh water pearls placed throughout the necklaces.

 

            Necklace Photo: Kyle Hoffman

For the Maid of Honors (my sisters) their necklaces were powder coating with a white paint and brushed back through to see parts of the metal.

 

 

 

What was inside those little christmas boxes?!

Here are a few of the Christmas gifts I made this year that were all wrapped in tiny little boxes.

copper back piece, found metal cage, found gold plated old pin, enamel riveted in place

Silver forged wire, pearls for my mom...she loved it!

Found coral on the beaches of Brazil, two pink pearls fed through coral with a single wire, also for my mom :)