Wedding Wednesday
The crepe paper, silk, and linen bouquet we commissioned from the Tacoma artisan is now for sale on Anthropologie’s wedding channel.
Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Nov 09, 2011 at 02:00PM
From the “True Colors” section of Seattle Met Bride & Groom’s summer/fall 2010 issue.
Way back in something like spring of 2010, I asked Laurie Cinotto of La La Laurie, one of our favorite local crafters and paper flower makers, to best mother nature with a paper floral piece for the True Colors feature in our summer/fall 2010 issue.
Cinotto obliged, of course, and put together a bouquet of crepe paper, silk, and linen flowers in our white-on-white-on-white color palette. We loved having it on the page (shown here).
Flash forward to now: Cinotto’s SMBG-commissioned floral design is for sale at BHLDN.
The Tacoma-based crafter tells us (and her blog readers) that a buyer saw it—in our pages or on her website? we’re not sure—and requested a sample. Once the Anthropologie folks had the bouquet in their hands, they placed an order (for boutonnieres too) and put it in their winter collection.
Congrats, Laurie. We love a local success story.
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Got the vintage bug? Meet like-minded wedding vendors at Ghost Gallery this Saturday.
Posted by: Laura Cassidy on May 11, 2011 at 07:15AM
Laurie Cinotto, and similarly spirited vintage-loving vendors around town, are geared up to make your sweet, romantic day.
Where: Ghost Gallery, 504 E Denny Way, Seattle (corner of Denny and Summit) 98122
What: When it comes to wedding trends, vintage is a high-speed train barreling down a steep and seemingly bottomless hill, leveling every little wanna-be decor concept that dares to get in its way. It would appear to be unstoppable, no matter what pomp and circumstance Kate and Will hath wrought.
If you’re looking for a way to implement sweet touches from the days of yore into your big day, consider the local gallery/event space’s Vintage Wedding Fair.
Check out reconstructed wedding dresses from Twice Blushed, handmade invites from Goldfinch Press, photography from event founder Rosemary Wagner, handmade elements from Laurie Cinotto, on-the-spot fresh-made mini donuts, and more. Cinotto’s been working on some pretty peachy elements especially for the event; it’s safe to say that all of the carefully curated vintage-loving vendors involved in the fair are equally gung-ho.
When: Saturday, May 14 from 11 12 to 6 (please note: we had the time wrong; the correct time is 12 to 6)
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The do-it-yourself book kit from an SMBG-featured artisan. (And a don’t-miss offer to get a free copy directly from the author.)
Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Apr 06, 2011 at 07:00AM
SLIDESHOW: Making Paper Flowers by Tacoma crafter and SMBG-featured wedding vendor Laurie Cinotto. I love the old-school, vintage vibe of the book design.
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SLIDESHOW: Making Paper Flowers by Tacoma crafter and SMBG-featured wedding vendor Laurie Cinotto. I love the old-school, vintage vibe of the book design.
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Step-by-step instructions for creating on-trend crepe paper blooms.
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The book is actually a kit; it comes with nine templates and all the materials you need to learn to make an anemone bouquet, a dahlia boutonniere, a peony and poppy centerpiece …
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Here’s the page we did for our summer/fall 2010 issue; if you’re looking for guidance on name cards and sea worthy table decor; email us to arrange payment for a back copy of the magazine.
Big congratulations to Tacoma crafter Laurie Cinotto, whose Making Paper Flowers was released a few days ago. And congrats to you, too; you now have all the step-by-step guidance, full-color inspiration, and vividly hued crepe paper you need to make good on your DIY vision.
The book kit—not just a book you understand, but materials and templates—is available at Barnes and Noble; you can also click through from LaLaLaurie, Cinotto’s website, to get a signed copy. (see upper right hand corner).
There’s a fun stop-motion video of the book on Vimeo, and a few of Cinotto’s images of it in the slideshow if that suits you better. If the name or the impeccable approach to craft look familiar, it might be that you saw the page in the Summer/Fall 2010 issue of Seattle Met Bride & Groom wherein Cinotto put together some DIY name cards and table ideas for our “Project Wedding” page. A copy of that is also included in the slideshow here.
If you like what you see, be sure to check in at LaLaLaurie; Cinotto tells us she’ll be giving a copy away via her site sometime soon.
One last thing—I’d be remiss to leave out Cinotto’s other passion and talent: caring for and photographing kittens. Her wildly popular and well-humored blog, The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee chronicles her adventures in fostering insanely sweet kittens for her local Humane Society. Yes, the kittens on her blog are being readied for adoption, so don’t click the link above unless you’re a) sure you can resist an assault of adorableness without adding to your pet stable or daily blog roll or b) seriously considering a tiny feline.
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