Each Monday I take my big blue Ikea re-useable bag to work and ship off box after box. I have not had a chance to post my usual weekend updates.

Here are a few photos of the past couple of weeks.

Top: A start of a great set of bouquets. This is the bride bouquet and it has black, pewter grey and white satin. It is dark yet very elegant.
Bottom, L to R: 1. Fall colored Felt Boutonnieres, we had a lot of fall colors to work with this year!
2. A custom set of button cuff links. A very neutral color combination for every day wear, and a super sweet anniversary gift!
3. Another felt fall order. This had fun pops of purple, skulls, leaves and so much more.

Top: 1. I have had a lot of orders for pillows lately. They are a lot of fun to make. This specific one has a mix of purple ribbon and felt flowers.
2. Pink Pink Pink! We are continuing to make pink items for October Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This bouquet has been re-created a lot and still a favorite.
3. A fun set of bouquets for a Vegas wedding on Halloween. The colors are so bright and fun
Bottom: Red, black and ivory bouquets. Very classic yet dark and mysterious.

Don’t forget to check out the giveaway that is taking place until November 1st. There are many ways to get extra entries. Make sure to spread the word.

Button Cufflinks are a great touch. They can be given as a gift to the groom on the morning of the wedding. Whether you are going for a full button wedding theme or just wanting that special touch these will do just that! I made up a few different color combinations but with everything else we make, they can be customized to your liking.

I love grey and yellow together. The ivory helps complete this first set of cufflinks. The buttons I used are vintage. I just love the textures in old buttons. They don’t make them the same anymore!

This set is a mix of turquoise and aqua. And again vintage buttons were used (except the top button, that is a newer button). This set of cufflinks also has a matching tie tack!

The Tie Tack is another great item for the groom, groomsmen or other members of the bridal party! The same buttons were used on this specific one.

Along with the cufflinks and tie tacks, I worked on a few different items for the bride and bridesmaids this weekend. I got a few sets of satin flower shoe clips listed in the shop!

This first set is a combination of black satin and a printed satin. I love the printed satin. I have wanted to use it for a long time! You can’t really see the actual pattern once it is transformed into the shoe clips, you just see that it isn’t a solid color. The print actually has dragon and other oriental themed drawings on it. LOVE!

I have had these made up for quite awhile. They are made from a heavy, high quality bridal satin. The yellow is such a fun accent to a solid color shoe. I love the look of the clip against the brown shoe I took the photo on. There is also a matching hair clip up in the shop.

It was a productive weekend. I have many sets of bouquets to share with you over the next few weeks. We are getting into the fall colors and of course some real fall weather! I also have a few Real Wedding Posts in the works.

~Happy Monday!
~Ariela

The whole weekend was spent in the studio but I am so proud of all we got finished! We really needed this extra day. The day is almost over but I thought I would share a few things that we worked on this past weekend.

I was able to get the red/black/gold/leopard satin order finished this weekend. I just love the little hints of leopard. They are subtle but very fun and playful at the same time. There are numerous pieces of this order that I have posted previously.

This is the last piece of the leopard order that I had left to do. It is a custom piece, just for this bride! Where leopard is subtle in other pieces, for the flower girl (and ring bearer) it is all about the leopard print!

Over this past week we were also able to finish up this organza order. Bright red, a light blue and ivory. The organza gives the bouquet a very fluent look. There are a lot of rhinestone and vintage buttons in this set.

This is the toss bouquet. We added a fun red polka dot ribbon. The organza colors were also mixed on this bouquet where the bride was all red and the bridesmaid was all blue.

This order is a fun mix of yellow, ivory and grey. We also created the stems a little bit different for this set. The bride wanted the bouquet to look like she picked the flowers in a field right before the ceremony. More of a wild flower look. I really like how it turned out. It is a nice mix of something hand made and something natural.

The mix of colors are nice as well. For fall I really like ivory, grey and yellow together.

I just love this ivory satin bouquet. And the bride it is getting sent to, is so sweet. She has said the nicest things and has been a true pleasure to work with. We fit in the order for her even though we got pretty booked up. It was so worth it and I can’t wait to see the photos from her October wedding!

The bridesmaid bouquet is a great mix of deep and bright purples with some great black and purple buttons. In the bride bouquet there is a hint of gold glitter tulle while in the bridesmaid there is a bright purple glitter tulle. This is a set that I am sad to see leave as it is so pretty to look at!

We have recreated this bouquet quite a few times but this time it has ivory instead of white. Mostly, I just like this photo so I thought I would share!

This bouquet is a great mix of a clover green and a rosy pink. I added in some ivory buttons and some ivory daisies. This little bouquet will be a gift. I love when people spead the button love!

The last photo is of a set of bridesmaid felt pomanders. A great mix of orange, ivory and purple. I think I have posted these before but I added in some tulle and buttons to the poms. I used the same purple glitter tulle as the satin bouquet above. Soon I will have some photos of the bride bouquet that matches!

It was a great weekend and I am so grateful for the extra day off of the day job. Tomorrow, however, will be a very long day!

~Ariela

We are so close to finishing up our Red/Aqua and White Felt order. I really love the feel of this bouquet! This is the first time we have done this color combination but it is a lot of fun! It is a nice change from the common colors we work with!

The bridesmaid bouquets are being put together right now. I should have a full order photo next week to show these beauties off.

The next item I got done this weekend was a little flower girl bouquet. The Pretty in Pink bouquet has been very popular in the shop. I have made it numerous times but love it each time. This is a smaller size since the little flower girl is only 10 months old.

I have had this next bouquet in the shop for some time. It recently sold and then the bride wanted 11 matching boutonnieres to go with the bouquet. I also changed up the ribbon to a grey/silver color to help tie it all in to her other decorations. Her wedding is this weekend!

And the last item I got finished up was the super fun felt order I talked about last week. I made 3 felt pomanders and 5 strands of felt flower garland. It will be used for an engagement photo shoot here in about two weeks. I really love the colors. Very subtle but vintage and romantic.

The first set that was finished was this great peacock theme wedding set. I love the colors together and the vintage beads are such a nice touch. The bride sent a necklace that was her grandma’s for us to incorporate into the pieces. Take a look for yourself:

There are little glass beads sewn into the felt flowers. There are also some used as the top ‘button’ on the stems. This bride did not have any bridesmaid bouquets but there were a bunch of boutonnieres and corsage.

Here is a pile of peacock boutonnieres, or would it be a flock? A school of boutonnieres? Who knows!

You can see the rest of the photos of this amazing set here. The ribbon on the handle of this bouquet turned out really well.

Working with all of the brides’ color combinations are a lot of fun. I sometimes get to do combinations that I normally wouldn’t. This next set of corsages would be a great example. The colors are gray, bamboo green and apricot orange. The fourth piece is a hair clip for the flower girl. A very unique and fun set.

I also got some boutonnieres and corsages finished up using our super sweet 3-D flower buttons. I love these things. There is a mix of blue and white and then they are wrapped in a light blue ribbon.

The last little update for the weekend is the start of a great set of accessories for a photo shoot. These items will be used for an engagement session, how cute are these!?

This is just a glimpse of this order. The garland is a mix of cream, ivory, blush, tea stain. There are also some pomanders in the mix and a lot of great vintage ribbon.

Hope everyone had a great weeeknd and a good start to their week!

I just finished a great order. The start of this order goes all the way back to October when we did the Ft. Worth Bridal/Quinceañera Show. We met with a lot of mothers and daughers planning for their big birthday celebration. Recently, we were contacted by one of those mothers who was still very interested in a bouquet. I put a rush on the order to get her bouquet done for her professional photos. I did a few new items as well, including the guest book above. I also created a larger pillow, for the shoe ceremony (I have been learning so much about the traditions, it is a lot of fun!) and a custom photo album so she can have a matching book to keep all the photos.

I have been working with a bride in Portugal. I made a few flowergirl headbands and then two large flowers for them to carry. Instead of a ring bearer, they will be having two flower girls that will carry a ring each. I will post the photos of the flowers later this week.

I have been working with someone locally who is doing an anniversary photo shoot. She was inspired by a gorgeous wedding that used jewel tones. It is a great mix of colors! I should have more photos of the finished bouquet on next monday’s weekend update.

This is a new color combination we are working on. This is for a super sweet bride in Australia. Should also have more photos of this next week! Can’t wait to see it all come together.

This order got shipped out! Spring Green, Dark Brown and White. This order is on its way to Canada right now! Can’t wait for her to see it all.

Lastly, this order was finished recently. Another great color combination! I love the vintage feel to these colors.

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She did such an amazing job and the photos turned out amazing! You can see all of the photos here.

I thought I would share with you some of my favorites from that day. (Two of my favorites are in the previous post).

 The colors in this bouquet really pop off the screen. This bouquet was a custom order for a lady in Italy. Her wedding is in a month. I had just got the order finished the day before the shoot so I brought it along.

I think it might be the angle or the color in this photo but I just love how it turned out. This was also a custom order. I quickly finished it about an hour before leaving to meet Brandi for the photo shoot. I only had a few satin bouquets so I just had to bring this one along as well. I just recreated this bouquet for something I will share in about a week. 

 How much fun is this picture?!? I love how the organza looks the same as the plant. The colors are really accented in the center of the boutonniere.

 As a bouquet, this isn’t one of my favorites but this picture made me change my mind. I love the contrast with the bouquet and the red bench.

And, as much as I don’t like getting my picture taken…I really like this one.

Thank you again so much Brandi! And if anyone lives in the Dallas area, make sure to contact her as she does amazing work! Also, check out her website and her blog.

I don’t know if anyone is still out there reading. I have been really bad at keeping up with the blog/website. If you are still following RBK Creations, thank you so much!

The past few months have proven to be very challenging with my schedule. There has been no time to come up for air and the blog was the first thing to fall behind.

In this post I want to share some of the reasons I have been so busy (pictures included of course!).

• Bridal Orders. It is definitely wedding season. This is our first full on/busy/orders coming in wedding season. It has been great to work with so many amazing brides. Since January we have worked with over 30 brides and this month we are working with about 12 more. 

  

• The Day Job. Even though there are two of us RBK gals, we both have full time jobs. My mother works at a dentist office and I work in the voting/election industry. Time spent on RBK Creations is from 6-midnight during the week and the entire time on the weekends. We have come up with a pretty good schedule and we run things pretty well with the schedule restraints.
• North Dallas Etsy Team. I (Ariela) have a larger role in the NDE team. I am the president and it tends to take up quite a bit of my time. It is a fairly new team and we are working on the structure. Once we get over these few hurdles I hope that it will run a lot more smoothly! If you are in the North Dallas Area check out the site!
• Features. This I can’t talk too much into detail. In the next few days-months I will have some great things to share with you all. One thing I can talk about however is a mention in a Canadian Wedding Guide. (Picture to be posted later) I was contacted back in January and was asked for some photos of the Summer Sunset Bouquet. The guide hit the stands in the middle of February.



• Life. Sometimes life just gets busy. In all aspects it happens. That has been these past few months. There is no complaint with how things are going, in fact, I love being busy. I think the worst thing ever is to be bored. There is none of that happening here!With all of that said, I better get back to planning some bouquets! I have a very exciting order that I will be starting in the next few days. It is definitely a big step for us at RBK Creations. There will be many elements of ours in just about every part of a wedding. Truly a dream come true for two bouquet designers from Texas.

Another great photo from Brandi!