The heat didn’t stop us from getting a lot done this weekend. It was nice to be able to get through some orders and get a lot of photos taken to share with everyone. We have a lot of October weddings this year. I am glad there are two of us to get through all of them! We are working on the last few details on some September weddings including this first order.

This bouquet is a mix of silver, white, hot pink, turquoise, a medium pink and a light blue. It is really a fun mix of colors yet still elegant. I have a bunch of centerpiece stems to finish up on this order. They will be brighter and full of color!

This is the Bride’s Bouquet

Father Boutonnieres. They look like lollipops!

The next photo is a yellow, orange and ivory felt bouquet. I really like how bright this bouquet is, yet perfect for an early fall wedding. This is a centerpiece bouquet. There will be more to this order here in the next couple of weeks.

Next is another satin order. I was able to slip this order into my schedule and I am so glad I did. I have wanted to make an all ivory satin bouquet for a long time now. There are also black, charcoal, gold and deep purple accents. I used some gold tulle and it just catches the light. Subtle, yet when it shows it is so much fun.

We are starting to get orders for spring and summer of next year. It is always great to see the colors brides are going with. I know this year the bright turquoise blues were very popular. I know that trend will stay around for quite awhile. Here are a few sample stems for a wedding next year.

This weekend we were also able to get a few small bouquet orders completed. They are both the flower girl/toss bouquet size. This first bouquet/boutonniere combo is for a photographer. She is planning on having it available as a prop for photo shoots in their studio. The green, grey and white are the colors from their logo.

This next felt bouquet is a birthday present. It has shades of purple and green. There are a lot of vintage buttons in this bouquet to give it a little more personality.

And the last update is an organza set of bouquets for a lovely Australian bride. Her bouquet is a mix of white and ivory while the bridesmaid bouquets are champagne and ivory. I shaded some of the stems from these bouquets last week. They are finished and soon to be on their way down under.

Hope everyone else had a good/productive weekend. Make sure to stop back tomorrow to learn a little more about the owners of RBK Creations!

Here are a few things we did get to and got photos of. The first I shared last week but the Bride bouquet had a major revision. I changed the buttons from fall shades to all ivory. I am really liking how this turned out. I liked the other but this one is much better and I think the bride will like it even more. The original bouquet is listed in the shop for sale as it was just easier to redo the bouquet than try and re-assemble.

It is a very classic look. The shades of cream and ivory are so beautiful!

There are also a lot of vintage buttons to give it that extra little touch.

So much fabric was cut out this weekend and in so many colors. I have turquoise, pink, silver, ivory, red, black, gold and even some leopard print. The only piece I got a photo of was some ivory/white/champagne organza stems. These are for a lovely bride in Australia. Hopefully the finished photos will be up on the blog next Monday.

The last photo is just a small look into a great local order we finished up. I love love love these. The couple these are for are so much fun. Can’t wait to see all of the other elements in their big day! It will be a blast for sure.

Yeah, that’s right. Legos. And that is only the start of the awesome-ness!

(**Blog Post was up by 11:30pm, that still counts for a Monday post, right! lol Good night all!)

At the beginning of the weekend we finished up this red and aqua order. The bride had her portraits taken this last weekend so we wanted to make sure she had them for that. The last of the order was shipped out today! It was a great set to work on and a first for this fun color combination.

It was a fun mix of boutonnieres. Some made out of all buttons and then the corsages were felt for the mothers and the grandmothers.

This is a button order I am currently working on. It is a mix of Horizon (royal) blue, Lapis (dark) purple, Yellow and just hints of white. There will be a lot more updates on this order as time goes by. Each piece has a different combination of the three colors.

This bouquet is not a design I usually do. However, it was a special request from a bride. It is a mix of fall colors: brown, orange, purple and green. I also included some flower buttons, tons of vintage buttons and all shapes and sizes.

Here are a few other pieces of the same order as the bouquet above. The bouquet on the left is the Jr. Bridesmaid and then the other two are flower girl bouquets.

These next few photos are just teasers! These stems will show up again in the next few weeks. They got shipped off today to the Chicago area. Keep an eye out for the update. In the mean time, look at the pretty stems. This first set is bright and bold. I used a lot of fun colors and then some sparkle. There are three felt stems as well.

This second set, thing vintage and romantic. I love this set so much! Whenever I have some spare time I am making a full bouquet to match these colors. The stems are jam-packed with vintage buttons. In fact, almost every button is vintage or vintage inspired.

There are also some rhinestone buttons that I hand set all of the stones. There is a crystal (clear) and a light pink color. We use these buttons all the time to add some bling and I think they fit perfectly with this mix.

It may be overkill with three photos of the same arrangement..but I actually took close to 15 photos of it. I was almost sad to ship it off this morning!

Colleen and Desmond got married on July 10th of this year at Hermosa Beach, California. The overall theme of the wedding was “love birds”. The bridesmaid and maid of honor wore a dark truffle brown while the bride was in ivory. The colors we included in her bouquets were purple, blue, light green and ivory. I also added in some sea shells, sea horses, dolphins and turtles. There are also some ivory daisies mixed in. In the end, it was a lovely mix of colors, shapes, critters and memories!

Can you find the irish? In honor of her Irish groom, we hid a shamrock button into her bouquet. Do you see it? She asked us to hide it so they can look for it on the wedding day. I thought that was a very cool way to incorporate their personality and heritage into the flowers. Colleen and Desmond met at an Irish Pub which I thought was another great reason to include the shamrock! Colleen said, “At the end of the night, he kissed my neck and I knew then I was falling for him. 8 years and with 20 month old twin sons, we finally tied the knot. About time!”

When I asked Colleen what her favorite part of planning her wedding was she said it was shopping on Etsy! She enjoyed finding favors, gifts and of course discovering button bouquets. I have to agree with her, Etsy is an awesome resource! What a great place for brides to find unique items for their wedding!

The items we created for Colleen and Desmond were: The Bride Bouquet, Maid of Honor bouquet, Bridesmaid Bouquet, two little flower girl bouquets and some wine charms. The flower girl bouquets were smaller than we usually make but how cute are those two girls with their bouquets!?! The size worked for their age and also with the daisies mixed in, they helped make it look more full.

Thank you both for sending your story and the pictures! And for allowing us to be a part of your big day. It was an honor to create the bouquets for you. They definitely rank high up on my favorite color/design combinations! We wish you both the best as you continue your lives together!

We have great things on our schedule for this weekend! Think legos, purple, satin, leopard, blue and yellow. The weekend update post on Monday should be very colorful! Hopefully next week will be a little better on the blog schedule as well. The day job (Ariela speaking) has been very hectic and stressful. I used to do the blog during my lunch break but this past week I haven’t had that time! Hopefully everyone has a great weekend! If you are in texas, stay cool as it is going to be over 100 each day!

Here are some other vendors that help make Colleen and Desmond’s Big day possible!
Photography: Photography by Jonah
Reception Location: Sangria Restaurant in Hermosa Beach, CA
Fresh Floral Centerpieces: Isabel

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.

Today I would like to show you a little something I have been working on in between some orders. These are the types of things I get done during the morning/afternoon. These things are easy enough for me to work on while at the day job while I answer the phone. New items are also created all the time for custom orders. If the new item I make for an order turns out really well or fits in with the other items in the shop I list it in the shop. I feel the store is evolving all the time.

This new item is a sweet little headband. This is an adult size but can be done in a wide range of sizes since they are all custom made.

As you can see…it is modeled by the creepy styrofoam head Lucinda. Her drawn on makeup just adds to the creepy levels.

The headband has three hand made satin flowers. This is the same flower style as the carnation bouquet in the shop. They are able to spread open a little bit more on the headband so they don’t look as much like a carnation. For the first headband I used two medium pink flowers and one turquoise with white polka dots flower. The headband itself is a grey zig zag stretchable knit ribbon. There is also an elastic band to make sure it fits well!

The headband is designed to sit more toward the left side but can be created in the middle/the left /the right. More or less flowers can be used as well but I thought three was just the right number.

I have a whole bunch of fun fabric ribbon including some that are crocheted! I also plan on creating these with a wide variety of fabrics and colors for the flowers. Keep an eye out for these in the shop. I hope to get them up this weekend!

In other news…I can’t believe tomorrow is already Friday!!

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!

A little over two weeks ago, it was a normal day at work (the day job that is). I was busy working on some kits to get mailed off to customers when a co-worker asked if I had seen the cat. This isn’t that strange of a question for this office. On any given day there is usually at least one four-legged animal running around here. You see, the office is pretty laid back and some people bring their dogs in to hang out with them. I think it makes the office a fun place to be.

I had not seen the cat though and being an animal lover, I was intrigued. I went back to her desk and in a box was the smallest kitten ever. I Ooo’d and Ahh’d for a few minutes and then was shocked by the story of where the kitten came from.

This brave little girl started her day out 20 miles from the office. My co-worker said when she got in her truck to come to work she heard little kitten meows. She looked under the truck, behind the truck; no kitten. She got in and started driving. The whole way to the office she kept hearing the kitten and even when she stopped along the road there was no critter to be found. When she got in to the office, she had someone crawl under the truck to look for her. Finally, up on the axle of the truck sat a precious little black and white kitten.

She has already started to change colors a bit. Her solid black is now black with some brown/reddish color stripes.

No one knows how long she had been there, where she came from or how she stayed there the whole time. She was so dehydrated and starving. I felt so bad for her. Poor little girl was most likely dumped off at my co-workers home. (She said people drop off unwanted animals there all the time. What a horrible thing!). Everyone wanted the kitten but no one could take her home. My puppies would not appreciate me bringing home a cat, that would NOT fly! We tried to find her a home but time after time it fell through. By the end of the day, it was suggested that she became the office cat. I was all for that and everyone else was open to the idea.

We all thought the kitten was a boy, not exactly sure why. She got the name Chad the first day. The next day I took little Chad to the vet. She got an exam and everything looked fine, other than the fleas! We were also told that Chad…was a girl. She was also only 4 weeks old and needed a lot of love, food, water and a stable environment. We got her all of the necessities and then lots of toys of course. Everyone calls her Kitty (not so original!) but to me, she is still Chad.

I have never seen a kitten as calm and cuddly as she is. With her restored energy and health she still isn’t crazy kitten like most are. She runs around all day while everyone is at the office and then at night she roams around. Each day she gets a little more brave (She can now jump the gate..must rethink that situation) and goes all over the office by herself. She doesn’t go too far away since she is a very people loving cat. There have only been a few times that I couldn’t find her (the bell on her collar helps so much) but all I have to do is shake the treat bag and she comes flying back to you.

In the past couple of weeks she has already gained a pound! I am so glad we were able to save her as she truly is a precious little kitten.

As you can see…she has made herself at home. If you can’t find the kitten, this is usually where she is. It definitely makes coming to work a lot better!

The first item is the Moss and Button Pomander. This is a great flower girl alternative or could even be used for bridesmaids. I am working on an order right now where the bridesmaids will have pomanders instead of bouquets (they will be felt pomanders). With the right wedding theme/overall feel I think it would look stunning and perfectly whimsical.

There are some great glittered leaf buttons, bright fall colors and a chocolate brown satin ribbon to finish it off. I like how the buttons pop against the moss. The final size is around 5.5 inches. I snapped a few more photos including some a little closer so you can see detail. Check them out!

Are you having a fall wedding? How are you incorporating the season? Fall is definitely one of my favorite times of the year. I love taking photos of the color changes.

Make sure to keep checking back for more fall items. This pomander will be up in the shop later tonight!

I had wanted to get this post up over lunch but I ended up heading to the pet store to buy some spoiled dogs their Dingo’s. Which is actually some of what I planned on writing about. The first ‘about us’ post will be about the furry critters that have become the RBK mascots. Now you may think the RBK Creations mascot would be a cat…while we have no cats. Instead there are three pups that roam around the studio and keep us company while we work away.

Let me introduce you to them!

Rascal is the oldest. He just turned 11 a few months ago. He is definitely my buddy. A good lap dog (when he wants to be).

In his old age he has become more calm but he has such a great personality. He can be found keeping my feet warm under my desk or every once in awhile sitting on my lap. Watch out though, when his hair gets too long and it is time for the groomer, he sure does get grouchy!

Next in line is Roxanne. She goes by Baby Girl though. She is definitely the little princess. The little girl also has the personality of a diva! Her way or the highway.

And then there is Remington. He goes by Remy. He is a chocolate schnauzer which is more rare than the salt and pepper variety. Since he is a special color he also thinks he is extra special. I have never seen a dog act the way he does. He is a human trapped in a little dog body.

It is a crazy trio but they make me smile every day! Here are a few more photos of the fur babies and their adventures. I recently bought a little digital camera that goes on Remy’s collar. It automatically takes photos. A dog’s eye view. So I am sure as time goes by there will be plenty more photos that Remy took himself!

Remy and Roxanne at Dog Bowl last year. He is such a photo creeper. They had a good time but were not very social with all the other dogs running around. Remy did like the band that was playing though. He would just sit and watch them play.

Rascal and Remy cuddle time! They may not act like friends during the day but at night their are best buds. This is a common sight in the studio! I think when Remy grows up he wants to be just like his big brother. Monkey see…monkey do.

And the last photo: There is nothing like lounging in the sun by some buttons! What a cutie!