Ribbon Flower Bouquet

So for my wedding I was intent on making the beautiful 
Ribbon Bouquet I saw on the Martha Stewart website, 
but I found the tutorial not very helpful.

You will need:

3/4" Rick Rack in desired colors

5/8" ribbon in desired colors

artificial stamens

floral wire

floral tape

sewing needle

thread (I used nylon thread for durability)

For Ribbon Flowers: Used threaded needle to sew a running stitch along one of the edges of the ribbon for about 6 inches. Once you have the desired length, draw the thread like a drawstring to gather ribbon making the flower. Bring edges of ribbon together and sew. 
Fold a few stamens in half and insert them in the center of the flower.

For Rick Rack Flowers: Count 16 points along lower edge of rickrack;
snip with cut edges pointing upward. Sew running stitch through the points
along one edge. Gather rickrack onto needle as you sew.
When entire strip is gathered onto needle, hold tightly,
and pull the thread through firmly;
then stitch through the first fold and pull tight.
Fold a few stamens in half and insert them in the center of the flower.

Stems: Wrap some floral wire tightly around the stamens and then wrap some floral tape around the stem to reinforce. Gather all your flowers into a bouquet and wrap more floral tape around the entire bouquet stem. 

I didn't actually get to finish this bouquet since I ended up making another one out of burlap flowers to use at my wedding so I don't have a picture of the finished product. The following picture is the one from the Martha Stewart tutorial that inspired me to make this.

Save The Date Tags

This is the second part for my coffee-stained tags tutorial. 
I made these beautiful Save-The-Date tags for my wedding.

You will need:

Coffee Stained tags
Crop-A-Dile (eyelet and snap punch tool)
2000 Plus Custom Stamp Kit with Handle
Inkpad (I used sepia/brown)
Eyelets (I used brass for a vintage look)
Custom stamp (found mine on Etsy)
Stamp embellishments (optional)

STEP 1: Stamp desired amount of coffee stained tags with your custom stamp.
This will be the cover for your Save-The-Dates

STEP 2: Arrange the message you want displayed on the second tag on the 2000 Plus Custom Stamp Kit. Now, remember to write it backwards so that it reads correctly when you stamp it down. The Kit comes with some handy plastic tweezers to pull the tiny letters with ease, but they are still tricky to handle and easy to drop. Make sure to do this in a clear area where you can see the tiny letters in case you drop them. I almost lost two of them in the process.

STEP 3: Stamp your second tags with the custom stamp you made with your 2000 Stamp Custom Kit. The banner you see on mine was done with a stamp embellishment I had on hand.

STEP 4: Now that you have both pages for your sliding booklet, put them together, insert an eyelet through the eyelet hole in both tags and press the eyelet with the eyelet punch tool to secure together.

Now you have a beautiful, vintage-looking and unique message on your tags!