& That's a Wrap!!

Hello Weekend!

I'm so excited to share that I've officially completed all of the last of my orders before reopening shop in late May/early June! A couple weeks ago, I put the shop on vacay since we will be expecting our second little love very soon and with a list of pieces that needed to be created and shipped, I can now say that they are all on their way to their new homes.

Here are just a few of the recent orders I've shipped out-many of them custom.

This is a custom garter set for a sweet May bride created with blush pink and ivory details. Added some rhinestones and feathers to complete the look.

These custom bracelet sets are for much loved bridesmaids who will be standing next to their dear friend as she marries the man of her dreams in May!

This is a custom Every Floral Crown with smaller peach flowers in the back and added babys breath throughout. I took photos before I added the soft inner lining of the crown.

These corsage pins were requested by a bride recently. She found an older design that I had created a while back that was originally a flower clip attached to a small veil for the hair. She reached out to me to create a very similar design as a corsage pin for the mothers and grandmothers to wear on her big day. These were created specially for her and I loved the way they turned out. It was fun to recreate an old design and make it new again!

I created a package for a bride and her bridesmaids for 6 crowns and adornments-4 of them being custom (the other two were the Juliet Crown and Claire Adornment-not pictured).

& that's a wrap for now! I will share more in a later post but until then, have a great weekend friends!

Recent Custom Pieces {Floral Crowns, Bridal Veils and Newborn CUTENESS}

Hello friends.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a beautiful holiday. I certainly did with my family! We were exhausted by the end of the day but I am so thankful for the love of our family around us! That's what truly matters most.

Now that the holidays are drawing to an end, I have quite a bit of catching up to do with sharing what's going on with the shop. I haven't shared any custom pieces recently so I figured I would start there. I get quite a bit of custom requests and I don't get around to sharing them very often so I compiled a few recent pieces for this post. 

enjoy

This custom floral crown was created for a bride getting married in April 2015 in beautiful Riviera Maya, Mexico. The bride wanted a piece similar to the Everly Crown but with more ivory/white hues and just a touch of peach/pink and sage green in her piece. She was so amazing to work with and I'm loving the way this crown turned out! So excited for her!

I know I shared this piece via social media a while back but I realized I never shared it on the blog! I created this custom crown and english net veil combo for a bride getting married this coming June. This is definitely one of my favorite custom pieces I've created yet! For the crown, I hand beaded and wired the front of it with rose gold wire with an assortment of shades of gold, bronze and pearl beads and rhinestones. For the back of it, I used ivory hues with pops of blush pink blossoms.

The soft english net veil was created at fingertip length with two beaded combs sewn to the top to match the crown. The veil can be worn with the crown during the ceremony and taken off afterwards for the reception.

Seriously in love with this combo! Thinking about adding it to the shop this coming year.

Back in October, the sweetest bride got married to her prince charming. I was contacted by one of my best friends to create this piece for her dear friend, Jess. I was so happy to create this custom piece for her fall wedding. Jess seriously made one gorgeous bride!! 

I wish you and Eric the very best and may the Lord bless your marriage immensely! 

Camarie Photography

Camarie Photography

Camarie Photography

This crown was recently made for a bride getting married in New Zealand this coming February. I used shades of white, peach and sage green with a bit of babys breath for this design. Can't wait to see photos of this piece on the bride!

I created this patriotic crown a while back for a birthday of a sweet customer and I realized I never shared this one! She wanted a piece similar to the Amelia Crown design but in shades of red, white and blue. Loved the way it turned out!

I also recently created a couple newborn crowns. I never thought I'd see such tiny flowers halos!! SO CUTE!!

This newborn crown was created for a sweet little girl, Kennadie. I created a matching one for her big sister a couple weeks prior for her 4th birthday so of course, her little sister needed a matching one!

This newborn floral crown was created for a precious little love to match her momma's crown that I made for her maternity photo shoot (the Harlow Crown). They now have mommy and me crowns!

Wildflower Mama Photography

Wildflower Mama Photography

 I also made this pretty lace bow headband for her little lady, just because. Gah! She is so adorable!

Wildflower Mama Photography

If you'd like a custom piece, please send your requests to lovesparklepretty@aol.com or visit the shop and send a convo. I'd love to work with you!

See a few other custom pieces posts here.

Shop posts coming soon:
New business cards, FINALLY and maternity leave

{RECAP} Vintage Delight Shopping Social

I have so much catching up to do on the blog and figured I would start with the recap of Vintage Delight Shopping Social that I helped host last month!

It was so much fun being able to set up one of my first "booths" for Love Sparkle Pretty and mingle with some inspiring women. A big thank you to the others that also hosted this event, Kristen, from Chariot Marie had lots of gorgeous vintage clothing available, Vivian of Etablir Shop not only opened up her space for the event but also had tons of stunning vintage rentals and pieces available (that pink vanity I used in my booth was hers)! There was also some delicious handmade ice cream available from Miniscoops (seriously good! I bought some Basil and Walnut ice cream as well as Coffee, Cookies & Cream) and beautiful vintage jewelry was showcased by Mel Scouts.

I loved how all of our aesthetics pulled together to create an inspiring space and a fun little getaway for ladies to do a little shopping. Each hour we also randomly chose names for several fun giveaways including a $100 gift card to Etablir Shop, a pair of vintage earrings from Mel Scouts, a floral dream catcher from Love Sparkle Pretty, a $100 towards vintage clothing from Chariot Marie and several other giveaways! We even had a glam photo booth which was definitely well used for photos with friends, props and silly faces.

Here are a mix of photos I snapped as well as several taken by Kristen Booth to capture the day. Thank you to all who stopped by to make this event a success!

If you are interested in coming to the next event, leave your email in the comments below.

 A huge thank you to Fleuretica for providing such beautiful floral arrangements for the event!!

 A reminder, if you are interested in coming to the next event, leave your email in the comments below.

|FLASH SALE| Flower Child Hoops, Children's Floral Crowns and Floral Dreamcatchers

I posted my first Instasale over at @shopLSP a couple days ago! There are several pieces still available including children's floral crowns and flower child hoops! All prices include shipping to the U.S. & if you are international, an additional $5 will be added to the invoice but you are certainly still able to purchase. 

Shop small and get some of your holiday shopping done early!

 Visit @shopLSP on Instagram for the sale! Only 1 available of each item so hurry!

Thank you friends!

An Interview with a Photographer and How I Started Love Sparkle Pretty

A couple months ago after visiting the Creative Live studio for a marketing class, I was contacted by sweet photographer and filmmaker, Sarah Shotts from Arkansas. I was so happy that she reached out to me about doing a little interview and becoming a Preferred Vendor on her website. Honestly, it's amazing how the internet can connect people in positive ways!

Below is just a peek of the interview. Read more about my story, what inspires me, what I love most about what I do and more right here.

How did you get started making floral crowns & bridal accessories? 

Back in 2009, my husband and I got engaged and once I started planning the wedding, I realized that I craved a creative outlet. From doing all of the floral design with my centerpieces, bouquets, corsages, etc. to creating coordinating flower hair clips for all of my bridesmaids as well as my veil, I fell in love with all of the different pieces you can create to bring a wedding together.

Once my husband and I got married in 2010, I kept creating flower clips for friends and family as a hobby and first opened up my Etsy shop with floral hair clips. During this time I was also attending school full time to become a nurse. Once I got accepted into nursing school, I had to completely leave my craft room to focus on my studies as well as our brand new little baby.
After several months, I realized that I intensely missed my creative outlet. After much prayer and support from my husband, I decided to leave nursing school to pursue my first passion and reopened my Etsy shop.

I started working with photographers which allowed me to expand and cultivate my design ideas. From these photo shoots, I was able to start re-branding and learning the path that I wanted Love Sparkle Pretty to take.

I found my niche in designing pieces that make romance dance in photos and bring special moments together. I love sending these pieces to others around the world that will adorn them on days they will never forget.

Hop on over to Sarah's blog, A Love Letter to Adventure to see the rest of the interview here.

The Shop has REOPENED + New Logo + Blog/Website Design

The shop has REOPENED! 

Since Monday morning, I've reopened the Etsy Shop after a month and a half long shop vacay. During this time, I was catching up on orders, reevaluating plans and creating new ones, making a few design changes and resting while spending much needed time with my family.

You can read about a few things I've reflected on and learned here and here in previous posts.

I've also been making some new design changes to the website and blog (logo, headers, colors, etc). As far as navigation goes, I'm trying to make it easier to look through different blog posts by subject-since I'm a momma, wife, shop owner, creative, etc....I share quite a bit of different topics so you can now go through my TABS at the top and see different drop down menus to browse by. I'm still categorizing posts but many of them are complete so you can ponder and read away! Let me know what you think too and if it's pretty accessible.

I hope you adore the new look as much as I do, I wanted a clean, elegant yet clean looking logo and space to share my little world. Now, it's time to create new labels, tags and business cards! 

Photography Credit: Kristen Booth

Floral Crown: The 'Charlotte' by Love Sparkle Pretty

Floral Adornment: The 'Julia' by Love Sparkle Pretty

Model: Julie Story She's an amazing graphic designer for photographers!

{Photo Shoot} Whimsical Garden Wedding

Collaborating with different photographers around the world is one of my favorite things about what I do. Emily Chappell, a photographer from SC, contacted me via email a while back about a styled shoot she had in mind. I don't always get to say yes to collabs but I knew from her work and her ideas, this shoot would be beautiful! With a whimsical and romantic aesthetic in a garden setting, these photos had me "ooo-ing" and "aww-ing" over them!

Not only was Emily so amazing to work with when it came to donating a few of my floral crowns but the other vendors were quite wonderful as well! It took a little team to bring this shoot together and they did such a great job with the details! See the end of the post for all of the credits.

Enjoy this little sneak peek of this Whimsical Garden Wedding.

Photography: Emily Chappell Photography

Models: Delane Toole, Erica Chapman, Emily Hammond, Josh Royston

Floral Crowns: Love Sparkle Pretty

Invites: Alisa Bobzien

Cake: Nicole Storey

Florist: Cricket Newman Designs

Styling: Emily Chappell/Nicole Storey

Hair/Makeup: Amy Schaming

Wardrobe: Oasap.com

Venue: The River Road and Jasmine House