A quick check in with the brides-to-be!

Hello Everyone,

I check in here when I have a wedding worthy post that is relevant to AFFW.

I wrote about this on my current bog, Craven Home, which has been chronicling my postnuptual life in ceramics and food.

Blue Hill at Stone Barns has a new ceramic artist creating their dinnerware. It is so wonderful to see that chose someone whose aesthetics mirror what I chose for our wedding there. Have a look for yourself. And if you are getting married there... how wonderful to have such beautiful handmade dinnerware to compliment the food. A very thoughtful combination.

Oh, and have a look at this stunning wedding dress.

Happy Wedding everyone!

Where am I now??

Hello AFFW readers,

I have to say I keep getting emails and questions about my wedding and this blog. SO THANKS FOR READING!!! Keep all of your questions coming.

I thought I was "over" weddings, but I'm not. I will be at the Brooklyn Flea this Saturday, July 17th, sharing a table with Small world Terrariums, aka Tanesha Smith-Wattley. We both are doing centerpieces for tables (terrariums and handcrafted ceramics) and I am now making ceramic favors for weddings- so if you are in the area- stop by and say HI!

CAKE!

Our cake was vanilla cake with a layer of dulce de leche and a buttercream frosting (our blades of grass started to melt it was so buttery!). Many of our guests went back for seconds. The cakemakers at Lulu's (Jay and Victor) were great!

For the cake topper... I found two horse models (an "Arabian" stallion and mare) that were marked with the year AC and I were born. I put a little white paper posey by the ear of the mare to give it a little bit of "bride".

The Space- Tables and the Ceremony

We were so out of sorts because it rained on September 12th. The day ended up feeling stormy and romantic indoors. Tawana truly did such an amazing job. She sourced the logs from her sister-in-law's farm! She was dedicated- and we are grateful!

We downloaded these silhouettes from a copyright free image site and made the escort cards ourselves. I made the corresponding animal silhouettes our of stoneware (see Craven Home).

We didn't want a traditional guest book, so we also made birds in flight note cards (the images taken from our invitations) for our guests to "Tell Us Something Fun".

All pics by Sarah Sloboda

Ceramics at My Wedding

So the Laura Zindel bread plates are a no-go (they don't have bread plates for dinner...)

BUT, I have made a number of small pieces for the tables myself.

Below are unfired table markers and a tree trunk vase - just a few of many. 17 days to go!

Oh, Laura Zindel.

We went to the farm again this last weekend with ours friends Mark and Tawana. Tawana is a fabulous floral designer and is graciously gifting us with her talents for the day. We treated ourselves to the best brunch ever at Blue Hill.

A little known fact: I am a cermic artist after my full time day job (more on that later) and really enjoy a beautiful piece of fired clay.

The bread plate at our place settings were made by Laura Zindel- her studio is in Vermont. Of course I asked if these would be our bread plates for the wedding. The private dining area typically does not use them, but I am insisting. They are simply gorgeous- a fresh little hint of nature at each guest's place. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Pics from Artful Home

Where the Farm Meets the Forest--FABRIC

Yesterday, I went to Purl Soho to find fabric for a small project I'm doing for the tables at the wedding. I came across these 2 great farm-chic designs that are perfect for my plans.

Pics from top to bottom: Robert Kaufman Forest in Green from http://www.purlsoho.com/; Joel dewberry Woodgrain from http://www.joeldewberry.com/.

The 3 Month Countdown!

It is now 3 months until our wedding.

I was browsing through etsy for various handmade goodies, not even necessarily for the wedding. I happened on playing with wires and other wonders... Etsy shop. These numbers would be great as table markers. Kristin Mays makes words too!

pics above and below from playing with wires and other wonders... Etsy shop