A Flirty Bridal Bouquet

Idea Submitted by:
• Stacie Tamaki
• The Flirty Bride
• Owner/Designer

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Married in October of 2007 Stacie was the quintessential Flirty Bride and used her own wedding as an opportunity to bring to life her vision of what a flirty bride is, and how much fun she should have, both planning her own wedding and at the wedding itself.

A one woman design studio, or as she calls herself, creative consultant, Stacie Tamaki is one busy girl. You can always see the latest she's been up to on her Fun and Flirty Blog.

Whether she's making custom bridal veils, tiaras, jewelry and cake toppers, or creating miniature origami cranes, her imagination knows few boundaries.

Her career in the bridal industry began 11 years ago. Her bridal, origami and custom dog costumes have been featured online and in newspapers, magazines, 4X on San Jose's, KNTV News Channel 11, HGTV , and the TODAY Show.

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Of the Bride:
Todd Rafalovich

All other images:
Stacie Tamaki

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A Bouquet Like No Other

Years ago when I started my custom couture accessory business I created this hand beaded bouquet holder. I made a wire frame, wrapped it in satin ribbon then using invisible nylon thread I proceeded to hand sew individual glass seed beads, pearl beads and Swarovski Austrian crystals to the frame, encrusting it in twinkling highlights that sparkled and shimmered in the light.

The bouquet holder was an enormously time consuming project and since time is reflective of price the price tag on this piece was considerable. So much so that it sat as a sample in my showroom for 10 years.

I have always loved this piece and decided early on in my engagement that I would use it for my own wedding.

The twist comes in that rather then fresh flowers I used silk, both modern roses and vintage lily of the valley, to comprise the bouquet itself. I then added in Swarovski crystal branches that I made along with gold origami cranes and flowers tying the bouquet into the origami theme of our wedding.

Idea submitted by: Stacie Tamaki
Bouquet Holder by: The Flirty Bride
Photos by: Stacie Tamaki

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