My name is Sarai, I live in Oakland, CA and love to make things.
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Hi everyone. I really couldn’t wait to share this with all of you. For many months, I have been working on designing a small collection of sewing patterns! They aren’t quite ready yet: the patterns are all designed and graded (and will be available in sizes 0-18), but I am still working [...]
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Just a quick, belated note that I wrote a short little piece for The Storque on vintage bridal style, for their Handmade Wedding series.
The Storque is Etsy’s ezine, and right now it’s full of ideas for DIY weddings. Reading about DIY weddings makes me want to throw more parties.
{And thanks to Rhiannon [...]
Having a photobooth was one of the best decisions we made for the wedding. We hired the photoboof, who we’ve seen around at various SF events like the laughing squid party. They have a few models, including one that’s built onto a meter maid buggy and goes to Burning Man.
Anyway, the photoboof was [...]
We’ve recently received our photos from the wedding from our amazingly talented photographer, Jillian Kay, and I had to share some of them with you.
Our wedding was pretty casual, but we did ask everyone to wear hats. We also had a photobooth, since we figured hats and photobooths were bound to be [...]
Ok, I didn’t make my own wedding cake. But we are lucky enough to have a very dear and generous friend who is also a pastry chef. Jojo was just amazing through the whole thing. And we are also lucky enough to have a couple of other friends who live nearby and [...]
Ah, the flowers. What a pain in the ass. But I’m glad I did them!
I ordered the flowers from Fifty Flowers, who have very reasonable prices and were wonderful to deal with. They let me know that the flowers would need a few days to open, so I scheduled delivery three days [...]
This idea came from my mom, who discovered a similar vintage display piece (for stockings!) at the vintage clothing expo in LA.
These were easy to make, and not as time consuming as I thought they’d be. Which is lucky, because I think I did them the day before the wedding.
I found the [...]
I’m back! I hope you enjoyed some of my old project posts while I was gone.
The wedding went better than I could have ever hoped. It was absolutely lovely, filled with so many of the people I care about. I can’t wait to get the photos back so I can inundate everyone.
Italy [...]
Our wedding was just about perfect. More details on that after the honeymoon!
I’m off to Italy’s Amalfi Coast for a couple of weeks! sigh.
I’ve lined up some posts on past projects of mine while I’m gone. I hope you enjoy! But please understand if I don’t answer any comments or email [...]
Only two more days until I’m a married lady. eek.
I never knew planning a party could be this much work. I am excited for it to actually come off!