Tag: Wedding

Today’s Wedding Customs are by Jenifer Marie. She makes custom Vinylmation in a number of various wedding themed sets that you can order from her website: lilsqueakrr.etsy.com.

One Vinylmation set she makes is this darling bride and groom. They look great! Way cooler than the Celebrations boring, painted on bride and groom. These are up there near Maria Clapsis’ set. While these don’t focus on painting the figures, the accessories are well made and look perfect. The tux looks awesome, with little cuffs and a hand-tied bow tie. The bride’s bouquet is beautiful and the earrings are just the little extra that tops this set off. Jenifer tells us that the colors of most of the pieces can change to be personalized to your particular favorites.

Jenifer also makes Bridesmaid gift sets. Check out these adorable ladies, with a bow in their hair, a necklace, and matching bouquets. I also like the boxes you can get them in. These are a bit more simple than the bride and groom, but I think they would make any bridesmaid say “yes”. For the amount of wonder created by these figures, the price is amazing.

After seeing these figures online, I needed to talk to the artist.

M.C.: How long have you been creating custom Vinylmation?
Jenifer Marie: I’ve been creating custom VM’s for about 3 months. I’ve created 12 pieces so far. Saving up to work on a 9″ set once summer comes!

M.C.: Which of your creations is your favorite?
JM: My favorite piece? That’s a tough question.. so far I must say my favorite is the little bride that I had made for my friend for her wedding. The sentimental value is what makes it my favorite. To know that I’m going to be a part of her special day even though I can’t make it to attend.

M.C.: Do you collect the Vinylmation created by Disney artists? If so, what is your favorite Vinylmation figure?
JM: Yes, I do collect the Vinylmations. They’re addicting little guys! My favorite is Flowers and Fairies from Park Series 5. It was my FIRST Vinylmation purchase and it features my favorite, TINK!

M.C.: How did you come up with the idea of your wedding vinylmation pieces?
JM: I had seen the custom Vinylmations before, but NEVER saw many bride and grooms.. so I figured hey! these would make ADORABLE cake toppers or even pieces to add to your sweetheart table!

M.C.: Can you describe these figures? The inspiration. What detail went into it?
JM: The bride and groom are black and white blanks.. the groom features and hand tied miniature bow tie, shirt colors painted on, white cuffs that are hand painted around the wrist, they also feature crystal individually pieced cuff links, shoe buttons, and jacket buttons. Brides feature a tiara adorned with rhinestones, a 2 tier veil, earrings, bouquet with white flowers and pearls, and a pearl necklace. The bride and groom are fully customizable depending on who they are being made for. The crystals colors can be changed and the same goes for the flowers. It’s fully custom to that individual and their wedding day style! The bridesmaids are whichever color the bride chooses with a pearl necklace, hand-tied bow between their ears, crystal earrings (if wanted), and a bouquet in their hands.

M.C.: What materials were used?
JM: I used 3″ blank Vinylmations, pearl strands, miniature ribbon flowers, 3mm & 2mm crystals, hot glue, craft glue, acrylic paint, iridescent ribbon and black ribbon.

M.C.: What is your favorite aspect of vinylmation?
JM: I just love the creativity that you can have with them.. especially when it comes to the cake toppers! I’m currently working on a carnival themed topper and a Tower of Terror topper! No 2: Vinylmation’s aren’t alike.. they’re all different. Plus it’s great to be able to make someone’s special day that much more unique for them!

M.C.: What was the hardest part in creating these figure?
JM: The hardest part was definitely finding the right materials to use to decorate the
little guys.

M.C.: What are the reactions you get to your pieces?
JM: I have gotten great reactions from the couples once they have them in their hands! They all love them and cannot thank me enough!

M.C.: Do you create any other pieces for the weddings?
JM: I also create little trinket boxes.. I’m currently working on a few projects for my own wedding.. so I’m sure I will be adding to my list of creations! I plan on making a pair of 9″ Vinylmations for my sweetheart table at my own wedding.. so I’m on the search for the right materials to use for them!

M.C.: Congrats! Where can people go to find out more about your pieces and see your work?
JM: To find out more about my work feel free to visit my etsy store: PixiiDust Creations lilsqueakrr.etsy.com

I’d like to thank Jenifer for the interview for this week of wedding posts. Let us know what you think about these vinyls in the comments below.

Today’s pieces are by a first time custom artist. Lisa Farry and her husband, Trace, were getting married and wanted to show off their love of Vinylmation. Taking a 9″ white and a 9″ black Create Your Own Vinylmation Lisa created a Bride and Groom that guests could sign in place of a guest book. I love this idea. Not only is it something unique but it’s a creative way to display the signatures of the guests (what do couples do with the guest book after the wedding anyway?) Not to mention these two customs are brilliant, especially for a first timer. They are some detailed, very personal representations of this couple.

I had an opportunity to ask Lisa Farry about her wedding vinylmations.

M.C.: How long have you been creating custom Vinylmation?
Lisa Farry: The “guest book” bride and groom were my first. Originally Trace was going to do them, but in my bridezilla frenzy, I coudn’t wait any longer and he turned the job over to me!

M.C.: Do you collect the Vinylmation created by Disney artists? If so, What is your favorite Vinylmation figure?
LF: First off, I am married to a vinylmation FREAK!! In fact, Trace spent this last weekend catologing and photographing a PORTION of his Vinylmations… He has a ton and I think the best thing I’ve done for our home (I moved in about 8 months ago, our wedding was in January) was buying some acrylic display stands so all the little vinylmations can at least be seen and appreciated! My personal favorites are the new occupations “medical” one (I am Nurse Anesthetist, so I dig the stethoscope) and Trace bought me the one that is like a cup of tea for Christmas. I’m a big tea drinker!

M.C.: How did you come up with the idea of a Wedding Guest Book piece?
LF: In all my wedding plannning web surfing, I had seen a couple of people do the Vinylmation guest book idea, but actually Trace thought of it and told me about it before either of us had seen it online. I thought him so clever! Plus, it was a great way to get something that really represented him AND would be cool and not overly “wedding-ish” to have in our home later on.

M.C.: Can you describe this figure? The inspiration. What detail went into it?
LF: I bought the white and black large vinylmations early on – I think I got one of them in the park and ordered one online last spring. It was funny because as the wedding date got claser, actually I saw a lot of brides on the dis-boards weddings forums looking for I think the black fig and they were briefly sold out online. I had seen a couple different ones, mostly I knew I wanted the date on each. I wasn’t sure how ornate to go – it seemed like simple was better. So the back of each says our wedding date (1-25-11), the bride has a bouquet drawn on, the earrings, wedding ring set and the veil – and little heart shaped lips. The groom has a boutonniere (which you think I could spell aftr all this time!), some tennis shoe details, a wedding ring and the goatee!

M.C.: What materials were used?
LF: I started off just buying some different paint pens at a craft store, but quickly found that the black figure obviously needed a really opaque paint to cover anything and show up. So I ended up doing the white circles (to suggest Trace’s wedding sneakers) in acrylic paint and then going back to the paint pens. I also used rhinestones to give the bride earrings and a fabulously accurate wedding ring set! I had part of a veil I had actually been trying to craft into something for MYSELF that I ended up using a piece of for the bride figure. And the “fun fur” from the craft store was an on the spot decision to depict Trace’s signature goatee! I just used a gel type super glue for the few things that needed glueing. After finishing the figures, I knew what pens showed up best and brought those along to the wedding!

M.C.: What was the hardest part in creating this figure?
LF: Getting the right pens to cover the black figurine appropriately.

M.C.: What was the reaction to the guest book from the guests at the wedding?
LF: People really dug it! The really funny thing was that even the Mad Hatter and Alice (special guests at our wedding) signed it! I was not expecting that!

M.C.: Did you create any other pieces for the wedding?
LF: No other vinylmation peices, but I did do several “DIY” wedding projects – it was fun and releived the pre-wedding jitters!

M.C.: Are you working on anything new?
LF: Right now I am immersed strangely in shadow boxes as a way to display wedding pictures and knick knacks – a couple of them incorporate some of Trace’s vinylmations (we went on the Dream’s Maiden Voyage for our honeymoon!).

M.C.: Where can people go to find out more about your pieces and see your work?
LF: Folks can find Trace and I on twitter (@sambycat and @traceland), and me mostly on my podcast, Those Darn Cats! (available on iTunes! Ha! – www.thosedarncats.net). I also have a personal and a disney blog, but those babies have been a little neglected since the wedding frenzy started! www.lisafarry.com and www.wdwdlist.wordpress.com.

With the reveal of the 3″ pieces from the Celebration set, we got to see the Bride and Groom that Stephen Miller hinted to back on February 1st. This however, is not the first time Vinylmation have been to a wedding. This week we will take a look at various version of the Vinylmation Wedding theme that we have seen hidden on the internet.

First up, a quick reminder of the Celebrations Bride and Groom.

An interesting pair of vinyl. The tux looks okay, reminiscent of the business suit from the Occupations set. (Although I liked Kermit 55th’s tux better, it had bling!) The wedding dress however seems a little plain, especially when you compare it to this:

This is Maria Clapsis’ Bride and Groom. A figure she had sitting on her desk at Disney, and a pic that has been seen in lots of places around the internet. This is a set she made for a college friend who was getting married. It is amazing! All the detail work is perfect, from the top hat to the tiara. I think Disney should convince Maria to make more of these, and sell them at a high price as part of the wedding packages they have at the parks. Amazing stuff Maria, keep up the good work.

All week we will have wedding themed posts (in addition to our regular news posts, so don’t worry about missing any news this week). Tomorrow we talk about another custom wedding piece that I recently saw online.