A new transition

Hi everyone! I can't believe it is almost Christmas! Where has the time gone?!

Over Thanksgiving I started working on the RBK Creations website. It is definitely in it's infancy but it is transforming into something bigger and better every day. (backgrounds will change, how things are arranged will change, pretty much everything will be different..)

The website features the blog as well as information about my store, a photo gallery, contact information and much more. For now, I plan on keeping this blog here as well, updating both. There will be a point however where I will only be using the website.

I do invite you all to head on over to the website and RSS feed it into your reader of choice. I think it will be exciting to see all of the changes RBK Creations will be going through in the next month, and I want to share that with all of you! I've got plans :)

So, as things change and build on the website, let me know your thoughts! I want to create something that everyone finds interesting yet easy to navigate. (And fun, of course).

For now, I will leave you with some pictures of orders in the works. We have been busy, the past month especially.

Just two flowers out of 157 hand embroidered flowers.

A great order of blues and greens!

What fun colors! A wrist corsage, which is one of a few.


Some of the centerpiece stems for another order. I think there were 120 of these. So girly and fun!

I promise to update more pictures soon. 3 of the 4 orders above have been shipped and done for awhile now. There are a bunch of other pieces that are in the works that I have not had time to take pictures of.

Justwrightboutique Giveaway WINNER!

Thank you all for entering the JustWrightBoutique Giveaway! The winner of the giveaway is Kathleen W.

Here is what she had to say about Sonja's shop:

"This is gorgeous, and since my brother is getting married in December, I'd choose the Wedding Guest Book Box"

I will be contacting you Kathleen so we can get your prize shipped your way!

Thank you all for following my blog and entering the giveaways. I will be posting a new one tomorrow! So make sure you check back!

Flower Girl Basket

I was asked to do a flower girl basket about two weeks ago. I wasn't sure how to go about it or what to all put on it. I didn't want to do too much and make it look tacky and at the same time I wanted to do enough to make it worth it.

I sat with the ivory basket in front of me for 2 hours before I even started on it.

This is what I came up with, and the best part, the client loved it!

All of the buttons are hand sewn on. The stem and the leaf of the flower is a hand embroidered chain stitch.

There is a line of buttons sewn along the bottom of the basket. I thought it needed something else.

The best part...it matches the bouquet she also ordered! There is also a matching boutonniere to go with this order, but silly me forgot to take a picture of it before it got shipped off.

So, now I guess I can add Flower Girl Baskets to the list of items available. Once I got started it was a lot of fun to make. It was just the process of getting there that wasn't as enjoyable :)

Black and Champagne Custom Bridal Order Completed!

This was a custom order for a bride who is having her wedding in a garden. She wanted something suble yet stunning. She figured she couldn't do real flowers since she was surrounded by such great flowers in the garden.

The Bride's side of the wedding party will have white, ivory and black arrangements while the groom's side will have some yellow splashed in (his favorite color).

Boutonnieres

Flower Girl Bouquet

Bridesmaid's Bouquets

The Bride's Bouquet