One of the biggest attention grabbing projects in our Winter CHA booth was a gorgeous wedding dress, crafted from paper! That's right. Nothing but patterned paper and glue sticks! Stephanie asked her good friend, and Local Artista, Beth Gerlach to create a wedding dress for a dressform. Beth really came through and her amazing creation was the talk of the booth.
Paper Wedding Dress, by Beth Gerlach.
I had so much fun creating this wedding dress for the Bella booth at CHA! I have to admit, I changed it up from my original idea due to paper tearing and a few other issues. I decided that the easiest, most durable way to make the dress was to use smaller pieces of paper. I ended up using 161 sheets of paper and 219 glue sticks to complete the dress.
The bodice is made up of 12 x 2" and 6 x 2" strips folded in half lengthwise and placed together to create the pleated look.
I made 38 roses for the straps and as decorations along the bottom of he dress. They were dipped in silver glitter to add some sparkle.
The bottom front edge of the dress is also made up of the same pleats. I used 6" half circles for the front skirt part of the dress, just layered. There are 170 pleats and 235 scallops in total.
My favorite part of the dress is the back. I didn't want there to be a seam, and I wanted it to flow freely. So I used 2" hearts. Lots and lots of 2" hearts to get the effect I wanted.
Supplies:
Love And Marriage: Cute Cuts, Turner Hall; Freestyle Sophisticates: Freestyle Cotton Candy, Freestyle Scallop
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Now for the fun part! We thought we'd play a little guessing game. Can you guess how many paper hearts in total were used on Beth's wedding dress?
Leave us a comment with your guess (one comment per person please), and the person that guesses closest to the actual number of hearts will win the full Love And Marriage collection!!! We will announce a winner on Monday afternoon.
This is absolutely incredible! You did such a beautiful job!
Posted by: Becky Williams | February 08, 2013 at 09:36 AM
My guess is 1600 hearts. Just an amazing creation! How will you preserve it?
Posted by: Candy | February 08, 2013 at 09:40 AM
1110 paper hearts? Just a guess!Beautiful, though!
Posted by: Margie Visnick | February 08, 2013 at 09:47 AM
So amazing!! I could only imagine how much time was spent creating this !! 1925 hearts?
Posted by: Deanyne | February 08, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Wow, just gorgeous! My guess is 2350 hearts.
Posted by: Romy | February 08, 2013 at 10:46 AM
This is fantastic! My guess is 3250 hearts were used. I'd like to know how many HOURS it took to create this!
Posted by: Leslie Murphy | February 08, 2013 at 10:46 AM
Georgeous! My guess is 4,025 hearts!
Posted by: Nicole Stinson | February 08, 2013 at 10:53 AM
Sorry forgot to mention "The Scrapbook Store" in my previous post of 4025 hearts!
Posted by: Nicole Stinson | February 08, 2013 at 10:54 AM
Great Job Beth!! Simply Breath Taking - My guess is 3550 hearts - "The Scrapbook Store" sent me :)
Posted by: Nicole Hangartner | February 08, 2013 at 11:01 AM
I think 3696 hearts were used. The dress looks fantastik!
Posted by: LuAnn M | February 08, 2013 at 11:18 AM
beautiful!!! 2.498
Posted by: Andrea Kuenzel | February 08, 2013 at 11:35 AM
just stunning ,my guess is 2500 :)
Posted by: Marielle | February 08, 2013 at 11:38 AM
I think it took 4,995 hearts and the Scrapbook store sent me! The dress was absolutely beautiful! My name is Sheila Wilson
Posted by: Sheila Wilson | February 08, 2013 at 11:44 AM
LOVE this, so beautiful and creative! My guess is 3,200 hearts!
Posted by: KellyG | February 08, 2013 at 11:45 AM
That is pretty amazing to see a dress that gorgeous and know it is all paper. Wow! The time that must have taken and the creativity involved absolutely leaves me speechless. I am going to guess 2697 hearts.
Posted by: Lisa P | February 08, 2013 at 11:50 AM
I'm guessing 2156 but not sure if my guess should count since I've ahd the advantage of seeing the dress in person displayed at The Scrapbook Store!
Posted by: Christine Slak | February 08, 2013 at 11:50 AM
I guess 1,700 hearts! :)
Posted by: Monica | February 08, 2013 at 11:56 AM
It's simply gorgeous. My guess is 2592 hearts.
Posted by: Stacy Lulinski | February 08, 2013 at 12:00 PM
7,500 <3
Posted by: Renee Hundt | February 08, 2013 at 12:02 PM
3261 love the dress
Posted by: Kaatje | February 08, 2013 at 12:14 PM
It was gorgeous! <3
My guess is 1,032.
Posted by: Christina Collins | February 08, 2013 at 12:16 PM
Oh my god so many details and hard work on that dress. I guessed There was like 5307 hearts
Posted by: Andrea Garland | February 08, 2013 at 12:28 PM
Love the dress. I think it took 4800 hearts.
Posted by: Dianne M | February 08, 2013 at 12:30 PM
1728, let's see how good my math and estimating skills are, lol. The dress is gorgeous and must have been a blast to create! (and a little tedious with all those hearts and scallops)
Posted by: scrapper al | February 08, 2013 at 12:36 PM
1576
Gorgeous!
Posted by: Miriam Prantner | February 08, 2013 at 12:43 PM