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4.15.2009

Wedding Craft Ideas that Save Money.

Weddings are a wonderful occasion, but can be expensive in a hurry. With wedding crafts you can create a personal touch and keep the price down. Here are a few ideas for wedding crafts, and creativity to shine on your big day.

It is not difficult to create your own wedding veil. To this wedding craft, you need a length of bridal illusion in the desired length. You will also need a comb to attach it to your hair and a hat or head covering for the comb. Sew large holding stitches over an inch from the end of the illusion and gather it tightly. Now sew the veil to the comb. Top with hat or head covering. As an alternative, you can decorate a wide brimmed straw hat with silk flowers, ribbon and pearls.

The bouquets and floral arrangements can also be personally crafted. For a simple outdoor wedding, consider wild flowers. They are free and have their own charm. Flower bouquets can be in large clear vases, with a bow tied elegantly around.

Speaks for the guests are particularly appropriate wedding crafts. Fridge magnets are a simple and well preserved for it. A really good idea is to create a magnetic picture frames with a picture of the couple. It could provide a framework of craft foam in one of the wedding colors, arrange over the photo, and glue on a cardboard support. Place adhesive tape on the back of the cartons. Decorate the front of the frame with foil heart stickers and a monogram of the couple's last name.

Bows for the ends of the benches or rows make simple wedding crafts. Wide velvet ribbons are good for autumn and winter weddings, while satin is more appropriate for spring and summer weddings. Loop some flat lace, with ribbons. In the middle of the completed bow, put some silk flowers and pearl sprays with a hot glue gun.

Maybe you want to decorating your own cake shop. Check the craft of the department store for pans and gadgets of all types that you create a cake to remember. Do remember, however, that there is a steady hand. Make sure that before the start of the actual cake.

Preparations for a wedding can be expensive, but with wedding crafts, you can use some of the sting out. Plan early, because it takes a little while in order for all and encourages all the other little details that you want to worry about. Maybe creating wedding crafts will also be a part of the wedding jitters. In each case, produce your own wedding article is a way to establish a personal, beautiful and less expensive wedding.

4.13.2009

Wedding Dresses: What Not to Wear

You have an appointment with the man of your dreams? The only thing that is also one of the many things that you need to do to finish is the perfect choice of dress. If you need help with that you have read the wrong article. This advice is to provide you with the selection of the wrong wedding. Here are some practical ideas to keep you from a very expensive mistake (no, I am not talking about your fiance).

1. It's Gotta fit. This may seem obvious to you, but many brides swear they are a size six and cram their bodies into dresses much too small for them. This unvarnished approach to wedding shopping can be for bad pictures, not to mention discomfort on your big day.

2. Style is a must. Not every woman has the desire, with the latest wedding fashions, but there are some definite no-nos. Stay away from halters, giant Puffy sleeves, and mermaid style skirts (tight around the hips and knees and flared at the ankles). Also any clothing, you saw a wedding more than 5 years.

3. Consider the setting. Do not select a dress for another wedding, even if it's your dream, because you have a little girl. Long dresses should not be worn at a wedding outdoors in August. (I knew a bride who once was, and a ziploc bag of ice down the back of her dress) Conversely, do not choose a sleeveless dress for an outdoor reception in November. (Even the bride who did so in the wicked witch of the West during pictures) Lastly, and this is a little known fact, not wearing a lot of tulle for an outdoor event. This I have learned personally. The fabric attracts bees like crazy. I had the flying pests in all between 12 layers of my tulle skirt.

4. Love it. You do not buy a dress that you do not necessarily love. You only get one chance that you have a perfect day. The choice of the cheapest or the most sensible, or even what your best friend, like most people do not cut it for your wedding. If you do not love it, leave it.

Hopefully this advice will you make a mistake when it comes to your wedding dress. This is one of the few elements of planning a wedding is that almost entirely in your control. You can use flowers in silk instead of fresh. Perhaps your invitations spell your parents names "Joan and Jill." Maybe your caterer had a death in the family. Well, you do not need all these things happen. At least, probably not. But at least you have not a bad dress.