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Wedding Code - by Sharon Boffo

Welcome! You might be reading this blog because you are one of the following: • A Bride-To-Be or Groom-To-Be looking for Wedding Planning Tips (Congratulations! You’re soon to join the bandwagon); • A Wedding Fanatic (just like me!); • A Wedding Planner who seeks new wedding ideas; • A Friend or Family member of someone who is planning on getting married; or • Simply an Interested Reader who chanced upon this blog. You are welcome to browse through the posts and pick an idea or two about weddings. Enjoy and please do come back anytime and check out my new posts. Bring a friend or two who you think would enjoy reading through my articles as much as you did. It’s always fun to bounce around ideas -- especially when you’re planning a wedding.

Preserving your wedding flowers

January 4th 2012 11:31

There are just a few ways you can choose from to preserve your wedding flowers. You can dry them by hanging them to dry. This process may take a week or so depending on how big the bouquet is. Tie a ribbon around the stems and hang them some place that is not damp.
You can also preserve them by Silica Gel which can be purchased at any craft store. You will need a big enough container to hold the flowers so that you can cover them completely. This will remove the moisture so that they will remain intact. This process may take several days and you should check on the flowers frequently to prevent over drying them.

The last way to dry your precious flowers is to have them freeze dried. This will have to be done by a florist. You should call a few florists first as not all florists may offer this service. Your flowers will look the most beautiful with this kind of drying.

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Wedding Earrings You can Make

November 8th 2011 00:49

It is not hard to create an exquisite look for your wedding day that is customized to your style. Designing your own wedding earrings can be exciting and really quite easy to do.
I will show you a pair I made out of crystals from an antique chandelier. You don’t even need that many supplies for this.
This one is for a double crystal earring:
Four small round crystal prisms (about 1 inch each)
Earring hooks
4 jump rings in gold color
You can do these in sterling silver or gold. Craft stores have from the cheaper supplies to much more expensive ones like silver and gold findings.

Opening a jump ring: Use two fine nosed plyers and open ring opposite ways. If you do it this way, you will be able to close the ring completely.
Open two jump rings and join the two crystals by using the hole at the bottom and top of the first two crystals. Close the jump ring as stated above. Repeat for the second set of crystals.
Take the next two jump rings and attach them to the hole at the top or if the metal nail is still in tact, just attach it to the metal nail. Make sure the metal nail is looped so that it will not disconnect.
Before closing the last jump rings hook them into the earring hoop and then close jump rings.

Now you have a Beautiful pair of Earrings!

Wedding Earrings you can Make

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Making Jewelry for your Wedding

September 11th 2011 20:04

Making jewelry can be fun and isn’t hard. The good part is that You get to design it yourself. Not only can you design jewelry for yourself but for your bridesmaids as well. You could even have a jewelry making party for the bridesmaids and everyone can make their own.

Earrings:
The earrings are the easiest part. They can be unique and simple. My suggestion is to create a pair of earrings that is one of a kind. You can do that by using parts of vintage items if you like such as antique chandelier crystal prisms. You can easily remove the crystals with a pair of pliers that you will need anyway for Jewelry making. You will need earring wires, headpins, jump rings, crystal, pearls, beads, spacers etc. You can invest in sterling If you prefer or just metal.

Necklaces:
It’s not hard to create a matching necklace since you already have a pattern started on your earrings. This item will take more time though and more thought. Make sure that you take your time in the design and creation of each piece for your wedding as you want them to accent your beautiful gown.
Bracelets:
Bracelets are almost as easy as earrings. You will be using a similar pattern of beads for the matching bracelet. Make sure whatever pattern you create, that you really love it and maybe get some feedback from your friends as well. In a matter of time it is so easy to produce so many different items that you may find that you want to make them for gifts.

In my next article, I will be showing you step by step instructions on how to make wedding earrings.

Follow the link to some handmade wedding earrings at my store on Etsy.
Wedding Jewelry on Etsy

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Creating Unforgettable Wedding Gifts

July 18th 2011 22:29

If you’re looking for a very unique wedding gift to give which will be unforgettable, here is an idea. This gift may take some time and thought but will turn out to be well worth it and very memorable for the Bride and Groom. This is a keepsakes that will always be remembered.
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Top Ten Home-Made Items for your Wedding

May 24th 2011 18:37

1.Wedding cake- if you’re really good at making cakes and have done someone’s wedding or you have your own business it may be worth it. Make sure you will have the time and patience to get it right.

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Light Up Your Wedding

March 29th 2011 11:11

There’s nothing prettier at a wedding when there are lots of lights and sparkle. You can do this any time of year or any season. You can use a little bit of lights and sparkle or a lot.
The biggest season that brides use this is at Christmas time. You can use most any color if you want but softer lights are most attractive. Putting lights on the bridal tables are a must. Also if you drape the same color lights behind the bridal party looks really good. Using lights as an accent to highlight certain areas of the reception is what you mostly want to do. Accenting the cake table with lights, and accenting the picture area (like if you have an arch for pictures) would be good. Of course, if there are trees decorated in the room then lights would be on them too.
To light up the ballroom area or dance floor, you can purchase Large round lantern that light up or maybe mini stars that light up. These can both be purchased online.
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Weddings Resembling the Past

February 7th 2011 23:49

Did you ever dream of having a wedding that resembles another place in time? It is easy to create this type of wedding for yourself with nostalgia. You can do this by shopping online or by visiting antique or second hand shops.
It all depends on your taste if you want to create an entire wedding from the past or just a small portion of it. A small portion of it may be just decorating with antique chandelier prisms. To create an image from the past for the entire wedding you may want to have your wedding party dress from an era in time, like Victorian times. Costumes are available for rental for this purpose

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Helping a friend with their wedding

December 14th 2010 19:39

The best way you can help someone to plan a wedding is to get organized from the start. Start by going to the book store or library and buying or borrowing books that will give you ideas. Make a list of things you must do and a deadline of when it must be done. A good wedding means a well planned one that is put together with care.
Visit wedding sites on the internet to get an idea of what types of wedding gowns the bride may want and what type of brides maids as well. You may have to educate yourself on the styles of wedding gowns. This should never take the place of actually going and trying dresses on. That is the whole fun of purchasing a wedding gown and you can never be sure how a gown will look on someone by a picture.
You should visit several bakeries with the bride to be before helping her decide on the cake. Getting suggestions from friends of good bakeries in the area would help in starting out. They should be able to give you samples and show a portfolio of pictures of their wedding cake experience

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Your Wedding: Make it Sweet

October 27th 2010 01:34

If you want your wedding to be the sweetest wedding it’s such an easy task. The reception is the place to do this. Everyone loves sweets and its easy to fill your wedding with the aroma of this.

Starting with the reception tables, not only can you give your guests a sweet little favor which is traditional, but you can have sweet centerpieces at each table. Make the centerpieces edible. You can make this a chocolate centerpiece, candy centerpiece or even edible fruit centerpiece. This is a nice attraction the guests can pick at before dinner as they chat. This is especially nice if it is a sit down dinner. You can use Styrofoam which you can find in craft stores and fix unwrapped candy to a tree shape or even heart shaped wreaths. If you cover the Styrofoam with foil or designer tissue paper to match your wedding it will look better as the guests remove the candy. You can use colored toothpicks to keep candy in place. Types of candy to use are Hershey kisses, gumdrops and various soft candies. You could even design your own chocolate bouquets but this would take some time. If you don’t want to do this yourself you can hire someone to do the centerpieces for you as well.
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Fun Wedding Favors

September 9th 2010 23:15

Wedding favors are easy if you have creative flow. In fact, even if you don’t have creative flow, wedding favors are quite easy.
Think first about your theme. Whatever you use as your theme, you can work into your wedding favors. You can purchase themed wedding favors but it’s much cheaper to come up with your own ideas.

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