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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.

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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Wedding Guest etiquette

May 4th 2010 18:55
Even the guests of the wedding need some advice at times. If you are a guest of a future wedding and not sure of what to wear or how to act, this article is for you. Heck, even people who have gone to dozens of weddings still have not caught on to wedding etiquette for guests.
The most sensitive topic will be covered first. You may not agree with this but in most cases the Bride will agree. Do not wear white to the wedding, and I will go as far to say not even off white. This color is reserved for the bride only. This does not matter if the Bride has been married previously. It seems people like to make up their own rules but this has been a long time tradition. A bride is a bride, so let’s keep all shades of white for her special day. Guests can have any other color they would like to choose to wear. There is no need to try to outdo the bride so one color (a pure one) is reserved for that special lady. All eyes should be focused on the lady of the day, the Bride.

The price of the gift is usually based on the budget of the guest. It is always better to give gift cards or check than cash. The reason is because usually the Bride and Groom leave for their honeymoon almost immediately after the wedding. They won’t be stopping at the bank to make deposits.
Most wedding invitations have a space for a guest or a spouse. Bringing your spouse or a date is customary and usually not a problem unless it is a private ceremony just for family.
Don’t bring small children to weddings unless you check with the Bride first. Only if a child is in the wedding is it acceptable unless the Bride says ok. Seriously, though, some Brides will just say yes because they don’t want to hurt people’s feelings. Try to make sure you are not imposing on the wedding if you must bring a child to the wedding. Never bring babies to a wedding unless the Bride herself requests that you do. It is a long event for a baby and a huge embarrassment if one cries during a beautiful ceremony.
Choosing sides of bride or groom is very simple. If you are related to one or the other that is the side you sit on. If you’re not related to either, then choose the one you met first. If you met both at the same time, take your pick.
It seems that some people don’t seem to know what is off limits to talk about at the wedding. When it comes to the Bride and Groom, anything personal about their lives which is not public knowledge, is off limits. This includes, past relationships, embarrassing moments, and anything that could pose as an embarrassment to them on their special day. Believe me; it will get back to them.
Always remember, that all focus is to be on making this a wonderful day for the Bride and Groom!

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Here are simple steps to follow in creating three of the pool-side wedding table centrepiece ideas described in the article Pool-side Wedding Table Centerpiece Ideas.

CRYSTAL AND LIGHTS

You’ll need:

# Small crystal bowls
# Christmas LED lights
# Crystal or transparent pebbles

How to make it:

On the crystal bowl, arrange the LED lights on the bottom. Fill the bowl with the pebbles. To conceal the LED lights wire, use a table cloth that you can put a hole on the center. Get the wire to go through that whole so that the wire can run under the table cloth and under the table.

MINI TROPICS

You’ll need:

# Fortune plant (if available)
# Sand
# Pebbles
# Shells
# Clam shell, bowl or coconut shell for container

How to make it:

If a fortune plant is available, position it on the center of the container. Fill the container with sand halfway up the bowl. Scatter the shells and pebbles on top of the sand. If you are having a night wedding and you want to use the Mini Tropics for you are having a night wedding and you want to use the Mini Tropics for your centrepiece, you can throw in some lights just around the bowl. If you cannot find a fortune plant, you can substitute a big candle to it.

CANDLE BOWLS

You’ll need:

# Crystal bowl, clam shell or coconut shell for container
# Water (you can also put some food coloring to make colored water)
# Scented floating candles
# Flower petals

How to make it:

Half fill the container with water. If you have a large enough container, let flowers and candles float over the water. But if the containers are not big enough, you fill one container with candles and 2 containers with flowers and make the combination of the 3 containers as one table centrepiece.

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Wedding bouquets are traditionally made up of several flowers of the same or varied types. Have you ever thought of having a single flower as the bouquet – for the bride and the rest of the bride’s maids


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