Handcrafted Weddings: Over 100 Projects & Ideas for Personalizing Your Wedding

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Perhaps the best-looking and most complete guide to creating wedding accessories, Handcrafted Weddings demonstrates that you can achieve exactly the wedding look you want for less than the store-bought price, and you need only a modicum of crafting experience to accomplish most of it. Organized by theme, the five sections detail projects involving stationery, bridal party accessories, ceremony accents, reception decor, and memorabilia. In addition to dozens of beautiful traditional creations, there are wonderful touches of whimsy, such as the gold-accented white sneakers and baseball cap that the bride can swap for the formal veil and shoes at reception time; the card holder constructed from a white mailbox adorned with pine branches and papier-mâché birds; the mirror-tile centerpieces that double the effect of candlelight; or the fairy-tale fantasy of a twig arbor (surprisingly simple: anchor branches in buckets and swath in tulle and twinkle lights). There are so many eye-catching ideas that the hardest part may be choosing which ones to make or finding the time to do them all. --Amy Handy


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With the typical wedding estimated at $19,000, it is no wonder that this book will quickly find an eager and appreciative audience. And even those readers with allergies to sewing machines will find projects that speak to nostalgia, individualism, and, yes, savings. The more than 100 ideas are more than amply illustrated, including step-by-step photographs whenever necessary and possible variations. Appealing mainly to brides-to-be are the accessories (veils, headpieces, and decorated shoes and gloves); ceremony and reception accents, from corsages to slipcovered chairs; stationery (to stencil or emboss or die cut?); and memorabilia, such as frames, photo albums, and even a showdown box. Too bad dollar comparisons weren't made between store bought and handmade, though. Barbara Jacobs


Book Description
Handcrafted Weddings offers ideas and projects for creating a dream wedding affordably with unique handcrafted accessories and decorations. Learn to make one-of-a-kind ceremony accents, such as a ribbon adorned ring bearer pillow, a precious posy ball for the flower girl, or a stunning floral arbor. Design and create original wedding stationery, a custom made headpiece and veil, or delightful table favors for the guests. All projects are beautifully photographed and explained with clear, step-by-step instructions. With 300 color photos, this invaluable guide is filled with dozens of imaginative ideas for adding a personal touch to any wedding. As weddings become more and more expensive (the average cost is now $19,000!), do-it-yourself accessories and décor have become a popular way to lower costs. The projects in Handcrafted Weddings require only basic sewing and crafting skills.


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Author Biography: The editors of Creative Publishing international have created more than 100 titles on sewing, crafting and home decorating. This experienced staff has developed several other wedding-related books, including Hosting Wedding Parties and Veiled in Beauty.


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