Romantic Weddings: 25 Handcrafted Accessories and Keepsakes
(Paperback)
Book Description
Elegant, functional and surprisingly easy to make, the
projects featured in this unique book offer brides a range
of options for creating their own vintage-inspired wedding
accessories and keepsakes. Divided into four themed sections,
this book provides the clear, step-by-step information
busy brides need, including:
-Lovely, romantic projects for creating bridal jewelry,
gift boxes, hair accessories, purses, ceremony accents,
invitations, guest book, menu holders, cake plate, thank
you cards, memory book and much more
-Instructions requiring only affordable,
easy-to-find materials, such as ribbon, beads, lace and
pearls
-Basic craft techniques even beginners can
master with little or no sewing necessary
-Styles with a Victorian flair, complete
with pearl accents, pastel colors, floral patterns, monogrammed
details and elegant script
Projects also come with variation ideas,
so brides can easily tailor each design to suit their
own decorative schemes and color selections.
Beautiful Bridal Accessories You Can Make (Paperback)
Book Description
For every bride frustrated by the exorbitant costs and
uneven quality of available wedding accessories, this
book provides a smart, sophisticated alternative! Jacquelynne
Johnson shows how to make a wide variety of elegant (and
highly affordable!) personal accessories for the bride,
wedding party and attending friends and family.
Readers will find 20 fun, fabulous projects inside. Each
one is inexpensive and easy-to-make, using nothing more
than simple embellishing techniques and a glue gun. And
while the vast majority are "no-sew," those
requiring a little needle and thread can be mastered by
beginners in minutes.
Projects include:
-Wearable accessories, including bridal
veils, headbands, shawls and handbags
-Creative embellishments--add beads, ribbons,
craft flowers and lace to store-bought items such as gloves,
shoes and hosiery
-Wedding accessories, including a ring pillow,
flower girl basket, unity candle and toasting glasses
-Gifts and keepsakes, including memory quilts,
a keepsake box and a wedding portfolio
Each project is illustrated with clear,
step-by-step photographs and instructions--all the information
readers need to create a memorable, magical wedding at
half the cost!
Creative Wedding Keepsakes You Can Make (Paperback)
From Library Journal
Wedding expenses can be astronomical, and smart brides,
with the help of their friends, can cut costs by making
some accessories themselves. The projects in this book
are mainly for items using real or artificial flowers
such as bouquets, table decorations, and the bride's personal
accessories. Most are easily assembled, and the finished
products are lovely and very professional in appearance.
An excellent choice for all public libraries.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Bouquets : A Year of Flowers for the Bride (Hardcover)
Book Description
The bridal bouquet is a tradition in almost every
culture on Earth. Year after year, millions of women walk
down the aisle, each carrying a personalized blend of
carefully selected, artfully assembled flowers. To ensure
that one's bridal bouquet lives forever in the memories
of all those who share the day, this exquisite book introduces
40 original arrangements to complement the wedding gown,
celebrate a special theme, honor a treasured family custom-and
keep shaky hands occupied.
Gorgeous photography showcases each season's
variety and diversity of flowers in creations from the
simple to the elaborate: daises with ivy for the June
bride; a mid-summer bundle of fragrant herbs; mistletoe
and roses for a Christmas Eve wedding; hydrangeas with
glass beads and tiny sea shells for a seaside ceremony;
an Asian fan with amaranthus and chrysanthemum for an
autumn reception. With detailed directions for wiring,
taping, using tools, and choosing and grooming flowers,
leaves and ribbons, Bouquets enables every bride-to-be,
mother, sister, and friend to recreate these designs-or
inspire the florist to fashion the perfect handful of
flowers for that special day.
About the Author
Established San Francisco-based floral designer MARSHA
HECKMAN has planned more than one hundred weddings-and
teaches courses on how to do it. The work of San Francisco-based
food and travel photographer RICHARD JUNG has appeared
in four cookbooks and in such magazines as Travel &
Leisure, Sunset, Better Homes and Garden, and Metropolitan
Home.
Excerpted from Bouquets : A Year of Flowers
for the Bride by Marsha Heckman, Richard Jung. Copyright
© 2000. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
The Bridal Bouquet is a tradition in almost every culture
on Earth, and in this exquisite book, floral designer
Marsha Heckman crates forty original bouquets to complement
the wedding gown, communicate a special meaning, honor
a family tradition, and keep shaky hands occupied.
Organized seasonally, the book provides
three or four bouquets for every month of the year, each
one exploiting the amazing variety and diversity of flowers
available throughout the year. From daises with ivy for
the August bride to mistletoe and roses for a Christmas
Eve bouquet; from hydrangeas with glass beads and tiny
seashells for a wedding by the sea to an Asian fan with
amaranthus and chrysanthemum for an autumn reception to
a bouquet of fragrant herbs for July, these unique designs
are gorgeously photographed Each one is accompanied by
step-by-step directions for wiring and taping, choosing
flowers, leaves and ribbons, grooming the flowers, and
making handles.
An integral part of the wedding, flowers
provide beauty, perfume, and color. They help define the
theme of the event. Bridal bouquets live forever in the
wedding photographs and in the memories of all those who
share in the day. "Bouquets" will help every
bride-to-be, mother, sister, and friend recreate these
bouquets or will inspire the florist to fashion that perfect
handful of flowers the bride carries down the aisle. Here
is the ideal engagement or shower gift for any prospective
bride.
Review: An excellent how-to book for beautiful
bouquets!
This is the book to get if you want to make fresh wedding
bouquets for a wedding. Especially helpful are the detailed
materials list for each bouquet project, plus an estimate
of how far in advance the bouquet can safely be made.
Each project features flowers that are in-season for the
time of year stated in the book, and styles range from
the traditional to the unique and unusual. There is something
here for every taste! I highly recommend this book!
Review: Stunning arrangements,
but not for beginners,
I bought this book together with "Creative Wedding
Florals You Can Make" to get ideas for the flowers
for my wedding in June. I am making my own bouquets and
arrangements. As a gardener, I know a lot about flowers,
but I have never tried anything like this before. The
arrangements in this book are creative and absolutely
beautiful, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is
looking for creative ideas to give to a florist, or to
someone who has experience in putting together floral
arrangements. However, if you have never done floral design
before, I would suggest that you buy another book along
with this one (such as "Creative Wedding Florals")
to supplement the how-to information in this book.
The bouquets are arranged according to season, but many
can be used throughout the spring and summer. They include
mixtures of garden flowers, roses, lilies, herbs, and
hydrangeas, and the pictures are absolutely gorgeous.
There are also instructions and ideas on how to make corsages
and boutonnieres that complement the bouquets, which I
found very helpful.
All in all, this is an excellent resource
book for ideas, but it is a bit weak on the instructions.
Review: Inspirational
This book is truly beautiful and will inspire anyone to
instantly plan a dinner party, a tea, a wedding or shower(actually,
any kind of gathering!) in order to put all the wonderful
ideas to use. There are so many creative and innovative
suggestions for setting a table and it made me look at
things I already own in new ways. I also appreciated the
suggestions for borrowing from friends and family or purchasing
inexpensive pieces to make my old presentations look fresh
and new.
It is so hard to pick a favorite from among
all those shown - but the Day of the Dead celebration
and the white summer wedding are spectacular. The children's
birthday in the park will give mothers some great suggestions
for a unique party - including menu and recipes.
This book will continue to inspire me for
years to come.
Review: Beautiful Photos,
Great Ideas
I was looking for a unique yet elegant bouquet for my
wedding, and I found it in this book. I loved the beautiful
photography and the seasonal ideas. It was nice to see
something different from the huge, over-the-top arrangements
you find in bridal magazines. I made a color copy of my
dream bouquet from this book, and my florist recreated
it for me. I would recommend this book for both florists
and brides alike!
Wedding
Ceremony Accessories
Congratulations on your wedding! What a wonderful
and exciting time in your life. We want your ceremony
to be as beautiful and magical as you've always dreamed.
We pride ourselves on providing you with excellent service,
attention to detail and of course wedding accessories
that are of sensational quality
and value.
For fifteen years LTM Party, located in beautiful Sarasota
Florida, has helped "brides-to-be" prepare for and celebrate
one of their most important "Life Time Memories".
With over 50,000 square feet of retail space and a reputation
for providing magnificent service, we have been recognized
as an industry leader. It is
our pleasure to assist you in creating a fantastic wedding
ceremony!
We offer a fantastic assortment of wedding &
reception accessories that will be sure to please!
Wedding
Favors & Wedding Gifts
Say thank you to your wedding reception guests with superb
style. Whether you are looking for just the right wedding
gift for members of your wedding party, or classic favors
we have quite an assortment to choose from.
You can also create your own colorful wedding favors with
our wide selection of ribbons, favor cards and boxes,
and other essentials. These tokens of your appreciation
will always be treasured by your guests as they remember
your wedding day.
Wedding
Ceremony & Reception Decorations
Let yourself go wild and have fun designing your unique
wedding ceremony and reception. You'll have a great time
exploring your creative side and we are here to help!
We have pearl balloons, exquisite candles, ribbons &
bows, beautiful guest books, and not to mention car decorating
kits for those naughty groomsmen and bride's maids!
Wedding
Ceremony Glassware & Toasting Glasses
Toast to your new lives together as
husband and wife with sparkling toasting flutes. Choose
from classic lead crystal, glass, tulip shaped or Mediterranean
glassware.
We also feature a variety of beautiful engraved glassware
as keepsake gifts for your wedding party.
Wedding
Unity Candles & Favor Candles
Our unity candles are printed and polished the
old fashioned way... by hand. The results are pristine
heirloom quality wedding unity candles. With perfect attention
to detail, each candle is printed directly onto the wax
surface of the candle. These symbols of your everlasting
marriage can be lovingly handed down for generations to
come.
Personalized
Wedding Gifts
Please stop by our personalized gifts section. We have
elegantly crafted monogrammed and engraved gifts that
are a perfect way to say thank you to your groomsmen or
bride's maids.
Wedding
Cake Servers and Cake Tops
Serve up delicious wedding cake with all the essentials
for the reception. We feature elegant cake servers, cake
tops and all the marriage ceremony "must haves" you are
looking for. Whether your looking for a traditional look
or contemporary elegance for your ceremony - we have numerous
selections to choose from.
Wedding
Ring Pillows
We have quite an assortment of delicate satin ring pillows
that are beautifully embellished with just the perfect
details. They are sure to provide the perfect accent to
your wedding ceremony.
Wedding
Albums and Guest Books
Treasure your memories of this perfect day with beautifully
crafted wedding albums and guest books. They are a spectacular
way to capture every wedding memory in an everlasting
and treasured keepsake.
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