bridal tiara : --KandiceAir & Earth Designs - "Lori Sousa" wrote in message... Lori, bridal veils are very, very easy to make. I made onewhen I was only 18 for my ex-SIL when she married my brother. All youneed to do is determine the length you want it from the center of yourdaughter's head down her back to elbow length. Then measure how longyou want the top layer. Add those two numbers together plus 6 to 12inches for the gathers poofing at the top. Machine stitch or hand sewa gathering thread where you will place the fold at the top where yourdaughters head will be...gather it up and place the headpiece you havechosen....satin roses, fresh flowers, beaded flowers or ??? Veryeasy! Oh, and you can curve the front edges if you wish too.take care, Linda :)Vancouver Island, bc.ca :) (remove 'nospam' to reply) See samples of my work at Lori, here's a page with tutorials on headbands and tiaras, they mightgive you some ideas:Lori, did you get the April 2002 Bead & Button, #48? On page 22 thereis a picture under "Your Work" that shows a lovely veil that a womanmade for her daughter using a beaded headband and then attaching ashort veil to it. There's a tiny picture of it here:.aspThen, in the June 2002 Bead & Button, #49 (pg. 14), a reader wrote inasking for a pattern on how to make the veil, so Bead & Buttonpublished the woman's email address so the reader could contact thecreator. Her name is Kory Beavers and her email address isangrybvrs3@ netscape.net. (not a clickable link so spam doesn't getahold of her)
bridal tiara : Also, Alice Korach designed a bridal tiara in the June, 2000, #37.There isn't a picture of it on Bead & Buttons website, but I had alook at the magazine and it's gorgeous! She used freshwater pearls onwire, attached to a simple, thin headband. There's no tulle attachedfor a veil, but that can be added. There is a pattern to follow tomake the flowers - they look a little like a fushia flower. Theflower base uses a golden filigreed bead cap. They pull it wideapart, then pearls were embellished all around the outside of thefiligreed bead caps, making it look like it had a golden center. Thenadd a length of wire for the stem in order to attach it to theheadband; insert another wire or two inside the center of the flower,with pearls at the ends of the wire to make them look like stamenscoming out of the flower. Just lovely!Let me know if you don't have that mag issue and would like a copy ofthe project. :)--LindabluemaxxLinda -thanks, I have both of these, but alas....DD has said no beads or pearls in theveil and/or accessories! We are doing a necklace of lampworked rose beads for her and matching braceletsfor the bridesmaids.
bridal tiara : I want to wear either a simple tiara or headband (no veil), but am notsure if I can purchase one on line without knowing what it will looklike on my head. (It's not often I had the opportunity to wear atiara.) I have been having trouble finding places that sell them,except on the internet. Anyone have a good/bad online purchase of atiara experience? Also, can you recommend some web sites, I havechecked out a few, but I'm sure there are many more I haven't seen.I also need to get a guest book and pen, but I don't care for the bigtraditional ones I have found thus far. They fit like 500 names, and Iwill only have 130 people. To me it seems a waste of money and paper toget a big one. Has anyone found a nice simple guest book/pen that wasnot from a full blown wedding vendor? I would check out an art museum for a nice blank book. We found onethat has Klimt's "The Kiss" on it and it is just beautiful. It islined, too, which is nice, but it doesn't have a ton of spaces for namesso it won't look too ridiculous. I think Amazon or someplace like thatwould have them too.Sarah
bridal tiara : --== Sent via Deja.com ==-----Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---This isn't exactly in response to your question, but using a large guest book might work after all. My parents had just one guest book for the first few years of their marriage -- the guest book from the wedding was hauled out at all manner of their parties during their early years, and so it became a 'historical family document' recording gatherings at their apartment, their famous house warming party (complete with parade around the block!), family dinners, etc., etc. It's a really cool book - largely because all of the pages weren't used at just one event.If you're lookign for a smaller book anyway, how about trying a pretty notebook or 'diary' type book that opens easily and stays open well. It would atleast be smaller in width, and people might be insprired by the tall, fat space to write something more than "name, city, Best wishes!"Our only requirement for a guest book are that it matches with the custom designed pens we just ordered today! (From an idea shared on this newsgroup, I decided to order a bunch of simple, silvery grey stick pens with our insignia (BJ entwined) and the year in Roman numerals written in black.(That's the first favour, available by the guest book. The second favour is a dark green leather bookmark, with the insignia and the year in Roman numberals, vertical this time, in gold. Yes, they were pricey, but it doesn't seem so expensive when quoted in American dollars -- $3.65USd per person, incl taxes, TOTAL for both favours; it works out to under $2USd per favour, and we won't need to spend any money wrapping or making them pretty!)
bridal tiara : All the previous suggestions are fabulous... what we're doing instead of aguest book (since we will never get it out and read it over) is this: weare having our engagement picture framed with a thick matting around it, andhaving everyone sign the matting.This does *not* have to be expensive. For us it helped that our engagementshoot came with our wedding photo package. But, you can go have a niceportrait done of the two of you, frame it yourself, and have folks sign itwith gold/silver pens if the matting is black, and with multi-coloured onesif it's white (or whatever colour/ink combo you want).<<I also need to get a guest book and pen, but I don't care for the bigtraditional ones I have found thus far. They fit like 500 names, and Iwill only have 130 people. To me it seems a waste of money and paper toget a big one. Has anyone found a nice simple guest book/pen that wasnot from a full blown wedding vendor? >> Like another poster mentioned, get a nice blank book from a museum orbookstore. For my daughter's wedding, I am getting a sheet of gilt transferand writing the bride's and groom's names and the wedding date on the cover incalligraphy. You can find lots of good ideas in a craft store for decoratingthe cover. We are setting this book out during the cocktail hour with a noteattached encouraging guests to use an entire page to write a note, draw apicture, etc. Best Wishes! Liz
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