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Invitations:

• Great Ideas From the TV experts! - Home and garden TV is a great resource for for helping to create you special invitations.
• Wedding Shower Invitations and Party Favors from the Do It Yourself Network
• invitation Wording Ideas from Verse It

Accessories:

For Flower Girl and Ring Bearer:

• How to Make a Flower Girl's Basket from Beverly's Save-On Crafts
• Ring Bearer's Pillow from the Do It Yourself Network. Includes tips for how to use machine embroidery to personalize the pillow
• Sweet Heart Basket for your flower girl from Beverly's Save-on Crafts
• Wedding Basket from Ben Franklin Crafts
• Woven Ribbon Decorator Pillow from Ben Franklin Crafts. Add ribbon ties for the perfect ring pillow!

Garter Projects:

• Lace Garter from the Do It Yourself Network. Also includes instructions for lace bridal shoe decorations!
• McCall's Crochet Bridal Garter from Crochet Partners

Handbags and Shoes:

• Dyeing Wedding Shoes from the Do It Yourself Network. Instructions for making lovely, "antiqued" silk wedding shoes for your vintage wedding!

Headpieces and Veils:

• Bridal Headpiece from the Do It Yourself Network
• Headpiece Projects from the Michaels.com website. Many lovely projects!
• Headpiece tutorial from Wen Hsu at Mareas Headpieces. 
• How to Make Floral Wreaths, Combs and Barrettes from Beverly's Save-On Crafts
• Ribbon How To's from the Offray Ribbon company. Make ribbon roses for hair ornaments! Also bow making instructions.

Unity Candles:

• Making Your Own Unity Candle from Suite101
• Ring Unity Candle from Your Wedding Company
• Two Become One unity candle project from Hobby Lobby
• Unity Candles from the Offray Ribbon web site
• Unity Candles from the Do It Yourself Network

Miscellaneous Accessories:

• Classic Beginnings Wine Bag from Ben Franklin Crafts. If you plan to serve wine at your reception, or to give bottles of wine as a gift, this is a nice project!
• Potpourri Favor, Ring Bearer's Heart, Guest Book from the Do It Yourself Network

Decorations:

• Balloon Art Recipes from the Party & Paper Retailer web site. Instructions for balloon arches and other balloon decorations
• Balloon Holders from CraftBits.com. Make your own decorative plaster anchors for helium balloon decorations
• Bows
  • Creative Wedding Decorations features a lovely pew marker bow. From the Do It Yourself Network
  • Floral bows from the Beverly's Save-on Crafts (would make nice pew bows!)
  • Basic Bowmaking Instructions by Angela at Elegance in Bloom. Includes yardage requirement chart for different size bows and very easy-to-understand basic instructions. Also see her Double Bow Instructions
  • Pew Bows from the Offray Ribbon web site\
• Chair Swag from the Do It Yourself Network
• Paper Cone Flower Basket from Victoria magazine. This is a lovely pew or chair decoration!
• Wedding Decoration Projects from Michaels.com
• Twinkle Tent from Country Sampler. Romantic-looking outdoor cake or gift table
• Tulle Pew Accents from Wendy
• Tulle Swag Examples from Wendy. Tulle can make inexpensive yet impressive decorations for your wedding! Includes instructions for how to make a twinkle light tulle swag!

Cakes

• Wedding Cake Projects from Michaels.com. Includes groom's cakes and cakes for bridal showers!
• Wedding Cakes from the Baking 911 website! Everything you need to know to make the perfect cake!
• Wilton Recipe Box, featuring over 30 beautiful and creative wedding cake projects, including their Cathedral of Dreams cake (perfect for a fairy tale, medieval, or Renaissance wedding), and a 3-teir wedding cheesecake!

Centerpieces:

• Classy Glass floating candle centerpieces from M.J. Designs (In PDF format - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). Supplies for this project can be found at many craft stores or in the craft departments of certain discount stores.
• Decorations Projects from Michaels.com. Includes many centerpiece projects as well as other wedding decoration ideas. LOTS of ideas!
• Fresh Rose Vase Arrangement by Glenna Morton, About.com Interior Decorating Guide
• Perpetual Blooms from Country Sampler (for use with hurricane lamps)
• Ring of Rosies centerpiece from Beverly's Save-On Crafts

Favors:

• Birdseed Rose Bud from Traditions Bridal and Formalwear
• Candy Wrapers from CraftBits.com. Use your computer and color printer to make personalized wrappers for purchased chocolate bars. Includes graphics to personalize!
• Favor Projects from the Michaels.com website. TONS of beautiful favor ideas!
• Honeycomb Beeswax Candles from i-Craft. An easy-to-make, popular favor idea
• Jordan Almond Favor Projects:
• Specialized Poems for your Wedding Day includes poems to use with various types of favors, disposable cameras, bubbles, bells, birdseed, etc. from the Ultimate Internet Wedding Guide
• Spoonful of Kisses from Make-Stuff.com
• Symphony Placecards and Party Favors from Ben Franklin Crafts
• Wedding favor library from Bliss E-zine
• Wedding Favour Soaps from CraftBits.com

Flowers:

• Preserving a Wedding Bouquet from i-Craft
• Flower Projects from the Michaels.com website. Includes beautiful projects for bouquets, nosegays, corsages, and boutonnieres
• Frugal wedding flowers by Rachel Schreckengast
• "Love Knot" Bouquet from Offray Ribbon
• Mother's Day Corsage from Ben Franklin Crafts. Not just for Mother's Day!

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