Free Printables Wednesday!

Before I began to DIY my own wedding; I searched and scoured the net for tidbits and tips. I came across hundreds of free printables created by other bloggers, artists, crafters and wedding planners.

 

Yes completely FREE.

 

How awesome is that? Below are a ton of links to some amazing freebies and printables! Happy Printing!!!

 

Bridal Musings

 

Printable Weddings

 

Wedding Chicks

 

Offbeat bride - 80+ Wedding Printables!

 

Martha Stewart Weddings

 

Elli Blog Fabulous Freebies

 

lia griffith freebies

 

Ruffled Blog

 

Behance.net

5 Free Sample Invitations - Thank you David's Bridal

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David's Bridal has a wide selection of invitations for any wedding event. If you weren't aware you can also order 5 free samples to see the quality yourself and to get inspired for your own invitations!

What do you do with your wedding dress, after its all over?

Since my wedding in June I have been going over and over in my head as to what is next for my dress?

So here are my options:

1. Get it professionally cleaned. Box that up.
• AKA Let it sit for years and years in my closet, unless I guess I decide to wear it as a Halloween costume or want to get hitched again? (haha just kidding Kyle) Or wait to see if my kids would want to wear it if and when they decide to tie the knot? Highly unlikely.
2. Make art? 
• Use a piece from it and adorn a canvas? Or display some portion of it in a shadow box. Place the entire dress in a shadow box? Make jewelry out of a part of the dress (although this option seems like you are destroying the dress too)
3. Trash the dress.
• I've seen really creative ways that ladies have chosen to destroy their dresses; like jumping off docks, paint-balling, four wheeling, you name it and it can be done! But for the amount of money, sheer waste and in the name of the environment I don't think this route is for me.
4.  Create new items for other special occasions.
• There are places that will turn your dress into a christening gown or you can have your dress turned into lingerie. There are also trends to make fancy garters for your possible future children to wear keeping the whole "something old". The ideas are endless!
5. Donate.
• There is a great organization called The Brides Project located here in Toronto, ON. They accept donated wedding dresses from all over and in turn sell the dresses at approximately half the retail price. All of the profits are then given to cancer charities such as the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, The Terry Fox Foundation, The Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre etc. By the end of 2014 they are projecting to raise over half a million dollars to charities.

I will keep you posted!! Where will my dress end up???

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Pretty Petals & Trinkets - My wedding Bouquets

Before I went into my wedding creating hiatus - and didn't post for quite sometime. I believe I posted a sneak peak of some fabric flower making! Here are more photos of the process that went behind making the bouquets. I used various fabric, brooches, findings/pendants and even mixed in a few purchased flowers that I found at Ardene's, who would have thought!

 

Creation Process

 

 

 

Final Product