The gazebo cost us $50 on eBay. The 19 yards of silk were $81.79 from OnlineFabricStore.net. I'll have to post pictures when we are done.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
diy chuppah
We're making ours. We bought a popup portable gazebo (see picture below), so it takes about 2 minutes to set up and is free-standing. We are replacing the fabric that came on it with an ivory silk charmeuse.
The gazebo cost us $50 on eBay. The 19 yards of silk were $81.79 from OnlineFabricStore.net. I'll have to post pictures when we are done.
The gazebo cost us $50 on eBay. The 19 yards of silk were $81.79 from OnlineFabricStore.net. I'll have to post pictures when we are done.
diy song cutting
How to Cut Your Own First Dance Song
September 29th, 2008 @ 3:05 pm by Mrs. Avocado
Ask and ye shall receive, my friends. It’s DIY week for me, and I couldn’t be more excited to share the following projects with you. I wish I had five, because that would a be a complete workweek of projects, and it’s just a nice number, but I only have four. I am busy, so I might not even get them all posted this week. But they are going to be good ones. Well obviously I think they are, or I wouldn’t be posting them. 
Let’s begin with my tutorial on how to cut your own first dance. Mr. Avocado and I will be dancing to “Meet Me By The Water” by Rachel Yamagata, but it has this 50 second intro we would have to wait through. Plus we don’t really feel like fox trotting around for four whole minutes.
Before you begin, you will need to download the program Goldwave.
You can find it here. It’s free for limited use (like cutting your first dance song!) and un-installs cleanly.
Your song needs to be in MP3 format. If it is in a protected format, burn it to a CD (choose the “audio CD” option using iTunes) and then re-import the song back onto your computer. Now you have your previously protected unusable song in MP3 format.
Open up the Goldwave program, and go to File > Open, then browse through your computer files to find the MP3 version of your song.
Your song will open up and look somewhat like this. The waves can look intimidating at first, but you just have to remember that whenever the sound is louder, the waves are larger. All of those really small waves at the beginning are what I want to cut out (it’s the 50 second intro).
On the far left and right sides there are blue bars. I clicked on the left side, held the mouse button down, and dragged the blue band over to the right so that everything I wanted to keep would be highlighted.
I then went up to the toolbar and clicked on the trim button (the yellow arrows are pointing to it). This will eliminate everything that isn’t inside of the blue bars and highlighted.
Now, the beginning started really abruptly and I needed to have it fade in. I grabbed the bar on the right side and dragged it over until it highlighted the area I wanted to fade in. I selected fade in on the toolbar, and presto! I had some beautiful fade in action.
After all of this work, I wanted the song to be even shorter, so I decided to take out all of her singing in the beginning. I dragged the blue bars from the left and right side to highlight the area I wanted to eliminate and hit the “trim” button again.
This left me with an awkward break, so I highlighted the awkwardness and used the fade out button to help tone the transition down a little.
Now my song was complete. I went to File, chose Save As, and made sure to put “First Dance” in front of the file name so I knew which song was the cut one.
This is what the original song sounded like:
This is what I came up with*:
I think it sounds really natural, and none of our guests will even know I did a little home doctoring to shorten the length (although I might cut it down even more, since I think it is still really long).
Did you attempt to cut your own first dance song?
Please leave any questions or concerns you might have in the comments, I wou
diy cake jewels
Cake Jewelry 101
Marilyn Monroe said it best, or should I say, sang it best..."Diamonds are a girl's best friend."
Wearing jewelry has got to be one of the best ways to glamourize an outfit. I mean, think about the red carpet: the stars are dressed to nines. Everybody asks them what they're wearing and, of course, they talk about the dress, the shoes, the bag and the JEWELRY. What better way to make a statement than to wear a bazillion-carat ring or cascading diamond earrings?
And when it comes to cakes, a little bit of sparkle can turn even the simplest cake into a show-stopping centerpiece. Surprisingly enough, I learned how to make cake jewelry from watching the Food Network. I was watching the Ace of Cakes episode, "Wedding Bells and Shotgun Shells." They were making a wedding cake for Sherri, one of the cake decorators at Charm City Cakes. Duff and his staff were stringing crystal beads through some fishing line and hung them on wire supports to stick into the cake. I must've watched that episode hundreds of times just so I could figure out how to make them. Thank goodness for TiVo! After a couple of tries, I finally got it.
Let's get started...
Here's what you'll need:
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1. Cut a piece of fishing line, about 4 inches or so, and string the first bead through.
2. Bring the two ends of fishing line together and string the second bead through both ends.
3. String the rest of the beads through.
4. Tie a knot at the end of the fishing line, but leave enough space on top to loop the wire through later.
5. Cut the wire to the desired length. Use needle-nose pliers to bend a loop at the end of the wire.
6. You can leave the wire straight or give it a curve.
7. Loop the fishing line through the end of the wire.
8. Wrap florist tape around the wire before sticking it into the cake.
Here's the finished product:
diy shoe ruffles
DIY ~ Blue Ruffle Shoes ~
Removable ruffles for your sandals
heels, flats, wedges, pumps, stilettos!
What you'll need ...
...try on shoe strap, stitch on velcro on back ...as seen here
Attach/velcro your ruffles securely onto toe & ankle straps
Voila!
....apologies for the hideous toes ...lol.
Wear them on your flat sandals too!
...the best part is that they don't have to be perfect to be perfect!
Make them as big or small as you like ...in any color!
diy pom-poms
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 From:  Joyous bursts of color dance above a table, imparting a cheerful radiance to a rehearsal dinner or casual reception. The dahlialike pom-poms appear to float in the air; in reality they are hung from the ceiling with monofilament. Echoing the vibrant hanging puffs, pom-pom napkin rings in citrus shades adorn each place setting. Square glass vessels in various sizes line tables. Covered in sunset-hued tissue (cut to size and secured with double-sided tape), they cast a soft glow. How to Make the Pom-Poms Hanging Pom-Poms 2. Fold an 18-inch piece of floral wire in half, and slip over center of folded tissue; twist. With scissors, trim ends of tissue into rounded or pointy shapes. 3. Separate layers, pulling away from center one at a time. 4. Tie a length of monofilament to floral wire for hanging. Napkin Rings 1. Stack four sheets of tissue. Cut a 10-by-5-inch rectangle, going through all layers. Make 3/8-inch-wide accordion folds. 2. Fold an 18-inch piece of floral wire in half, slip over center of tissue, and twist to secure. Trim ends of tissue. 3. Separate layers, pulling away from center one at a time. 4. Bend wire into a loop to fit around napkin, and twist end around loop to secure. 1.4/27/09 at 1:36 p.m. ETI think the napkin ring measurements are off. I tried exactly how it was stated and got a weird looking mess. When I changed to six 5x5-inch sheets, it came out looking exactly like the picture. Hope this helps! 2.4/02/09 at 10:10 a.m. ETWe are using ALL of these ideas at our wedding only instead of using glass vessels we are making them out of Vellum, and subbing real candles for battery operated candles. GREAT idea for a kid friendly wedding :) Believe it or not it's like having real candles...they flicker...giving you the class with out the cost or danger. you can find the battery operated candles at almost ANY dollar/thrift store 2/$1.00!!! GREAT money saver compared to all the craft stores!!! 3.4/02/09 at 10:10 a.m. ETWe are using ALL of these ideas at our wedding only instead of using glass vessels we are making them out of Vellum, and subbing real candles for battery operated candles. GREAT idea for a kid friendly wedding :) Believe it or not it's like having real candles...they flicker...giving you the class with out the cost or danger. you can find the battery operated candles at almost ANY dollar/thrift store 2/$1.00!!! GREAT money saver compared to all the craft stores!!! Planning Tools
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