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Wedding Foot Jewelry

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I love DIY Weddings and brides who take on the challenge to make their weddings extra special and unique. I too was a DIY bride six years ago and up to this day, I still think it was one of the happiest days for a self-proclaimed crafter like me.

Having my little online shop gives me a great excuse to craft. Seriously! It’s like doing my favorite pastime (Crafts & DIY) and get paid for doing it! BLISS. Not only that, I get an excuse to do some wedding accessories that is unique and creative. I get all sorts of requests from the moss-green wedding ring pillow to really cool and unique bouttonierres.

Last week, I was asked to do a wedding foot jewelry or some call it Toe Thongs. Yes, bling for the feet. I guess this is great for Beach-themed weddings or even for photo shoots.

I made a simple Foot Jewelry made of rhinestone and clear crystal beads. The bride wanted something inexpensive so I opted for those kinds of beads and chose the rhinestone to make it look more elegant but not pricey.

I would definitely try making these foot jewelry again using some wiring techniques and some swarovski crystals. That will definitely look stunning. Meantime, what do you think about my first attempt?

If you’re from Cebu and would like some personalized wedding accessories, please LIKE us on Facebook Marryl’s

Blue and Fuchsia Wedding Cord + Matching Rosary

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Here are some picture’s of the wedding cord with a matching rosary that I made for a client based in Australia. Their wedding colors were dark blue and fuchsia. This is a special cord since I it’s another one of my firsts. I used crystals, stone chips, rhinestone and Pandora crystal balls.

A trademark for my wedding cords is that the center or tail of the wedding cord are detachable and can be used for other purposes. Most wedding accessories end up in your treasure chests and is long forgotten. I thought of the idea to make use of certain parts of my handmade creations to be useful and practical. This particular wedding cord’s tail can be detached and used as a beautiful bag charm. This is a beautiful reminder of your wedding day and you can take this with you anywhere.

I used Pandora balls in dark blue, silver and fuchsia accented with the couple’s initials in rhinestone. These crystals didn’t come cheap. But, I don’t scrimp on the materials I use.

The connector with rhinestones. I also used some stone chips which added a nice surprise texture to the usual oval or round crystals. I think those teardrop crystals are just gorgeous.

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The bride also requested for a matching rosary. I used teeny tiny crystals and fresh water pearls. I used a rhinestone cross for this.

These orders took a bit of time to complete since my other supplies took longer to deliver. Nevertheless, I think this is just gorgeous, isn’t it?

All of my creations are handmade, therefore, No two items are alike. That’s the beauty of handmade.

Please do visit our site Marryl & Lauren for more wedding essentials and handmade creations.

P.S. To Roue and Ilyne, may you have the most memorable wedding day on the 26th. Thanks for making me part of your wedding. I definitely enjoyed making these for you. Thanks also to Khendi of Wedding Errands Cebu for facilitating their order.

Vintage Rustic-inspired Moss Ring Pillow

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I couldn’t be more excited when I got an email from a follower a couple of weeks ago asking if I could do a rustic/country-inspired moss wedding ring pillow. I said yes in a heartbeat.

I’ve done one like this last year but had a ‘not so inspiring experience’ with the client and I figured it didn’t deserve any space here in my blog so that’s the history of me and moss wedding ring pillows, haha!.

But this time, I was very excited (too excited was more like it) and very inspired to make this. The bride-to-be just asked me to make a unique wedding ring pillow that is vintage-inspired and for an outdoor wedding.

Nothing says outdoors like this ring pillow, right?

I used jute twine to add to the rustic look. Since it was a wedding, I thought it’d be cute to add these teeny tiny kissing birds which were barely an inch in size. I also added some handmade items that I’ve made a week ago like the paper flower, the paper heart twine and the felt flower which added character to the moss ring pillow.

I hope the bride and groom will love this unique wedding ring pillow (will ship this tomorrow) that I made especially for them. I definitely enjoyed making it!

Love, love, love!

p.s. Please visit my little online shop Marryl & Lauren for DIY wedding essentials and everything Handmade.

DIY Tissue Paper Pompoms

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I’ve been making these tiny tissue paper pompoms with my four-year-old daughter. Some really tiny ones like these were here favorite. She helps me fold the tissues. With her tiny hands, the accordion folds are not perfect and she makes a mess alright :) . But that’s the whole idea, to get her involved and I enjoy making these really simple tissue paper pompoms with her.

Yesterday, a friend of mine asked me how to make them. There are lots of great tutorials online but I thought I’d make one myself with step-by-step pictures.

Here’s what you’ll need:

  • 4 sheets of 2 1/2 inches x 3 1/4 inches tissue paper of your desired color
  • strings or 26 gauge floral wire
  • scissors

Procedure:

Stack 4 sheets of tissue paper. If you prefer tiny ones like these to use as tiny flowers then use 2 1/2 inches x 3 1/4 inches of tissue paper. If you prefer really big ones to use for a baby shower or a wedding, you can stack about 8 sheets 20 inches x 30 inches of tissue paper of your desired color.

Make an accordion fold with 1/2 inch-wide folds, creasing with each fold.

Your tissue paper will look like this.

Trim the ends with rounded or pointed cuts (depending on the kind of flower/look you prefer).

This part you may skip but I find it more efficient and my pompoms looking prettier if I snip just a little bit off of the sides along the white lines.

Take your 26 gauge wire, wrap and twist like so. This picture didn’t show the snipped  center.

But this one is how yours should look by now.

Now separate the layers of tissue paper by pulling away from the center one at a time.

That’s it! Here’s the tiny and super easy tissue paper pompoms. Aren’t they the easiest and prettiest pompoms you can make?

If you’re making this and using my tutorial, I’d really appreciate it if you can post some of your work and give me a pingback.

Happy crafting, ladies!

-Marryl