Wedding accessories are an integral part of festive ceremonies and creating the image of the groom, bride and witnesses. Such trifles can be purchased in specialized stores or salons, made independently or made to order from the master, according to their preferences, the theme of the event and the color scheme.
Creating wedding accessories with your own hands is not difficult, but work requires attention and perseverance. A big plus of such work is collective creativity. You can tinker in a big company: having gathered all the friends, the bride organizes a thematic creative bachelorette party.
Wedding Accessories List
The list of necessary wedding trifles is large, but each bride adjusts it depending on the planned ceremonies, the number of guests and the theme of the wedding. So, the following accessories are necessary for the image of the bride:
- Hair jewelry (wreaths, hairpins, combs, hairpins).
- A boutonniere bracelet on hand matching the wedding bouquet.
- Garter.
- Bouquet-understudy.
- Scarf for the ceremony of removing the veil.
For the groom you need only a boutonniere brooch on a special mount or pin, a bow tie or tie. Witnesses need boutonnieres; if desired, you can add an exquisite hair ornament or brooch to the image of your bridesmaid.
Handmade wedding accessories in the image of the bride and groom are a great addition to the festive outfit. Decor masters put a piece of warmth and love into their products, so they are truly soulful. Such products are durable and, with proper care and care, will become a reminder of the main family event.
List of accessories for organizing a celebration:
- Car decoration (compositions on car handles, hood and roof).
- Paper products (invitations, seating cards and layout).
- Accessories for the photo shoot (tablets, badges, wigs, soft toys, voluminous paper numbers and letters).
- Rose petals (artificial or from natural flowers), bags for them.
- Mini boutonnieres for free guests.
- Towels.
- Gift Box.
- Baskets or other containers for collecting money with the words "for a boy", "for a girl."
- Cushion for rings.
- A set of candles "Family hearth."
- Bonbonnieres and filling for them.
- Diplomas, medals and small souvenirs for competitions.
- Wedding champagne.
- Wine glasses.
- Sets of colored sand for the ceremony.
- Redemption kit.
- Flower bracelets for bridesmaids and flowers for friends of the groom.
DIY wedding champagne
The creation of this accessory is limited only by the artist’s imagination. First you need to decide on the materials and type of decor. Modern brides give preference to removable floral decorations: they look spectacular and, if necessary, are easily separated from the bottle. Here are some options for decorating your own wedding champagne.
Decoration of satin ribbons and slanting inlay
To make jewelry you will need the following set of tools and materials. It is noteworthy that everything you need can be bought in a needlework store, you do not need to spend a lot of time searching for necessary things in different outlets.
- Satin ribbon and slanting in tone to the design of the celebration.
- Glue gun and hot glue.
- A bottle of champagne (1 or 2, depending on the destination).
- Clay "Crystal Moment".
- Scissors.
- Decorative elements: paper or fabric flowers, beads, rhinestones, etc.
Stages of creating jewelry:
- The first step is to measure the oblique inlay on the bottle, put on a piece on the section where the narrow part goes into the wide, put the ends of the tape on top of each other and cut off the excess. Glue the ends together with glue “Moment”. The length of subsequent segments must be adjusted according to the dimensions of the wide part of the bottle, applying segments and fastening in the same way as the first. Finish on half a bottle.
- The decor of the bottom. A few millimeters from the bottom, glue a piece of oblique inlay, wrapping the bottle in a circle. Continue laying until the middle, until the tape completely covers the bottle, decorate the back joints.
- Decoration. On finished bottles, you can attach compositions of small flowers, complementing them with beads and rhinestones.
Wedding rings on the car
This accessory is harder to make. It will take a lot of time, materials and tools. First you need to find a wedding ring blank, and this is not easy. Mostly in stores they sell already decorated options, with toys or compositions of artificial flowers. If you could not find a blank, then you can make a wedding decoration with your own hands. To do this, you need a corrugated plastic pipe from a plumbing store and a satin ribbon. Having bent the pipe in the form of rings, it must be securely fixed on a heart-shaped stand made of polystyrene foam and covered with tape. The rings are ready, the next stage is decoration. For him, you will need the following:
- Satin ribbon, 2.5 and 5 cm wide.
- Suckers.
- Artificial woven flowers (large buds) and greenery.
- Soft toys (optional).
- Glue gun and hot glue.
- Decorative elements (beads, berries, rhinestones).
To create wedding rings on a car with your own hands, you must be guided by the following instructions:
- Cover the workpiece support with rings with a 2.5 cm wide satin ribbon and fasten to the bottom of the suction cup.
- On the upper part of the heart, attach flower buds to glue in random order, diluting them with inserts of artificial greenery. If necessary, supplement the composition with decorative elements.
- Set soft toys or dolls in the center of the decoration and attach to the base with hot glue.
Wedding invitations
Perhaps this is the most important accessory, it is with it that the preparation of a solemn and exciting event in the life of the bride and groom begins. Modern invitations are original, masters offer assistance in the production of video and photo invitations, wooden cards, etc.
The paper version is an ageless classic that costs much less than creative ones, and it’s very interesting to make wedding cards with your own hands. To do this, you need a set of materials and tools:
- The basis for a card made of designer cardboard.
- Design paper with a pattern or embossed pattern.
- Printed invitation paper.
- Double-sided tape.
- Decorative elements (flowers, beads, rhinestones) optional.
On the inner wall of the blank for the invitation, fix the sheet with the text using adhesive tape. On the outside, place elements cut out of designer paper, and decorate the empty space at your discretion with the prepared decor. Doing wedding cards with your own hands is not difficult, the main thing is not to overdo it with decorative inserts so that the invitation does not turn out to be bulky.
Bridal hair accessories
Properly selected jewelry will emphasize the beauty of the bride and complete her festive look. Everything is important here, from color to size and shape. It is necessary to choose the right material. Let's take a closer look at creating a wedding hair comb with woven flowers and decorative elements. Necessary materials:
- Metal comb.
- Glue gun and hot glue.
- Hard felt or felt heels.
- Small and large flowers made of fabric in two shades.
- Nippers
- Beads and other decorative elements to match the colors.
- Greens.
Stages of creation:
- Glue felt circles on top of the metal blank - this is the basis of the composition, they will hold floral decor.
- Separate the flower buds from the stems - their number is governed by the size of the comb and the wishes for the volume of the future product.
- Gradually try on all the components, stick the first, largest flower, add greens. Fix the rest of the flowers, alternating in color, supplement with beads, berries and leaves.
- Inspect the composition, fill empty spaces with decorative elements.
It’s easy to create wedding accessories with your own hands, it’s enough to look through the detailed master classes and clearly follow the instructions given, give free rein to imagination and evaluate the result.
Wedding accessories for the bride
On such a significant and solemn day, the bride should look amazing, even the little things must be chosen with taste. When choosing materials for creating accessories, it is necessary to take into account the general style of the wedding - they should not stand out against the general background, but complement it. Creating wedding accessories for the bride is an important and painstaking work, and you will have to work hard to get the final result pleased.
Boutonniere bracelet for the bride
Most girls choose for the image just such an option for decoration, moving away from the standard buttonhole on a pin. Basically, it is made to match the wedding bouquet and boutonnieres of the groom. To create a wedding decoration with your own hands, you can use the remaining materials prepared for the decor of the comb.
- A piece of satin ribbon 1 cm wide in white (2 pcs.).
- Glue gun and hot glue.
- Felt heels.
- Artificial greenery and fabric flower buds.
- Decorative berries and beads.
The first step is to prepare the basis for fixing the flower arrangement. To do this, stick the felt heels in the center of the tape on both sides. Then arrange the flowers and greenery, making up an approximate version of the composition. Next, glue all the components on the hot glue to the base, fill the empty spaces with decor. Do-it-yourself wedding accessory is no worse than a store!
Accessories for a wedding photo shoot
Photography is a repository of memory, so you need to prepare accessories for the photo shoot, they will make the pictures original, and the shooting process is exciting and fun. The simplest option for decorative elements are tablets, hashtags, frames, smiles, hearts and other paper products.
It’s easy to make accessories for a wedding photo shoot, for this you need a good matte photo paper or high-quality designer cardboard, a printer and a little imagination. Pictures for printing can be found on the Internet or made independently in a photo editor. Printed templates must be cut and secured with glue on sticks for balloons.
Handmade wedding accessories are an interesting solution not only for the photo shoot of the bride and groom, but also for the bridesmaids, children and other guests.
Volumetric elements for a photo shoot
The most difficult to manufacture, time-consuming and financially expensive accessories are voluminous numbers and letters made of cardboard and corrugated paper. The creation process includes three stages: assembling a cardboard frame, preparing elements for decoration, decorating the surface of the frame with paper pounds. To make a wedding accessory with your own hands you will need:
- Corrugated cardboard.
- Glue gun and hot glue.
- Italian-made corrugated paper.
- Printed paper template of the right size.
- Scissors.
- A pen.
Stages of creation:
- Circle two parts of the letter on cardboard, cut out. To give volume between the sides of the blanks, glue a strip of cardboard over the entire part of the letter.
- Prepare paper pounds: cut the corrugation into 3x3 cm squares, put a pen or round stick in the middle of the workpiece, and lowering the edges slightly, lower them down.
- Glue the bolts on the front side and sides of the frame, glue the lower part with paper, for stability.
A great wedding accessory is ready!