Beautiful Bridal Accessories You Can Make

Here's a smart, sophisticated solution to the high cost of store-bought wedding accessories. Jacquelynne Johnson shows you how to make an incredible variety of personal adornments for the bride, wedding party, friends and family.

Inexpensive and easy-to-make with simple embellishing techniques and a glue gun, each of these 22 step-by-step projects can be customized to fit your style. And while most projects are no-sew," those requiring a little needle and thread can be mastered in minutes.

You'll also find helpful hints for preserving your flowers, gown and other keepsakes, plus helpful wedding and etiquette tips. It's all the advice and inspiration you need to make that special day unforgettable!

Projects include:

• Wearable accessories, including bridal veils, headbands, shawls and handbags
• Creative embellishments--add beads, ribbons, craft flowers and lace to store-bought items such as gloves, shoes and hosiery
• Wedding accessories, including a ring pillow, flower girl basket, unity candle and toasting glasses
• Gifts and keepsakes, including memory quilts, a keepsake box and a wedding portfolio

Beautiful Bridal Accessories You Can Make

By Jacquelynne Johnson

For every bride frustrated by the exorbitant costs and uneven quality of available wedding accessories, this book provides a smart, sophisticated alternative! Jacquelynne Johnson shows how to make a wide variety of elegant (and highly affordable!) personal accessories for the bride, wedding party and attending friends and family.

Readers will find 20 fun, fabulous projects inside. Each one is inexpensive and easy-to-make, using nothing more than simple embellishing techniques and a glue gun. And while the vast majority are "no-sew," those requiring a little needle and thread can be mastered by beginners in minutes.

Projects include:

-Wearable accessories, including bridal veils, headbands, shawls and handbags

-Creative embellishments--add beads, ribbons, craft flowers and lace to store-bought items such as gloves, shoes and hosiery

-Wedding accessories, including a ring pillow, flower girl basket, unity candle and toasting glasses

-Gifts and keepsakes, including memory quilts, a keepsake box and a wedding portfolio

Each project is illustrated with clear, step-by-step photographs and instructions--all the information readers need to create a memorable, magical wedding at half the cost!

Jacquelynne Johnson has been a seamstress for over 30 years. She has been creating custom bridal dresses and accessories for private clients for 15 years. Johnson also teaches sewing classes at area recreation centers. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Library Journal

Handmade accessories add a special touch to the wedding day and are a great saving on expenses. Johnson, a professional seamstress of custom bridal dresses and accessories, provides information on wedding materials and projects including decorated bags, gloves, and table ornaments. Projects are graded by difficulty, and many involve embellishments to purchased items such as shoes. Excellent photographs of each step enable prospective brides inexperienced in this type of work to have professional-looking results. Highly recommended for public libraries. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.