Do Your Own Wedding Hair

Some brides feel that having their wedding hair done professionally is an absolutely must. However, hiring a stylist costs money, and it requires a lot of coordination and planning before the big event. Many brides opt to do their own hair, and the results can be just as good. If you have a solid plan and a talent for styling, you have what it takes to do your own wedding hair. Does this Spark an idea?

Make a Wedding Bouquet With Silk Flowers
Wedding bouquets are an important part of the overall ambience of the wedding ceremony and portraits. The flowers add color and beauty to the gowns. You can make wedding bouquets for attendants and the bride from silk flowers. A silk bridal bouquet is a keepsake to display for years to come. Silk wedding bouquets can be made well in advance of the wedding. This can help spread the work out over a period of time. The mother of the bride or another family member can help the bride with this pre-wedding project.

conduct a wedding rehearsal
Getting ready to walk down the aisle? You may want to practice before the big day!

Mail Merge Wedding Envelopes in Word
Save time addressing your wedding envelopes with Microsoft Word. The mail merge wizard in Word walks you through each step so you can address your wedding envelopes the way you want. In fact, you can match the font, colors and design to your theme. The mail merge works for any envelope, including custom sizes. Your addresses print directly onto the envelopes, so you won't have to straighten crooked labels or stick them on manually. You'll need an existing address list of your guests' names and addresses on the computer.

Make an Afternoon Wedding Elegant
Conventional wisdom suggests that those weddings that take place in the afternoon are not as formal as those weddings held later in the day. You do not have to compromise elegance for formality, however. Elegance is more about style, and modern brides have several ways to make these semiformal weddings a sophisticated affair to remember for a lifetime. The very fact that your wedding will be more understated than a traditional, formal ceremony can often lend to its elegance.