The Budget Bride ideas for favors and decorations

So you are trying to come up with cute but elegant ideas to decorate the church and your reception but your money is limited. Here is a cute and simple way to make the ribbon rose. With the ribbon rose you will be able to use this rose for your church and reception hall. To start you will need a wide ribbon that is 1 and ? inches wide and has wire made in it . The first step is that you will need to make a knot at one end of the twenty two inch ribbon. At the opposite end, you will need to poke out wire from one side. Loosely gather ribbon along this wire down to knot. Do not pull to hard as it could snap. Continue gathering until the entire side completely is ruffled and curling naturally. Now leave the wire end free and do not cut it off. Step two is to form a rose by holding the knotted end in one hand and begin to spiral the gathered ribbon around the knot loosely with the other hand. Wrap tightly at first to form a rose bud then continue wrapping lightly so that it flares out and acquires an open rose effect. The third step is at the end of the ribbon, fold the raw edge down to meet the gathered edge . Next you will need to secure it by wrapping some wire around the knot tightly and catching the free end and cutting the end off. Now adjust the petals to create a desired rose effect. The last step is to form the leaf. Now for the leaf you need a strip of ribbon that is 1 ? inches wide with wire in it . Now fold each end diagonally and center it . Next fold each side towards the center again forming a point and gather the bottom end and wrap with wire to secure .What is nice about the ribbon rose is that you will be able to use the colors that you want for your wedding when you make them .

Now for a simple but elegant favor idea. Try to give your guests at the reception little wedding bells made out of soap . The materials that you will need will be the soap, and molds that have wedding bells shaped in them. You can get soap from your local craft store or order online . First melt the soap in the microwave for 20 seconds per square or use the melt and pour soap packets from the craft store. Next once your soap is melted pour into the mold. Now make sure that you pour these only half way and let it set for 1 minute. Now add same tiny items of your choice into the soap before it has cooled down. Then fill the rest of your mold with the melted soap pouring over your items. Your little items can be bell charms . Now let the soap set and then pop them out of the mold. Next put them in tiny gift boxes to give to your guest as your favors. Now here is where you can use your imagination by using some soap coloring to add your favorite color to the soap

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