The Story Behind the Bridesmaid Robe.

A wedding day is one of the most important days in a women’s life. They are coming together to marry the person that they love. The people that are their for the brides are there amazing friends, and bridesmaids. You would do anything to thank these girls, and show them how much they mean to you.

When my cousin was planning her wedding, she really wanted to give her bridesmaids things that would help them remember the wedding day. This gift was also for her to say thank you to them for all that they have done for her. So what did we do, we hit the Internet. We wanted something that they could use on the wedding day, and be able to have a special photograph in.

We found these beautiful robes, with the bridesmaids name on it and the wedding date.  These beautiful robes cost $85 dollars each. My cousin had 10 girls in her bridal party. So these amazing robes would cost her $850. Now that doesn’t seem like a lot, but when you are planning a wedding you want to save as much money as possible in anyway possible. To save some money we decided to make these robes ourselves.  We went to target and we found these beautiful coral thin robes; we paid around $70 for all 10 robes. Then we made our way to Wal-Mart and we bought our sleeves iron on sparkly letter, which cost us $15.  We went home and placed the letters onto the robes where we wanted to have them. We decided to write the words “Bridesmaid” and “Maid on Honor” a long the back. After deciding on where we wanted to have them, we took the iron to the robes. After ironing on the letters we wrapped the robes up and gave them to the bridesmaids. These robes cost us a total of $85. That was the equivalent to buying one of the custom robes online.  

Moral of the story is that if you try hard enough, you can save money buy doing things yourself!

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DIY Funfetti Candle Video

Follow this video on how to make your own Funfetti Candle! 

Have your room smelling like delicious cake all day!
Just beware: you may be disappointing visitors when they think that you’re ‘actually’ baking a cake! Enjoy!!!

Easy Crafts: Funfetti Cake Candle

The funfetti cake is a staple in every grocery store; everyone at some point in his or her life has tried this delicious cake. Everyone loves coming home and smelling freshly baked treats, well why not come home to smelling you favourite cake all the time!
This DIY room project candle is an easy craft to make and most importantly it costs less than $10.00 to do! All the supplies you may need to buy are at Michael’s or most craft stores.

What you need:

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• Waxed wicks
• Hot glue gun
• Corn syrup
• Water
• Small paintbrush
• Rainbow sprinkles
• Soy wax/ cupcake scented wax
• Measuring cup

Once you have collected all the ingredients you can begin to make this delicious candle!

1. Hot glue the wicks into the mason jars
2. In a bowl mix the corn syrup with water and coat the inside of the mason jar with the paint brush
3. Holding the jar horizontally add a spoonful of sprinkles and rotate the jar slowly covering the jar in sprinkles
4. Melt the soy wax with the cupcake scented wax in a double boiler then pour the wax inside the mason jars once melted
5. Store in the freezer until wax is completely solid

Now you may be skeptical but this actually works. Once created you can enjoy the smells of freshly baked funfetti cake all the time! Just beware: you may be disappointing visitors when they think that you’re ‘actually’ baking a cake! Enjoy!!!

What is your favourite candle smell? Comment below!

Handmade Jewelry – Stylish Bangles for Less than $1

Jewelry is a great thing to have to accessorize any outfit and make it look ten times better. But what happens if you don’t have the right jewelry to match an outfit? That’s no problem because there is a thing called handmade jewelry.

A good example of a situation where handmade jewelry came in handy for me was when I went to a “Tight and Bright” event with my friends. I had my outfit which was full of bright, neon colours. However, I felt as though something was missing. I checked the dollar store for some cheap jewelry, but there was nothing that really caught my eye. So instead, I decided to buy a few dollar store items to participate in some jewelry making of my own. 

(Collier, 2012)

I bought some plastic bracelets and brightly-coloured mason line. I then wrapped the mason line around the bracelet. Once the bracelet was wrapped, I cut the string and clued the ends onto the bracelet with craft glue. I ended up making four different neon coloured bracelets that went perfectly with the outfit that I was wearing to the Tight and Bright event.

The lesson I learned at the end of my jewelry making adventure is that making handmade jewelry is very resourceful, especially when you can’t find the exact item that you’re looking for in store. Have you ever tried to make cheap jewelry? If so, how did it turn out?