Beads Lace and Yarn for Weddings
One of the biggest themes for this winter s once again going to be the white wedding. It might be more correct to say that these are cream or off-white weddings. However unlike last season where everything was very medieval this season everything will be very Victorian in nature. You can expect to see gown in shades of oat, caramel and cream and decorated with pearls and lace. Crocheted items and knitted flowers are also part of this wedding fashion trend as are shoes and hems embellished with fine embroidery. Boots too can be embellished with fine stitching.
This is left over from the trends towards more romantic and frilly weddings which was a really hot t a few years ago. The hot colors then were the browns, golds and blood reds. This current look is more delicate and fairy like in nature. The gowns are very much like something you would see in a neo-classic painting.
Glamorous touches of lace and seed pearls carry over into everything including the tablecloths, flower vases and the slipcovers for the bride and groom’s chairs. Even the wedding flowers on the table can include plastic strands with seed pearls at the ends mixed with pale colored blossoms.
Even your wedding invitation can be decorated with white velvet ribbons, pearls, lace and bows made of yarns. You can also give your wedding menus the same kind of Victorian treatment by decorating them with velvets, beads and laces.
As for yarn a couple of performance artists recently made the news when they knitted everything for the wedding including the bride’s dress and the groom’s suit. Every object was a masterpiece of knitting and looked like a fair imitation of gifts and things that you would normally find at a wedding.
This innovative also asked their guests to submit knitted gifts so that everything could be included in a book that they are going to publish called “The Knitted Wedding.” Curiously everything that was knitted was done in white yarn so that this couple could have a white wedding that was completely made out of yarn.
If this idea appeals to you in any way the knitting patterns for all kinds of amusing wedding related objects are posted online. You can download Microsoft word documents that contain directions for knitting such things as flowers, doves, candles, buds, leafs and even sandwiches. These can also be embellished with lace, creamy satin and velvet bows and seed pearls.
Even if you do not relish the idea of doing your entire wedding in yarn you might enjoy adding a few knitted touches to your celebration to give it a unique touch. Of course you don’t have to do this wedding all in white. You can do the lace and bead theme in another color such as light pink, lavender or even yellow!
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