texted by Jaime Valdes-Riench
Hello so we meet again, and share another adventure in this
renewal of vow journey. Today I wanted
to talk about something that is pretty real when it comes to any event.. the oh
so loved… wardrobe malfunctions.
Not everything in the planning process is going to go
smoothly, even for a wedding planner. I
do have to admit that with my experience and easy attitude to our ceremony
there are far less challenges. (remember
second time around is far easier and we do not have guests to coordinate with).
In our case, I did want to share with you a few challenges though
and how we over came them. I hope it
helps at least someone!
Jorge’s attire:
For those of you who know Jorge, he is a big guy, but a bit
on the shorter side. This always makes
for challenges with choosing dress clothes.
We have found now that getting Jorge a slender fit, French cut dress
shirt is best. With him naturally having
a larger neck and shoulders, he is able to get a smaller size and it fits is
body and neck well all at the same time.
It took a few tries to figure this out, but by going to an actual tailor
or professional suit store for men gives us the guidance we really needed. This also means it is important to plan
ahead! We needed time for tailoring of pants, etc. or we would not have had it
in time. Jorge is just not “off the rack”
type of person. Who knew this time all the
tailoring went to the groom and I AM off the rack type of person so my dress
was pretty much easy, breezy.
For my challenge, it was my veil! I had purchased it online from a reputable
store and it was well made and beautiful.
It didn’t however fit the way I wanted it to though. The veil was too small to cover my face AND
have the flower in the back of my hair.
SO, my wedding planner / crafty side came out! I remade it. I would love to show you how!
My Veil:
1.
I first
removed the flower and veil from the hair comb.
Since I had to cut away the netting I had to toss it. It just wasn’t the depth I needed it to be.
2.
I put the
comb aside since I would use it again for the new veil.
3.
I purchased more Russian Tulle to make a new
veil (Russian Tulle is a the correct netting for a bird cadge veil because of
its wide holes and because it is finely woven).
4.
I followed these steps to make a new veil:
a. First
measure your head and add 4 inches. Cut
the veil to that length. If you want a
veil that the comb sits at the back of your head above your bun and still
covers you face you will need at least a width of 18inches for the Russian
Tulle
b. Fold
the piece of netting in half and cut an angle 5inches from side that is the
back toward the outside edge and on angle where it is about half way deep on
the outside edge (in my case 9 inches down from the top). This allows for it to make more of a bonnet
shape. If you do not cut these angles
you will have 2 large empty pockets on the sides. Trust me, it doesn’t look pretty (sometimes
I work on trial and error unfortunately).
c. Do
a running stitch threw all the joints from the sides, around the back, down the
other sid edge to edge. There should
only be the front edge of the veil that is not stitched.
d. Pull
the thread of the running stitch so the veil’s stitches scrunch together. It will look sort of like a bonnet now.
e. Attach
the scrunched seem to the comb. I did a
running stitch again to attach it to the comb and sandwiched the seem in white
ribbon to hide the edge of the sewed netting.
With a little hot glue tuck the edges of the ribbon under in order to
have no seems showing (finishes the look nicely).
f.
Add a small appliqué if you desire. I chose one because the veil will sit above
my bun and it will give a lovely accent to my up-do.
After the veil was complete, I
took the lovely feather flower and glued it to a hair clip. I finished all edges with white ribbon to finish
the look there as well. I now am able to
first put the flower at the back of my head to the side of my bun and have a
removable bird cadge veil. This is far
more practical actually because for dinner, after our ceremony, I can still
have the lovely flower, but the veil will not be in my way because I can remove
it!
So all in all, sometimes these “challenges”
are hidden gifts. It does takes a bit of
time, imagination and hot glue.. remember hot glue fixes EVERYTHING.. (just
kidding).
Cheers and pictures to come after
we return!
