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Luau Themed
Homemade Custom Accents
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Bamboo
& Raffia Card Hut Instead of a boring card basket or wishing
well, we wanted something unique and themed to collect
our small wedding gifts. It only took a few hours to
complete this bamboo hut with a grass roof using 5' of
bamboo flowerbed edging, a
raffia hula skirt, and a few pieces
of scrap wood. The cards were inserted through the front
door and the roof is removable to access them later. This "artifact" now
resides in our Tiki Bar as decoration. (I receive a lot of requests for the plans of this project. We
made it up as we went along, so there are no plans. If you would
like to make one, you will need the aforementioned items, plus a
table saw and/or miter saw, screws, and a glue gun.)
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Handmade Bamboo
& Raffia Hut |
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Handmade Bamboo
Picture Frame |
Bamboo
Picture Frame & Guestbook In lieu of a guestbook, we
wanted to have our wedding guests sign the mat that would later
surround our wedding picture. After searching a few stores for a
bamboo picture frame to no avail, we decided to make one ourselves.
Starting with a cheap, thin 18" X 24" frame, we used hot glue to
attach large pieces of bamboo to the front and sides. To cover the
gaps, we placed a stalk of thin bamboo down the center of each side.
To hold it all in place, we tied raffia around the corners. We had a
mat custom made to coordinate with the bamboo and the wedding color,
then inserted a sign to instruct the wedding guests as to what to do.
The finished product now resides on our Tiki Bar wall.
(If you'd like to make a bamboo picture frame, I would highly
suggest finding one already made. We've broken 2 panes of glass in
this frame trying to get it all together, not to mention the
painstaking task of splitting bamboo for the initial construction.
Click here to find one on eBay.)
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Cake Serving Set
decorated with Starfish & Beads |
Handmade
Wedding Jewelry I had a little extra time
"project" and came up with the idea to make my
own jewelry. To the right are my necklace and earrings
featuring cowry shells, a starfish, and blue beads on
hemp.
Hand Decorated Cake Serving
Set
Just to tie it into
everything else, a knife and cake server with pearl
handles, adorned with starfish, hemp, and beads.
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Bride's Jewelry |
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