It's all about the accessories.

I have had so many great ideas, reading magazines and books, about making jewelry and headbands. Well, finally today, I put that knowledge to the test. I crafted for hours and hours on my day off, and it was glorious.
I made these first couple of bracelets out of items leftover from making my wedding dress.

This piece was leftover from the belt I made for my dress. I used vintage green velvet ribbon to tie it together.

This scallop is actually quite beautiful leftover from my train. The lace I used was the last bolt from the designer. It was so wonderful to work with and very forgiving.

This headband was wrapped in another belt I tried to use to add to my wedding dress that ended up failing. So, I wrapped it around the headband and hot-glued on a brown feather and applique. Can't wait to wear this one to school this year.

In case you missed it, or really, I just want to show it off again, along with my hubby, here is my wedding dress.

That's right. We are flexing our muscles outside of the wedding chapel AFTER we got married. It takes a lot of strength to take the leap, and I am thankful every day I did it with Bri.

Oh yeah, this is the back of my dress and the only shot we got of it. Actually, my mother-in-law, B.J. took this picture, thank goodness. See the beautiful scallops on the dress.

One more, so you can see the puddling of the train. Loved it. Oh yeah, that is my brother-(Adam) and sister-(Miranda)in-laws. They are sweet, and by the way, have the cutest kids ever.

I would wear that dress around cleaning my apartment, if I could!

Back to the accessories.

This is a sleeve from a black dress shirt that I decorated to make a cool wristband. These buttons were given to me when my Grandma Sally passed away. She had some pretty cool pieces.

This was made from the other sleeve of the black dress shirt, and tulle leftover from the underskirt of my wedding dress was used to highlight it.

I wanted you to see that on the bottom inside of my dress, Bri picked out a trim that looks like coins, since we were going to Vegas.
Bet 1 for bad.
Bet 2 for good.