Non Traditional Unique White Wedding Gowns

It may be "a nice day for a white wedding," but more brides than ever are looking for non-traditional, unique wedding dresses. Does this mean you have to get rid of the white wedding dress? Not at all! In fact, you can find many non-traditional wedding dresses that come in shades that are close to white without being stark.

One of the best reasons to look at a shade of off-white for your gown is that, in all honesty, pure white isn't flattering to most skin tones. In fact, very few women look their best in a bright white gown. There are lots of flattering options available for unique wedding dresses if you look at other colors.

If you have very fair skin, consider what is called a "warm white," which is a deeper shade of white that has a touch of yellow in it that will warm up your skin and add a bit of color to your face. If you're sallow or have an olive complexion, look for "cool whites," which have a pink undertone that will balance out the yellowness of your skin. Popular cool shades are champagne and rum white. You can find many non-traditional wedding dresses in these shades.

For skin that is prone to flushing or has a pink or blue undertone, it's best to look for creamy shades of ivory. The touch of yellow in an ivory gown will tone down the ruddiness of your skin. Eggshell white is one of the softest, lightest shades of ivory and is very popular for weddings. A deeper shade is candlelight white, which has a lovely glow under candlelight.

If you have dark skin, you're one of the lucky few who will look good in almost any shade of white, so if you want a unique non-traditional gown, you have lots of shades to choose from. To add some interest, look for a gown with unusual touches such as a lace overlay in a different color.

If you want even more color in your wedding gown, consider a wide, colored sash that contrasts with whatever shade of white you've chosen. You can also find unique wedding gowns embroidered with silk threads in just about every color imaginable. Putting the colored accents close to the face, perhaps around the neckline, will add color and relieve white a bit.

If you want to take a chance and wear an even more non-traditional, unique wedding dress, think about wearing a gown that has no white at all. Soft pastels such as powder pink, sky blue and sage green are all lovely for afternoon weddings. If you're having an evening wedding, consider a gold or silver gown. These non-traditional wedding gowns will look extremely elegant in any setting.

If you choose a non-traditional, unique wedding gown, you have two options for the flowers. You can contrast by carrying a romantic, traditional silk flower bouquet for a touch of tradition or you can ask a professional to create a sleek, unusual bouquet that fits the dramatic fashion and color of your gown. Using silk wedding flowers is a great way to make sure your flowers matching perfectly - you can send the company a swatch of your dress material and they will match it exactly with one of the hundreds of shades of silk flowers available.

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Unique Anniversary Gifts - Learn to Stay Away From Traditional Anniversary Presents

Year in and year out I have seen people flip through the pages of a gift book, looking for unique anniversary gifts. I have some bad news people, you just are not going to find it in there. Those are for the traditional anniversary presents, and you really need to learn to stay away from them.

First off, traditional anniversary presents are tacky, and boring to the point of uninspired. Those magazines you flip through are designed to have simple gifts, for the simple giver. They could blindly pick something out, give the gift, and move on with their hum drum lives.

If this is you, then here are a few reason why you need to learn to stay away from traditional anniversary presents:

- it might be re-gifted. You might even get it back. I've seen it happen, so don't say it won't happen to you.

- getting the pained look of fake joy on their faces as they think of how to get rid of this thing as fast as possible.

- finding it in the garbage, and either having to ask them about it, or knowing it's there, and leaving it at that.

- asking them about how they liked the gift, either a bizarre story about how it was lost or borken, or how they love using it, and then telling you a story about it, and you realize they don't even remember what you got them.

Those are only 4 possibilities on what might happen if you try to give them something from a cold, lifeless book. Didn't you ever wish someone else would find something unique for you? I know you do, I feel the same way. Why would they, if you won't? That is the question you really have to ask yourself.

So now that you've learned to stay away from traditional anniversary presents, and to buy only unique anniversary gifts, the next thing you need to know is where to find them. That's easy, look for a professionally, hand crafted, artisan product. You will not find anything more unique anywhere else. Since it is handcrafted, it can never really, truly be replicated. Think about it, wouldn't you want a unique gift?

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Christmas! Probably the one occasion in the year when, cake decorator or non cake decorator, you will have a go at creating your own cake! It could be a novelty cake or Christmas themed cupcakes, a traditional fruit cake with a frosted snow scene or something a little more adventurous!

You may choose to stay traditional or go contemporary with a more modern design.

Check out websites or browse the shops for readymade decorations, or simply buy a few cutters to do it yourself! From boards to boxes, santas to snowmen, snowflakes to stars and robins to reindeer, you are spoilt for choice!

If time is limited just buy an iced cake, add some claydough Christmas characters and finish with a decorative Christmas ribbon around the side, and hey presto! Job done!

However, if you have the time and wish to create your own design, look online or in books and magazines for inspiration, and get those creative juices going! To help you on your way, look at tins, cutters and moulds to plan your design, followed by plenty of glitter, sprinkles and sparkle!

So why not try some or all of these yourself, or with the children:-

Collect together some blocks of ready coloured sugarpaste and have a go at some simple models of santa, snowmen, snowballs, a tree or a penguin.

Buy a claydough reindeer with sleigh, santa with parcels and a log cabin, and create a story of santa delivering his parcels!

Make a snowy scene using clear glitter flakes, add a few snowflakes with an easy to use snowflake plunger cutter, followed by a sprinkling of glitter dust!

Simply ice a cake (or buy one!), spray it with a lustre colour and tie it up with a decorative Christmas ribbon as a parcel - what could be simpler!

For a small individual cake, why not bake a cake in a baked bean or sponge pudding tin and transform it into a candle. Cut out holly leaves, make a few berries and decorate the candle!

If you fancy having a go at a more intricate design:-

Look at stencils or moulds to create a design with flair!

Be dramatic! Cover your cake with dark blue for a sky, cut out stars with a star plunger cutter and colour them silver. Place on cake and on wires, and just add nativity figures.

Make a Christmas tree using a tree tin, cover in green sugarpaste, then have fun decorating it! Make tree ornaments, streamers and baubles with plenty of glitter! Or just add sweets and chocolates!!

Make your own bauble! Create the design with crimpers and straight frill cutters in colours of your choice.

Buy cupcake cases and use cutters, moulds or stencils to make an array of Christmas designs. These will be popular with the children!

Whatever you choose to make, have a very happy Christmas!

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