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Vashti Singh

_ Contributing Writer
DO you ever feel like
the chime of wedding
bells is drowned out by
the cha-ching of the reg-
ister as you pay for your

. Fear no more, for there are
“cheaper alternatives to the
$300 designer sheet sect your
friends have put on their reg-

“Homemade gifts are not:
*. only more: frugal than their’
“: store-bought . counterparts,
‘they are also more personal.
"Make. sure you check out
What the ¢ couple registered for

first, if you plan on making
something for their home. By
doing that, you not only know
whether they prefer contempo-
rary or classic styles, but you
can also match what you make
to their patterns and colours.
For beginner or experienced
crafters alike, Jo-Anne Strub,
owner of North Shore Craft

‘Affairs, recommends painting

glass. An easy option is buying
a sct of plain martini or wine
glasses and hand-painting
them. The glass paint retails for
about $3.95 a bortle.
Simply pain: details on the
gees like olives on a martini
glass for instance. Put the
ainted glasses in the oven to
hea t-set the i paint and it will be

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permanently fixed on the glass.

“It’s really easy and makes a
beautiful, clegant wedding
gift,” said Strub.

She added that anything
that has the wedding date on it
is sure to be a hit. Decorating
champagne flutes with the cou-
ple’s name and the date of the
wedding will bring happy
reminders of their special day
whenever they use them.

Strub also suggested paint:
ing a simple bunch of gra
a plain wine carafe to dress it
up. Pair it with a set of match-
ing glasses and you have 3
unique and wonderful gift.

Edie Spears, manager of
Lewiscraft Capilano, suggested
that glasses can be etched as

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well. The look is stylish and
cost-efficient: “You could do a
set of glasses for under $20,”
Spears said.

Wedding dates and the cou-
ple’s initials or names can be
etched on flutes or a plague
too.

Dried flower arrangements
are also a popular wedding gift,
according to Spears. The wed-
ding couple can use them for a
centre picce or as an arrange-
ment to brighten up a bath-
room. ~
_ Wreaths for the front door
and swags are also favoured do-
it-yourself gifts.

padded wedding album. Just
find some fabric and face.
Spears said that the ume it takes
to make a wedding album can
vary from an hour to a weck,
depending on how much detail
crafters want to give to it.

If that scems a bit more
involved than you can handle,
buy or make a picture frame
and put your wedding invite-
ton in it. This standby is not

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A quick trip to a fabric store ,

can provide you with the mate-
fials to make a _ one-of: a-kind

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