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Fashion Will You Be My Bridesmaid Do It Yourself Cards Ideas

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Do It Yourself, or DIY, wedding projects allow you to create your own personalized favors and touches that can be applied in any way you can imagine on your special day, for a shower, a party or whenever. All you need are some basic items and a little creativity.

These positively fabu Fashion Will You Be My Bridesmaid Do It Yourself Cards Ideas are a have-to-have. Use your colors, your theme, your fabrics. They're glorious, not to mention, totally personal. Your besties will love them. We have lots more DIY project ideas here and more Will You Be My ideas here.
Supplies:
note cards: 4bar folded cards in Luxe Fino Cream (pack of 20=$5.25)
scrap piece of cream cardstock (4x5 inches)
sewing machine Xacto knife glue double sided tape or adhesive tulle patterned or colored paper (for dress tops)
thread adhesive pearls

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1: Cut out dress bodice from patterned or colored paper and adhere it to the front of the card.
2: Using the Xacto knife cut out the skirt part of the dress, leaving the top waist intact. Pop the skirt away from the card.

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3: Cut tulle to about 6x8 inches. Using scotch tape, tape the tulle to the inside of the card above the waist of the dress.

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4: Using a zig-zag stitch, sew the tulle to the card where the bodice meets the skirt. This will adhere your tulle and create a little belt for your dress.

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5: Remove the tape, pull the tulle through the skirt and trim it, using the shape of the skirt as your guide.

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6: Embellish with an adhesive rhinestone.
7: Adhere a piece of cream cardstock to the inside of the card to hide the back of the dress and give yourself more writing room.

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The super adorable Lori Ruedi of Paper & Thread shared this darling Fashion Will You Be My Bridesmaid Do It Yourself Cards Ideas with us. Lori took a little road trip up to the WC Headquarters West Coast to show us what to do. Rani Lu also stopped by to snap all of the photos, thank you Rani Lu. (: Paper & Thread and Rani Lu are preferred members and proud sponsors of The Wedding Chicks.

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