Friday, January 16, 2009

Veil Making for Idiots

As I've probably mentioned before, I'm the volunteer costumer for Tech Savvy High School. This spring's musical is The Wedding Singer. I just got the email saying what props I could start on ... a wedding veil, a bridal bouquet, and a fake wedding cake.

I have never made a bridal veil before, so I'll be documenting this step by step.

Step One:

Locate a headband.

My inspiration is from the wedding veil-headband worn by Laura Benanti in the Broadway production of The Wedding Singer.
(not my picture, taken from the http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatarerecords/144101843/ page)

I finally found this at Claire's Boutique:


And ripped the flowers off to make this:
I'm saving the flowers, in case I need to fashion a boutonniere.

There's enough fabric for me to wield a needle and attach the veil, which will be in our next installment.

3 comments:

Jess said...

My suggestion for the wedding cake is a few round boxes (or similar, fashioned from cardboard) some white acrylic with a brush, and "frosting" detailing with puff paint. If you've not yet become acquainted with the joys of puff paint, welcome to the fold. I'm fairly sure that puff paint is the second coming.

Kate said...

Thanks for the idea! I was thinking of round boxes, but was stumped on the frosting.

I've been trying to leave comments on your blog, but I've been having a difficulty. :(

Jess said...

Diffuculty? Sad Christmas! Technology defeats us again.
Yeah, puff paint solves all my problems. You can get it at Michaels, and its cheap and available.