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Especially when you keep changing your mind.
When trying on wedding attire, I was completely disgusted with the price of veils. A few yards of tulle, which I can usually find on sale for 50 cents a yard, selling for $65-100. It’s ridiculous. Besides which, I didn’t want a tulle veil, I wanted a chiffon veil, and I the only one I found was pure white (my dress is diamond white) and it was shorter than I’d like. So I bought 2 ¾ yards of 45” ivory chiffon for $13.75 and made one myself.
But I decided it wasn’t full enough. So I special ordered 108” off-white chiffon from a theatrical supply company. That cost $43, including shipping, (because I ordered almost 1/3 more than I needed, just to be sure.) That veil looks great, but it’s very heavy and not very “floaty.” It just kind of hangs there.
So when Belle linked to a wholesale company that sells silk in a crafting thread awhile back I was . . . interested. I just ordered a bolt of 45” 8mm silk chiffon. It will come to about $42, including shipping, which means I have now officially spent more than I would have if I’d just bought a veil in the first place. But it will be light! And floaty!
And it looks like I’m going to be selling unused wedding veils on e-bay.
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Yeah, my husband didn't want to pay $525 for a massage table. He made one for about $5000. But the good news is we have a table saw, a jointer, a planer, a scroll saw, 2 drill presses, 2 routers, and all the yodas that go with them. Oh yeah, the bench mounted belt sander and the 12" diameter miter saw. We haven't used any of it since Y2K. Not because of Y2K per se, just as I'm thinking about it.
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quote: Yeah, my husband didn't want to pay $525 for a massage table. He made one for about $5000. But the good news is we have a table saw, a jointer, a planer, a scroll saw, 2 drill presses, 2 routers, and all the yodas that go with them. Oh yeah, the bench mounted belt sander and the 12" diameter miter saw. We haven't used any of it since Y2K.
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Of course it costs more to do it yourself, there's the cost for all the fancy materials and tools you buy to do it yourself (of course you'll use them later!), and then there's the $200 you shell out for a complete handyman's guide (it wont just rot on the shelf dear, from now on we'll never have to call a repairman again) and then the cost of getting someone to come and take out the debacle you tried to pawn off on your spouse as an actual appliance as opposed to a poorly built piece of trash, and then the cost of getting someone to do it right, and finally the money you spend on therapy as a direct result of your entire family rising against you when you mention your plans to change that boring old guest room into a walk in closet.
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It's here! And it's floaty. I unrolled a few yards from the bolt and was twirling around the house with it. Beautiful fabric!
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I don't know why, but I love seeing people taking joy in something I don't really get. I can't see myself ever being excited by material, but I love the fact it can make someone so happy.
It's good that everyone is made happy by different things, isn't it?
Dagonee P.S., congratulations on finding your veil material.
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Keep at it Hobbes...Annie will let you know when you get it right... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the flirting, I mean....what did you think I meant?
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