| If you are like most brides, you will invest a lot of | | | | your bridal gown for your daughter, niece, or |
| time and money on finding the perfect wedding | | | | granddaughter. Note: Remember to have your |
| attire. Bridal jewelry, a wedding gown, shoes, and | | | | gown properly preserved.o Use your wedding |
| a bridal bouquet are all components of a bride's | | | | gown to make a small decorative pillow or two.o |
| wedding attire. Every bride wants to look beautiful | | | | Cut a swatch of material from your bridal gown |
| on her wedding day and sacrifices a lot of money | | | | to use in a scrapbook or photo album.o Purchase |
| to do so. After spending thousands of dollars on | | | | a special doll or teddy bear and use your bridal |
| your wedding, how can you make the most of it | | | | gown to make a doll sized version for it.o Dye |
| after the wedding is over? There are many | | | | your wedding gown another color to wear to a |
| creative ways that you can repurpose your bridal | | | | formal event. |
| jewelry, gown, and bouquet. | | | | Reusing Your Bridal Bouquet for sentimental |
| Reusing Your Bridal Jewelry and getting the most | | | | purposes:o Preserve a portion of your bridal |
| out of it:o Wear your bridal jewelry when you | | | | bouquet to place inside of a scrapbook.o Preserve |
| celebrate your first anniversary.o Wear your | | | | your wedding bouquet and display it in your home |
| wedding jewelry to your child's wedding.o Save | | | | using a shadow box.o Have your wedding bouquet |
| your bridal jewelry for your daughter, niece, or | | | | professionally pressed and rearranged in a picture |
| granddaughter to wear on her wedding day. Note: | | | | frame. Hang the frame in your home and keep as |
| Be sure to store your bridal jewelry properly. | | | | a family heirloom. |
| Swarovski bridal jewelry should be stored in a | | | | The bridal business is a multibillion-dollar industry. |
| soft jewelry pouch or box. Be sure to keep it | | | | The average cost that couples spend on a |
| away from excessive heat.o Allow your sister or | | | | wedding is nearly $27,000. Repurposing your bridal |
| best friend to borrow your bridal jewelry for her | | | | attire makes the money spent well worth it. |
| wedding.o Save your wedding jewelry for your | | | | Creating tangible memories with your bridal |
| daughter's senior prom. | | | | jewelry, gown, and bouquet holds sentimental |
| Reusing Your Bridal Gown to relive the moment:o | | | | value. Whoever said that the bride's wedding |
| Have your wedding gown remade into a | | | | attire is only for her wedding day? |
| christening gown for your son or daughter.o Save | | | | |