Comments on: How to make Handfasting Cords http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:34:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angel http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-2#comment-128061 Angel Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:18:34 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-128061 This is great & very helpful. My handfasting is this January & we're def going to make our own cords now! Thanks so much! This is great & very helpful. My handfasting is this January & we're def going to make our own cords now!
Thanks so much!

]]> By: Plantz http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-2#comment-115221 Plantz Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:09:32 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-115221 I getting married on the 24th and my husband to be wants to have a handfasting at the ceremony. He was actually the one who sent me the link to this thread because I was lost on how to make the cords. Seeing the steps you took to make yours really helped. We decided to do one cord but used both our favorite colors for the ribbon, red for me, blue for him, and white to tie in with the wedding. He suggested that we each take an end and we buy funky shaped beads that represent us. Since he is a big miniatures gamer… We even drilled a whole through a pewter model to use as one of his beads. We ended with the same blue glass heart. We ended up with a very bright set of handfasting cords that were very ''us''. I love how they represent us together and individually. Your explanation on how to make them really helped us figure how to put what we wanted together. (I'd post a photo but have no idea how.) :-) I getting married on the 24th and my husband to be wants to have a handfasting at the ceremony. He was actually the one who sent me the link to this thread because I was lost on how to make the cords. Seeing the steps you took to make yours really helped. We decided to do one cord but used both our favorite colors for the ribbon, red for me, blue for him, and white to tie in with the wedding. He suggested that we each take an end and we buy funky shaped beads that represent us. Since he is a big miniatures gamer… We even drilled a whole through a pewter model to use as one of his beads. We ended with the same blue glass heart. We ended up with a very bright set of handfasting cords that were very "us". I love how they represent us together and individually.

Your explanation on how to make them really helped us figure how to put what we wanted together. (I'd post a photo but have no idea how.) :-)

]]> By: erin http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-2#comment-104606 erin Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:42:32 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-104606 Ohh ok. You know I did look at it again and realized they were seperate. So yeah I like that idea so that way we can each hold a cord and bring them together at the ceremony. We always wanted handfasting in the ceremony ever since braveheart. So I like the seperate idea its similar to them holding eachothers cloths :) Thank you so much for the inspiration! Ohh ok. You know I did look at it again and realized they were seperate. So yeah I like that idea so that way we can each hold a cord and bring them together at the ceremony. We always wanted handfasting in the ceremony ever since braveheart. So I like the seperate idea its similar to them holding eachothers cloths :) Thank you so much for the inspiration!

]]> By: Evita http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-2#comment-104582 Evita Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:24:48 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-104582 They are two cords that we used together, making one semi-fat cord. It's really up to you as to how they are tied. You can have yours tied around you first and then his, or like us, having them together and then tied. This is a shot of us from behind while we were talking with friends and family after the ceremony: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38016153@N03/3638588932/in/set-72157618780161283 And one of Steve making the knots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38016153@N03/3638587982/in/set-72157618780161283 The Flickr group I linked to is also a great source of inspiration. They are two cords that we used together, making one semi-fat cord. It's really up to you as to how they are tied. You can have yours tied around you first and then his, or like us, having them together and then tied.

This is a shot of us from behind while we were talking with friends and family after the ceremony:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/3…8780161283

And one of Steve making the knots:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/3…8780161283

The Flickr group I linked to is also a great source of inspiration.

]]> By: erin http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-2#comment-104572 erin Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:22:24 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-104572 Hello, I was wondering how the middle looks. I see you have four ends. Did you each make you own cord and unify them in the middle somehow? I would like to have two ropes and four ends. One rope to represent me amd one to represent him, but Im having a hard time trying to figure out how most people connect them. I have not found a pic of the whole piece they are always wrapped up. When uniting the ropes should they be touching or is connecting them good enough? Thank you so much and sorry for all the questions. I do better with seeing then reading sometimes. :) Hello, I was wondering how the middle looks. I see you have four ends. Did you each make you own cord and unify them in the middle somehow? I would like to have two ropes and four ends. One rope to represent me amd one to represent him, but Im having a hard time trying to figure out how most people connect them. I have not found a pic of the whole piece they are always wrapped up. When uniting the ropes should they be touching or is connecting them good enough? Thank you so much and sorry for all the questions. I do better with seeing then reading sometimes. :)

]]> By: Laurel Y. http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-2#comment-98844 Laurel Y. Thu, 26 May 2011 14:03:37 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-98844 I shopped for furniture fabrics online and found gorgeous pre-braided thick cord in our wedding colors (pink, sage green, cream), then anointed it with Handfasting oil from Twilight Alchemy Lab (also purchased online). Tip: frames designed for a graduation photo and tassel are great for displaying the cord with a handfasting photo. Ours hangs over my altar. Here are examples of the frame I mean: http://www.framingachievement.com/certificateframes_FA10.htm The cord shows in the "window" designed for the tassel. I shopped for furniture fabrics online and found gorgeous pre-braided thick cord in our wedding colors (pink, sage green, cream), then anointed it with Handfasting oil from Twilight Alchemy Lab (also purchased online).

Tip: frames designed for a graduation photo and tassel are great for displaying the cord with a handfasting photo. Ours hangs over my altar. Here are examples of the frame I mean: http://www.framingachievement.…s_FA10.htm The cord shows in the "window" designed for the tassel.

]]> By: Stephanie http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-1#comment-91806 Stephanie Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:01:10 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-91806 typically the cord is slipped off between the ceremony and reception. Its tied kinda lose so that you can do this without untying it.... don't want to do that. lol. My officiant tied it real loose during hrte ceremony and imediately afterwards tied it more securely and then slipped it off our wrists. We left it setting on our table for the rest of hte afternoon until we left. typically the cord is slipped off between the ceremony and reception. Its tied kinda lose so that you can do this without untying it…. don't want to do that. lol. My officiant tied it real loose during hrte ceremony and imediately afterwards tied it more securely and then slipped it off our wrists. We left it setting on our table for the rest of hte afternoon until we left.

]]> By: Evita http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-1#comment-91771 Evita Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:14:49 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-91771 There are no absolutes as to how long you have to keep your hands bound. Most people slip theirs off just after the ceremony. I don't think you'll have a problem. :) There are no absolutes as to how long you have to keep your hands bound. Most people slip theirs off just after the ceremony. I don't think you'll have a problem. :)

]]> By: Evita http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-1#comment-91769 Evita Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:12:58 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-91769 Which charm you are interested in? Which charm you are interested in?

]]> By: Kelley http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-1#comment-91761 Kelley Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:43:23 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-91761 So, I'd love to a handfasting, but I've come up with a problem, how would you do a father daughter dance at the reception?? I wouldn't want to untie the cord, but it would make for awkward dancing? any suggestions? So, I'd love to a handfasting, but I've come up with a problem, how would you do a father daughter dance at the reception?? I wouldn't want to untie the cord, but it would make for awkward dancing? any suggestions?

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