Comments on: How to make Handfasting Cords http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides Fri, 25 May 2012 20:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Paul Grech Celebrant http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-2#comment-138903 Paul Grech Celebrant Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:29:43 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-138903 Hi everyone, I am enjoying reading everybody's input on this subject. I am a Sydney based Celebrant and I have been getting a few inquiries lately on Handfasting Ceremonies and I need to learn about the the whole proceedure myself.. Can somebody tell me how I tie an Infinity knot?? Thank you Paul Grech Celebrant Hi everyone, I am enjoying reading everybody's input on this subject.
I am a Sydney based Celebrant and I have been getting a few inquiries lately on Handfasting Ceremonies and I need to learn about the the whole proceedure myself..
Can somebody tell me how I tie an Infinity knot??
Thank you
Paul Grech Celebrant
]]> By: shadowblind http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-1#comment-138778 shadowblind Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:20:39 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-138778 That is so cool! I'm definitely going to give that a try. That is so cool! I'm definitely going to give that a try.
]]> By: Suzie Holmes http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-2#comment-136756 Suzie Holmes Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:14:53 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-136756 Thanks for this brilliant tutorial. My handfasting will be August 18, 2012 :) and this was very helpful. Blessed Be. Suzie Thanks for this brilliant tutorial. My handfasting will be August 18, 2012 :) and this was very helpful. Blessed Be. Suzie
]]> By: Jacklyn http://offbeatbride.com/2009/05/diy-handfasting-cords/comment-page-2#comment-136281 Jacklyn Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:22:45 +0000 http://offbeatbride.com/?p=2186#comment-136281 So beautiful. we're planning our ceremony in October and i cannot wait for us to create our own cords. After I read it. I text my Fiance' and told him that he gets to create his own. It made him smile " the man loves to craft" Again They were so beautifully made. So beautiful.
we're planning our ceremony in October and i cannot wait for us to create our own cords. After I read
it. I text my Fiance' and told him that he gets to create his own. It made him smile " the man loves to craft" Again They were so beautifully made.
]]> 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.

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