A Blissful Creation

Thank you!

2012-05-10T19:34:00.001-04:00

Thank you for the prayers and well wishes for my son. He is doing GREAT!!   God has blessed us in this whole ordeal and I'm so happy to say he is recovered and doesn't seem to have any lasting issues.

it's amazing how fast he has healed!

Thank you everyone :)

I'll be in touch with everyone as usual starting tomorrow.   xoxo

Victoria Joanne

NOTICE

2012-05-02T18:50:00.003-04:00

As some of you may know, I am running a bit behind schedule with emails and a few orders are delayed by a couple days.   Some I had estimated to ship out by last week and a few by this week.   Most of the orders have been completed and were shipped today. But there are still a couple that I am currently working on. I am hoping to have all orders with shipping dates of this week to be out by the end of this week.

My son had a very bad biking accident. He was unconscience, and lost his memory. After being rushed to the ER in an abulence they decided to keep him overnight.   I stayed in the hospital with him. We have been going to special doctor visits yesterday, today and again tomorrow which are an hour drive each way.   This is taking a large bite out of my creation time. this is the reason for the delay.

Thank you in advance for your understanding in this matter.

This is the reason why I always schedule all my orders to have an estimated shipping date of at least a month before their "needed by" date.    All the orders that are scheduled to ship within the next few days have dates in June.   So even though there is a bit of a delay everything still has plenty of time to arrive.

Please pray for my son to get well soon. He will be off from school for probably close to 2 weeks... Has some brain injury and facial trauma, not too sure on anything else at this moment.

Moms Contrabution to a Georgeous Keepsake

2012-03-28T13:49:00.000-04:00

This spactacular wedding garter was created using the lace from my clients wedding dress. She sent it to me to make an ultra special keepsake for her daughter. Her ivory lace was married with my ivory satin, pink threads and bows to result in a beautiful garter that will be cherished for probably generations. I sewed 6 dozen Swarovski crystals by hand. Since the names and date were in pink, we decided that adding some pink crystals with the clear/white ones would be lovely. It turned out to be gorgeous.

Chalk this on up to another wedding garter I find hard to ship off, cause it's so beautiful I wish I could keep it for myself ;)

If you would like to place an order for a specialty custom crystal garter - you may click the link below.
Order Your Crystal Garter

If you are One of Victoria Joanne's wonderful Clients - Please send in some of YOUR Wedding pix to be shown off here!! Don't forget to include a "Bride with her Garter" Photo as well.

Custom Wedding Garters is 11 years young and blessed

2012-02-10T12:26:00.000-05:00

I can't beleive it has been 11 Years since I made my first official Hand-Crafted Creation for a client.

How far things have come from that first little creation I made back in 2001. The first 8 Garters that follow were some of the very first garters I ever made. Such a far cry from the amazing things I have ventured into over the past decade. Creations for Celebs were great but I think my favorite thing to do is custom embroidery creations. They are completely creative. Check out a few of the items I have highlighted from the recent years. After making over 15,000 Hand-Crafted Creations, I would say the details and quality has grown along with my business.

THANK YOU GOD for blessing me in this endevor I have chosen to undertake.

~*~*~*~*~ THEN ~*~*~*~*~

~*~*~*~*~ NOW ~*~*~*~*~

Kendra Wilkinson's Wedding Garters

Model - Lindsay Clubine's wedding Garter from the game show
"Deal or No Deal"

Model -
Katie Cleary's Secret Hiding Place garter for holding money or ID when out at the club.

custom Wedding Garters and Dress tag created for the TLC couple who had a Hawian wedding which was supose to be featured on "Battle of the Wedding Designers" . Unfortunately this particular episode of the wedding show never was aired for reasons I have no Idea of. But never the less I did still create this beautiful set.

Swarovski Crystal Luxury Wedding Garter - You can see more Lux Garters here.

Paint-broidery Portrait I creted of myself. All totally custom made with my hand and eye. First Sewn and then painted to add highlights and shadows. Original photo is below.

"HOPE" Pillow Created for a Breast Cancer Fundraiser. Beautiful Swarovski Crystals, beads, faux pearls and rhinestones sparkle and shine all over this beautiful creation.

Stylish peacock inspired ring pillow with a monogram embroidered under the tail feathers of the male and female birds as they are cuddled in a beautful peacock pattern that was custom created by my hand and eye.

Lovely scroll design with a monogram in the center. Shown is a matching set with a Pillow, Scented Sachet and Dress tag.

Firefighter creations. Flame band garter and pillow along with a fun fireman embroidered pillow.

Custom Embroidered peacock creations. Dress tags and a garter to match the previous pillow.

Skull Pillow custom embroidered on black satin. Fun skull garter with crystal hearts hanging.

Beautiful wedding set. Created with material from the brides wedding gown and bridemaids dresses. real Peacock feathers adore the garters and pillow along with custom embroidery.

Wedding Garter and dress tag created from from material of the brides mothers wedding dress. This is truly a one of a kind and very sentimental creation.

Three fun wedding garters. One for the Dallas Cowboys fans, another for the Canadian/American wedding union and the third for the S.T.A.T.E Police force.

The fun Bond inspired wedding garter. Great stuff is possible with HCC :)

Gorgeous custom embroidered dress tag. This Label has two colors for depth and character. This is a very large tag and would make a beautiful addition to some kind of home decor after the big day.

And this isn't even IT! There is so much more - but I can't possibly show you.

Happily Ever After for the princess

2011-12-13T14:00:00.000-05:00

Once upon a time there was a pretty gal who wanted to have a beautiful wedding full of wonder, sparkles and magic. She had her wedding planned from the most amazing decorations, delicious food and her royal wedding attire, all the way down to the very last detail - her undergarments.

Everything was just about perfect... the only thing missing was her garter. She new it must be something so special that it would bring a tear to her eye.... so she did what any bride would, she asked her Fairy-god-mother to send her the link to the perfect wedding garter designer. Immediately she was sent through cyberspace to the HCC Princess Garters, and then to the Swarovski Crystal Lux garters, where she found the garter of her dreams. It wasn't the exact color she wanted but she knew that Victoria, the dream garter designer, would make the perfect garter especially just for her, totally custom made from scratch. Victoria created the beautiful princess wedding garter shown below. She sent it off to her princess bride who was so elated when she saw all the beautiful crystals sparkling and shining so bright. Her prince groom removed the garter after their marriage and they cherished it in their memory shadow box and everyone lived Happily Every After... :)

The End... Or I should say it was Just the Beginning!!!

Custom MSP Embroidered Garter

2011-12-07T13:51:00.001-05:00

Plane with wings and S.T.A.T.E letters embroidered - embroidery design was custom created by Victoria Joanne special for her client. She can create any custom embroidery that you give her if YOU have the right to. If you made a picture and want to have it turned into a sewn embroidery pattern it is possible! Totally cool.

The Canandian American Merge

2011-11-12T09:19:00.001-05:00

When the bride and groom are each from a different country it's a merge of the two! My lovely bride who ordered this special Country N' State Garter set wanted a garter that represented both Canada and the USA, so we came up with the design shown here. The toss garter was a simple red satin band without any lace - just two flag pins and a white ribbon loop. The keepsake garter was specially made with red and white on the left and a custom made embroidery design of the red maple leaf. The right side of the band has the red, white and blue of the USA. It's embellished with white and silver lace and Swarovski Crystals.

How great it is when you can have at least one item that represents the two of you as one. Having a Custom Wedding Garter created to represent each of you is the perfect way of doing so without being overly eccentric in your wedding design. Since the garter is such a private and hidden part of the bridal wear, it can easily be the one "over the top" item without ever impacting the feel of your event. Classy, traditional, or ultra modern... what ever your wedding style, a custom garter can be WHAT EVER YOU WANT!

(toss garter is style 01, Keepsake is style 06 with embroidery and crystal upgades)

If you are One of Victoria Joanne's wonderful Clients - Please send in some of YOUR Wedding pix to be shown off here!! Don't forget to include a "Bride with her Garter" Photo as well.

I Wish You All the Best

2011-11-10T12:21:00.000-05:00

What a crazy year 2011 has been. So many changes, one of which was moving into another home! It's been quite the adventure. I'm so happy to say that we have almost gotten to the end of this year and a fresh new year is right around the corner.

I wanted to wish all my lovely clients the best as all of you come closer to your special days. some of you have already tied the knot!! I hope your day was perfect. Some are tying the knot this very weekend. My best wishes are with you! And some of you won't be walking down the aisle until way off into the Summer or Fall of 2012... but no matter what, you all have one thing in common. You have become one of the special HCC brides and I'm so honored to be able to serve you all.

If you are One of Victoria Joanne's wonderful Clients - Please send in some of YOUR Wedding pix to be shown off here!! Don't forget to include a "Bride with her Garter" Photo as well.

Beautiful Monogrammed garter designs.

2011-11-09T14:58:00.000-05:00

Beautiful Monogrammed garter designs. All the stylish satin garters shown are style 01. You may add on just your 3 letter Monogram or include your date on the back as well. Either way your wedding garter will be a super special momento to save from your Big Day.

Swarovski Crystals make it shine

2011-09-13T13:41:00.000-04:00

Swarovski Crystals are some of the most beautiful embellishments a wedding garter can have sewn on. They sparkle and shine with such brilliance. It's no surprise that so many brides choose to add them to their special garters.

Scroll down to see a couple garters that have been created with crystals.

It can be as simple as one single Swarovski Crystal heart sewn in the center of your bow...

Or it can be extravagantly sewn all over the lace and ruffles. It's all up to you.

If you are interested ordering a Specialty Swarovski Crystal garter or simply adding on 1 dozen crystals to your custom wedding garter you may do either. All custom garters can have a dozen crystals added on if you don't want a full blown Luxury Crystal garter.

If you are One of Victoria Joanne's wonderful Clients - Please send in some of YOUR Wedding pix to be shown off here!! Don't forget to include a "Bride with her Garter" Photo as well.

LYG more and more

2011-08-20T11:59:00.000-04:00

Love your garter even more
adding a Monogram to your wedding garters makes them truly YOURS! check out all the various Monogrammed Garter Designs.

Love Your Garter

2011-08-10T11:45:00.000-04:00

Something Blue, just for you. With a touch of ivory... makes it feel a bit more traditional. add the monogram and you have the perfect keepsake.

Monogrammed wedding garters

Ready To Sell !

2011-07-15T14:59:00.000-04:00

We are MOVING! But first comes the painting, staging and DIY projects to make this place sparkle.

Wow - check out the amazing Fireplace suround / mantel !! I have posted the pix at my HCC blog.

http://blog.hand-craftedcreations.com/2011/07/custom-diy-in-at-victoria-joannes-home.html

When your Hot, Your hot - Fireman garter

2011-06-09T10:58:00.000-04:00

Check out this great Fireman wedding garter. Created for my client who got married back in March! You could have a cool (or should I say HOT) firefighter themed garter too. Check out the fireman themed garters at my Custom Wedding Garter Portolio here.

Fire and Flames and Classic Fireman

If you are One of Victoria Joanne's wonderful Clients - Please send in some of YOUR Wedding pix to be shown off here!! Don't forget to include a "Bride with her Garter" Photo as well.

NYPD 524 - it's all about Love

2011-05-30T10:14:00.000-04:00

Check out the recent custom garter order that was created for one of my New York Police Department brides. It has the NYPD dept letters & number embroidered with a Heart between them.. It's all about love. The wedding will be in July and I'm sure will be a day to be remembered. This special garter with the embroidery on the front and the Date on the inside of the back will be the perfect momento of the special day.

You can place your order for a style 02 wedding garter like this too. Simply go to the shop and find the style 02 garter and add it to your cart along with the personalized lettering upgrade.

http://shop.hand-craftedcreations.com

If you are One of Victoria Joanne's wonderful Clients - Please send in some of YOUR Wedding pix to be shown off here!! Don't forget to include a "Bride with her Garter" Photo as well.