Chuppah and Ketubah design

Iterfaith - I;m th catholic.

We are not doing 'tipical' florist, I'm an artist, and so is she (the florist) and - And artist friend of mine wil be puting them together. Without the florist: I don' t know where to begin (she already said she had no chuppah's) - I got lots of posts of going to florists.


Should hand make mine? (are their any rules)?

If so, does antbody have any 'blue-prints', Please post, I'm an artist, and would LOVE to make this. I just don't know where to start.

Are their any speccifics I should know about?

A lumber yard?? And how big does it have to be?

Thanks from me - the clueless bride!

It's me again!
I scanned a picture of my sister's Chuppah so you can get an idea of another option...
The posts were hammered into the ground,
you can also make a base for it...
We got all the stuff at Home Depot...
except for the fabric!

Here's a thought that involves less building -

Choose four people that are very close to you to hold the poles of the Chuppa. This way you're not hammering anything into the ground. A traditional Chuppah only requires four poles and fabric. ETA: You should, of course, make sure that it can cover everyond who needs to be under it - talk to your Rabbi about that. What many artistic brides do is they'll decorate their own fabric with embroidery or paint their own designs on it. My MOH had hers painted on silk by a professional artist - it was beautiful. The artist put all sorts of symbols of their relationship on it - Music, RIT (college where they met), etc. and tied it all in beautifully. For more reading on this I recommend The Everything Jewish Weddings Book. I've also heard that 'The New Jewish Wedding' by Anita Diamant (I'm more sure of the author's name than the title, but the title is CLOSE) is good. Diamant is a very famous Jewish Women's writer.

As for your Ketubah, designing it yourself may prove tricky, as I would guess you've never had any training in writing or reading Hebrew. Maybe if you framed and matted the Ketubah provided to you by the Rabbi, and then you decorated the mat?

If there's anything else I can do to help, just let me know!

Rachel