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Visiting with my MOH (who is also amazingly crafty) and we finished decorating the jars of jam we are giving away at the wedding.
Does anyone have any experience doing a DIY buffet for dinner?
Hi everyone! As I am planning my wedding, I have realized that I am one of the least creative people I know. My colours are Navy, grey neutrals, and greenery. I am stuck with what my centrepieces can...
Ladies.. 21 days left and need ideas for bridesmaid gifts. thinking of like a "gift" basket idea just what to put in it
Wanted to share some of my DIY progress over the past couple weeks! I finished up the menu board, welcome sign, seating display, and the card box. I just bought the gold letters from Michael's for the...
Hey fellow brides! I’m just wondering what everyone is doing in terms of decor for their wedding. I’ve been diying/plan on diying a lot of the decor but am interested to know if others are also going...
Hey guys! So we finally booked our date, but we’re planning our own wedding since we aren’t very religious people & don’t want the big fancy wedding. We’re sticking to a Fall Themed wedding, at a...
I'm so excited by these! My FH is a welder and there were some off-cuts from work that were just going into trash, so he brought them home and showed me his wicked-awesome idea for centrepieces! He's...
I’m looking to make something like this. I want an A-frame arch made out of PVC then I’ll spray paint it. I can’t find any ideas that aren’t made from wood (I’m avoiding all things rustic and going...
Hey all looking for some input on my centrepieces. This is my first proto type. Still need to figure out how to add some lighting into it. Thoughts?
Does anyone have any experience with any of the online OR in-city flower wholesalers? I'm DIYing my own wedding and I am so lost on where to get the flowers from at a decent price. My family members...
Fresh flowers are expensive, so I am tending towards doing my own bouquet, 3 small bridesmaid bouquets and 8 simple centerpieces. I found a wholesaler in my city whom i trust and would deliver the...
The invitations I designed from scratch turned out amazing!! I couldn't find anything I really liked in a template so I designed by own using Adobe Illustrator. I think it's definitely a do-able DIY...
I ordered a print of the night sky on our wedding day for guests to sign. Where did you print your guestbook and what material should I choose?
Finally done!!! Pretty easy to do. Fiance made the frame custom because we couldn't find one premade that would accommodate the number of guests. The only unforeseen hiccup was that we needed to put a...
wedding I cant seem to find any videos or websites to show how to make this..anyone know where I can find that? Or even wire instead of the string
My idea My florist has told me she cannot get seeded eucalyptus for my greenery table runner. I am only using fresh greenery, silver dollar eucalyptus and parvifolia. What would you recommend I use in...
Just wanted to share some of my weekend projects. Its finally nice enough out to spray paint! I finished painting the large picture frame, which will be the seating chart, the small picture frame,...
Hello, I am planning on having a rustic wedding, and I love the idea of DIY. I did find many ideas on Esty, but see they always charge so much. I have heard from some that buying for etsy is worth it,...
I am looking to do this for my seating chart for my wedding. I am getting an ikea shelve and spray painting it gold.. I have glasses for wedding favors. Now I need to know how to do the sticks with...
Hey everyone, my fiancee and i have been jumping back and forth trying to decide if we want to do online or paper save the dates, we are on a tight budget and don't know if paper invites are worth the...
Hi there, I am looking to figure out an idea for our wedding ceremony backdrop/arch but I don't want those overdone arches that are all the trend right now. When I look at all these different photos...
Hello my crafty couples! I need your help. I want to do a design at the bottom of my wedding shoes. My sister did blue rhinestones that said “I DO” on the bottom of her shoes when she got married. I...
Has anyone printed signs and framed them? Did you use cardstock or just regular paper? Like this photo below
I thought I wanted to get our invitations from vistaprint, as well as the rsvp cards, accommodation cards etc but it’s a couple hundred dollars which I expected but now I’m thinking is it cheaper to...
Hey everyone, I had my vision set on an arbour made of 4 wooden/glass doors. Originally we were going to have our ceremony on the lawn, however we have moved it to the deck. The deck has two entry...
Hi everyone! I’m thinking of putting together 3 hurricane vases with floating candles per table, and am wondering if any of you know how long it takes to set them up and take them down? We have...
I’m curious how many tables everyone is using for buffet style food,plates,cups,cutlery,desserts and candy?I have a feeling I’m forgetting a few table cloths and don’t want to scramble to find the...
Our wedding isn’t until August 2020 but I already want to start getting stuff and putting things together. Am I too early? Lol. How far ahead did you guys start making your decor?
Hi all! Would love your input. We're having a destination wedding, symbolic ceremony (yes, all our guests -only 20ppl- know) and we're doing an at home legal signing/reception a month and a half later...