Make your own wedding items!
Make your own wedding items can be enough to tip the balance from a sane well organised bride-to-be to one that is stressed to the max! The best way to avoid this is to be honest with yourself on what you are good at and what are your patience levels! Sticking 300 mini bows onto boxes can be very frustrating, if not just plain depressing. Where do you start? My way would be to ask all of your friends and relatives if they would mind helping with a few craft projects for your wedding. Invite them all round for snacks and drinks, the more the merrier! Get them involved in your ideas and they will get caught up in the wedding fever. What talents do they have? Ask away and you will be amazed at how many people want to help and be involved.
Stationery
Invitations are a great place to start to make your own wedding items, you could set up a mini production line in your kitchen, one to stick the bows(don't give me that job!), one in charge of the printer, one to write all of the envelopes - choose the one with the best handwriting - you get the picture, the more helpers the quicker this will get done. Have a look at
diy invitation projects for inspiration.
How to make cheap wedding invitations
More make your own wedding invitations ideas
More stationery 'how to's
How to make cheap wedding programs
How to make wedding menus
How to make wedding program fans
Favors
Other great 'make your own wedding items' are favors, I have spent many hours filling favor boxes with chocolate, soaps and gifts, you chat and fill at the same time. Count me in if you need any help!
Favor ideas here!
How to make cheap wedding favor boxes
Wedding Cake
While we are talking about yummy things to eat, have a think about making your own wedding cake or ask around for any volunteers!
How to make a wedding cake
Flowers
Flowers are a possible if you have a talent in this area, florists make it look so easy especially when they only use a couple of stems and then tie it artistically. All I will say is have a practice and then another one, and another one ;0) Learn how to create your own wedding flowers here
Also think about silk flowers as an alternative to limit stress as these can be made in advance.
Silk flower ideas
A good way to save money on your wedding flowers is to have wedding corsages, learn
how to make a wedding corsage.
You don't just have to have flowers in your wedding bouquet, here is
how to make wedding flowers without flowers!
Decor
If you are thinking of making your own centerpieces have a look at
How to make wedding table centerpieces
How to make topiary wedding centerpieces
Flowers are a great way to decorate your venue but if your reception room needs a bit more here are some
cheap wedding decor ideas.
How To Decorate A Wedding Cheaply
Extras For Make Your Own Wedding Items!
Another new idea is to make a wedding card box to store all of your guests cards on your wedding gift table.
How to make a wedding card box
Another idea for your wedding gift table is
how to make a wedding money tree.
Ever wondered where to find and what to do with
cheap wedding tulle?
We have been lucky to have a chat with Khris Cochran from DIY Bride to share a few of her secrets! Read the interview
here!
Dresses
Dresses, well that's your call you are the one wearing it! I wouldn't but that probably says more about my sewing skills (I once sewed a button on the inside of my husband's shirt and it has been down hill ever since). If you have a gift or know someone who can then that would be wonderful and what a special beautiful story to add to your wedding day.
Come and share your diy wedding stories and have a read of the successes and failures
here.
Good luck with your plans and keep an eye on this space as I add new projects. May your double sided tape never run out!
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