Whether you are on a budget, or are just a craftaholic, find and share DIY wedding ideas here!
Whether you are on a budget, or are just a craftaholic, find and share ideas here!
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This is a super niche problem, but maybe someone on this page could help me out.
My dad has been dying to have my wedding on our family farm for years. We live in Oklahoma where it is always windy, and the only place I believe we could have a reception for a large number of people is inside our barn. The inside of this barn is not cutesy, rustic, or aesthetically pleasing. It’s a working barn, and it was not built to host any sort of a pretty wedding.
I would be open to using the barn if we had a large amount of white or off colored fabric to completely cover (from floor to ceiling) the entire barn. This would require a tremendous amount of fabric, however, and I haven’t found a fabric retailer with reasonable prices that sells in bulk. Does anyone have suggestions for this?
If anyone else had luck with covering large areas with fabric I would love to see the results!
Our wedding date was only one month from the day we set it. But I couldn't not do crafty stuffs for my big day!
First was the beaded Converse. (Back in the day I made custom converse for prom, I wanted to go all in this time.) They took the most time, and have inspired me to do another pair!
Next up was my veil, I found the fabric and went from there.
Last was my bouquet- I knew I wanted pincushions and I knew Trader Joes had them, so I just went the day before, picked out some flowers and made a bouquet!
I just wanted to share the wedding mirror/sign my fiancé and I diy’ed. We still need to place vinyl letters on it so it’s not done.
We bought the mirror from FB marketplace, spray painted the frame gold and painted those flowers with acrylic paint. I’m so proud of us as neither of us are “artists” and we still did a pretty good job!
Am I being paranoid or should I look elsewhere? Recently engaged and now planning my August 2025 wedding. My cousin and her husband were married at a venue that we liked and wanted to use but getting in touch with them has been a nightmare. First, I filled out their contact form on their website. No response. Thinking that, I may have made a mistake in filling it out, I filled it out again. Again, no response. I called last week (Wednesday) and left a voicemail. She called back and said she was 99% sure the venue was available for our date and asked if it’d be ok if she sent me a text after Friday or Saturday. I said fine. No text. I sent a text yesterday asking if the date was still available. No response. I was literally left on read. Do I call today and give it one more try or let it go and find someone else? I’m trying to give them the benefit of the doubt because of the holidays, but it’s starting to feel excessive.
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For those of you that did or are doing your own flowers, how did you know how many flowers to get? I’m diy-ing 4 bridesmaids bouquets, 8 boutonnières, 4 corsages, and two small arch pieces. I’m totally lost on how many flowers I need to be purchasing. I included an example of what I mean about the arch pieces.
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I'm in need of a vendor comparison google sheet.
I'm comparing photographers.
Title saids it all what are you doing for a cake or are you skipping it all together?
So I had a quick question for everyone who is deep into the DIY scene, I am getting married in less than 20 days and one of the largest obstacles for me has been finding an aisle runner that reaches the dimensions I need. I need at least 4 1/2 feet wide, preferably 5 feet and minimum 40 feet long. This would run me over $100 for something of good quality. The carpet of the church is red, and I would like something not see-through. From my understanding, most runners are made out of a form of polyester or nylon/vinyl. I don’t see why I can’t just get nylon or another polyester type of fabric as most come in those sizes.
What I need would cost me about $60 from Hobby Lobby or Joanne’s. Thoughts?
Hello all! I’m newly engaged and planning for a small wedding in August. We’re thinking 60 at the very most and that’s if everyone and their guest/family shows. We found a place that we like but catering is not included. I’ve never hired a caterer before and I’m really not sure how this works. Do we wait until we have a better idea of how many people are coming and then look into who we’ll use? Or do we plan on 60 and go with that. Also! What are you planning on doing? I’m looking for as many ideas as I can. I’m a nervous bride doing this with my mom without help from friends or other family. But that’s a post for another day
I live in a high cost of living city but we are doing a small DIY wedding and can't pay big city prices. We decided to do it in our backyard, which has a cool walled garden sort of feel. It will be tight though, and I was dreading having to do the ceremony then scramble to set up the tables and stuff for dinner. There is a tiny city park in my neighborhood, 2 blocks down from our house. I checked on the city web site and they let me reserve it for under $300! You can even rent out the big fancy parks in town like the arboretum and Japanese gardens! They cost a little more, and you probably have to book wayyyy far out. But, what an amazing deal!!! I have been stressing about finding a venue only for it to be this easy, and fit my garden party theme!!!
I found this centerpiece posted on facebook marketplace (the candles were being sold) and i want to DIY it either with real or fake babies breath. Anyone have any suggestions on how to go about this?
Trying to make my own confetti but not sure if my petals should be going this brown when drying?
Tried to dry in the oven and they just went brown, now doing the microwave but even more time consuming and not sure they are coming out how they're suppose too.
Hello! I had a beautiful dress for my wedding but im having a hard time selling it online! Im wondering if anyone has any good ideas for selling or places to sell it to! Im doing Offerup&Craigslist so far but no luck.
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I created an invite on canva but I want it printed as an arch card. Unfortunately, canva does not custom cut. Does anybody know where or how I can get my invite custom cut? invite draft
I’m DIYing as much as I can for my wedding and it’s overwhelming but I’m hoping I can rope family into helping so it won’t be as much. I’m currently trying to figure out food. I went to a wedding recently and they had two tiny things for appetizers and the main course was terrible and the dessert consisted of one cake that was the size you get at a grocery store. I think 10 people got cake. I loved the wedding but I was STARVING. The only complaints I heard from other guests were mainly food related. I’m determined to have good food at my wedding.
I’m getting the main course catered by this small Mexican business that makes the most phenomenal street tacos and I’m planning on making my own dessert table. The cake will be small and bought but I’m also doing Mexican wedding cookies, chocolate chip cookies, brownies, popcorn, and a small smores station. We’re doing it on my dad’s land so there will be a bonfire outside and I’ll get roasting sticks.
I’m also going to have a coffee and hot cocoa station. One urn thing will be full of coffee and the other with hot water and I’ll have hot coco packets and tea bags. As far as other drink options I havnt figured out alcohol I’m going to leave that up to my mans bc usually I just drink sugary drinks I can’t taste the alcohol in lol. But I’ll have sodas, looots of water, maybe horchata, and a mocktail for people who don’t drink.
But appetizers are hitting me hard. I can’t figure out what will be easy to set up and I don’t age to worry about going bad or getting soggy while the ceremony and everything is being held. My ideas so far are chips and guac/salsa, berries(strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, etc.), veggies and dip. Idk what else. And it has to be cohesive right? I’m already worried about getting the baking done(I’ll probably do it all 2 days before since they’ll hold over well) as well as any food prep for the apps and setting up the ceremony and reception area since idk how many people will be willing to help. My mom said she wouldn’t mind getting all the food prep taken care of but idk what to get and what to wake her to prep. Any ideas on what to do food wise? And any notes on other stuff like desserts and drinks? I feel like so many people who had weddings like 30 yrs ago or who have no idea how stressful this can be are all giving me their two cents and it’s overwhelming and not helpful. My mom is still upset I’m only doing a small cake and isn’t happy that I’m not using the traditional wedding song to walk down to. Sorry if I’m rambling I’m tired and overwhelmed trying to make sure everyone is happy
Im designing our wedding invites and I love this font. Does anyone know the font or similar styles please? Thank you.
Having a destination wedding in May. The wedding will be in Las Vegas. At the reception I will have no more than approximately 13 tables total. I’m looking for a cool Vegas theme idea for the centerpieces. Not too much just enough to give the hint of a Vegas feel. Our colors are blue and pink. Any thoughts would be great please.