Ideas & Trends

• • Keylee
  • 10-29-2008   11:23 AM (PST)
  • Where to begin...most of my wedding is DIY :)
    
    * I'm making 'folders' out of brown scrapbook paper and printing my invitation itself from vistaprint.com then layering that card on pink cardstock to place inside the brown pocket folders along with all the other inserts. I'm so glad I haven't ordered my paper yet-now I can save 10% from acherryontop.com!!!!
    
    * I'm doing a Cherry blossom theme and can't find a branch for less then $25 so I've cut limbs from a neighbors pear tree, and have glued pink blossoms where the leaf buds used to be. They look great!
    
    I have a lot more projects but will limit my entry :)
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• • Erika C
  • 10-29-2008   02:30 PM (PST)
  • I'd have to say most of my wedding is DIY too!
    
    I won't list them--but I'll list the two I've actually started on for my 11/09 "nature-themed" wedding.
    
    - I found a couple stainless steel buckets in the $1 section at Target which I painted then covered in this pretty decorative earth-tone, leaf embedded paper I found at Paper Source. I'm braiding some raffia for the handles and I'm going to use a ribbon and a tissue paper made flower to go around the middle of it. I'm going to use these for the flower girls--(they will also be throwing out preserved oak leaves rather than rose petals).
    
    - I ordered some thin wooden maple leaf cutouts that I will hang on a few mini manzanita trees. I'm painting them different shades of browns and I'm going to write our guests names on each of them in a thick gold ink (using some calligraphy script)--these will be used as their escort cards. On the other side of the wooden leaf I will stamp our monogram then emboss it with some gold powder. I'm excited about this idea because it functions as an ornament for their christmas tree too.
    
    Thanks for the opportunity!!
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• • Cristin
  • 10-29-2008   05:22 PM (PST)
  • Good lord, lets see, the flowers, invitations, save the dates, the cake set up, and wedding decorations.
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• • Ashley
  • 10-29-2008   06:49 PM (PST)
  • I am thinking about making a guest book with our engagement pictures and room in the margins for the guests to sign as opposed to the traditional guest book. We are also designing and printing our own save the date cards. I'm sure there will be much more to come besides all these things.
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• • Suzanne
  • 10-30-2008   04:39 AM (PST)
  • DIY - I did the Save the Date Cards, the children's coloring book, the seating chart (instead of individual place cards - we are doing just a chart with everyones name and table number).
    
    I think that's it.
    
    Suzanne
    
    PS - Oh, while I didn't make the candy bar wrappers - I am wrapping myself. (More because we bought the wrappers months before our actual party)
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• • Suzanne
  • 10-30-2008   02:03 PM (PST)
  • It didn't cross my mind when I put the first comment - but have to add our wedding website as something I spent a bulk of time creating.
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• • Cassandra
  • 10-30-2008   06:30 AM (PST)
  • I've made my own invitations, centerpieces, and card/wish box.
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• • Jasmine
  • 10-30-2008   07:56 AM (PST)
  • We are doing a lot ourselves...the decorations for the reception, the invitations for the recetption, the wedding program and much more! I think most people do at least something on their own...
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• • Jasmine
  • 10-30-2008   07:56 AM (PST)
  • We are doing a lot ourselves...the decorations for the reception, the invitations for the recetption, the wedding program and much more! I think most people do at least something on their own...
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• • jenn
  • 10-30-2008   08:48 AM (PST)
  • We are doing almost everything DIY! All the planning, invites, decorations, flowers, thank yous, etc. I'm making my own veil and headpieces for the bridesmaids. I'm also making the bouques, boutonnieres, and centerpieces. We are even making some of our own food.
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• • Jennifer
  • 10-30-2008   08:52 AM (PST)
  • I will be printing the Save the Date cards myself.
    
    I have also designed a program that folds out into the shape of a fan (we're having an outdoor wedding). I have to put the finishing touches on that, and then I will print it myself too.
    
    I also plan to make most of the decorations we will use, including pew-end decorations and the table centerpieces. And I am sure that before the big day we will think of other things that we can make ourselves. And of course, after the wedding I plan on doing lots of scrapbooking in order to preserve all our cards and other mementos.
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• • Katie
  • 10-31-2008   03:33 PM (PST)
  • My mom has been saving a piece of fabric that was used to make her wedding dress. I am creating a round card box upholestered in the fabric. I will use the rest of the fabric, as there is a limited piece, to create a ring pillow. Even though my mom can't pass anything onto me that she wore on her wedding day, I at least have some fabric to incorporate.
    
    I am also creating a Memorial Table, decorating it with crocheted items that my great aunt made and printing recipe cards with old family recipes.
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• • Mel
  • 11-01-2008   02:53 PM (PST)
  • I'm doing the invitations and flowers ourselves. It is a spring wedding, so we are using a lily theme.
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• • Sarah
  • 11-01-2008   04:59 PM (PST)
  • I am lucky enough to have my wonderful fiance helping me with the DIY. We are doing part of our centerpieces, about half of the catering, our guest favours, map cards, wedding album,... We are also having his mom make the wedding cake, his brother & aunt are our ceremony musicians and my cousin is making the invitations at her work. It's wonderful to have that special form of personal touch on everything.
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• • Sara
  • 11-02-2008   12:12 PM (PST)
  • Flowers!!!
    
    I know that flowers are a very important part of the wedding, so that is why I am going to DIY.
    
    My sister got married last year and ordered more than a hundred roses online and had them delivered directly to her house for the same price as she would have spent on a couple of table arrangements. The result was amazing - there were gorgeous white roses EVERYWHERE. The only thing she ordered from the florist was her bridal bouquet, and that turned out to be so small and disappointing.
    
    We learned our lesson, so I am planning to do all of my own flowers!
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• • Heather
  • 11-04-2008   09:05 PM (PST)
  • I'm planning on making a lot of the decorations for the church using some pictures, as well as some of the reception items (table numbers.. well names of places in my case etc..) I am debating doing invitations, haven't decided yet.
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• • Rye
  • 11-04-2008   09:13 PM (PST)
  • While most of my wedding will be DIY (including save-the-dates, favors, decor, table runners, seat covers, flowers, etc.), the one thing I'm MOST excited about doing myself is a picture timeline.
    
    This will have pictures of my fiance and I when we were little and span our lifetimes from when we first met 6 years ago (at the young ages of 19 and 21!) up until now!
    
    I can't wait to share these cute, funny, and silly memories with friends and family!
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• • Liana
  • 11-05-2008   10:56 AM (PST)
  • My mom and I are making the flower girl dresses (there are three). We also made the table runners for the reception.
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