Do It Yourself
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Ok so I'm having my invites reprinted because I made a lot of changes. My question is...what paper stock should I choose? I can pick from any of them for no extra charge. The last ones I ordered were...
![Mrs.Ekstrom](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/7/7/4/7/utbp_3707747.jpg?r=7647053)
I need some ideas on how to indicate what my guest meal choice is on their place cards. There will be three total (Chicken, Pork and Kids), my colors are purple and grey. I don't want to just put a C,...
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I LOVE Chapel Dulcinea, but I am just having the hardest time finding a reception venue that can work. There is NO way I wanna be rushed by doing my pictures, ceremony AND reception in the 90min they...
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Picture 1 &2- our my bouquet the top view and side view Picture 3 &4- my centerpiece mock up So I finally finished my bouquet and centerpieces using sola flowers, fabric flowers that I made, dried...
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Hey ya'll.. After MUCH deliberation we have chosen to use aviators as our wedding favor (the future hubs is a pilot and asked me to marry him on our first time up in the private plane). I'm thinking...
![Michella](https://cdn0.weddingwire.com/usr/3/2/2/9/utbp_733229.jpg?r=1918793)
I am in the process of making a kids bucket for all my kids that will be at the reception. I have lots of toys that I will be taking and putting in one room with an attendent to be watching over them....
I decided on Sunflowers for my October Mountain Wedding. I'm a DIY bride and I do want the flowers to be beautiful so I spoke to a florist. I told her I liked the first thing she showed me but I later...
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I made these flowers out of paper and fabric and I like them but I'm not sure if I can use them in the wedding either as bouquets or in some sort of centerpiece. The photos are of several different...
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I'm thinking about ordering real touch flowers to DIY the bouquets. Can anyone tell me what the average amount of flower are in both the bridal bouquet & bridesmaid bouquets? I think I'm going to use...
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Has anybody tested out their aisle runner?I got mine from hobby lobby & tested it out with heels and it started ripping. im very concerned about this. Any suggestions on how to prevent this?
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Just wondering if anyone knows anything about freezing buttercream iced cupcakes for approximately 2-3 weeks and how they thaw? As well as if anyone has made blush coloured icing and how they did it!...
So my bride and i are big concert goers and everyone absolutely loves the invites we did. Took me 30 minutes to do the design from the beginning, i Googled a couple of Ticketmaster logos, and looked...
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So were on a 3,000$ budget, were doing everything dyi and as cheap (but not tacky) as possible. Ideas on not serving a meal but having like a dessert buffet instead? Would you be offended if...
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What would you think if you got coffee grounds as a wedding favor? Would you enjoy it? If your a not a coffee drinker what would you think? Were thinking of giving a pots worth of ground coffee. His...
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If you did pocket folds, did you do inner envelopes? If not, where did you write the stuff that goes on the inner envelopes?
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We are still trying to find someone to do the dinners. We are thinking 12ppl rehearsal dinner from cracker barrel. TOOO TACKY??? FH and I both like a lot of their food. And the reception dinner, man...
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We're trying to decide escort cards right now and are wondering how people are doing theirs. If we order folded business cards, we'd have to hand-write names. We have horrible handwriting, so we're...
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Our ceremony venue is allowing us to use their speaker and just hook our iPod up to it...which is a great $$$ saver! I was going to assign someone to change the song for the...
Okay, this is an opinion question. Would it make me "cheap" or just a bad decision to use the Pandora app (hooked up to the speakers and with the "no ads" upgrade) instead of an actual DJ? Since my FH...
How do you create a signature drink sign? Is there a specific program I should be using? All the guidance is very much appreciated!