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It’s time to flex those crafting muscles! Bust out the sewing machine, master the art of the glue gun, and show that cricut who’s boss - this section is all about getting creative and customizing your wedding day decor. Share your DIY tips and progress here!

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Harry Potter centerpieces
littlemisssunshine, on March 15, 2023 at 11:20 AM

Hey everyone! I am feeling indecisive about our centerpieces. The theme is Harry Potter and we are using our house colors (crimson for Gryffindor and marigold for Hufflepuff). I’m torn between doing...

littlemisssunshine, Apr 5, 2023 11 532
Kate
How many flowers per bouquet/centerpiece?
Kate, on April 29, 2015 at 6:37 PM

Hi Everyone! How many of you have successfully diy'd your own wedding flowers? I'm trying to budget everything out to see whether or not it's cost effective to diy my flowers or if I should just let a...

Kathleen, Apr 3, 2023 17 8,907
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i need to have enough decor
Kk1304, on March 30, 2023 at 5:11 PM

Hi. I’m DIY’ing my wedding and reception. My fear is that I won’t have enough decor around the building in general. I have my setup for guest tables, need setup for head tables, cake tables, gift...

Taylor, Mar 31, 2023 8 135
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Is the Boutonnière too big
Kb, on March 27, 2023 at 10:28 AM

My future son in law asked for bullet casings for the boutonnières. My question is that they are about 6 inches from bottom to tip of the lavender. Is that too large? Should I have a smaller rose?...

Emily, Mar 28, 2023 5 202
Jennifer
How do i lighten flowers that are too dark??
Jennifer, on March 22, 2023 at 4:47 PM

I dyed my first flowers the perfect color of blue but the second round is darker and I need to lighten them, any tips

Alyssa, Mar 23, 2023 1 101
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Don't Forget...
Kk1304, on March 21, 2023 at 9:43 AM

What are some of, even the smallest of things, that I should remember to bring for my DIY wedding. Like lighters, extension cords, ya da ya da. Some things I may not even thought of. TIA!

Kk1304, Mar 23, 2023 2 81
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Storing artificial flowers
Kk1304, on March 23, 2023 at 7:36 AM

I Iive in the south so really hot summers. Best way to store my artificial flowers so that they don’t discolor. Right now the greenery are In clear plastic bags and the colored flowers are in the...

Kk1304, Mar 23, 2023 51
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Take out catering?
ArabianInSoCal, on November 28, 2017 at 6:36 PM

So I'm really really getting discouraged at catering costs in my area. We're having around 70 guests. When I initially put my budget together I allotted around $3000 for food based on the...

Michelle, Mar 21, 2023 46 1,474 1
Milanie
Wedding Invitations?
Milanie, on February 8, 2023 at 12:15 PM

Hii, so I'm looking for some advice! We are doing online invitations we are doing everything are self and I'm having some trouble with what to put on the invitations, like besides, address for...

Michelle, Mar 21, 2023 10 274
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Online wedding?!?
Mary, on March 16, 2023 at 8:18 AM

Ok so I have a bit of a issues. My fiancé were supposed to get married a few months ago, well long story short he got arrested and is awaiting sentencing(don’t come for me in the comments, I’ve been...

Hannah, Mar 18, 2023 11 306
Heather
Dying my veil..
Heather, on March 16, 2023 at 4:01 PM

I have never dyed fabric before so I am a little apprehensive, I did pick up some RIT dye more for synthetic fabric, I was thinking about doing a gradient type approach where it gets darker down the...

Heather, Mar 17, 2023 2 64
Krysten
Signature Drink Name
Krysten, on February 23, 2023 at 6:08 PM

Hello! Trying to find a fun math related signature drink name to do - my fiancé is a math teacher 😄

Trista, Mar 12, 2023 11 369
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diy center piece
Olivia, on March 10, 2023 at 1:39 PM

Does anyone have any ideas for center pieces the theme is beauty and the beast and so far I haven’t found anything that I like

Olivia, Mar 11, 2023 4 136
Shaneka
Wedding planning.
Shaneka, on March 9, 2023 at 8:00 PM

I'm now starting to realize how stressful it is planning a wedding!!

Veronica, Mar 9, 2023 1 42
Shelby
Pizza buffet
Shelby, on October 2, 2016 at 7:42 PM

Has anyone else done a pizza buffet? How did you keep your pizza warm and make sure the buffet is stocked? We are probably not going to have wait staff due to funding. Also, our venue doesn't have a...

Michelle, Mar 7, 2023 25 13,403 1
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Invitation samples - diy projects?
Arrany, on March 5, 2023 at 11:30 PM

I ordered a lot of invitation samples before settling on our final design (which I ended up having to make myself based on another design… it’s a long story lol). Now I have a ton of pretty stationary...

Kimberly, Mar 6, 2023 3 151
Kelly
Memorial at Wedding
Kelly, on September 7, 2022 at 8:49 AM

My dad died last week. I want to memorialize him and my grandmother, who died last year, at my wedding. Any suggestions? I have a rectangular vase that funeral flowers were in that I can use for him...

Candy, Mar 4, 2023 17 260
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DIY for Weddings
Rachael, on March 3, 2023 at 6:12 AM

What all did y'all DIY???!!!

Taylor, Mar 3, 2023 3 88
Yonique
Planter stands for aisle entrance
Yonique, on March 2, 2023 at 3:03 AM

Good day I DIYing my ceremony decor and will be doing 2 urn arrangements for my aisle entry. I was thinking of getting 2 planter stands to put the arrangements on at the back instead of pedestals,...

Caryn, Mar 2, 2023 1 63
Juliana
Framed wedding dress
Juliana, on February 9, 2023 at 3:08 AM

I am framing my wedding dress. Here is my first attempt. I definitely need to make a few tweaks before I sealing her up. I ordered a 4ft by 4ft shadowbox from micheals. It ended up being around...

Badkittymarcela, Mar 2, 2023 4 255
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