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DIY

If you’re looking for free wedding printables and wedding DIY tutorials, it’s here. We’ve got everything from wedding decor DIY projects to fashion DIY, and of course DIY wedding favors. But for the love of god, mostly everyone wants wedding invitation DIY — we’ve got it all!

Free fingerprint balloon guestbook

Downloadable fingerprint balloon guestbook

You probably know by now that we love us some guestbook alternatives. We wanted to add to our printable offerings with an alternative to the tree illustration: a hot air balloon being carried by the fingerprints of all your guests.

Sample Cord alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to make your own tassled, loop-braided handfasting cords

I made our own tassled, loop-braided handfasting cords. For anyone else interested in making some like this, here’s my documented process, as well as some helpful tips I learned along the way.

minted free address alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

5 common mistakes when addressing & mailing wedding invitations

At one point, I spent about a year working on improvements to the code for postal address recognition (in a couple different countries; it’s customized a lot for each country, but the basic ideas and system are the same).  Based on that experience, here’s my advice to help your letters get where you want them to as quickly as possible…

dinosaur jar centerpiece DIY

Dinosaurs and pickles combine in this ultra easy centerpiece DIY project

When you go through as many pickles as I do, you end up with a ton of empty glass jars. These come in super handy for crafting up some DIYed centerpieces, so I decided to convert my handy dandy dry goods pickle jar upcycle into a super easy, dino-tastic centerpiece idea. Here’s the surprisingly easy method for whipping these bad boys up in just a few minutes.