How to DIY festive ribbon wands instead of throwing confetti
It took about 3.5 hours to make 50 ribbon wands, which wasn’t so bad. Here’s how you can make them yourself.
Paint hearts on the back of your wedding shoes
So you say you can’t find the perfect shoes for your wedding? Do like Offbeat Bride reader Fichterleen did and paint some hearts on your old used shoes!
Fun and easy DIY tissue paper flowers
If your bridal shower went down ANYTHING like mine, you were left with PILES of tissue paper that (three years later) I’m still re-using. Offbeat Bride reader Violet has a great idea on how you can use all that colorful tissue paper as festive wedding decor. Here she is with your tissue paper flower tutorial…
Got extra invites? Then you’ve got an awesome photo backdrop
What you can do if you over-order invitations? Stina had a flash of brilliance and used all her extra wedding invitations to make a custom photo booth backdrop. Total “Why didn’t I think of that?” moment.
A modernized Mad Man-style wedding updo
Do you love Mad Men style? The How-To Hair Girl, Roxie Hunt, released a video with a tutorial for a modernized Mad Men-style updo that would be a pretty easy style to rock on your wedding day. Check out the video plus a few other retro styles for inspiration including ’40s victory rolls, ’60s bouffants, and short bangs with curls!
Even the craft-impaired can make these adorable birdie cake toppers
The cake toppers have been my wedding DIY albatross. It actually never occurred to me to craft anything for the wedding. I buy things. That is how I roll. But my fiance expressed that he had faith in my never-used crafting abilities, so I give it a go and, as usual, he was right — I CAN do this stuff. If you want to make birdies from clay, give this a try.