How to turn almost anything into a freakin’ huge bow for wedding decor or fashion!
Have you ever looked a big fluffy gift bow and thought “How the hell do they make that?” Well, it turns out you can totally DIY gift bows — nice, big, fluffy ones out of almost any paper good. Once you’ve mastered this tutorial, you can use these custom bows as aisle décor, table settings or centerpieces, or secure them to headbands or barrettes and wear them in your hair!
Banksy-esque, street art-inspired, wedding centerpieces/table numbers
Our wedding had this sort of urban-eco theme going on. With street art. So we brought the streets to the wedding. In keeping with our invitations, guest book, and programs, this is what we came up with for the centerpieces.
80+ free wedding printables – our humungous list of downloadable DIY wedding projects
There are hidden freebies all over the web: downloadable templates, patterns, fonts, fingerprint trees, and more. I stumble across them all the time while browsing blogs. But now I’m attempting to compile a MEGA-SUPER-MONDO list of all kinds of free printables and downloadable templates for wedding DIY projects.
Turn inexpensive paper lanterns into swanky decor
Paper lanterns rock as wedding decor. But sometimes you just want to make them your own. Here’s a tutorial for adding paper flowers to an inexpensive paper lantern.
DIY custom wedding day piñatas
Tribesmaid erinmcq wanted to have an Awesome Wedding Piñata. So she hacked a few different online tutorials, and now she’s sharing how she made the crayfish-tastic custom piñata over on Offbeat Home
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…