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Decor DIY

Here are some of our favorite unique wedding decor DIY projects and wedding DIY tutorials. We’ve also got wedding decor inspiration if you just want to get more crafty ideas.

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Ridiculously easy paint chip-inspired wedding crafts

My husband and I chose our wedding colors by comparing stashes of paint chips we grabbed from the hardware store. But what if paint chips WERE the palette?

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You can make your own carnival midway-style illuminated letters

Who knows where my love of midway illuminated lettering comes from, but it’s definitely fed by my addiction to Disneyland. More specifically, the part of the park called “Main Street, USA,” which consists of gift shops and ice cream parlors dressed up to look like an early 20th Century bustling downtown street on speed. Too shiny not to love. But I digress…

Typically an illuminated letter like this is made of metal, is very heavy and would cost you a pretty penny. I knew I wanted something to light up at my wedding, so I figured I’d make my own midway letters. You can too! And there are power tools involved!

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How to make yarn poofball wedding decor in three easy steps

There are other yarn flower tutorials out there, but my method requires the LEAST amount of materials, and once you’re done there are SO many ways to use these poofballs as decor!

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How to make chopstick sleeve place cards

We made chopstick sleeves using some leftover travel-themed wrapping paper from our envelope liners. We then printed out each adult guest’s name onto extra linen card stock and ended up with functional chopstick sleeve place cards that we made like this…