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Floral DIY

We have tons of floral DIY ideas and tutorials including: paper wedding flowers, bouquets with swords, origami, and even 8-bit flowers. We also have ideas for DIY succulent terrariums, flower crowns, and more! Get flowery, paper-y, or fashion-y with your wedding florals!

Felt succulents tutorial for all your rustic centerpieces and bouquets as seen on @offbeatbride #felt #fabricflowers #succulents #wedding

A felt succulents tutorial for all your rustic centerpieces, bouquets, and headpieces

Are you into succulents and want them to last forever and ever and ever? I’ve got a DIY project for super easy felt succulents to make into a bouquet, as your centerpiece, and even as a headpiece! Once these felt succulents are made, you can attach them to almost anything for a super fun and rustic vibe. Shall we learn how to make them? Let’s go.

8365298282 03ce217636 c alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Potluck bouquet: Build a bouquet from flowers that guests bring

Instead of putting the bouquet together herself on her way to meet Martyn, Jess requested that a few loved ones arrive to the wedding with small bouquets of flowers that were special to them. Her sister arranged the many different flowers into one huge bridal bouquet right before Jess walked down the aisle.

DIY pin back bouquet alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Pieces of flair for your wedding!: How to make a pin back bouquet in 10 easy steps

My bouquet is a ball of awesomeness — it’s a ball of pin backs (aka badges, aka buttons, aka pieces of flair).

weddingarch2 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to DIY a floral wedding arch in one afternoon using fake flowers for wedding fabulosity

We decided to use my parents backyard for our venue and ended up DIYing almost every aspect of the wedding. One of our best projects was the floral wedding arch we made for the ceremony. It was very inexpensive and can be completed in one afternoon. There are a ton of different ways you could customize the arch depending your wedding…

parrot alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Level up your brooch bouquet: give it a theme!

There is no such thing as an uncool brooch bouquet. BUT. Have you ever considered building your bouquet to a theme?

paper rose bouquet alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

How to make fabulous paper rose bouquets

My fiancé is allergic to all the pollen from essentially ALL the flowers. Therefore, standard wedding decor, typically involving floral arrangements was a challenge. I’m resourceful, crafty, and obsessed with efficiency. This lead to Operation Paper Roses. From prototype to final product, here’s the recipe for making this fabulous paper rose bouquet…