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Favors & Flowers

We have SO much wedding inspiration for floral stuff like bouquets and centerpieces, and also non-floral alternatives like paper flowers and origami boutonnieres… plus oodles of wedding favor inspiration. We’ve got separate categories for floral DIY projects and DIY wedding favors.

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How to make your own “Yay!” celebratory flags

I made these “Yay” flags for our wedding, intending for people to wave them for us as we walked away after the ceremony. They ended up being such an integral part of the evening, with everyone waving and shouting “YAY” every time we walked by! And since I added our names and the date to the back of them, they also served as the only favor we had for our guests. It is a quick and easy project — I hope you enjoy it!

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Wedding pins and buttons personalize the heck out of your wedding day

Reenie (of comic book style wedding invite fame) mentioned that she’s DIYing the boutenniers for the guys and has accented them with nerdy pins. And it struck me that pins are definitely becoming a full on offbeat trend. Here are ways to use pins as fun wedding accents.

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YAY! Celebratory flags!

Forget rice! OBT member Michele has created a more colorful and fun alternative for guests to show their enthusiasm…

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Fabric fortune cookie favors

Brassy Apple’s tutorial is simple yet will have the “oohh” impact. The look could vary based on your theme and your fabric, and who says you can’t jazz it up with some felt, ribbon or silly pom poms?!?! Dare I say, bedazzle it! To get step-by-step instructions for how to make these fabric fortune cookie […]