Category Archive

DIY

This our archive of DIY weddings. If you’re looking for free wedding printables and wedding DIY tutorials, we can do that too. We’ve got everything from wedding decor DIY projects to fashion DIY, and of course DIY wedding favors. But for the love of god, mostly everyone wants wedding invitation DIY — we’ve got it all!

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Make these custom chalkboard mugs for your wedding party

I was totally stumped about what to get our wedding party as “thank you” gifts for helping us out on our wedding day. I mean, nothing I found was going to say thank you quite the way I want. After a lot of thinking, and probably too many hours on Pinterest, I settled on an idea I thought was fun… chalkboard mugs. Here’s how I pulled these off…

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DIY Bride: an antidote for do-it-yourself overload

For those of us who love our DIY projects, they can be very fulfilling and/or very frustrating at times. To lighten the mood during those times when the projects may be crashing and burning or you’re just DIYed out, Mikala Bierma (of “Disappointing Gay Best Friend” fame) has you covered.

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A blended family wedding with two brides and a long-lost ring

Nicole and Julie had a lovely outdoor ceremony in Washington full of emotional and sweet touches. They had lots of DIY projects and planned the whole shebang in only two months. One very sweet surprise for Julie was during the ceremony when Nicole and Julie’s father surprised her with her grandmother’s ring, which was thought to be lost.

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Find your dream DIY wedding hair with How-to Hair Girl

For those of you that have been paying attention, Roxie Hunt, aka How-to Hair Girl, has regularly been giving us amazing DIY hair-style videos and inpsiration, she’s even got hair love for our grooms! For those that are all, “Wuh? DIY wedding hair? That’s a THING!?” We’re here to officially introduce you to our lovely sponsor, How-to Hair Girl — a DIY hair blogger with a fabulous category on DIY bride hair ideas. And she’s about to revolutionize your wedding hair…