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Wedding ideas on a budget? Hell yeah. Wedding ideas for fall weddings? So many. Yes, it’s okay to steal any of these unique wedding ideas… that’s what they’re there for! You may also want to follow us on Pinterest — our pins are basically a steady stream of creative ideas to steal.

Harry Potter wedding favor

In case of dementor attack, you’ll need this Harry Potter wedding favor

If you’re a Potterphile, you know that chocolate bars have their own powers of soothing you after a dementor attack. So at a wedding with Harry Potter details (where a dementor could prey, naturally!), why not offer up some DIY Harry Potter wedding favors that will do the job nicely. Plus, it only takes some inexpensive chocolate bars, some printer paper, and a printable chocolate bar wrapper.

How to DIY coloring pages from a photo for your wedding reception

How to DIY coloring pages from a photo for your wedding reception

We’ve been throwing around the idea of this wedding coloring sheet for years but never had a great tutorial for how to make one yourself, which you absolutely can do. Yep, you don’t have to outsource this project to someone else if you have access to a program like Photoshop, GIMP, or Pixlr. I’m going to be demonstrating it with Photoshop, but the steps are mostly translatable between each program.

Here’s how to do it…

Wait until you spy the floral fauxhawk at this cake + punch wedding

Wait until you spy the floral fauxhawk at this cake and punch wedding inspiration

We’ve long been huge fans of the budget-friendly, totally retro-style cake and punch reception. In addition to saving mad cash, it’s infinitely customizable: think cupcakes and soda, donuts and champagne, appetizers and signature mocktails, and the South Park classic, punch and pie.

We spied this gorgeous cake and punch styled reception with its floral fauxhawk, work of art cake, floral jewelry, handmade coasters, estate jewelry, and tattoos and knew it would be a fab example of the concept done super well.

From Hogwarts to NYC: a Brooklyn Harry Potter wedding

Sort yourself into your new Harry Potter house with this sorting hat ceremony

Sera and John’s Brooklyn meets Hogwarts wedding had soooo much to love: pink hair, chocolate frogs, Honeydukes lollipops, Bertie Botts every flavor beans, A Daily Prophet program, wands for all guests, handmade potion bottle vases, a bouquet made out of Harry Potter books and charms, golden snitch cake pops, and more. It was a wild ride.

But our favorite part was their unity ceremony. You have to see it…