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This is our huge archive of wedding DIY tutorials, but we’ve also got another archive for free wedding printables. You can also see TONS of wedding DIY ideas.

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Raiding the button jar: How to make your own wax seal

Wax seals lend a hand-made touch to invitations, place cards, and other paper-crafted pieces of a wedding. They’re also a simple but gorgeous way to seal your handwritten vows until ceremony time, or to close a love letter for your significant other, all super-romantic-like. Now, make your very own at home with a small handful of supplies.

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Make a fancy candelabra centerpiece for under a fiver

I made this centrepiece with a beachy theme for less than $5 NZ (approximately 3.90 US). If you’re not having a beach wedding, think about this centerpiece in all black or a dark red for a goth wedding, or creating a steampunk version? The themed candelabra options are endless…

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Make your own offbeat snowglobes for favors & decor

Snowglobes are super rad. I Iove making ’em just as much as I love shaking ’em. Here is a quick tutorial on waterless snowglobes. If you want to put water in your globes, Martha Herself has a tutorial. But here’s how the Offbeat DIY Editor rocks her some Martha-inspired crafts.

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A guestbook you can cuddle with: How to make a wedding quilt guestbook

She brought us the adorable kitteh wedding invitations, now she’s here to school us all on how you can pull off a quilt as your wedding guestbook.

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Papier mache confetti ball favors for your New Year’s and holiday season wedding!

Celebrating New Year’s Eve is super fun. Weddings are a celebration of something new as well. Why not inject your event with some holiday and/or New Year’s excitement with these papier mache confetti balls!?

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Paper snowflake boutonnieres for your wintery budget wedding

I have so many wintery wedding projects up my sleeve, but this week all my money for materials was zapped by those gifts I bought for my loved ones! Winter brides, you might be in the very same boat, so I decided to go with another cost-effective craft: paper snowflake boutonnieres.