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DIY projects by a non-crafty Bride

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    sarahtisme    May 14, 2011   GTA

    I'm getting married in less than 2 weeks...eeek! We had a long engament (1.5years) and way back then I decided to do some DIY projects. I'm not a crafty person and I swear I have spent more making most of these things than I would have buying something equivilent but I'm pretty proud of myself, I tend to start things and never finish but I'm glad I stuck it through. I'm actually pretty stoked as to how it all turned out, I still have a few things to do but I hope all this stuff gives our ceremony reception a special touch.

    So here goes:

    Table numbers

    DIY projects by a non-crafty Bride :  wedding diy crafty centerpeice Table Numbers

    DIY projects by a non-crafty Bride :  wedding diy crafty centerpeice Frame Close Up

    Guest Favors

    DIY projects by a non-crafty Bride :  wedding diy crafty centerpeice Chairs

    Cupcake centerpiece (minus Cupcakes & Lace cupcake Wrappers)

    DIY projects by a non-crafty Bride :  wedding diy crafty centerpeice Centerpiece

    Wine Lables

    DIY projects by a non-crafty Bride :  wedding diy crafty centerpeice Wine Lables

    Charm for Bouquet (my Grampa passed away and we were very close, I wanted to find a way to have him with me) it will be tied into the bouquet at the base of the flowers, it's really just for me.

    FRONT

    DIY projects by a non-crafty Bride :  wedding diy crafty centerpeice Photo Charm Front

    BACK

    DIY projects by a non-crafty Bride :  wedding diy crafty centerpeice Photo Charm Back

    Instead of a Guest Book we decided to have a bird cage with a sign saying "leave a wish for the lovebirds". I purchased the birdcage but painted it and added moss to the bottom (Can't really see it). I cut pretty paper into slips so once a guest leaves a wish they can stick it through a slot and drop it in the birdcage.

    DIY projects by a non-crafty Bride :  wedding diy crafty centerpeice Bird Cage

    I still have a seating chart in the works and the rest of the centerpieces to do (we have a bunch of miss matched but coordinating china plates, I'll post more when I finish :)

     

     
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    crh1729    April 7, 2012   Wilson NC

    Very cutee!

    I really love the charm of your grampa, mine passed away about a year and a half ago, right after me and FI started dating and I was thinking of doing something along the same lines. What kind of charm did you use?

     
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    MademoiselleL    August 24, 2012   Vancouver, BC (wedding in Maui)

    Great job on all of them! 

     
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    baletrina    May 27, 2012   Chicago, Illinois

    Great job!  I love the table numbers.  I'm having a charm for my dad, who passed when I was 14, on my bouquet too. 

    I completely understand the cost thing!!  Our STDs are already over 200 bucks and I got my FI to approve them because the Vistaprint postcards were "free."  The price we pay for a personalized touch and lots of originality!

     
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    tksjewelry    June 25, 2011   Omaha

    Great Job!  I love the table numbers!

    I too am channeling my inner DIY self.  I have to say that I am pretty proud that there was even a speck of craftiness in me.

     
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    sarahtisme    May 14, 2011   GTA

    @crh1729: I got the charm at Michaels for $9. I can't remember the name of the product line but it was in the jewelry section. It was a lot of industrial looking pendants (a ton of which you can put your own photo in)

     
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    thewheelsonthebus    June 25, 2011  

    Great job!!!

     
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    kate02121    August 18, 2012  

    Great job! I'm so impressed for someone who considers herself non-crafty. Best wishes on your wedding day!

     

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