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Possibly my makeup. Honestly, I would love to do tons more, but the truth is, I just don't have time. I'm lucky that for the most part, it's a simple DW; I will do my own favors though.
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i'll DIY what i know ( designing all paper goods )...i'll leave everything else up to the pros of their own field. 
makeup, hair, ceremony and reception decorations, save the dates, invitations, music, floral...just not cake, i think.
makeup and hair i will probably get some kind of consult before.
We're DIYing our:
However, what we are DIYing is in part a definitional thing. For example, we are supplying and setting up our own linens, but are not actually sewing them. My FI designed our invitations, but we had them professionally printed.
I'm not willing to do make-up, because I haven't worn make-up since I was 15, and am klutzy enough so that there is not a hope of my doing a decent job. I might try ceremony flowers if I were getting married locally. However, we are arriving at our wedding venue only the day before the ceremony, and will need to get a marriage license after our arrival, so I definitely don't want to count on having time to make bouquets.
i didn't diy almost anything. the shame! i did make a photo collage of all our wedding guests, a newsletter about me and mr. bee, cry packets, stds and bathroom baskets. That was more than enough for me to handle at the time.
I don't think I'd be brave enough to diy any of your examples lori!
I may try centerpieces (I am actually good at making these) for rehersal dinner..or bridesmaids luncheon. I may also try to make a few things such as flags for a cupcake stand or for cookie/candy area...but I have to be honest. For something such as an invite, I may have that made. But std's? I might could swing that. We'll see after we have the "Great Atlanta Metro Bee-Party" and go get busy at Paper Source!
Only thing I DIYed was the invites and IU ended up passing that job over to a willing student.
We're doing the following DIY:
-Music
-Hair/make-up
-Assorted paper products like the reserved signs, tent cards for the buffet, etc.
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I am pretty much DIYing everything but the food. My mom is a hairstylist, so I guess I'm not technically DIYing my hair, but makeup, all flowers, invites, menu cards, all reception decor, all ceremony decor, I've sewn chair sashes and pocket squares, picked all the ceremony music.... the list goes on. My next projects are: paddle fan programs and clutches for my 'maids.
I'm not DIYing much at all. I'm just not very good at it.
I'll be doing small touches, like the calligraphy on the invites and refinshing the vintage birdcage cardbox, but otherwise I am mostly leaving things in the hands of professionals.
I wish I was craftier! I have DIY envy most of the time!
we are DIYing our ceremony music, our invitations, the linens, the table #'s, the menu's, place sitting cards, favors, and i am doing my own makeup
i am figuring it out now how much hard work this is going to be since i am having trouble finding a lot of things i need..
i wouldnt DIY my personal beauty items for that day. I probably might do my own manicure & pedicure (since i have been doing them myself for the past ten years) but I might even splurge on that.
However there's tons of DIY's I have lined up & excited about & in progress :)
Centerpieces, shoes, aisle runner, palm fans, boutinerees (excuse the spelling), draping, tons of birdal shower stuff (butterfly paper chandelier, centerpieces, herb plants as favors, fruit infused vodka in glass favor bottles, etc) flower girl dresses, birdcage veil .... that's what ive got so far.
i'd do much more but im an evening law student and work during the day - luckily i am off this summer from school & just working - so ive got some time to DIY.
Okay, so the other day I basically said no, I wasn't doing any, then found myself glueing tiny rhinestones on to tiny flowers to put on our invite envelopes b/c I think they're ugly and cheap looking. Never say never.
So far...
-makeup
-flowers
-decorations
-music
-all stationary & table numbers
-signage
-cardbox
3 months to go and I'd say we're about 1/4 of the way on these.. eek.
I'm going to DIY as much as possible. So far it includes:
*sigh* although i LOVE to DIY, i have a feeling I'm going to regret doing so much. haha
We (say the fiance is very helpful) are DIYing as much as possible...
and probably some more things I am forgetting. Less than 2 months, lots to do!
Loving every minute!
We are DIYing the following, and when I say DIY, I mean I do it from scratch -- design, print, glue, you name it!
I think that's it :)
Oh yea, and his mom is making the Ring Bearer Pillow ... I love DIY!
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I'm DIY-ing all of those (well, not jewelry...I'm not really wearing any...just my engagement ring and maybe a pair of earrings)! I think the only thing we're not DIY-ing completely are the decorations -- for example, if we use paper lanterns, we'll make the throwies and string them up ourselves, but we'll buy the lanterns -- and we're not making our own clothes, or our own dishes. ...Though we may DIY some of those (for example, I'm thinking for the serving platters, we'll go to a pottery shop and paint up some nice plates, which we could then use in our house!). It's that or plastic/paper serving plates, so.
We are going to be DIY-ing our florals, our food (including the cake), our hair/make-up (which won't be much), our music (iPod whee!), our programs/invites/STDs/thank-you notes, etc. I'm so incredibly excited to do it all myself, and I can't really picture it unfolding any other way!
My FI thinks I'm insane for all the DIY I'm planning. Little does he understand, I like it! Keeping my hands busy with the little stuff keeps me from freaking out about the big stuff. :) The plan so far:
My DIY list as of right now includes:
We are planning to DIY our own food and drink...among everything else (minus music and photography), call me crazy but I have worked in catering and the food industry, and know how great of food i can do for the same price as caterers charge for basically nothing. We also have a culinary school in town, so I will hire two graduates or students to oversee the day of and day before, as well as my old coworker, so I trust what will be coming out, but will do my own menu and a lot of the leg work myself. doing so I can get wholesale prices, access to an industrial kitchen to premake stufff (desserts, certain hors d, storage!), and know the food I am putting out. We are planning on heavy passed apps with a few stations, and doing it for much less than the 20-30 dollars a dozen most appetizers are in this area. I will only be buying the cake, and a friend will be making that.
I am also a major foodie, so I am excited to design the menu and do the legwork, and figure that I am much better at this than things like invites!
My MOH is helping with flowers, her mother does calligraphy, and is sewing table runners for us, and we live in a huge greenhouse area, so fresh cut flowers are cheap and plentiful ($0.65 a stem for a mini gerbera, 1.25 for the large for example, these are $4 in stores). I am excited to work on these projects, and have plenty of time for them all at the moment as I finish grad school!
I would not consider myself as I very DIY person. But, every since I have gotten engaged ( almost 7 months now), I have planned on doing a lot of major details myself. The main reason for this is because I can not find anything that I like or match my color scheme. As of now, I plan on making:
* Save the Dates
* Invitations
* Programs
* Card Box
* Flowers
* Thank You's
I will probably end up doing a lot more! But, I am leaving the food, cake, hair and makeup ( my MOH plans helping with that) to the pros!!! :)
I am doing:
Let's see... so far we have done the following DIY:
I wish I could make my cake as I love BAKING, but don't have the time and would be waaaaay too nervous!
Almost everything! I'm DIYing:
We're doing a lot of smaller DIY projects - my veil, favors, some signage, a Polaroid photobooth - but the "big" things - invitations, flowers, hair, cake, etc - we are leaving up the professionals! We simply don't have time to DIY these important things, so most of our DIYs are "would be nice" kind of stuff. I'm also going to DIY my makeup but that's because I love makeup!
I never thought I would but I am DIYing a lot just because I have trust issues (even with our florist!) to handle things that I hold near and dear.
I have already DIYed my invites: designed in Publisher from scratch, gocco'ed 5 times over on the inserts, printed 1 insert, and cut and glued everything. The only thing I didn't do on my own- technically- was print the Maps (I took those to Kinko's as I couldn't get the color or crispness I desired from my home printer).
In the midst of doing:
* Programs
* Escort boxes
* Signage (welcome sign, Photobooth sign [similiar to Cupcake's], desert signs, etc).
* Other (spray painting terra cot pots/trays, spray painting wooden table numbers, and bar letters, etc.)
Also will be doing Centerpieces! AHHH! Already bought over 100 of the bud vases from IKEA (will cluster 10 of 20 tables) still need to buy the candles and candle holders for those tables. For the other 10 tables I am going to be doing full vases full of Garden Roses.... florist quoted me $4.75 stem so I am only using him for my bouquet, BMs bouquets, mothers' corsages, cake, and a floral arrangement to go over the chuppah-type thing at our outdoor Garden wedding.
Things I could not do: HAIR and CAKE!!!
I'm DIYing as much as I can get done before the big day... anything that would have to need to be done the day-of or the day-before - no thanks!
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Many brides do programs, favors, signage, etc. but how far would you (or are you) willing to go with DIYing? For example, would you DIY your:
-makeup?
-hair?
-flowers?
-jewelry?
-music (iPod, anyone?)
-cake?? (hey, Mrs. Deviled Egg made it look EASY!)
How far would YOU go with DIY?