diy!

irisheyezfsu

What are the some best items to do diy projects?  What are the best ways to save money on your wedding?

AlexiaANDRobert

Just a heads up, instead of starting a bajillion threads, you can read back and lurk on other boards.

There is an entire DIY board.  I've never posted there, so lurk before you jump in.

Good luck.

irisheyezfsu

thanks but I've tried other threads and they weren't as nice as you ladies and as soon as I said central florida they always tell me to come back here.

brit21489

Favors and invitations are good DIY things. Guest book and some items like that are good DIY, too.

cherriterri519

I have some DIY projects in my bio under DIY. Link in siggy.

AileeneG

The ring bearer pillow is an easy project that can save you some money. Like Brit mentioned, favors and invitations as well. Also, if you're doing your own invitations, any sort of menu/escort/place cards can be done along with them.

jln555

How much money do you think you've saved on certain DIY projects verses actually purchasing??

aondera

you can check out my website.  I've got a lot of DIY things on there, and working on more every day!

irisheyezfsu

are table place cards easy to do? Such as the number at the table (or name) where everyone sits. Has anyone done them for their wedding?

irisheyezfsu

wow cherri, love your projects. been thinking of using the flerr del lis myself, my FI has always favored that symbol and just think it would be nice for a wedding as a running theme. 

Theresa626

 I did my own table number cards.  It wasn't too difficult. I found a graphic I liked and created a template in publisher.  I printed them on cardstock and I will put them in frames I bought at the dollar store.  They match the invitations I created.  

Pretty Parula

I did my own programmes, and my mom and grandmother did a lot of the crafty stuff for us. Card box, programme box, bathroom kit containers, etc. There are pics on my For Sale page. A DIY queen I am not, but I know how to employ people who are!

Sparkles03

For lots of DIY ideas http://www.craftster.org is a great site to check out.

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brit21489

I did my invitations. I saved a lot, but my sister designed them for me so that helped too.

Envelopes: $6
Paper: $28
Printing: $40

That was for both the invitations and response cards (postcard). Ordering them would have cost me at least twice as much. I still had to add in the cost of stamps and clear address labels, but everyone has to buy stamps and the labels made my life much easier. lol. DIY can definitely save you money, but I think you have to pick and choose what you want. Taking on too many projects can drive ppl crazy.

mlharbis

I did my table numbers, hotel boxes, programs, cake stand, um I dont remember what else I have on my list. It was fun. Most of it saves a lot of money, some is about the same price but it is your way and comes out nicer than what you could buy.

umcollegegrl

I did:

-STDs
-invitations
-programs
-place cards
-table numbers
-card box
-guest book
-favors
-bar menus
-flower girl basket
-thank you cards

I think thats everything...

Paper products are definitely a good way to save money (depending on what style, your available resources such as a good printer etc) but time consuming.  Whatever you decide to DIY, make sure you do some research first and see if you're really saving money (if that's your sole motivation to DIY).

irisheyezfsu

for designing your invitations, did you use special programs to do it, such as photoshop or illustrator?

umcollegegrl

I did all my stuff in microsoft publisher.

oh i also made coloring books for the kiddos :-)

irisheyezfsu

coloring books are a great idea