I had a limited budget, and so I decided to make a lot of things myself. However, I got really stressed a month or 2 before the wedding and finally decided to hire a wedding coordinator. That is the BEST decision I made for the whole wedding and the best way any money was spent. Even if you still want to make things yourself, you NEED to hire a professional wedding coordinator if you want to ENJOY your wedding weekend. I found Exquisite Gems Events and worked with Letitia. Not only did she give me advice leading up to the wedding, she answered every single question and email from me, and even handled my family and friends on the wedding weekend so that nobody bothered me about anything. Everything was channeled to her. She even made a lot of things that I had planned on making myself, but just started getting too stressed and not enough time. She was very budget friendly and it was SOOOO worth it! I highly recommend Exquisite Gems Events not only to coordinate, but to help make some of those projects that you were planning on doing as well. You do not want to worry about ANYTHING except getting yourself ready and enjoying yourself on your wedding day. She made sure we were happy and took care of all vendors that day and kept everything running smoothly and on time. I didn't have to do anything except have fun, and that is exactly what you want to do on your wedding day!