When saying I Do, I think its fair to also say I do (not want to go broke). This is part 2, you can read part 1 here!
In the spirit of saving money on a wedding or sticking to a wedding budget, I thought I’d share my top 5 favorite DIY ideas for a wedding.
I know not every one is AS big of a DIY geek as I am (i.e. the time I tried to make a boat birthday cake), but everyone can do some DIYs for their wedding. And if not, you probably have a friend who could help you out.
The benefit of DIY, after saving cash money of course, is that it gives a very personal touch to your special day. I used DIY technique for almost everything I could, minus the cake. I was tempted, but I decided to contract that one out. Because not everyone cares to do this much crafting pre-wedding, as you can only super glue your fingers together so many times, or tolerate so many hot glue burns before it all gets old, I am sharing our top 5 DIY favorites from our wedding. These were simple to complete and generated lots of great feed back from guests.
1. My favorite DIY which I heard a great bit of positive feedback from were the guest escort cards.
I made the cut out boots using a borrowed cricut machine and brown card stock. Then I hand decorated each boot and wrote guests names on them.
2. Signs.
Overall cost $5 per sign (includes poster board and white paint pen.) DIY signs are cheap if you use poster board like I did and they really add a lot to the decor of your venue.
3. DIY soda pop bar.
Overall cost was $35. All the soda total was $70, but we saved our receipt and took all the bottles that were unopened back to the grocery store. Guests loved this interactive DIY bar.
4. Snack bar.
DIY snacks are easy, cheap and guests LOVE THEM!
5. DIY bridesmaid bouquets.
Bulk ordering flowers is the cheapest way to go. I employed all of my bridesmaids to wrap her own bouquet the morning of the wedding. This was actually a fun little task we got to do together and it took all of 15 – 20 minutes.
Even if you are not a DIY geek, I hope I may have inspired you to implement some DIY into your special day! Happy wedding crafting to all brides to be!
All these wonderful pictures were taken by our ever so talented photographer, Brian Shofner.