What have you DIY'd?

Hello girls

Just wondered what you've all done yourself, hopefully it will be of some inspiration to those of us on an uber tight budget!

I've made my own bouquets, buttonholes, corsages, pomanders and church flowers.
Used silk green orchids, spent around £70 tops for materials

Designed my own invitations, reply cards, hen night invites and order of service
I used vistaprint to print them and added the ribbons myself

Made my own birdcage veil and feather flower fascinator. I had bought one but I'd wrapped it up to tight and the feathers were ruined.
Cost less than £15! got all the materials from ebay

Made some place card holders from modelling clay, wire and mini clothes pegs for photos as centre pieces
and I think I'm chuffed the most about these they're really cute! one is an xbox control pad (h2b is a real xbox fiend!) and a drum as he's a drummer, a huge heart, a dice, a cupcake, a pear, an apple, 2 peas in a pod, a hedgehog, a snake, a love bird and a rose. I'm going to paint them tomorrow in our theme colours - brown and lime green.
Again super cheap, modelling clay cost £2.60, the miniture clothes pegs were 99p for 50, the craft wire was 50p for 2m and the acrylic paint was 99p each all from ryman.
I'll take some before and after photos tomorrow :\)

I have made table centres with foam roses, wine charms, necklaces and earrings for the bridesmaids, I will be making the table plan and decorating my bay trees with twinkling lights and roses!

Turns out Im quite crafty!

Saved me some money too!

I am designing the wedding invites, placecards and menus, and H2B and I have put together the music play list to play during the wedding cocktail and breakfast.

Your place cards sound great! please show us pictures! x

designed and made my own pocketfold invites. table names, table plan, napkin rings, favours. x

your all so creative...i have just decided to make my own stationary and i have NO IDEA where to start!!!!! lol xx

Wow GemandJust, you put me to shame! I'm making my own invitations and my own centre pieces. Don't think I'm good enough to make anything else!

I made the invites, orders of service, thankyou cards, place cards, table plan, favours, table centrepieces. Husband just qualified as web developer so he did our website. MIL's partner is a photographer and my auntie has her own cake decorating business! My Dad does fireworks for large events so we had a great display at our reception. My uncle is a retired bishop so he married us, SIL is fantastic at flowers and friend did our video!! What a talented lot I know...!! xxx

not on a budget but I like doing things myself and am creative

i have designed my own invites anfd table decorations and will be doing the balloons, favours and table seating and placecards

Can you adam and eve it?! I was about to take some photos but the batteries in my camera have died and I've left my mobile at work grrr! I'll hopefully be able to post some tomorrow.

Some great ideas here ladies, upload some photos so we can see your handywork!





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