Forget wedding cake and champagne toasts and soup cans tied to the back of your car. Of all the classic wedding traditions, adorable flower girl ballerinas are the most essential. And they need pink sparkle tutus. Handmade pink fluffy ruffled sparkle tutus with giant satin bows. Pick the best shade of pink. Cut a million […]
Save the Dates are a fabulous opportunity to be playful and creative, and to really imbue the personality of the bride and groom in the announcement. Even if you plan on sending out a formal wedding invitation — in small caps, on cream paper, with some kind of frilly imagery — there is no hard […]
By Sonya Nimri An economical way to DIY your table for a wedding or party is to transform thrift store plates into eye-catching table numbers. One plate per table can be gingerly propped up against a floral arrangement or integrated into the centerpiece. For materials, you can either go thrifting (any decent thrift store will […]
Ryan Gravenstreter Bell married her love, Matt Bell on May 3, 2008 in her own handmade wedding. Ryan writes: While looking at the site this month I have seen all the great DIY wedding things and can’t stop thinking about my own wedding, where practically everything was made by us and various family members. My […]
Etch your love in stone. Or, write it on a stone with a sharpie! My wedding favors were not just simple, they were cheap! With the help of a dear friend, 150 stones were monogramed with our initials on one side and an inspirational word on the other. I left the stones all around the […]
CRAFT Volume 10, the Celebrate issue, is still a goldmine of evergreen party projects. One how-to, sure to produce some loveliness, is Julie Sloane’s “Sugar Sweet Flowers.” She teaches you how to turn any cake, whether it be a birthday cake or wedding cake, into a summertime feast for the eyes. Check out her tutorial […]
Kat and Don’s recent wedding featured lots of homemade and repurposed elements. The couple had a low budget but that didn’t stop them from creating a beautiful event with some amazing details. You can see the rest of Kat and Don’s DIY wedding photos on her blog, kitten-craft.
