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A Do It Yourself Wedding Will Save You Money
By guest author Amber Dusick
A do it yourself wedding is a sure fire way to personalise your wedding and even save money in the process. You don't even have to be crafty, just willing to put some time and effort into a project. Enlist friends and family to help too. Here are five things you should consider doing yourself to save some cash and to make your wedding unique.
Buy Simple - Think basic, think simple. Buy a plain dress for cheaper and embellish it yourself by sewing on pearls, crystals and beads as trim. Purchase plain white shoes and add a shoe clip or glass beads. Items that are heavily decorated already are more expensive, just buy a basic and decorate it yourself! Veil - If you can hold a needle and a thread you can certainly sew your own veil to a comb. A veil is nothing more than a piece of tulle attached to a comb or headband. The tulle itself will cost you next to nothing while buying a pre-made veil can be incredibly expensive!Flowers - Yes, you can do your own flowers if you are open to more earthy, natural looking arrangements and bouquets. This is one thing that can save you a huge amount of money for your do it yourself wedding, but its often the most daunting project to a bride. Choose in season flowers that last a long time when cut so that you can create bouquets a couple days in advance. Do tests with the flowers you plan to use. Ask friends to help. Buy vases at thrift and charity shops or rent them. Centrepieces - This goes with flowers, but to save even more money, think outside flowers. Consider using large tree branches, rocks, candles or other items that represent you as a couple for centrepieces instead of flowers. This can save you a bundle for your do it yourself wedding. Favours & Invitations - Rather than having a print shop take care of your invitations, print them on your home printer. This is a very popular option with thrifty brides so there are many attractive kits on the market for this. Favours are an obvious thing you can make yourself. Why buy a pre-packaged mass-produced item when you can give each guest a little something that is a personal way to say thanks? They'll cherish it if it is handmade. There is even more you can do if you really want to plan a DIY wedding, consider the food, decorations, thank-you cards, guest book and more! Have fun planning your DIY wedding as it will be 100% unique and special. Guests appreciate the time and effort you'll spend on personal touches and things you create yourself will be more meaningful to you in your memories.
Amber Dusick is the editor of
Do It Yourself Weddings,
where you will find instructions for DIY wedding favors, centerpieces, homemade veil instructions and do it yourself wedding invitation ideas.
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