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DIY: Wedding ideas!
Updated: Friday, 22 Feb 2013, 12:32 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 21 Feb 2013, 10:20 PM EST
CHICOPEE, Mass. (Mass Appeal) - Are you planning a wedding? If you're looking to save time and money, but still want to create the wedding of your dreams you can, with these easy do-it-yourself projects! Tanya Costigan, the Owner of Bowties and Butterflies Event Planning, showed us some easy ideas for your big day!
1. Wedding Date Canvas Guest "Book":
What you need:
Canvas (any size you like)
Paint
Paint brush
Pens
Number Stencils
Ruler
What you do:
Using the number stencils that coincide with your wedding date, use the pen or pencil to lightly trace them onto the canvas. Make sure it's light enough so the paint will cover it. When doing this, use a ruler as a guide making sure the bottom of the numbers all sit on a straight line. Once all your numbers are traced, paint with desired color!
Display this at your wedding with pens and markers so guests can sign it. After the wedding, have it framed and hang in your home!
2. Vellum Candle Wraps:
What you need:
Printer
Vellum Paper
Pillar candle in a glass holder
Double sided tape
Scissors
What you do:
Design a template (I used Microsoft Word with lace clip art I got on Etsy). Print the template on vellum paper in landscape mode. After printed, trim edges appropriately and make sure it is the size of you candle. Don't let the paper rise above the top of the jar too much, because the paper will catch fire. Place double sided tape down one edge of the paper and secure to the glass. Wrap the paper almost all the way around the glass, making sure it's wrapping straight, and once you've got it almost wrapped, lay the glass on its side, and run the double sided tape down the last edge. Finish wrapping the vellum and secure!
3. Gold Glitter Table Number:
What you need:
Wooden numbers (craft store, or online)
Candlestick (I used a clear glass candlestick)
Glue Gun
Spray Adhesive
Glitter (Use any color you want, I chose gold and a clear iridescent mixture)
Freezer bag or another type of plastic bag
What you do:
Empty a container of glitter into the plastic bag or freezer bag. I like the freezer back because it seals up when you are ready to shake. A sandwich bag won't due because it's too small and the bag will stick the number when you are trying to fit it into the bag after gluing.
Carefully spray the wooden table number with spray adhesive. I say carefully really meaning not to get it on your hands because it is difficult to remove from hands. Put the number into the bag of glitter and SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE!
Once you feel the whole number is covered in glitter to your liking, remove the number from the bag. I finished my number of with some hairspray (to seal the glitter on).
Then, set the number down while you use the glue gun to apply glue to the edges of the candlestick. Only put a dot of glue on each side of the circle where the number will sit, you don't need to glue the whole top.
Grab your pretty, glittery number and set in the glue on top of the candlestick!!
Each number will take you about 15 minutes or so.
4. Pear Place Card Holders:
What you need:
Fake fruit
Glitter
Spray Adhesive
Cardstock
Pen
Scissors
Score Board (Martha Stewart)
Paperpunch
Glue or Glue Gun
Plastic Bag
What you do:
Place the cardstock on the scoreboard to create guide lines when cutting. Make the flags that will serve as the place card as small or as large as you'd like. Mine are roughly ¾ of an inch wide and about 2 ½ inches long. Cut the flags out, and write the table number and guest names on the flag. Punch a hole at the end of the flag. Set them aside. Next, take the glitter and empty into a bag. Spray the fake piece of fruit with the spray adhesive and put into the bag of glitter. Shake it around until fully covered. Take it out of the bag. Let it dry. Once dry, place the stem of the fruit (I used pears) through the hole you punched in the flag. Put a dab of glue on the bottom side of the flag and secure to the fruit so that the flag will not fall off.
5. Envelope Guest Book:
What you need:
Scrapbook
Scrapbook pages
Small envelopes with card inserts
Glue
Pens
What you do:
Glue the small envelopes (front sides) to the scrapbook page in any way you'd like them on the page. The flap should face out so after guests fill out the small card inserts, they will be able to place them in the envelopes. Leave the pages out of the scrapbook and on the table at your cocktail hour and reception with pens. After your wedding, slide the pages into the scrapbook. You can either read your guest's messages immediately after the wedding, or save for your first anniversary.
6. Heart Charm Favors:
What you need:
Heart charms
Small tags
String
Paper Punch
What you do:
Punch a hole into the tag you are using. Use the string through the charm and the hole in the tag and tie to secure. Leave as favors at your guests place settings.
7. Journals:
What you need:
Blank journals that have a ribbon place marker included
Embellishments (I chose
lace ribbon, and lock and key findings)
Glue Gun
What you do:
The instructions I'm giving are for the journals I did. You can get creative and choose any embellishments you like.
For the Lock and Key journal, this one does not really lock, it's simply an embellishment. On the ribbon page marker, I stuck the end of the ribbon through the top of the key handle and glued the ribbon to itself with the glue gun so the key was secure. I also used the glue gun to secure the lock embellishment to the front of the journal.
For the lace journal, I cut a piece of the lace ribbon about an inch longer than the length of the journal itself. This will allow you to fold the edges of the ribbon over both top and bottom edges of the journal cover. Secure those folded edges with a glue gun.
8. Paper Flower Favor Boxes:
What you need:
Favor box (any size you'd like)
Paper flower decoration
Paper tape
Favor (I used votive candle)
Scissors
Glue or double sided tape
What you do:
Assemble the box if it's not already. Place the favor inside. Using glue or double sided tape secure the paper flower decoration to the top of the box. If you are using a tag, glue that to the box, and then glue the flower to the tag. Wrap decorative paper tape around the bottom edge of the box for extra decoration.
9. Flower Girl Headbands:
What you need:
Glue gun
Plain satin headband
Embellishment of your choice
What you do:
Glue the embellishment you chose to the headband, I chose to place mine slightly to one side.
10. Ribbon Sticks & Ceremony Flags:
What you need:
Wooden dowels
Ribbon
Ceremony flag templates (found online)
Double sided tape
Glue gun
What you do:
For flags: Print and cut the template out. Place double sided tape down the center of the flag template, and around all edges. Place the dowel on the tape you put down the center. Fold the template around the dowel creating a flag, making sure edges line up.
For ribbon sticks: Cut the ribbon at any length you choose, but make sure it's long enough to wave in the wind. Wrap one edge of the ribbon around the dowel just enough to glue the edge you wrapped over to the backside of the same ribbon. Add as many ribbons to one dowel as you'd like. Guests can wave the ribbon sticks and ceremony flags as you as you exit the ceremony space. Looks great in photos.
11. Votive Holders:
What you need:
Votive candles
Votive candle holders
Glue gun
Ribbon or lace
What you do:
Wrap the ribbon or lace around the outside of the glass votive holder. Make sure its not crooked. Glue both ends to the glass to secure. Place the votive inside and use as favors or as part of your centerpiece or table detail.
12. Various Stationery:
What you need:
Different types of papers you like
Envelopes that will fit your stationery
Double sided tape
Printer
Scissors
Ruler
Pencil
Other embellishments you like
What you do:
Dependent on what you are making, you'll need to cut the papers to the size you need. You'll need double sided tape to secure vellum or other layering papers to base papers. Add ribbon, or crystals or other embellishments as desired. You can make menus, invitations, thank you cards and more.
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