r/DIYweddings

Hi all,

I am attempting to create my own table numbers by painting numbers on some thrifted plates. I am using DecoArt Metallic Paint on Ceramic plates. It’s looking chunky and the brush strokes are super obvious. Any advice?

I hope I'm not cheating by calling this a DIY because I am a graphic designer by trade, but I just love how they turned out and I am so inspired by all the talented people in the group, I hope I can contribute and inspire others along the way!

Credit where it's due: I saw a beautiful invitation shown on the last slide, (I cannot share the name of the studio without this post getting flagged) and wanted to replicate the pop-up nature of the card.

I started by hand painted a repeating floral pattern that I am using throughout the stationery and decor. I loved being able to use the pattern digitally at different scales.

Everything is designed in Adobe Illustrator to ensure the print and cut files all lined up.

I used a cutting machine to "print-then-cut" out all the invitations. The print was done at my local office store on 65lb matte cardstock. With the help of my amazing mom we then embossed each piece using a Big Shot embossing machine, and believe it or not, a piece of window screening to get the textured look. (No print shops near me offered a luxury paper option!?)

The hardest part was getting the double sided print to align, but the helpful person at the print shop was very patient with me as we perfected the alignment. The print-then-cut feature lets you export a PDF that has registration marks, so the goal was to get the marks to line up on both sides of the print.

I did soooo many prototypes and iterations, and probably spent SOO much more time than I should have on it, BUT 10% of my guest list is other designers, so I knew I had to show up!

Total cost was $182 CAD for 100 double sided colour prints on cardstock | Cost per invite: $3.65 CAD

Fonts used: Lovers in New York (available for purchase on etsy/creative market), Malila and Baga (Adobe Fonts)

I'd definitely be happy to provide the cut file to anyone who wants it, and is as insane as me to attempt this :)

Also in case it makes no sense, "The Start of Something Old" is reference to the fact that my partner and I have been together for 15 years, and I wanted to make a play on the "something old/ something new" wedding trope as well as the classic "start of a new chapter" sentiment. <3

We finally had our super DIY wedding in May! Here's everything I handmade or customised, it was a non-stop year of crafts and I loved it (although the creative burnout afterwards has hit HARD) I feel like I made more than was pictured here, not pictured was things like accessories and thank you gifts I made for my bridesmaids, and the archway and photo booth we made from garden arches.

i've spent the past couple weeks driving around to every antique store in a 50 mile radius (and then some) collecting local vintage postcards to use as my save the dates, and just spent this afternoon stamping them all! i used a Very Old letterpress stamp kit i found at an estate sale last year, and i am very happy with them :-)

i'm definitely going for a soft/worn-in/handmade/thrifted feel across the whole wedding (wearing my grandma's old wedding dress, handsewing patchwork drapes, pre-melting tapered candles to get cool textural wax drips, etc), so these definitely fit the vibe, even if they are a little silly/unconventional/imperfect. i will also be putting them in thrifted envelopes that i am drawing little doves carrying love notes on hehe (almost done with this too!), so that they are protected in the mail!

handmaking everything has honestly been way more relaxing and less time-consuming than i thought it would be! though it definitely helps that i am not at all a perfectionist and was already in the midst of an all-fifty-seasons survivor rewatch hehehe

I decided to make my own floral arrangements for my wedding to go down the aisle. I didn’t want perfectly round arrangements, so the messiness is deliberate. Any advice to improve these is appreciated!

What’s the best bridesmaid or groomsmen gift you have received or given?

I ideally don’t want to consume new things there’s enough on this planet so would love your homemade or thrifted ideas of things that actually get used!

Our loose theme is a summer camp so along that vibe is even better. I like the idea of embroidered tote bags (would have to buy the bags but I do think they would get used a lot) so ideas of what to go with that would be great!

(Pic is the general vibe)

I paid about $30 for this custom embosser from Etsy using a design I made in Canva, and got the napkins in bulk. I’m excited to also use the embosser for other things like cards, since it does not have our wedding date on it. The design also matches our welcome sign!

DIY fall wedding. All done in teapots

Hello! I have fallen in love with these table number holders and want to either find them and paint them silver to match my decor or attempt to make them myself. Can anyone point me in the direction of a DIY video of how to start learning to make these myself? I know they’re a discontinued Anthropologie item.

Thank you in advance!

When I first started thinking about our seating chart, I had a vision: retro motel key tags. And after way too much designing, test printing, and assembling, I have officially brought that vision to life.

Instead of traditional table numbers, each of our tables is named after a location we’ve traveled to together. Every guest gets a personalized motel key tag with their name and table destination, and each table will have a vintage-style postcard from that location waiting for them.

I 3D printed 97 personalized tags in total.

Cost breakdown:
Filament: $45
Gold keychains: $8
Total: $53

Cost per escort card: about $0.55

I’m genuinely obsessed with how they turned out. I wanted them to feel like little souvenirs from some weird vintage roadside motel while still fitting into the whole travel theme of the wedding.

The box was like 40 dollars at hobby lobby a few months ago, went back a few days ago and saw it marked down to 16.99...it had some scratches and I told the lady I'd need to repaint it (jokes on them that was my plan all along), so she dropped it to 11 dollars! The part that was the hardest was matching my Canva font free handing because my transfer skills didn't work with my shitty mechanical pencil lol but I think it turned out good! My wedding is at a modern art museum so my main decor will be flowers since the walls have literal masterpieces on them. I have fallen victim to the funky garden formal theme🫡✊

Just got married in July and wanted to share the diy’s and thrifted things we had for decor!
The DIY’s:
Floral bar cover made from curtains
All of the food for the grazing tables I set up the morning of (would not recommend lol)
I painted our candy machine to fit in a little better then boring gray
Each place cards I cross stitched which was such a labor of love but so worth it! (Photo of them on the table plus a close up)
Our last name banner made from paint drop cloth
The metal crest seals and envelope inserts for our invites
Finally I would say this is more of a customization than a diy but I sourced the lace for my veil that perfectly matched my dress!
Thrifted items:
Our main bar was the top of a vintage wooden hutch which had perfect shelf’s for glassware. All of the decor on it was also thrifted except for the water dispenser
I thrifted vintage handkerchief which was displayed in a vintage firewood holder!
Overall I’m so in love with how everything came together!

I have been trying to find a website or Etsy seller that would be able to print custom-shaped wedding save-the-dates on heavy cardstock.

Does anyone have any ideas on where I can go to order something like the idea pictured in this post?

I made loads of stuff for my wedding that happened in July- I thought it would be fun to show off everything I made! I’m an artist, baker and also a DIY monster. I do a lot of sign work in my free time and paint a lot. I had fun doing all this but I will admit that I had a few meltdowns before the big day, but I also wouldn’t change a thing!

First time doing faux stained glass! Turned out amazing