DIY

I've been in total "Do It Yourself" mode for this wedding.. so far.. the projects I have lined up to DIY are:

Wedding invitations
Party favors
Place cards
Table numbers
Wedding programs
Thank you cards
Shower invitations
Shower favors
Shower thank you cards

It's insane.. but I love it.

I'm saving money by just buying the supplies and printing these things myself.. but I think that in terms of labor.. the money I saved getting someone to do it.. is made up by the amount of time that I'm putting into it..

Did anyone else DIY elements of your wedding?

I'd love to hear advice about how to tackle it all.. or even horror stories about it.. and especially the success stories..

Tell me.. tell me!

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Heather - child of God, C. Jun 7, 2010, 2:35am UTC

Back in 1980 when we got married my husband made up our invitations at work. We bought really nice paper and after we sent them out we realized it said Sunday June 28th... which we were getting married, Saturday June 28th, so I had to resend out all the invitations... a second time.

We decorated and set up for our wedding the night before we got married with our maid of honor and our best man and took them out to dinner afterwards. It was my second marriage and his first so I carried him over the threshold. :)

I think you will enjoy your wedding a lot doing it yourself, but try not to overwhelm yourself.

Good luck and God Bless You!

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Rachel D. Jun 7, 2010, 12:20pm UTC

I did my wedding as pretty much all do-it-yourself. I just made a big long list, and every night in front of the TV, I worked away. The key was chipping away at the iceberg EVERY DAY.
When you're making the table arrangements, favors, invites, etc., just sit in front of the TV and fill those bags; cut the onion skin paper; fold the pages; etc. Before you know it, you'll be done!

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Susan Budig - Mindful Poet Jun 8, 2010, 11:30am UTC

I didn't know a wedding was on your horizon. Congrats! Nowadays it makes sense to DIY as far as printing up lots of the wedding materials. We've been invited to a wedding for this Friday. The Bride/Groom chose to handle RSVP by an online site. You could also handle it at facebook or with evite. That saves a ton on postage and paper.

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