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DIY projects that involve anything besides a computer intimidate me. I wasn’t born with that inherent crafty gene that so many other women seem to have. But, I also wasn’t going to cash out my 401k for table numbers, escort cards, etc. So, I actually managed to master a DIY project. I can now use [...]
At the last wedding I went to about half the female guests ended up barefoot by the end of the night. I love super cute heels that go perfectly with my outfit, but after a glass or two of wine you just don’t care about fashion as much as comfort. Since we plan to have [...]
Pete’s father is generously hosting our rehearsal dinner, it somewhat snuck up on us so instead of ordering invitations I ran down to Target to pick up some DIY invites. I’m actually pretty impressed with their Papyrus and Letter Impress lines. I went with the Baroque wedding invitations (only $35 for 50) and used the [...]
A couple years ago I co-hosted my sister’s bridal shower. Since she had a pretty sizable guest list I wanted to do bridal bingo to hold everyone’s attention while she opened the gifts. I searched around online, but couldn’t find any free templates that I liked. I also wanted to do the purse hunt game, [...]
This is for the fellow brides who are tearing their hair out trying to manage guestlists, budgets, thank you notes, vendors, etc. I’m a little OCD about keeping these things organized, and quickly realized that my (completely useless) wedding planning book was not going to cut it. So, I started looking for electronic options. I’ve [...]
I’m torn between doing the invitations myself and just ordering them. Obviously ordering the invitations would be much easier on me and more convenient, but I’d get way more bang for my buck if I did them myself. I found instructions on how to make gorgeous DIY dupioni silk pocketfold invitations. They are really stunning [...]
So here is my first go at designing a map to go with the invitations, you’d think considering what I do for a living I’d be able to do a little better than this but maybe I’m just nitpicking. Not too shabby though for a first try I guess. I’m sure v2.0 will be a [...]
