Meet The DIY Bride At The Maker Faire

Posted by Khris in Events + Soirees

[Update: I'll be there on Sunday, May 04 at 3:00 pm.]

Attention Bay Area DIYers! I’ll be at the 2008 Maker Faire at the San Mateo Expo Center in San Mateo, CA during the weekend of May 3 & 4. I’ll be presenting some DIY wedding goodness and doing a book signing. Once my schedule is set, I’ll let you know.

In the meantime, check out the Maker Faire video podcast from CraftZine.com. It’s going to be so much fun!

Giveaway #4 Winners

Posted by Khris in DIYBride News, Events + Soirees

I know, I know. I’m a week late announcing the winners. Sorry! To make it up to you wonderfully patient peeps, I’m giving away 5 copies of the book instead of the 2 announced.

The winners, chosen by random.org’s integer picker thingie:

#83 is Charlene

#7 is jenny

#5 is Meredith

#120 is courtney

#19 is Kristen

The winners have been notified via email.

Thanks for participating, everyone! (And a heartfelt thank you for all of the well-wishes on the move. I appreciate it!)

Reader Question: Amphitheater Seating Covers

Posted by Khris in Wedding Planning

We have an interesting dilemma in the forums and I’m hoping you creative divas might have some suggestions. User virtualvoice writes in with this predicament:

Our wedding ceremony is going to be outdoors in an amphitheater- the seats are all stone and somewhat dirty. We need to have blankets or fabric or something so that the guests don’t get their clothes dirty when they sit at the cermony.

I have thought of asking guests to bring towels from their hotels to sit on, but they might forget and it may be a bit strange of a thing to ask people to bring. (Would that be tacky? I could see it possibly working…) We could ask them to bring blankets, but the majority of them are traveling and won’t want to lug blankets across the country.

I have been trying to think of other cheap ways to fulfill our need for fabric or blankets. With $150 guests, that’s a lot of fabric needed!

Thoughts so far:
- Aisle runners ($30 for 100 ft some places online)
- paint drop cloths? I think the fabric ones are expensive
- $1/yd fabric at Walmart. I think we can find a better deal by thinking creatively
- cheap cloth tablecloths or sheets

Color- it seems like it would be nice if we could get white/off white, blue, gray, peach-ish, or black (or a mix of the above) colored blankets/towels/etc so they match the wedding colors at least somewhat, and aren’t an array of gaudy prints and things (otherwise I could collect random garage sale blankets, etc.). I could bleach them… Any thoughts on that? Would it really matter if the colors clash?

Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated!

Fab Finds Friday: Bellissima Vita Weddings

Posted by Khris in Fab Finds Friday

{Fab Finds Friday is a weekly showcase of some of the fabulous resources available to the wedding community. This week’s wedding goodness is the Centerpiece of the Week feature at Bellissima Vita Weddings.}

Finding that perfect centerpiece seems to be one of the biggest design dilemmas couples face in the wedding process. I know Mr DIYB and I agonized over ours (ok, I did most the agonizing…) before we decided to do a cupcake display on each table.

One of my favorite blogs to visit, Bellissima Vita Weddings, has a wonderful feature called “Centerpiece of the Week“.  Lisa’s picks are fresh, fun, elegant. If you’re looking for gorgeous, unique centerpiece inspiration you must visit! (And do check out the rest of the blog – it’s fabulous!)

A note about the book: PC versus Mac

Posted by Khris in DIYBride News

Hey DIYers,

For those of you who have the DIY Bride book in your hands, I wanted to let you know that the instructions for projects that involve MS Word are written specifically for PC-based versions of Word. Because there are different operating systems and versions of Word currently in use by the general population, the instructions may not match up exactly with your version of Word. They should be pretty close.

Mac users, you’re not left out! I actually wrote the book (and the projects) on a Mac. I can help you out if you have Mac-specific questions about any of the Word-based projects. Just email me via the contact form or check the forums for Q & A regarding Mac instructions.

-K