2012 | DIY Bride

Feb21 0

Caleb + Charlynn

Ahhhhh, love. It may be the hold-over of warm fuzzies from Valentine’s Day last week, but I’m feeling rather romantic today. Which is fitting, because the couple and wedding we’ve lined up for you on this lovely Tuesday are romance personified.

Charlynn and Caleb had a stunning outdoor ceremony and reception that honored their love for each other as well as Caleb’s career with the Air Force. What stunned me especially was how the couple pulled off a patriotic red, white, and blue color scheme without going overboard – it’s a very hard line to walk and come out on the enchanting side. They used bird and airplane accents throughout the decor with aplomb, and mixed patterns to create a rustic feel.

DETAILS

Location: Nampa, ID

Photography: Ampersand Studios

Venue: The Secret Place

Feb21 0

Submission Guidelines

Posted by Khris in DIYBride News

We are delighted to receive submissions from you! DIY Bride is currently seeking submissions of the following for inclusion on the DIY Bride site or in an issue of our digital magazine.

Craft tutorials
Real DIY weddings
Real engagement sessions
Articles about wedding planning and crafting

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Craft Tutorials:

Some of our reader’s favorite projects include: invitations and stationery, bouquets and florals, jewelry, decor, favors, and cakes. Projects for weddings, showers, engagement parties, and rehearsal dinners are all welcome.

We prefer projects that are modern and on-trend with the current crop of brides and grooms. (No tulle-wrapped bottles of bubbles, for example.)

Supply lists that must be able to be fulfilled by most crafters (no wholesale-to-the-trade suppliers, for example)

Directions must be clear, concise, and easy-to-follow. Our audience is primarily at the intermediate to advanced level crafters however, we will accept projects at a beginner level as well.

Step-by-step photos must be submitted whenever possible, along with crafting tips and technique information if needed. Any variations to projects are also beneficial.

We’re open to all wedding-related crafts and would love to see techniques such as sewing, paper crafts, printmaking, floral arranging, jewelry making, and clay.

Use of current popular color schemes and themes should be considered when finalizing projects.

Real Weddings & Engagements:

In the body of an email as plain text (no Word, PDF or other formats are accepted)

Your first names
Wedding date (including year)
Wedding location (include city, state, country, resort, etc.)
What made your wedding creative
What projects you DIY’ed
Any other details that made your wedding special
List of vendors and links to their sites, as applicable

Please attach: at least 25 pictures of your wedding (75 – 100 is ideal), as attachments to the email. (A zipped file is ok as are individual photos; pdf, word, or other formats are not.)

We need at least 1 good shot of the couple in landscape format, 600px wide.

For photographers and other vendors:

We are a two bright lights editorial partner. This is our preferred method of professional submissions because it’s so easy for all involved however, we also accept direct submissions.

25-100 pictures of the wedding (A zipped file is ok, pdf; word, or other formats are not.)
Your name and company name
Couple’s names
Wedding date (including year)
Wedding location (include city, state, country, resort, etc.)
What made your wedding creative
What projects were DIY’ed
What you loved about this wedding

Everyone:

Please make sure you have the rights to send in the images of choice. In most cases, the photographer owns the rights to the images she/he took at the wedding – the couple does not. Do ask your photog for permission before you send pro shots, please.
Do NOT send links to your photos. Send the actual photos in an email, please.
Do NOT send your submissions in any format other than text in the body of an email. NO PDF, MS Word or other file types will be accepted.
Please send images from your wedding(s) only. Do not submit shots from other peoples’ weddings or events (unless you are the photographer or otherwise have permission to do so).
We cannot guarantee that we’ll use every image or will feature every submission.
Please be patient! It does take a while for us to review submissions and schedule them for publication.
We do share our submissions with our DIYBride.com readers, our tumblr subscribers, our Facebook friends, our Twitter followers, and our Pinterest boards. What can we say? We love sharing how crafty and awesome our readers are!

Ready To Submit? Have Questions? Use our handy dandy contact form to hit us up for the 411.

Feb17 4

Eva + Gary

Posted by whitney in Real DIYers

Happy Friday! Congratulations to all the couples who got engaged this week, and welcome to DIY Bride!

Today we have the wedding of Eva and Gary, and it was truly an international affair. Since the bride is from Iceland, the ceremony was in English and Icelandic, and favors for the guests were pieces of lava rock from the Eyjafjallajokull eruption. The florals were arranged and assembled by the bride and her attendants on the eve of the wedding using flowers shipped from Ecuador and placed in vases found around the house. The menu for the wedding was a labor of love, created and prepared by close friends of the bride, and the fish for the reception was purchased on the morning of the nuptials from a local dock.

DETAILS

Location: New York

Photography: Comfort Studio

Flowers: FlowersAndFreshness.com

Cupcakes: Crumbs

Wedding Dress: Macy’s

Makeup: Valdis of Kimara Ahnert Studio

Rings: Fabuluster by Jessica and Brent Williams

Feb14 6

Clare + John

Posted by whitney in Real DIYers

Happy Valentine’s Day! While I’m only marginally excited by the rampant red and pink that explodes on February 14th, I do get all giddy about an extra-special day to celebrate love. Whether it be between spouses, couples, siblings, or friends – it’s always a good day to tell someone you love them!

Today we have the wedding of Clare and John who had do-it-yourself details coming out of their ears for their vintage Alice in Wonderland nuptials. The bride and her mother each made their own dresses, the mens’ ascots, and all the decor. For the reception everything adhered to a tea party theme, and the bride could be see dancing barefoot with her groom on the venue’s bridge for their first dance.

DETAILS

Location: Exton, PA

Photography: BG Productions

Venue: Duling Kurtz House

Bakery: Cupcakes Gourmet

Feb13 1

Erin + Eric

Posted by whitney in Real DIYers

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we’ve got some major DIY wedding love coming your way today and tomorrow. To kick off the week we have the wedding of Eric and Erin, and to say love was in the air is an understatement. Pink flowers, pink lighting, and even pink flower girl dresses created an atmosphere of sweetness, and the DIY projects for the ceremony and reception lend a personal touch to the day.