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Free Download: Cupcake Wrapper
This is one of our most popular requests recently: a cupcake wrapper. What is it? It's a band of paper that wraps around the outside of a cupcake. Instructions: 1. Download the template here 2. Print it onto a piece of cardstock 3. Cut it out and use it to trace the shape onto paper. You can fit multiple ...
Tip of the Day: Fall Wedding Decor Ideas
Happy Autumn, Northern (oops! not, Western) Hemisphere readers! For those of you planning a Fall wedding, get your behinds to your local magazine racks. September is prime Fall decorating time with the major shelter magazines: Martha, Country Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Southern Living, etc., who nearly always have fun, unique, and gorgeous ideas for centerpieces, ...
Real Etiquette: Complex Invite Wording
Kimberly writes in the following situation: The bride's parents are hosting the wedding. The groom's mom passed away a few years ago and the groom's father may or may not be at the wedding. The bride & groom have a daughter together (almost 1 yr old) and the groom also has 5 other kids (2-3 of ...
How To Ask Us A Question – And Get A Reply
Hey DIYers! DIY Bride receives about 2,000 non-spam emails a month. Since the the site is run by little old me, please understand that it can take a few days (or more) for me to respond to your questions. To put it in perspective: if I spent only 5 minutes per email I'd be answering it ...
Contest: Win a Ron Ben Israel Cake
Well-Spun Weddings is hosting a contest for a lucky couple to win a cake made by master cake guru, Ron Ben Israel. Pop on over to WSW and enter before 12/01/09. And do check out Well-Spun Weddings' vintage wedding films. Truly, they're among the absolute best videography companies I've seen.
Fab Finds Friday: Mari Robeson + Priscilla of Boston
Fab Finds Friday is a weekly showcase of some of the fabulous resources available to the wedding community. This week’s wedding goodness comes to you from Mari Robeson + Priscilla of Boston. Products for FFF are chosen based on their merit and are never paid endorsements. xoxo. I'm a sucker for a good ring pillow. So ...
Library Card Save-The-Dates
I love, love, love incorporating everyday places into a wedding theme. Museums? Great. A favorite diner? Neat. A school cafeteria? Utterly adorable. If you're a book nerd like me, then you'll get a kick out of using library cards as save-the-dates (or even invitations). To get you started pop on over to the Catalog Card Generator, where ...
Repost: DIY Bride Wants To Upgrade Your Projects
{This is a repost of a call for submissions from a couple of months ago. We're about to start posting our first round of makeovers this month. It was so much fun we'd like to keep it going as an ongoing feature!} Do you have that not-so-crafty feeling? Are your favors falling flat? Are your invites ...
DIY Fonts
Have you ever wanted to make your handwriting into a font? There are a number of sites online that allow you to upload samples of your handwriting and they'll turn into a TrueType font for a fee. The cool thing is that you can create your own dingbats, too. Check out: Fontifier $9.00 HandFont $249.00 YourFonts $9.95 FontCapture {FREE} FontsForPeas {FREE}
Real DIY Wedding: Cynthia & Christopher
Your first names: Cynthia & Christopher Wedding date: May 9, 2009 Wedding location: Peppermill Hotel Spa & Resort in Reno Nevada US What made your wedding creative: Going with a specific theme such as an Old Hollywood Glam look, from the attire to decor, music and more. No one in any of our family weddings ever had a ...
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