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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-only 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

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

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.
• Please use low-res images! My email server tends to freak out when I get large files and I end up not receiving those emails. 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).
• I cannot guarantee that I’ll use every image or will feature every submission.
• It will take time for me to sort through submissions. Please be patient!

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

Editorial:

2 Fashion + Beauty Interns

2 Wedding Crafts Interns

1 Real Wedding Interns

1 Freelance Copy Editor

Community Management:

1 Community/Network Intern

Technical:

1 CSS/HTML/Joomla Expert

DIY Bride is seeking projects we can take off your hands and give a crafty makeover. We’ll post before and after pictures and give step-by-step instructions to boot. We’ll turn those sad little projects into pimped out beauties you can be proud of. We’re seeking reader submissions of nearly any DIY wedding project that you’d like to take to from meh to fab in the following categories:

Invitations and stationery
Personal accessories (veils, headpieces, sashes, jewelry)
Centerpieces and table decor
Flowers, ceremony/reception decor
Favors and gifts
Cookies, cakes, food
Surprise us!

We need a scan, a photo, or the actual project to work with. (Sorry, we’re not advising you on what project to do or how to flesh out a concept. We need real, in-progress projects to make over.) If you’d like to submit your craft to us, please contact us and we’ll send all of the details.

Ad sales professionals, DIY Bride has a contract position open on our team. If you have sales experience and strong relationship building skills, we’d love to hear from you! Experience with MS Excel, a home office, and availability during normal business hours (M – F 9am – 5pm in any US time zone)  are essential. This is a commission-based position.

Instructors, as we expand our online learning center in 2011, DIY Bride is seeking wedding and craft professionals to create online/virtual classes and workshops in all areas of wedding planning and wedding-related crafting. Compensation is on a revenue-share basis.

For more information or to submit your resume, please email hello {at} diybride {dot} com or use the handy-dandy contact form.

Hey DIYers,

DIYBride site will go quiet this holiday weekend while I finish up the final stages of the new site. During my absence I’m opening a contest to give away copies of both of my DIY Bride books.  All you have to do is leave a comment on this post (1 comment per person, please) and you’re entered. Even better? For each comment/entry, I’ll donate a can or box of food to my local Second Harvest food bank.

Details:

• Leave 1 comment in response to this post from 11/24 through 11/30 to enter.
• On 12/01, I’ll select 2 winners using a random number generator. Each winner will recieve copies of both of my books.
• For each entry received, I’ll donate 1 unit (can, bag, box) of food to my local (San Jose, CA) Second Harvest Food Bank.
• 1 entry per person
• Open to all!

Happy Thanksgiving!

WEtv and Ish Entertainment is casting Los Angeles-area couples for a new series that gives couples a chance for a wedding day DO OVER. Neat! The details:

WEtv and Ish Entertainment is casting Los Angeles-area couples who experienced wedding mishaps that put a huge damper on their big day.  This exciting new series will give these deserving couples the opportunity to get the ultimate DO OVER…a dream wedding celebration planned by acclaimed celebrity wedding designer, Diann Valentine.

Did you - or anyone you know – suffer a wedding hiccup on the big day?  We’re looking for deserving couples who battled anything from weather related issues (power outages, rain on outdoor weddings), family drama (bad wedding toasts, family arguments on the big day) or even comical bloopers (bridal party members falling into the lake during photos) that kept them from enjoying the wedding day they always dreamed of!

Couples must be in and around the LA area.

Contact: IshTVCasting.Julia@gmail.com / www.ishtvcasting.com

Beginning next month (September 2010) DIY Bride will be offering online classes and workshops. We’re seeking qualified instructors to collaborate with us to bring fun and educational events to our DIY Bride community. As DIY Bride is expanding to be more inclusive of the entire wedding planning process, we welcome professionals from both the wedding and crafting communities to work with us.

If you’re interested in becoming a DIY Bride instructor, please do not hesitate to contact Khris for more details.

I need a couple who wants to get married next Saturday, May 29th on live network TV. It’ll be fun! Anyone interested or know someone who is please email me at anne.chertoff@corp.aol.com

This is in New York City.

Please contact Anne (above) for all the deets.

We TV is casting for the next season of My Fair Wedding with David Tutera. If you’re interested in applying, please contact the links below. DIY Bride (that’s me) cannot help you with any of the details and is not affiliated with We TV or David Tutera in any way.

Details from the producers:

Would you like to be on WEtv’s hit series “My Fair Wedding”?

  Celebrity Wedding Planner, David Tutera, is waiting to make your wedding the dream you’ve always envisioned.

If you are getting married between March and August 2010, and you need David Tutera’s help, let us know! {Khris’ Note: They’re looking for couples in the NY area, Dallas, and Los Angeles.}

We’re looking for brides who have a theme that is different, creative, fun, interesting, maybe even a bit over the top.  If you have a vision/ theme and you need David Tutera’s help, let us know! Include the following information in your e-mail:

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NAME
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ADDRESS
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PHONE NUMBER
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WEDDING DATE -

WEDDING CITY/STATE& LOCATION
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CURRENT PHOTO OF BRIDE/GROOM
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YOUR THEME-

TELL US HOW YOU’RE INCORPORATING YOUR THEME INTO YOUR WEDDING-

BRIEF BIO 
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Please also include a brief description and/or photos of any existing wedding plans (i.e., Dress, Venue, Decor, Etc.)

Email applications to: mfw3casting@pilgrimfilms.tv

or click the banner below:

I’ll be dedicating an entire week to wedding crafts that are made with recycled materials. This is something near and dear to my heart because I’m a packrat thrifty recycler who adores rescuing and re-purposing items.

I – and the entire DIY community – would love it if you shared your recycled projects with us for the showcase. Just send us your project details + pictures using the form below by October 23rd. (You can send project anytime, by the way! We love showing off the work of our talented readers.)

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