DIY Bride™

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 Spoonflower.

Oh, friends, I am so excited to share this resource with you! Spoonflower is one of the coolest, most innovative services to hit the crafting world in a long, long time.

So, what exactly do they do? They print custom fabric designed by you. Yep, that’s right, you can create your own fabric for a mere $18 a yard with no minimums. Just imagine what you can do with this: ring pillows, table runners, handbags for your maids, chair covers, neck ties, vests, photo booth backdrops, invitations (shameless plug: see The DIY Bride book for the Couture Silk Invite) … the list goes on and on.

Spoonflower has just come out of their beta phase and is now open to everyone. Sign-up is free and they have a number of online resources for inspiration and to help get you started.

I’m looking forward to my first order with them and will be sure to share my experience (and projects).

No wedding-related book would be complete without a time line. For DIY couples, scheduling is tremendously important because most will vastly underestimate the time needed to plan and make their projects. A peek at the DIY Bride’s Proper Project Planning sheets is after the jump.

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Is your wedding looming and you’ve got that “not so crafty” feeling? Maybe you’re all thumbs when it comes to diy projects or perhaps you’ve just lost your wedding craft mojo. Chin up, my friend! The DIY Bride: 40 Fun Projects for Your One-of-a-Kind Wedding is the cure for what ails you. And I’m giving it away for free. That’s right. I’m giving one fabulous DIY Bride reader a copy of the book. Continue Reading »