HaDO: Refurbished Gifts To Wedding Party?

Posted by Khris in HADO

::::: Help a DIYer Out is a regular column where you, our dear readers, may ask our community for their help or opinions on wedding or craft-related issues that are important to you. :::::

Caitlin is asking for opinions on this interesting dilemma:

My DF and I want to give our small wedding party e-readers as thank you gifts. We recently found $99 e-readers on a shopping site and thought PERFECT! but they (the e-readers) are refurbished. Is it tacky to give a refurbished item as a gift? They come with a 90-day warranty and are supposed to be as good as new.

What do you guys think? Yay or nay on refurb tech gadgets for gifts?

DIY Bride Is Hiring

Posted by Khris in Opportunties

DIY Bride Is Hiring!

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.

DIY Bride Directory

Posted by Khris in DIYBride News

Happy Almost 2011!

With the upcoming changes to the site, DIY Bride will be launching a vendor directory. If you have a wedding or wedding-craft related business, we invite you to apply for a spot. The vendor directory listings are paid placements; however, we do offer a variety of options to fit most budgets. We love small, independent businesses!

For more information, please contact us (below) for the scoop.

All the best,

The DIY Bride Team

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Changes Are Coming!

Posted by Khris in DIYBride News

Happy Holidays, DIYers!

I know it’s been terribly quiet around here lately and I wanted to give you an update.

There is much work going on behind the scenes at DIY Bride! In the coming weeks there will be some fundamental changes in how DIYBride operates. Our goal is to put more resources in your hands and to grow our offerings to better help you create the wedding of your dreams.

The new emphasis of DIYBride.com is on a community-based learning environment where you’ll be able to take online classes, attend workshops and seminars, and better connect with other couples, crafters, and wedding professionals. Our first classes will be:

• Invitations 101
• Intro to Printmaking
• Beaded  Jewelry

DIYBride’s blog is being revamped into more of an online magazine format so that we can present projects and planning information in the context of how they’d work in a real wedding. For example: instead of just giving you, say, a favor project, we’ll be presenting a whole theme around that favor idea. We’ll give you a collection of projects and advice with templates, how-to instructions, and other crafty wedding goodness each month that are related to a central theme or idea.

The downloads area will return. We’re adding a shop and classified ads area along with a vendor directory, video tutorials, and other nifty features to be announced soon.

This is the vision I’ve had of DIY Bride for many, many years now. My first real business plan for DIY in 2006 had many of the above elements but, for reasons too numerous to list, didn’t manifest until now. It’s exciting to see some of it finally coming to life and in ways that are much better than I had originally envisioned. The launch date is January 10.
Thanks for your continued support and patience while I continue chugging along with the coding and testing of the new site.

DIY Bride: The BookAZine

Posted by Khris in DIYBride News

Hey, DIY Bride Fans!
My publishers have released the first DIY Bride “bookazine”, a magazine-formatted version of select projects from the first DIY Bride book.  It’s available at your favorite newsstand or from http://www.tauntonstore.com/diy-bride-034014.html for the low, low price of $8.99.  Sweet!

The 124 page bookazine details:

The perfect companion for every wedding day. Planning a wedding is an intensely personal experience. DIY Bride shows today’s brides how to make their Big Day really theirs — a true expression of their personality … and truly unforgettable. It’s the must-have guide for making any wedding stand out.

Something for every crafting skill level and budget. This special issue shows brides of all crafting abilities how to make unique, inexpensive, and fun projects with the kind of custom touches that make guests notice — and remember.

Save the Dates to the Big Day — all with a personal stamp. From homemade engagement announcements to one-of-a-kind place cards and memorable favors, it’s packed with projects any bride can easily adapt to her own personal style.

Easy-to-follow steps from start to … all the way down the aisle. With simple, step-by-step instructions and inspiring photographs, DIY Bride helps brides create elegant projects with their own distinctive touch to make their dream wedding come true.