What DIY projects did you take on? Pics Please. Do you have any easy project suggestions?

I want to try pew bows and a card box too. Haven't yet, but I do have some inspirations from things I've seen others too. May have to steel a few ideas from others, since I'm not really the crafty person..so tutorials will play a big part. Went to the florist yesterday and he showed me some pew bows/flowers..it's looked simple, some tule with a few roses and greens on..i thought to myself..yeah I can do that....Good luck to both of us...

Thanks! Good luck to you too. Those are some cute pics!

I'm making my own pew bows, too! I'm making fabric pomanders in cream, peach, and very pale pink. I live in NJ and there aren't really any fabric stores around anymore (even our WalMarts got rid of their fabric sections this year! ), so I bought super-clearance sheet sets and they work great. I don't have any pictures of mine right now, but they look just like the ones attached below. What style pew bows are you making?

We're also DIY'ing our programs, invitations, and guest book alternative (fingerprint wedding tree), but I haven't gotten up the nerve to start any of them yet!

@Anticipating August...We did our own STD's. We did our own centerpieces, which really meant we put together our ideas and bought it. Upcoming...We are doing our own table name cards....motorcycles with names of places we have toured on the bike. I am doing my bouquet, booties and corsage. We are doing candy(self print stickers for Hershey kisses) to put out on the cake table.

The bouquet is the inspiration pic.

@Rosie....I love them. They are gorgeous. The sheets were a great idea. I have used top sheets to make valances in the past.

I decided to make my own invitation, programs, table numbers, centerpieces...... so here are my pic..

I love all the pictures and ideas.

@ Torie S. - I love the flowers on that centerpiece. The colors are lovely.

@ Carole B. - You have been busy

@ Rosie - I ilke the fingerprint wedding tree idea

Things I'm making:

-BM Jewelry (pics attached, the only DIY I've finished so far)

-Card Box (link to what it will be: http://roadtotheaisle.blogspot.com/2007/09/diy-photo-frame-cardbox.html)

-Ring Bearer Pillows

-Flower Girl Buckets

-BM tote bags

I'm also printing designing and printing my own directions inserts and ceremony programs as well as reserved seating signs for the ceremony and reception.

Here's a couple of my recent ones.

1 - Tears of Joy packets

2 - Centerpiece mock up. I'll be using real flowers, but wanted to get an idea of what it would look like

3 - Tea bags for my welcome bags.

Oh and project wedding, has some good ideas, and tutorials.

http://www.projectwedding.com/wedding-ideas/diy-wedding

We did everything from the invitations to the chuppah (Jewish wedding canopy) ourselves. A list of projects, with instructions, can be found at this link.

I have done a lot and plan to do much more. I have a website: http://yashica.weebly.com/

First is our chair decorations, second is the escort cards, third our part of the gift for the bridesmaids

I'm doing my own centerpieces and bouquets. My centerpiece is just a mason jar with decorative river rocks and spanish moss and silk flowers, I may add a pink ribbon around the lip of the jar to add some color.. but I havent decided if I want to or not.

@Yashica you have some awesome DIY skills.....enjoyed looking at all the projects on your website.

And the picture of my bouquet I know it doesn't look right, but its bc its not totally finished yet its what I have so far.. I'm going for the cascading style bouquet

Thank you Mountainbride!

I'm having a vintage Alice in Wonderland themed wedding. Instead of traditional boutonnière and corsages I did jewelry. I did heart lockets with rabbit brooch pins for the groomsmen/fathers and rose brooches for the mothers.

I am also doing favors, centerpieces and table numbers but don't have anything finished one to show yet

I used Etsy for 95% of my project needs and saved a ton. For example, I originally wanted to do pocket watches for boutonnières - at $22 a pop for 9 people. Eventually I opted for the locket-thingies. I ordered everything in that pictures for all 9 pieces for a total cost of about $30 including shipping. And it only took about an hour to put together. I am also using globalrose.com for flowers (so cheap!!) and papermart.com for ribbon and floral tape.

Have you recieved any of your flowers from globalrose.com? I'm debating on whether to buy offline or not

Invites =]