DIY Wedding - doable DIY vs. Pain in the A.... DIY - AUSTRIANBRIDE87's Purple Wedding by Color Blog

I have more time than other Brides....so i can spend more time doing and preparing things...

but if you work 8-10 hour a day...and you have a kind(s)...your day is booked...so be careful what you want to your self....

most of it takes time.....

I read that most of the brides who did there invitations them selfes did not have that much fun with it....
....it took more time
....drama with computer and printer if you don't work with it on a day to day base so you need longer till you figure thinks out ....

How many do you need....200... oh dear....that takes for ever....
25 ...no bigy....

my invitations are 3$ a pice....so i am ordering them ....i can never buy the stuff that cheap and then the time i need to invest....it never pays off....
(www.scrollweddinginvitations.com)

DIY Flowers:
The florist is the expensive part...if you look on youtube you see a lot of how to .... videos about flowers...so you can learn how to do it and some fam members might know more about flowers than you think...

you need...
...a team....depends how big you go...1 person at least who wants to help!!!
...a local flowermarket ...
... you do you flowers 1 day before...so you need a place to store them.... (cold room like ....garage, cellar,hotels have big fridges or the village butcher has space....he does not use on that weekend...or a room with airconditon) temperature should be around 60 F.
...practice!!...one day before the wedding is tight to figure how to do bottoniers....

It only pays really of if....
...the amount of flowers is big ...but the bouquets and the pieces are easy to do...little labor and big savings on flowers

the florist needs to invest a lot of time into the centerpieces...he charges lots...(!!!Wireing flowers=expensive!!!) its not that hard to do...(check out youtube online how to videos)

or just do parts of it yourself....like just the centerpieces ....and have the florsit do your bouquets...

Flower really could stress you out....but once you get comfortable with it you will see it's no rocket sience....and it is fun working with flowers

OR ...hire a independet florist ....but buy the flowers on wholesale and you save and don't need to worry about it!!! like people who just start as a florist/eventdesigner....(check on florist schools in your area)

You want to enjoy your wedding and the time preparing it ...so what ever could stress you more than it relaxes you ....dont do it....its not worth the money...

xoxo Victoria

I agree I also have alot of time thats why I decided to whatever I can, I chose certain DIY's I made up a list and gave them a try whatever started stressing me out I just scratched of my list.Theres noway I would try invites too many Im already a bit worried about printing my programs when the time comes I hate printers and already told dh we will be investing in a real good one.I tried making a card box wow! thought it was as easy as it looked in pics and totally gave in after 3 tries I figure no point in stressing this much when im sure its one of those details that most ppl wont even notice so I just bought one for 10 bucks cant go wrong with that. Things that I had fun making and came out great were my center pieces & flowers like the bouts for the men pomanders for my girls, head pieces for my flower girls,crosages for the moms, toss away bouquet Im leaving my bouquet for last.Made tears of joys those were easy and fun to make. I decorated my unity candles and serving set and now Im working on my BM's gift totes.I believe if you have the time , patience and dont go over board you can save some money, make alot of things yourself and have fun doing it.