Category Archives for DIY
All the Things You Don’t Budget For
Weddings take a lot of stuff. Just ask my dining room. With three days to go, boxes and bags of wedding gear have taken over the place where we have candlelit dinner every night …room we don’t really use anyway. And the … Continue reading
Crazy or Creative? Kraft Paper Table Runners
There’s apparently a fine line between “Oh that’s so interesting!” and “What the heck was she thinking?!” Thanks to our small budget and pseudo-hispter desire to do things a little out of the norm, Roo and I have been coming … Continue reading
A Page from The Floral Playbook: Our DIY Game Plan
Thanks to a tight budget and my stubborn desire to splurge on a photographer and a great venue, we knew we’d have to cut corners on some aspects of the wedding. One of the easiest line items to cut was … Continue reading
Save the Date: The Full Reveal
As a designer, I take a lot of pride in stationery and paper goods, so these save-the-dates—the first thing our guests would see—were the one thing about the wedding I was dying to get exactly right. Even though it took a long … Continue reading
How to Find and Buy Vintage Stamps
One of my favorite parts of wedding planning has been designing and putting together our Save-the-Dates. Our whole philosophy about throwing this big fete was to make sure our friends and family have a good time. It’s why we decided … Continue reading