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Besides dog parkin' it with the dogs, honing her crafting wiles, making mixtapes and eating her hubs' stellar cooking, Shrie also enjoys writing about music, DIYin' and design.
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How to DIY your own vinyl record bowl

After reading other people’s tutorials on making vinyl record bowls and realizing how stinkin’ easy it was we had to go for it! We’re vinyl record collectors and had a few records we felt we could sacrifice for the cause. It was hard to let go, but boy did everyone love these chip bowls!

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How to DIY a wedding card keepsake book

Here’s a perfecto way to save some of those wedding cards and correspondence that you can’t bear to throw away. This project is original and SUPER simple.

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Martha-esque photo lanterns as centerpieces

Offbeat Bride Tracy took her inspiration from Martha Stewart’s (all hail Martha!) photo centerpiece idea, winged it and somehow created an awesome, true-to-example, DIY, photo centerpiece option!

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How to DIY your own birdcage veil

Tribe member JodiT looked at a lot of DIY birdcage veil tutorials, but found none to be *just* what she needed. So she meshed them all into one, added her own (very helpful!) two cents and put together this easy-to-follow tutorial

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How to make your own feathery floral hair fascinator

Offbeat Bride Tribe member/crafter Rachel took the advice of her photographer and crafted herself and her bridesmaids some feathery floral fascinators for her and her new hubby’s black and red uber-stylish wedding. This is a step-by-step tutorial she put together (mere days after The Big Day!).

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How to make geek-tastic 8-bit wedding accessories

After spying Donelle and Adam’s glorious 8-Bit wedding, we fell head over heels for the DIYed 8-bit boutonnieres, hair clips, corsages and, of course, Donelle’s “diamond” necklace. Here’s how you can make ’em.