How to paint your wedding flats on the cheap and nerdy
I really wanted to keep in the nerdy wedding vibe going with my shoe choice, so I began searching for Doctor Who or Star Wars shoes that were cute and not more than $50. Yeah, I know… I’m dreaming. So instead I bought a pair of shoes from Payless and decided to paint them. Here’s my step-by-step guide to painting my shoes…
DIY splatter paint Tasmanian wedding invitations
I’m an artist and I wanted the invitations to reflect our personalities as well as the casual party vibe we want to set for our New Year’s Eve wedding. I printed all the invitations on our standard home printer, and set to work spattering them (and myself) with watered down acrylics in the backyard.
How a giggling hairy man inspired the easiest DIY hair fascinators ever
When I was weeding through pictures of hair fascinators for my bridesmaids, I was totally in awe of how beautiful some of them were. After goofing off with my now husband in a craft store, I had a light bulb moment that I could make my own feather hair pieces. These were seriously easy to make. And you can totally DIY your own as well. I believe in you!
Skull and crossbones boutonnieres for your “pirate crew”
I made these boutonnieres for our Pirate Crew, AKA all our friends and family who are stepping up to help staff our wedding. They will help identify the helpers to any guests or vendors who may need assistance with something. They were super-fast, and super-fun.
My incredibly simple, $14, no-sew DIY veil
I can hardly even consider it a real project because I put zero effort in to it, aside from coming up with the idea in the first place and picking out the fabric. Despite my sewing machine still being unopened in the box (for three years) I was all like “I can do this!” So my mom and I headed to a craft store in search of a gigantic piece of fabric to make this happen…
Make these gorgeous wedding flowers out of coffee filters
Are you endeavoring to make your own flowers for your wedding? Well then, you must be nuts. I myself am in that same boat. I’ve scoured the internet looking for coffee filter flower tutorials. I’ve found some good ones, and I’ve sort of combined them all into my own method. Let me tell you how I made these, because I’ve made about 24,145 of them, and I want you to join me in madness. Here we go…