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Wedding ideas on a budget? Hell yeah. Wedding ideas for fall weddings? So many. Yes, it’s okay to steal any of these unique wedding ideas… that’s what they’re there for! You may also want to follow us on Pinterest — our pins are basically a steady stream of creative ideas to steal.

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Give guests natural, handcrafted mosquito repellent at your late-summer wedding

One thing we don’t get to see in gorgeous outdoor wedding photos are the tiny bugs that might be lurking around the guests and causing itchy mayhem. If you’re lured into those lush forest ceremonies, barbecue and lawn games receptions, and beach blanket parties, check out this tutorial.

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Save your tongue, seal your invitations with patterned paper tape

I don’t know about you, but I get positively SQUIDGY about licking envelopes, and come wedding invitation time, your tongue is going to be on overdrive. Unless you decide to rest your tongue AND give your envelopes a pop of color and seal your wedding invitations with patterned tape.

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Combine your fingerprints to make a custom wedding heart logo

Tribesmaid Honorarykiwi made a custom wedding logo by combining her and her partner’s fingerprints and initials. Here’s how she pulled it off…

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Play wedding lawn games with a custom cornhole platform

A lawn game idea that looked really fun and really simple to execute (if you’ve got hammer and nail skills) was a wedding cornhole game that you can customize in your colors, theme, or even based on your invitation, as is the case here.

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Use flipbooks to help your guests Save the Date

Offbeat Bride Val had a dream of a Save the Date flipbook and her partner Theron made that dream a reality. Here’s Val’s explanation of how it went down:

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Add some comic geek cred to your photo booth

Planning a DIY photo booth? Some black, propped-up foam core board can turn a regular photo booth into a life-size comic strip.