Offer wedding hankies for crybaby guests
Danni and Zach’s wedding was full of cute lil DIY bits, but I rrrreeeeaaaaalllyy loved the dish they set out with wedding hankies for their teary-eyed guests. Is it the blue glass jar? The handwritten tag with lacy edge? The promise of actual cloth hankies inside, of which I am a very huge fan? I DON’T KNOW, but I love the whole damn thing.
Foodie couples rejoice: DIY these recipe card favors (a free wedding printable)
Laura and Garrett DIYed over 500 of these adorable mini recipe card books based on the pie recipes that were all made for the wedding by Laura’s mom, sister, aunt, and her good friend Katie. We loved the idea of mini recipe card favors so I whipped up a similar free wedding printable to make them yourself! You can edit the names and date, print them up on colored paper, bind them with little binder rings, or run with them any way you like.
Drink and be married with these reusable wedding welcome bottles
Welcome bags are often gift bags filled with treats, a schedule of events, and more treats. But the “bag” part of welcome bags bothered me. It just gets thrown out! So we put ourselves in our guests’ shoes and thought about the goals behind this slice of wedding etiquette. How do we remove wastefulness, make it useful, and make it celebration-worthy? Our answer: Reusable water bottles filled with Make-Your-Own-Margarita supplies!
7 unique wedding welcome bag ideas
Decided that you want to gift your guests with some kick-ass loot to welcome them to your wedding? Maybe it’s an out-of-town wedding and you want everyone to have a good handle on the area. Or maybe you’re having a wedding outside in the summer and you want to make sure everyone doesn’t get sunburned. Either way, a wedding welcome gift bag can be a stellar way to give them some warm fuzzies right away. Let’s talk about our favorite wedding welcome bag ideas.
50+ MORE free wedding printables and DIY wedding downloads
Hey DIY-loving fiends: once upon a time, I went on a mad search for a ton of free wedding printables. We’ve got another giant batch o’ free wedding printables to quench your need to get hands-on with your decor, invites, favors, and signs. Let’s jam about what new free wedding printables we’ve found in our mad searching.
Use favors to help guests find their seat at your small ceremony
Planning a small wedding? Need to make the best use of limited seating at your ceremony? Take a page out of Jeremy and Eric’s book. These grooms placed their wedding favors with name tags on guests’ chairs for their small backyard ceremony. Ta-da! No hunting for a seat and no empty chairs.