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Decor DIY

Here are some of our favorite unique wedding decor DIY projects and wedding DIY tutorials. We’ve also got wedding decor inspiration if you just want to get more crafty ideas.

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DIY Mirror garland brings the pretty shinies to your ceremony

An eagle-eyed reader spotted the mirror garland hanging in the trees behind Matt and Jescia’s outdoor ceremony and demanded to know (okay, truth: politely and graciously asked) if the couple could share their DIY secret. Here’s what Jescia had to say.

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Practical guestbook is practical: Have guests sign a wine cork board

If you’re like me (cough, cough, lazy as fuck), turn saved corks into a wine cork board to use as your guestbook! Save enough corks for each of your guests to sign, set them out at your wedding, and ta-da! Create your wine cork board later, and there you have a super practical guestbook ready for use in your newly wedded home!

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Make your Halloween wedding decor easy, and scary-awesome with these Jack-o-lantern stencils

While brainstorming ideas for our Halloween wedding, the first project my guy and I agreed on were these nerdy Jack-o-Lanterns. We wanted them to cover a broad range of our interests from comic books, to TV fandoms, and classic literature.

Halloween wedding seating chart from @offbeatbride

Seat your guests in scary style: Halloween wedding seating chart (free printable!)

Getting inspired by all the Halloween wedding details you’re seeing this Halloween week? Who can blame you with all the spoopy radness going on? To feed your creative juices, I’ve created a new free wedding printable that will allow you to customize your own Halloween wedding seating chart.

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Everything you need for a rad confetti bar

We’ve talked about lots of rice tossing alternatives like flowers, lavender, seeds, lanterns, and sparklers, but sometimes you just want to see a giant display of good ol’ confetti. Having a confetti bar with scoopable confetti and favor bags is an awesome way to let your guests take a little favor and make sure they have the means to shower you with their symbolic love.

Cake topper banner from @offbeatbride

Calling all weirdos in love: this free printable cake topper banner is for you

One of my favorite quotes that we’ve featured on Offbeat Bride is this little snippet from Robert Fulghum and is about “mutual weirdness.” As a weirdo with a penchant for similar weirdos, this resonates for me. I decided to whip up a DIY printable cake topper banner with “mutual weirdness” as its theme. Let’s see how it’s made!