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DIY wedding bookmarks are easy to make and have SO many uses!

Bookmarks are a small canvas for expressing yourself. Typically only a few square inches, there’s still plenty of room for information and illustration. Whether you’re saving the page or saving the date, a bookmark is a simple but effective DIY project you can tackle. Here’s how to make your own custom bookmarks, complete with tassel.

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Easy woodsy table numbers and place cards

Crafty Tribesmaid Shareourwedding turned a pile of free logs into some gorgeous mossy table numbers. She even accented these woodsy numbers with equally natural place cards. But first, let’s look at how she pulled off this DIY project.

Ruffles, card cages, DIY projects, and some kick-ass save-the-dates

Lots of DIY was happening in the Offbeat Flickr Pool and Offbeat Bride Pinterest account this week. We’ve got ruffled skirts, copper-leafed candles, Lebowski-style save-the-dates, and some save-the-dates written on faces! It just a DIY kind of week.

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A montage of weddings from all four seasons and one nifty Jane Austen how-to

As we near the end of the year, the Offbeat Flickr Pool seemed to cover all of the year’s celebrations and seasons. It felt nice to see some warmth and sun (for those of us in chilly climates).

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Ridiculously easy paint chip-inspired wedding crafts

My husband and I chose our wedding colors by comparing stashes of paint chips we grabbed from the hardware store. But what if paint chips WERE the palette?

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The lastest and greatest in unique wedding card box innovations!

It’s been a while since I did my first card box roundup, so I thought I’d inundate you with all the latest and greatest ideas in card boxes. In this installment you’ll kitties, elephants, and amps galore!