I must admit, I’m not much of a crafter. Sure, I dabbled in cross stitching, rug hooking, and sewing back in my middle and high school days. This mostly led to a bunch of abandoned-while-only-half-finished projects. My creative talents mainly revolve around cameras, not quilts or paints. Basically, Martha Stewart, I am not.
However, a budget backyard wedding definitely calls for some crafting, whether I like it or not. I do want our wedding to be pretty, after all! With the overload of wedding “Pinspiration” out there, Zach and I tried to restrict ourselves to a select few important DIY craft projects. Here’s what we’re hoping to accomplish:
- Dip-dyed tablecloths!
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I really didn’t know what to do about tablecloths until I found this beauty online and fell in love! Our plan is to dip-dye white cotton tablecloths in several different jewel tones. I already have all the dye and all the tablecloths, but we’re waiting until we arrive in Arizona the week of the wedding to dye them since we don’t have space for this project in our apartment. I really hope it works! We’re also hoping we can resell the tablecloths later if they turn out well!
- Lighting!
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We definitely need some romantic white lighting to transform our very “driveway-ish” driveway into a magical fairyland! Luckily, Zach’s parents already have a ton of white string lights. Since Zach used to be an electrician, I’m delegating this project to him and hoping it will turn out as pretty as this picture!
- Photobooth!
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This is our most ambitious project, and, I feel like, the most likely to get axed if we run out of time and energy. But seriously, how awesome is this photobooth? We want to use old family wedding photos to celebrate our loved ones and also get some funky props and costumes for people to pose. I’m hoping we have time to construct this!
- Arbor focal point
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We need some sort of focal point for our outdoor ceremony. Zach’s also taking this one on, hoping he can construct something simple and pretty from some old wood and flowers!
- Easy cake stands!
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At first I wanted to scour antique stores and thrift shops for vintage-y looking cake stands and serving plates. I soon realized that was more expensive than I originally envisioned. Then I stumbled into this idea on Pinterest. You just buy some fun, colorful plastic plates and cups, glue them together, and voila!
These are most of the craft project we hope to accomplish, although this is not all we’ll be DIY-ing, by any means. We’re also going to make all of our food and all of our desserts, do our own flowers, design our own playlists, and write our own ceremony. Uh-oh, I’m getting overwhelmed just thinking about it! The most stressful part about these crafts is that we can’t really do any of them until we arrive in Arizona. It’s going to make for a busy pre-wedding week, but there’s really nothing we can do about it. Thankfully we’ll have lots of able-bodied friends and family members arriving early to help!
What do you think of our craft list? Too ambitious? Anyone have tips for any of these projects?
Carrie, Onwards! 