Delight Guests with these DIY Wedding Details

At a time when weddings seem to be growing not only in size but also splendor, it’s good to remember that it’s often the small, personalized details that stand out to guests.

Here are some DIY wedding details that you (and your wedding party) can easily create to add personalized pizzazz to your special day.

DIY Wedding Invitations

DIY wedding invitations are the most logical place to start, since they usually set the tone for the entire event. Begin with a photo, some custom artwork, or a beautiful wedding-themed template and then customize the colours, wording and more to suit your overall theme.

DIY Wedding Favours

This is where you can really let your personality shine. Don’t worry about traditional offerings here. Instead, opt for favours that really communicate who you are as a couple! Are you dedicated locavores or gardeners? Prepare batches of homemade zucchini relish, blueberry jam, or even pasta sauce with produce right from your garden or even a local farm. Package it up in small mason jars and add a custom label.

Alternatively, you could also create homemade soy candles, S’mores kits, seedlings in compostable bags, and even homemade dog treats as a side favour from your fur kids to any fur kids awaiting your guests at home.

The key to all of these ideas is to personalize the offerings with a custom created label. Work in a style or design theme that ties everything in to the overall theme, or add some pithy wording.

Wedding Bathroom Baskets

The wedding bathroom basket has become a favourite addition over the last ten or so years. Typically filled with emergency essentials like individuals packs of pain reliever, cotton swabs, deodorant, safety pins, mints, adhesive bandages, bobby pins and other etc, these baskets can really come in handy. Whether one of your guests needs to bandage a blister or your MIL finds herself on the wrong end of a wine spill, ensure that any emergency can be deftly handled and that the part can keep going. Don't forget to create some signage to let guests know that the items are available for their use.

Creative Wedding Centerpieces

While flowers and weddings seem to go almost universally hand-in-hand, there will always be couples who want to limit the presence of flowers during their celebration. Thankfully, there are many centerpiece ideas that allow you to add on to diminutive centrepiece florals or replace them altogether on reception tables.

Fill empty wine bottles with battery operated fairly lights and arrange beside bottles of table wine. Adorn both with personalized wine labels

Create a Mad Hatter or tea themed centerpiece featuring collected teacups, stacks of old books, and time pieces. Don’t forget to add witty tea tags to each vignette

Give each table its own mini candy buffet featuring candy filled vases and apothecary jars

Add white candles to tall vases and add a customized wrap

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