DIY Projects | Wax Paper Backdrop

Don't let the wax paper in the title fool you - this DIY backdrop from Style Me Pretty is drop dead gorgeous! It's light, and airy and utterly romantic and we are just smitten! We love that SMP featured the pretty, romantic backdrop in an industrial setting but think this would look absolutely stunning hanging from a tree or an arbor during your wedding ceremony. 

MATERIALS


10+ yards of ribbon 
size 10 crochet string
tapestry needle 
scissors1 
1/2 boxes of interfolded waxed deli sheets
match stick


DIRECTIONS


Step 1
Fold waxed paper sheet in half to form a square and cut out circle shape.

Step 2
Cut circle in half and set aside. Cut crochet string to desired length and tie a slip knot on one end.

Step 3
Fold half-circle into cone shape by turning the corners in towards each other so that they overlap. Secure cone shape by stitching in and out of where the paper overlaps.

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xoxo,

Ashley

Adorable Wedding from Scotland

This simple, love-filled DIY wedding from Love My Dress blog was too cute to keep to ourselves when we discovered it. We are totally smitten with the customized plates!

 

 

 

DIY Projects | Honeycomb Guest Book

Guest books can be so much more than a small book to be put in a closet and never looked at again - and this idea would be perfect to display as art in your home for years after the wedding!

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Wedding Inspirations | Etsy Favorites

Etsy is a great site to find little details for your wedding, as well as ideas and inspirations for DIY projects and fashion.  Here's a few favorites we found while perusing the site:

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DIY Projects | Christmas Ornaments

With the holidays just around the corner {hard to believe, isn't it?!}, here's a couple easy DIY ideas for newlyweds on how to incorporate their recent wedding into holiday decor!

For this project, you simply cut up one of your extra invitations into small strips, curl the strips around a pencil to give them the curl-shape, and stick them inside the ornament!  Read more about this project here.  

For this second project, use a couple of your preserved flowers from your bouquet or other florals, and wine cork or other small reminder of your day.  Read more about this project here.  

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DIY Love | Paper Flowers

If you are a DIY Bride, then today's posting will tug on your heartstrings.   I love unique and fun projects, when I found these Paper Flowers, I instantly fell under their charm.  They are a sweet reminder of how simple things can be so wonderful to share with others.  These would be adorable created from a favorite book, poem, special Ceremony readings or perhaps from your fiance's love letters!  They can be used as escort cards, napkin embellishments, boutonnieres [think- Groom, Love Notes!], hair ornaments for a flower girl, or a gift to a treasured friend.  You can find this lovely project at 100 Layer Cake.

 To see how one couple incorporated these sweet sentiments for their own wedding....

For more of this wedding, visit 100 Layer Cake


Wedding Notes......

If you have some DIY wedding projects that you would like to share, please send pictures and instructions to cynthia@weddingsiniowa.com  We are always interested in sharing any Weddings with our readers.