Real Wedding Photos - Creative DIY Wedding Ideas

Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:06 PM

DIY wedding ideas is such a hot topic on our message boards. From programs to place cards, cake toppers, and even cuff links (check out the red and white polka-dotted ones below!), there are so many elements that -- with time and patience and a couple good friends -- you can really do yourself. The gorgeous aqua and red wedding photos below (which we'll be featuring in our regional The Knot Weddings Ohio magazine) is filled with amazing DIY ideas. Check them out!      

Photos: Shutter Love Studio

Here's what Robin says about her and Danny's wedding in Chesterfield, Ohio...

 "Our wedding style could be described as whimsical, homemade, rustic and cheery. We had repeating symbols of birds, branches and leaves. We also tried to use the apple farm reference in some of our décor (i.e. the cake flavor and red apple flavored jelly beans in our favors). Everything was very spring-y! We also wanted everything to be very “us” and for it to be fun for everyone. We decided early on that we were willing to bypass tradition in order for things to fit our style.

All of the flowers for the bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages, and decorations were hand made. We made them out of cardstock, tissue paper and coffee filters that we water-colored. We got all of the ideas for flower patters from crafting sites online as well as from our own designs. The flower construction was really a huge group process. We had a lot of help from family and friends to make all of the flowers that we used for the wedding.

The reception building had a very rustic feel with dark wood walls and big windows. We had white tablecloths and red napkins, as well as aqua colored chair covers. Our centerpieces were tall round vases that had branches with little red crepe-paper flowers on them. They were meant to have the feel of the apple blossom branches, but also match our colors. We also put out little aqua votives on each table. The room had a big fireplace with a mantle so we decorated it with tissue paper flowers and the letters for “love” that I made out of pre-bought letters and fabric. We also hung up a display of family members’ weddings at the entrance. This project was especially fun, because in finding our parents’, grandparents’, aunts’ and uncles’ weddings we also got to see all of their wedding pictures and learned a lot about their own weddings.

At each setting we had little jars filled with red apple and vanilla flavored jellybeans. We chose them to go with the apple orchard feel. Each one was tied with an aqua ribbon and a note. The note thanked our guest for being so “sweet” and told them that we wanted to return the favor. It also instructed them to visit our candy bar, which was filled with aqua and red candies, as well as our personal favorites."