DIY Projects

DIY Matchbooks by Papermade

Last week we featured THE most gorgeous wedding that Max Wanger photographed and tons of you fell in love with the DIY matchbooks that Elaine, the lovely and incredibly crafty bride designed. Well, we've asked her to put together a DIY of the matchbooks for us so that everyone could add the adorable little touch to their own wedding day... [MORE]

DIY Table Runners

AS promised, we have a great DIY project for you inspired by Cara and Spencer's incredible tablescapes. I love, love, love the organic elegance behind the wedding day design and aside from perfect flowers, it's the table runners that give the tables texture and style. photo by Carrie Patterson My mom’s a pretty amazing seamstress. She learned to sew in her teens, which means she’s been sewing for... [MORE]

Table Number DIY Project

This is not so much a DIY project as a really simple idea...using brown bags filled with fruit as either a table number OR as seating cards. Depending on the size of the bag that you buy, you can use these little treats in different ways. Either approach is just a really adorable way to bring a bit of charm to your table. This DIY is for seating cards, but really...it's super easy to translate this project in lots of different ways. Please note, we kept our bags without names on... [MORE]

Homemade Pie Favors

Okay! Now on to the pies themselves. This was probably the easiest thing that I have ever done and coming from the world's worst baker (I swear, I'm not exaggerating)...that really says a lot. I fully admit that I cheated and bought pre-made pie dough. For one round, I made the filling myself but then I discovered that they actually make pre-made pie filling, so you know I jumped right on that bandwagon. Sad, I know. But they turned out so stinking cute, who cares! Materials[MORE]

Homemade Pie Favor Tags

We are featuring a handful of our favorite DIY projects from our From Inspiration to Reality Shoot that we did with our Connecticut Vendors a few weeks back...and this one just might be my favorite. I knew that I wanted to do some homemade pies, inspired by... [MORE]

Candy Favor Bags: DIY Project

We just announced that we are turning our From Inspiration to Reality adventures into a regular feature on SMP which I couldn't be more excited about. Such a fun way to get our favorite Little Black Book members to rub elbows with all of you super stylish brides. Plus, it gives us lots of prettiness to... [MORE]

DIY Project: Pinwheels

You are going to love this next feature. Remember the incredible editorial shoot that we featured a few weeks back, designed by the forever talented Carter & Cook? Well, we had so many requests for more information on the adorable pinwheels that posh paperie crafted, we've put together a pretty great DIY feature. Elizabeth, the... [MORE]

DIY Project: Stir Sticks

We've got a cute DIY project inspired by our first featured wedding that Justin and Mary Marantz sent us that you guys are going to LOVE. Those fabulous oversized stir sticks are just too cute to resist and we've come up with a SUPER simple project that you can do to get the same look! We debuted it over on... [MORE]

DIY Projects from Audrey’s Party

I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that I've done some great DIY projects, complete with printable templates, from Audrey's birthday party over on the Style Circle. To see the DIY Favor Bags click right here. To see the DIY stir sticks... [MORE]

DIY Project – Wishes Banner

As I was reading through the comments from today's earlier DIY wedding, I noticed that you guys were loving the "WISHES" banner that the oh-so-cute bride crafted. Well, we've put together a full DIY project for the banner over on the Style Circle...complete with easy-to-print templates of the letters! So, if you want to add a little DIY charm to your affair, head on over... [MORE]

DIY Favor Packaging

It's been a while since we've featured some of Kathleen's work on SMP. For those of you that don't know...Kathleen is our DIY guru and has been providing the coolest projects made especially for our readers for the past few months. We first fell in love with her when she entered our DIY contest way back when, but have since fallen more and more head over heels as we see what she can really do. So today, we are sharing some completley adorable DIY favor boxes. If you missed the first... [MORE]

DIY Moss Covered Monograms

I know that some of you are DYING to know how to make those adorable DIY Moss Covered Monograms from today's featured wedding. Well, the bad news is that Aly, the lovely bride, is setting up shop in a new apartment that doesn't have internet just yet. The good news is that I already had some pictures from her and I found a GREAT step-by-step to coordinate. To go along with the... [MORE]

Save the Date Handkerchiefs!

One of our readers, Rachel, sent me THE cutest pictures of her handkerchief save the dates and I had to share. Especially since it goes with our shabby chic theme for the day. Here's how she did it! I'd previously seen handkerchiefs and other bits of fabric printed on and really liked the idea of texture. I also wanted to create a keepsake. I ended up scouring ebay for about a month, collecting vintage handkerchiefs. In the meantime, I created a vintage-y layout using... [MORE]

Around the Blogs, VIII

The fabulous Kelly Oshiro of Santa Barbara Wedding Chic has a couple of really great DIY projects up. The first, potted succulents that double as placecards and favors! So super cute (and eco chic!)... LOVE. To see the full post and the DIY instructions, click right here. The second of... [MORE]

Around the Blogs, VI

We are working the blogs today for some seriously gorgeous eye candy. We started with real weddings but now we are on to DIY projects! Here are a few that you are going to love. First up, over at Oh So Beautiful Paper, the girls are featuring a reader submitted Save the Date that screams style and fun! LOVE! To see the how-to (and so much more eye candy) head on over to Oh So Beautiful Paper! * * *[MORE]

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