Do It Yourself

There are some really great advantages to having that do-it-yourself spirit and utilizing your own creative side when planning your wedding.  Making something personally and using it for your wedding can be a lot of fun, a great way to save money and add a personal and unique touch for you and your guests.  So with that in mind, we've provided some crafty projects for you to consider.  And if you have great ideas of your own that you'd like to share with our brides to be, you may send them to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

DIY Wedding Photo Album

We think putting together a DIY wedding photo album is a great idea because for one thing, wedding albums done by professionals can cost thousands of dollars, while publishing your own album is a lot cheaper.
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DIY Placecard Tree

Instead of arranging your place cards in the usual rows on a table, how about making some place card trees? This is a fun and decorative way to present your guests’ place cards, where you arrange branches in a container and tie each place card with ribbon to the branches. The effect is very pretty and you get to customize them the way you want.
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DIY Wedding Bands

The Devil's Workshop, located in Toronto, puts together weekend workshops to show you how to make your own wedding bands out of silver, white gold or yellow gold. What a great DIY idea for truly personal wedding bands.
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Simply Stylish Albums and Guest Books

Have a look at Kolo.com for simple yet stylish, high quality guest books and photo albums. They come in lots of colours with plain pages that are ready for your creativity.
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Handmade Wedding Items Galore

If you are into crafts and handmade items, you've probably already run across an awesome website called Etsy.com.
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Personalized Chocolates

Try a fun idea for favours that are also personalized for you - custom printed candies such as M&Ms or Dove Chocolates. Here are links for you to check out.
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Print Your Own Stationery

If you're into the DIY thing, I'm sure you've been down to your local Michaels craft store before. We've always liked their Anna Griffin wedding stationery
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Candle Favors

Depending on how many candles you need to make, this is a pretty easy project. We found a great source for candle making supplies at Village Craft and Candle. They have a section on how to make candles and have everything you will need.
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