I am officially a married woman! Can you believe it has come and gone already?
To be honest I am just thankful it is over.
Don’t get me wrong, the marrying my best friend was the best part, but
really truly if I knew a year ago what I know now, we would have either eloped
or had a very, VERY small simple wedding.
I figured I should make an appearance over here on
the ‘ol blog since my friend Kim is putting me to shame. Granted she hasn’t been consumed with the
task of planning and executing the most stressful day of her life (yet) but she
is a very busy gal who somehow still finds time to blog! I envy her.
I have made a list of blog topics I would like to concur
this month since my hubby and I have successfully managed to make it through
the past year and still love each other as much as when he proposed! I would love to pass on some of the wisdom I
have obtained on our journey and hopefully save all those naïve DIY brides out
here from going through what I went through.
Though DIY-ing saved us a lot of money in the long
run, we still went over budget. Expect
to go over budget just control by how much.
Also, if you are thinking about DIY-ing and you’re not super crafty like
me, make sure you have people to help you who are; it really makes a
difference. Lastly, if you are DIY-ing
really consider, like really think long and hard if 1) you really need that in
your wedding, 2) is having it or doing
it yourself worth the time and stress and 3) do you have a contingency plan??
Here is a list of items I DIY’d:
Centre
pieces: tree branches dried, painted, set in plaster
Flowers:
I made all of the centre piece flower arrangements and all the bouquets
Lanterns
for the trees: painted red (multiple coats), rhinestone string handles, crystal
chandelier garland attachments
Garter:
Ribbon, charms, lace and a sewing machine
Invites:
drawn, scanned printed
Flower
girl dress: Revamped and made a bit fancier with ribbon and buttons plus
crinoline skirt
Table
numbers: Designed, printed and added vintage pictures collected from family
Shoes:
dyed and added brooch
Guest
book: added individualized plaque
Card
holder: Bird cage with DIY’d signage
I
will gladly write tutorials on how I did all of my DIY’d decorations. There was a lot of trial and error, trust me! I will say that some of the things I DIY’d
ended up costing just as much as if I had just bought something ie. my shoes;
but I had a vision!
The
first and most important piece of wisdom I can bestow upon all you future
brides out there is to learn from my mistake.
I am a perfectionist and I planned down to every last detail and things
still went wrong so in the long run I should have been more relaxed over the
past 11 months. I’m sure I drove my
husband up the wall and he still married me.
If that’s not a testament for love concurring all I don’t know what
is! I vowed after the wedding that I would
never allow another event or special occasion to consume me the way planning
the wedding did. I was an unrecognizable
person. My bridesmaids tell me they were
surprised I didn’t go all bridezilla because I have the kind of personality
where I really could have ripped a strip off of someone and I didn’t. Maybe that’s because I was bridezilla-ing on
my poor fiancé the whole year and particularly the week of the wedding. There was a moment when I was speaking to the
groom hands free whilst driving to pick up the flowers and I got so frustrated
my MC who was accompanying me, had to commandeer the conversation so I wouldn’t
get us into an accident. All of that for
one day! ONE DAY! Yes it is one of the most
important days in a young woman’s life but not so important you cause your FH
to question why he chose you. If he wasn’t
questioning it I definitely was. Thank goodness
for true love cause if I were him I would have taken off in the eighth month!
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