I love these little heart paperclips. Total DIY cheap, looks adorable on invites
http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2009/02/heart-shaped-paper-clips.html

Hope I win!
Cassie Pawling

My college room mate is getting married in August on a lawn next to a Victorian hotel. She is buying vintage hats and placing them on hat racks outside so all the guests can wear a hat and keep the sun out of their eyes during the ceremony. I love this idea and can't wait to photograph the wedding.

I am horrible at DIY (Ive tried many times) so I am always amazed at what people can do. I especially love all the wonderful stuff on etsy.

I am making patchwork tablerunners for my backyard picnic style wedding!

I think my favorite DIY must be the hot chocolate favors from SMP.

Here is the link:
http://www.stylemepretty.com/2008/10/27/diy-project-2/

I am amazed by the women of weddingbee and their DIY skills. It's hard to pick just one project, but I did love Miss Cupcakes invitations: http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/08/13/inside-the-cupcake-invitations/#more-62234

I adore the idea of a DIY guestbook. I've seen a few ideas, like putting a Polaroid camera on the guestbook table, having guests take a photo of themselves, paste it into a book and write their message next to it. I also love the idea of having an old-fashioned typewriter and plenty of paper set up so guests can type up their messages for you (seen here, among other places: http://www.elizabethannedesigns.com/blog/2009/02/02/real-weddings-sarah-brian-10252008/).

I'd love to win this book to get some inspiration for my still-being-planned wedding!

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My upcoming wedding is going to be my big DIY project!!!!! I am handling all the decorations myself, and I plan on creating a lot of things like embellished mason jars for flower vases. Furthermore, I am going to arrange a bunch of flowers from a local flower farm for my bridesmaid's (and my) bouquet as well as table arrangments, with the help of a family friend. I have to say I have gained A TON of inspiration from this site, so I check back every day! Thanks y'all!

I'm making the cake stand for the reception! I've never been a fan of the classic silver plated circular or square cake stands that you can rent. So, I decided to stretch my creativity and design one of my own. My cake is a relatively small, buttercup yellow, 3 tiered, Martha Stewart inspired round wedding cake and I'm planning to make a cake stand to compliment it. Something round, either white or yellow and accented with a ribbon edge. The cake is just so adorable that it deserves an equally adorable stand!

I had everyone that attended my sister's bridal showers take a home a square piece of fabric to create a quilt square for her. They returned them at the wedding and I created a wedding quilt for her, it turned out so neat and she was tickled by all the neat things people did on their square.

I bought wine glasses at $1 a glass at a warehouse/discount place, and my Mom & I are making wine charms with wire rings (found on ebay) and "Shrinky-Dinks"-- you can print anything onto this special paper, bake it, it shrinks down perfectly proportional. Great for my vineyard wedding!

I am DIYing my bracelet for my wedding. I have a brooch from my great grandmother, a necklace from my grandma and one from my mom. I am taking them apart and putting them back together for a bracelet that will bring all of these women together into one piece.

My favorite DIY project is the crepe paper flowers on martha stewarts wedding site.

For my wedding, I made personalized water bottle labels...They were so easy to make and guests loved it!

my favorite DIY project was this personalized hot cocoa and marshmallows favor I saw on style me pretty. It would be so cool for a winter wedding. http://www.stylemepretty.com/2008/10/27/diy-project-2/

I'm baking cookies for my OOT baskets. Everyone loves homemade cookies!

my friend made the groom's party's boutonneires based off each of the guys's interests: computer chips, golf tee's, flies (from fly fishing)

My husband and I both love to read, so our tables were named after books and authors. Our 'place cards' were bookmarks we made ourselves out of thick card stock and ribbons. They were so elegant looking!

These DIY STD stickers are a really good idea, I hope to incorporate them into my wedding...

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/good-things/save-the-date-stickers?rsc=taxonomylist-b_inspiration_good-things&lnc=087707e418b1d110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD

I absolutely love the idea of these Love Story Books. The bride made a book with his version of their love story and her version. I think it's a great way for guests to learn more about the bride & groom's stories and it's also a wonderful way to put those engagement photos to good use!

http://www.stylemepretty.com/2008/10/27/diy-week-project-2/

This may come as a shock (lol), but my favorite DIY item was my table runner. I started my business two years ago after creating a hand-painted aisle runner and table runner for my own wedding. Now I'm making all kinds of stuff.

For our wedding I am making monogram letters to hang on the church's front door. Simple yet elegant!

I have big dreams of a DIY wedding. One of my biggest goals, which may also be the biggest challenge, is to create a lot of the stationary for my big day using stamps and embossing powder. I plan on working with one of my girlfriends to create a design template of DC (I am thinking of incorporating the Tidal Basin and cherry blossoms - one of the most charming elements of DC) and sending it to a custom stamp maker. Once the stamp comes in, then it is off to a craft store and Paper Source for ink, embossing powder, an embossing gun, and paper. I also found an envelope template at Paper Source that lets you make envelopes out of maps and newspapers. I think that I will be able to use these elements throughout the process, including stationary, table cards, save the dates, and thank you cards. If I can pull it off then it will give our wedding a chic feeling, while still being personalized and familiar.

The DIY moment i am most proud of was something that I came up with at the last minute and without spending any money! I used this for a bridal show I was doing, but it can be used for a centerpiece, a wishing tree, or other decor. I was up north at my parent's house and we were hiking around the lake. As I was admiring the view, i began to notice that there was Manzanita trees EVERYWHERE! As I was walking, I found a broken off portion of the tree lying on the ground. I picked it up and carried it with me the rest of the hike. When I got home, I had my husband screw the branch/tree to the bottom of a piece of scrap wood from our garage. I dug through our garden stuff and found some moss. I used my glue gun to attach the moss to the bottom of the tree to cover the wood. Viola! An instant decor gem! When I got to the bridal show I used clothes pins to attach my business cards to all the little branches. So fun!

I absolutely love these Save-The-Dates from Martha...

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/downloadable-wedding-templates?lnc=4db27a48efa1d110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=lpg_planning&lpgStart=1&currentslide=11&currentChapter=1

And boy could I use this book for some inspiration! I've hit a dry spell...