Weddings 2012: DIY decorations and party favours
Weddings 2012: DIY decorations and party favours
How six Toronto couples made their big day more memorable and less expensive
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- Dallas Curow and Brian Fauteux, married at the Berkeley Church in May 2011, used toy figurines as their <strong>cake toppers</strong> ($5) and <strong>vintage 45s</strong> for table numbers (printing cost them only $5). Music is a shared passion, so the couple dug up old records from the bride’s parents’ basement and local thrift shops.
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- Tony Huang and Janice Kee-Son, married in August 2011 at the Berkeley Field House, created a <strong>photo station</strong> (total cost: $232; that’s $144 for a Fuji Instax camera, $80 for film and $8 for string and clothes pegs). The couple strung up their engagement photos and friends and family added their quick snaps at the reception. Guests had fun contributing to the wall throughout the night.
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- Lauren Schreiber and Kevin Sasaki, married in August 2011 at the Gladstone Hotel (followed by a reception at The Garrison music hall), personalized the city’s trendiest wedding favour: <strong>jars of jam</strong>. The jam came from A Bisket-A Basket at the St. Lawrence Market ($3.50 each). The couple customized it with a gingham top (50 cents each) and labels made by a graphic designer friend.
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- Robin Verduyn and Malcolm Johnston, married in August 2011 at the Johnston cottage on Deer Bay (with a reception at Lakefield College), used <strong>window panes</strong> (borrowed from their florist) for a seating chart and reclaimed wood as table runners ($175).
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- Sarah Mulholland and Chris Kebbel, married in September 2011 at the Kebbel cottage in the Kawarthas, invited family and friends to sign <strong>canoe paddles</strong> ($25 each) in place of guest books.
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- Katherine Mitchell and Morgan MacIvor, married in June 2011 at the Berkeley Field House, made their own tissue paper <strong>pompoms</strong> ($36 total). They used the same tissue and a flower-shaped paper punch to make <strong>confetti</strong> ($10), which looked pretty on the bride’s train and scattered on the floor.
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DIY is an amazing way to have a cheap wedding that doesn’t look cheap. Especially love the customized jam gift that supports local business (at the market and local designers). StickerYou.com is another local (Toronto) business that provides really inexpensive, really professional-looking labels!
Actually just wrote a blogpost on slimming down wedding costs – check it out!: http://blog.stickeryou.com/2012/02/22/five-tips-to-stick-to-your-wedding-budget/
-Isabel