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With thousands of wedding DIY inspiration, tutorials and ideas, you might be tempted to put your crafty hands to work and decorate your party with self-made décor and else. But DIY-ing can turn out to be a lot of work and requires a strong dedication if you want a polished and consistent result. So before you decide anything, here are some walk through of the wedding items that are safe to be taken on a DIY route and some other details that are better to be handed to the professionals.
GO DIY
This is one of the most costly things beside your venue rental. However, you could always cut off your wedding budget on this category, especially when you have opted for an outdoor wedding in someplace with beautiful scenic surroundings. There are lots of décor aspects that you can DIY, like the escort cards, wedding signs or guestbook.
Flowers
Leave the elaborate flower centerpieces to the pros, but a simple floral arrangement in a rustic-chic mason jars are something you get creative with. Do a quick research on the flowers combination to match with your theme and palette. You could be surprised how fun it is to experiment with the pretty petals.
Invitation
Thanks to the internet, you can find many invitation templates available for you to print yourself and you could also download different types of fonts for free as well. Go out and explore on the paper selection and finishing touches. If you don't want to print all 1,000 invitations yourself, put that calligraphy skill on work to write the guests' names and addresses.
Hair & Makeup
If you are a makeup maven and obsessed with beauty products, it is okay to do your hair & make-up yourself but only if you're confident enough to do so. You could get some beauty tips and inspirations online and don't forget to try several different looks before deciding on one. Remember, practice makes perfect!
ASK THE PROS
Lighting
This technical part is better to be done by the pros. Lighting will determine the wedding vibe, not to forget, to highlight your precious wedding documentations. Don't risk having a dark and gloomy wedding just because you want to cut off your budget on lighting.
Big, Sturdy Structures
These means the altar for your alfresco wedding or the big tent put up for your outdoor dining wedding reception. If you have no experience at all on this kind of construction, we suggest that you should not risk your perfect wedding by trusting it to the amateurs or by doing it yourself. We bet, no one wants to have a fallen off wedding altar as both of you are declaring your wedding vow or a collapsed tent when you're having your wedding party.
The Dress
You could always opt for a DIY dress if you do have the skill and ability to sew it. However, for this extra special day, it is better for you trust the pros. Sewing it yourself might cause you to have less excitement when you wear it as you have seen it before.
The Wedding Photography & Videography
Don't give the task of taking your wedding documentation to someone who claims that they have a hobby in photography. Wedding photography and videography are so much more than a passion, it requires skills, techniques and experience. Don't let some amateur spoil your beautiful wedding memories just because you want to cut some budget and hire some random people who doesn't understand how the lighting works and in which angle that is best to capture a wedding celebration.
