Easy DIY Luminaries

Photo courtesy of Life With 4 Boys

 

Looking for some do it yourself luminaries? These easy to make decorations are perfect for weddings or holidays.

 

Needed:

1 Pack of thick colored tissue paper or multi-patterned tissue paper.
3 Tall votive candle holders
3 Electronic candles. Battery operated candles can be found in your local dollar store or Bed, Bath and Beyond
 Scotch Tape
Scissors

 

For a step by step tutorial follow the link below the photo. These simple decorations are perfect for weddings or wedding showers. So get your DIY cap on and get started.

 

For those of you familiar with my blog this is a EEEBCDI project. (Better known as "Easy Enough Even Bill Can Do It) meaning I tested how hard it was on my husband who is DIY challenged. He didn't have any problems pulling it together. So grab your fiance and rope him into helping with these--yes HE can. If Bill can anyone can.

A Smart Bride's Way To DIY

DIY Butterfly Cloche courtesy of Country Living Magazine

 

Have you considered making centerpieces out of glass for your wedding day? The Butterfly Cloche above from Country Living Magazine would make a great highlight for a wedding featuring butterflies or nature themes. For the tutorial (and other great craft ideas) go to Country Living Magazine.

 

Mini dome DIY project from Country Living Magazine

 

No bride wants to get so bogged down in a diy project that her wedding planning starts to become work. For a bride planning a DIY wedding, choosing extremely difficult or time consuming projects takes away the fun factor!

 

If you are looking for a less formal look, try these mini domes. They are made using glasses (turned upside down of course) with tiny keepsakes inside. Personalize your guests' wedding tables with 'a few of your favorite things.' To find the tutorial go to Country Living Magazine online. I love the personal look these give you. You don't have to use them for all the tables, but they would be cute added to your guest book table or other side table.

 

The best part of these DIY projects? They are rated EEEBCDI (easy enough even Bill can do it).  For those of you just starting to read my blog you may not realize I am not crafty, but my husband is worse. I mean he's great at some things, fixing things, putting things together, but not tiny little projects like this. So I test out the ease of the tutorial by having him try them out. If it's rated EEEBCDI, your groom should have no problem either, which makes these projects all the more fun. Or if you are all thumbs, they will be easy enough you can do them without the stress no bride to be needs during her wedding planning! Have fun, that's the whole point of this!