- Use invitations, place cards, thank you cards or welcome packages for out-of-town guests to tie together the wedding day theme. Print out all the cards and envelopes before the crafting session begins. Write out the cards by hand; use hand-lettering for a rustic tone or calligraphy for a traditional aesthetic. Use personalized rubber stamps to sign the card or the envelope. Seal each envelope with a wax seal for a romantic finishing touch.
- Start with large glass vases, and build centerpieces to coordinate with the season. In winter, a vase centerpiece can look handsome frosted with fake snow-like paint and filled with natural or silver-painted pine cones, glass Christmas balls or hazel nuts with small bundles of pine needles. In spring, wrap the vase with a raffia ribbon, and fill it with cherry blossoms, tiny fake birds perched on willow branches or a bundle of tulips submerged in water. For summer, fill the centerpiece with seashells, peacock feathers or fresh lemons. In autumn, wrap a jute ribbon around the base of each vase, and fill it with fall leaves, apples, acorns or a bundle of giant sunflowers. Add fresh items, like fruit and flowers, less than a day before the wedding.
- Gather supplies: card stock luggage tags in white or craft paper, a rubber "Thank You" stamp, acrylic ink pad, thermal embossing powder, heat gun, ribbon and your choice of cloth or paper favor bags filled with candy. Use the stamp to stamp the luggage tags with the regular ink, and sprinkle embossing powder over the wet ink. Tap the tag on its side to shake the loose powder off and back into the container. Apply heat with the heat gun, directly to the stamp. Put the ribbon through the luggage tag, and tie it around the favor bag. For something more rustic, apply the stamp directly onto brown craft paper bags, and place them in a basket on a DIY wedding favor table at the reception. Give guests a selection of candies with which to fill their bags.
- French impressionists inspired painted glass candle holders, and they look romantic when used to accent tables at the rehearsal dinner, cocktail reception or a formal reception. They can even be used with lanterns at an outdoor evening wedding. Buy a case of glass votive holders from a wholesale or craft store. Water down a selection of acrylic paints until they become even in tone, and use a medium-sized brush to splash one color at a time on the inside of the glass. Let the paint dry in between colors; otherwise, the paint will run together to create ugly brown tones. When they're dry, pop in a tea light candle. Keep an extra bag of candles on hand at the event to replace ones that burn out.
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