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"DIY Bride is a classy, sassy, oh-so-fun crafty approach to livening up your big wedding day. Khris Cochran serves up a delectable tray of clever ideas that are frosted with style and originality and proves that having a luxurious, signature wedding doesn't mean you have to empty your bank account. Just your glue gun!" "-- "Kathy Cano-Murillo, CraftyChica.com
Khris Cochran's "The DIY Bride" provides inspiration and projects for save-the-date cards, invitations, jewelry and accessories, ceremony decorations, programs, favors and more. Cochran, who founded the website DIYBride.com, also provides a cost comparison to show how much a similar item would cost if purchased in a store, allowing busy couples to decide whether it would be better to buy or make certain projects. A hair ornament for a flower girl, for example, costs about $5 to make but would cost about $40 to buy. "The DIY Bride" provides clear instructions and suggests whether a project could be completed by the couple themselves, with the help of the wedding party or with members of the family, offering clever ideas and the potential for fun invitation-building parties with friends.""--Bookpage "
"Khris Cochran, founder of DIYBride.com, helps send do-it-yourselfers down the aisle on the cheap with her new, illustrated book "The DIY Bride: 40 Fun Projects for Your Ultimate One-of-a-Kind Wedding" (Taunton, $19.95). The book offers step-by-step, budget-saving craft ideas for those planning to wed. --"Dayton Daily News "(Ohio)
This book is for the bride who loves arts and crafts. It tosses out cookie-cutter wedding standards and gives creative instruction for makinginvitations, accessories, favors, programs and decor that will leave a personal stamp on your wedding. ""--The Birmingham News" (AL)
The moment after a woman says yes to the BIG question, she is deluged by even more questions -- and all of them have to do with the wedding. Khris Cochran, founder of www.DIYbride.com and author of "The DIY B
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From choosing a delicious menu to assembling the guest list, hundreds of details go into planning a successful wedding. The DIY Bride helps brides put their stamp on the big day without breaking the bank. Written by the creator of the indispensable Web site for wedding crafts, DIYBride.com, this fun, easy guide showcases unique, easy-to-do craft projects that range from beautiful handmade announcements and invitations to personalised favours, magical honeymoon scrapbooks and much more. Kris Cochran includes valuable cost-comparison sidebars that clearly detail the huge savings involved. She also shows brides how to involve their friends and families in the project-making process, making this a fun journey for all. The DIY Bride is an essential purchase for any woman who dreams of an unforgettable wedding.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really like this book, its got loads of ideas to help save money and make your wedding a bit more individual. It covers everything from tiara's to table centres and each item has a couple of pages with full colour illustrations and step by step instructions which are easy to follow. I really like the DIY poketfold invites and will certainly be having a go! The only drawback is that it's american so one or two of the ideas are maybe a bit OTT for a british bride - the aisle runner for example - and its costings are in dollars so you have to disregard them!
If you are creative and feeling thrifty this is for you.
If you are creative and feeling thrifty this is for you.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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For those of you, like me, who are tempted to buy this title-beware- this is not an aid to organising the occasion, but an arts and crafts book for making your own accessories.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Best DIY wedding book! (so far)
12 May 2008
Format:Paperback
By the time we get married, my fiance and I will have been engaged for 3 years (longer than we've been dating)! We pushed the date back in order to save money to pay for this party. Had this book been available earlier, I would have gotten married sooner with all the money I would have saved! I've purchased other DIY wedding craft books, but this is by far the best! The projects are fun and hip unlike some other books that have projects that look like they are straight out of the 80's. Some of the best features of this book are (1) the resource guide in the back--it lists many different websites and stores where the materials can be purchased, (2) the money-saving clues for each project (it lists what the item would cost if you purchased it from a vendor as opposed to DIY--I love knowing that I'm saving money!), (3)skill level and time/manpower needed (it lists whether you can complete the project by yourself or if you should enlist the help of family members, maids, or fiance), (4) the step-by-step instructions with visual aides for those of us that need visual cues, and (5) the timeline in the front of the book lists when you should purchase materials needed by and what projects should be completed first. I definitely would recommend this book as I already plan to do several of the projects! GREAT BUY!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Classy Crafts
24 Feb 2008
Format:Paperback
I am not much of a DIY person (I am not a fan of the "homemade look"), but the end result of the projects in this book definitely don't look homemade. I found the projects in this book to be easy, creative and classy. As a wedding planner, I have encouraged my clients to use this book when they want a high-end look at a low-end price. Great job!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Soooooo Helpful
10 April 2008
Format:Paperback
this book was so much help. I am a creative person myself but this book gave me so many new ideas and showed me new ways to do things. Also, making the projects saved my fiance and i a lot of money. Any DIY bride wikll definately want this book!!!
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