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 number one 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 personalized favors and much more. Khris 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--from the inside out.
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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 Bride, has plenty of answers to brides' questions, especially brides who want a wedding that isn't like everyone else's, and one that doesn't cost a fortune. The DIY Bride is replete with cost comparison information; for example, custom-printed wedding invitations may cost as much as $2.50 each. Do-it-yourself invitations can cost as little as 35 cents. Directions for projects are detailed and well-illustrated. Tips and hints are sprinkled liberally throughout the book. An index and resource guide add to the user-friendliness of the book. "--Bangor Daily News (Maine)
About the Author
A DIY Bride herself, Khris Cochran is the creator and founder of the award-winning DIYBride.com, one of the most popular bridal crafting websites out there today. The DIYBride website is one of the most-linked sites, with links from The Knot, Modern Bride, and Brides magazines, and hundreds of references to the site from wedding message boards. In addition to dishing out wedding expertise daily on DIYBride.com, Khris teaches craft classes in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is her first book.
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Khris Cochran is a craft guru, ULC minister, and hopeless bon vivant. While widely acclaimed for her abilities to run with scissors and color outside the lines, Khris is best known as the creator of DIYBride.Com, an online hub for the crazy-cool do-it-yourself weddings set. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where she teaches crafts and helps couples plan swell weddings.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By AMG
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!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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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Great Wedding Planning Book
Wonderful resource for wedding planning, organization with personal yet low cost alternatives. Provides teffific variety on potential iideas and step by step instructions. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paula J Herendeen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful
I've gotten a lot of great ideas out of this book I'm going to put my own little spin on them but I had no ideas before this book. A lot of helpful tips and hints.
Published 1 month ago by Tracey
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good ideas
There are several great ideas, but not many that I'd actually choose to do. It does have creative ways to DIY and save money, but am only choosing 1 project for my wedding.
Published 2 months ago by Melissa Nelson
5.0 out of 5 stars
The DIY Bride
I purchased this book for my grand daughter to use while planning for her up-coming wedding. The family will make several things using this book for ideas.
Published 3 months ago by Carol P.
4.0 out of 5 stars
cute ideas
This is not a book that I would have ever paid full price for howeverit does contain some cute ideas it in; especially forthe self titled DIY bride.
Published 4 months ago by Azalia Caines
4.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful ideas
I'm the poster child for DIY any and everything, including my wedding. Our whole wedding was gorgeous and (excluding my dress) we had 250+ people, food, alcohol, and a PHENOMENAL... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Carmen Castillo
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not easy, but worth a try!
There was a time when I had planned to be a wedding planner and I bought this book for inspiration in planning those low-budget weddings. Read more
Published 6 months ago by R Helen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it
Very cute and creative stuff.. There's a lot of good ideas on pintrest too. Fun for wedding planning. Great book
Published 6 months ago by Tiffany
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very cute ideas!
Very cute ideas for ever aspect of your wedding that you can do! However, some of the tools were not what a normal person probably keeps on hand. Like a solder? Read more
Published 8 months ago by NikiTheo
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Ideas, Start Early
The book is very good, with illustrations that are easy to follow and the directions are as well. The book will now be handed over to each of the bride's sisters as they get... Read more
Published 11 months ago by New Student
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