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The Complete Guide to a Brunch Wedding

Brunch weddings: The wedding trend that will be making a comeback for 2021 and the latest trend we are obsessed with!

Creative DIY Wedding Favours For The Crafty Bride

With everyone spending more time at home, now is the perfect time to put your craft skills to the test. Here are the most creative DIY wedding favour ideas!

How To Create A Wedding Hashtag

A custom hashtag is so much fun and it’s the perfect way to connect all of your wedding guests! Check out our tips for how to create your wedding hashtag.

How To Keep Your Wedding Environmentally Friendly

With these tips and tricks, you can ensure you have a ‘green’ wedding. Check out how to keep your wedding environmentally friendly!

Earthy And Neutral Tones Are Officially On-Trend!

On the hunt for the perfect modern colour palette? We are totally obsessed with warm hues, earthy colours and neutral tones!

Etsy Wedding Products You Have To See

Etsy is a world of endless possibilities! With so many beautiful and unique pieces, how could you possibly decide which one is perfect for your big day? We have saved […]

DIY Floral Heart Decor Instructions

Attention DIY queens! It’s time to spread the love around at your wedding with this DIY floral heart decor made from pixie carnations.

Easy DIY Twine Flower Instructions

Wanting to create something fun for your wedding? How about a DIY twine flower! Simply follow these easy instructions!

You Won’t Believe These Decor Pieces Are From Kmart

We’ve curated some of Kmart’s best party décor so you can make your special day more affordable without compromising on your wedding design or vibe.

Create Your Own Beautiful DIY Wedding Invitations

Spotlight has all the supplies you need to make sure your homemade invites are beautiful and personal. We’ve put together a step-by-step guide for you!

Candace And Kodan’s Rustic DIY Wedding

With the help of their friends and family, Candace and Kodan’s rustic wedding was a DIY masterpiece filled with personal touches and touching tributes.

What Goes Around Comes Back Around: The Vintage Wedding Trend We Can’t Get Enough Of

We are loving this this vintage wedding trend. Capture those special moments that may get missed with disposable cameras.

How To Make The Perfect Bar Cart For Your NYE Celebrations

Bar carts are super popular right now and adding one to your NYE celebrations will make your party one to remember. Check out these tips on how to make the perfect bar cart for your NYE celebrations.

How To Make Your Own DIY Wooden Ring Boxes

Perfect for a relaxed, outdoor wedding, this hand-crafted wooden box has been customised with a painted and aged finish in soft turquoise blue.

Create Your Own Girly Glam Teaspoons – Wedding DIY

Consider yourself a bit of a crafter do you? Well, you are going to absolutely adore these super simple girly glam teaspoons!

DIY His and Her Vow Books

Personal wedding vows spoken from the heart set the tone of the whole celebration. To make the vows even more special, we show how to make your own books to keep as a memento of the day.

DIY Beauty Recipes

Homemade lotions are a satisfying, green and thrifty way to pamper yourself.

Your table numbers are just as important as your floral arrangements, place settings and centrepieces; so why don’t you add a personal touch to the big day with these easy step by step instructions on how to make your own wedding table numbers.

“Let Love Grow” – Personalised DIY Wedding Favours

Personalising your wedding? It’s a snap! Here’s how to make your own seed packet wedding favours.

DIY: Bake Your Own Yummy Cactus Cookies

Looking to make some tasty treats this summer? These quirky and yummy cactus cookies are perfect for entertaining friends and family over the silly season.

DIY Idea: Make Your Own Light-Up Love Sign

We LOVE these illuminated signs. Follow these steps to make your own super easy DIY light-up love sign.

Crimson Crush Cocktail: The Perfect Christmas Cooler

This colourful and fun Crimson Crush cocktail is perfect for your Christmas celebrations or New Years drinks or as a signature wedding day beverage..

DIY Chalkboard Sign

Add some hand-made and heartfelt charm into your wedding or next gift with a fun DIY Chalkboard sign. These bespoke chalkboards are so sweet, simple and super easy to make!

DIY Pompom Place Cards

Learn how to make our Pompom Place Cards for your wedding, bridal shower or engagement party. You could test them at your Christmas Party too!

DIY Polaroid Magnets

These stylish and simple DIY magnets are a snap to make. You don’t need to be a master crafter to DIY your special details with these easy steps.

Macrame Magic

A craft that requires no fancy tools or expensive materials

An Ethereal Farmhouse Wedding In Texas

High school sweethearts became husband and wife in this ethereal Real Wedding in a light-filled Texan farmhouse.

Sand, Sunshine & Style: The Wedding of Casey & Jared

Sunlight streamed down on the beautiful outdoor wedding of Casey and Jared. And you couldn’t get more Australian than vows exchanged on a white-sand beach and good times had in the middle of the bush.

Unique Flower Girl Ideas: Alternatives to Throwing Petals

Looking for unique flower girl ideas? Check out these sweet floral arrangements and DIY accessories that your flower girls will love.

How to Make a Flower Girl Wand

This DIY project looks cute and is super budget-friendly. Follow our easy step-by-step on how to make a flower girl wand for your wedding.

What To Throw At The End Of Your Ceremony: Confetti, Petals And More!

Throwing confetti or rice at the end of a wedding ceremony symbolises good luck, but there are plenty of alternatives too!

Easy Wedding DIY Projects for a Touch of Red

We show how the colour red when combined with other colours can look quite different and convey a variety of moods.

Be Featured In Modern Wedding: DIY Backyard Weddings Wanted

Submissions are open for the new edition of Modern Wedding DIY. We’re looking for a DIY backyard wedding with loads of personality!

How to Make a Bedouin Ceremony Canopy

This DIY ceremony canopy is the perfect addition to a bohemian wedding theme.

Top Tips For Having a Thrifty Wedding

Take a deep breath. A wedding doesn’t need to cost your life savings. Especially with these thrifty wedding tips!

DIY Watercolour Wedding Invitations

Start designing the artwork for your wedding stationery with this simple how-to!

DIY Floral Paper Craft

These easy paper lotus flowers can be arranged to make table runners, place holders, framed gifts and more!

Australia Day Cocktail: Watermelon and Vodka Slushy

This fruity and refreshing cocktail recipe is perfect for those hot summer evenings.

Christmas Naked Cake Recipe

Impress your Christmas dinner guests with this gorgeous carrot naked cake topped with cream cheese icing!

Make Your Own Christmas Bon Bons

Get creative and add a bit of personalisation to your Christmas table with these DIY bonbons.

DIY Floral Garland Tutorial!

Floral stylist Dominique Hardy reveals in an easy step-by-step tutorial for creating a stunning floral garland, overflowing with colour and texture!

15 Outdoor Wedding Ideas That Are Totally Genius

How to keep guests cool on a hot day, wet weather options and more outdoor wedding hacks you need to know!

Ashleigh and Stuart’s Blooming Breakfast Wedding

Ashleigh and Stuart’s sunrise photoshoot on the beach and breakfast wedding was the perfect way to start their day.

How To: Dip-dye An Indigo Wedding Table Runner

Learn how to make and style your own indigo fabric for your wedding with our new wedding DIY!

A Boho Bride’s Guide To DIY Dreamcatchers

We share the do it yourself instructions for our bewitching bohemian dreamcatchers, perfect for a carefree, barefooted crafternoon!

How To: Get The Casual Coastal Wedding Look!

When beach elements of sand, shells and warm sunshine are part of your wedding, guests will embrace the carefree spirit of the day. We take a look at how you can inject your day with casual coastal style.

DIY Tutorial – Gift Wrapping with Furoshiki

A well wrapped gift is always received with pleasure. Learn the art of Furoshiki, a Japanese method of wrapping gifts in fabric, in this Modern Wedding DIY tutorial. Your wrapping may soon outshine the gift.

How To: Make Your Own Boutonnieres

Boutonniéres add a colourful touch to the groom and his groomsmen and are a great way to bring your floral theme into their look. Learn how to make your own beautiful buttonholes with our six-step quick DIY!

How To: Style a Dessert Table

Dessert tables are a sweet way to end your wedding day. As well as offering delicious tasting sweets for your guests to enjoy, they provide a visual feast. Sarah Deaves takes us through the art of styling a dessert table.

How To: Style a Romantic Vintage Table Setting

Mix playful pastels, crisp whites and interesting textures with classic vintage elegance to create a stunning table setting. Be inspired to style it yourself and get creative with our how-to!

Modern Wedding DIY Magazine – The Eclectic Issue now on Sale

Clear your calendar for crafternoons, baking and stunning dinner parties… the latest edition of Modern Wedding DIY is on sale today, filled with projects, ideas and inspiration you’ll love !

Easy DIY Chocolate Wedding Bomboniere

Roll into the weekend with some wedding DIY projects. Made with delicious chocolate and of course a little love, these take-home food favours will have your guests walking away with very big smiles on their faces.

DIY Wedding Decorations: One Pear in Three Ways

Pears are great just the way they are, whether fresh or fake. In this simple DIY wedding project the humble pear is transformed for wedding place settings, seating charts or just wedding table decorations.

Air Plant Wedding Favours

These quirky little favours known as air plants, need nothing more than air and minimal moisture to survive. Their wild dramatic shapes look striking against textured sea urchin shells and make cute take-home wedding favours.

DIY Neon Paper Bag Vases

Take a break from the traditional pastel shades and introduce some punchy neon colours to add a feeling of gaiety and fun to your celebrations! Combining the earthy colour of […]

DIY Wedding Wrapping Ideas

A wedding is a time for many things, and a time for gifts is one of them! Gifts to say ‘thank you’, gifts that say ‘I love you’ and gifts […]

20 Beautiful Wedding Arbours and Arches

Being wed under a wedding arch or canopy is a tradition steeped with beautiful meaning for many cultures. It can symbolise the home that a couple will build or the […]

How to make a Bow Tie for Valentines Day

In the past we’ve always covered Valentines Day with cutesy DIY tutorials and (mostly edible) ideas. This year we thought we’d save those waist lines and share a gift that’s […]

DIY Wedding Decorations: Hanging Spheres

At last – paper pom poms and bunting have a rival – hanging spheres! Made from string or wool mixed with glue, they can be left as their natural colour […]

How to create a Natural Fern & Forest Tablescape

Decorate your chosen reception venue in a style that infuses lush green ferns, soft mosses, pheasant feathers, natural linens, tall vintage candles, warm glowing tea lights and modern design to […]

DIY Cookies-in-a-jar Favours

Gifts of food are some of my favourite presents to receive and, with Christmas not far away, I started thinking about the gifts I will be giving this year. In […]

DIY Fabric Chandelier

The celebrate the upcoming release of Modern Wedding DIY we asked editor, Gail MacDiarmid, to share a DIY project to get those creative hands and minds moving! The next issue of Modern […]

DIY Animal Wedding Place Card Holders

If you are looking for something whimsical, look no further than the children’s toy department for inspiration. Cute little animals, be they from the jungle, farm or forest, can be […]

Wedding DIY Lemon Filled Lavender Cookies

Bake deliciously decadent melt-in-your-mouth cookies for guests to enjoy with a cup of coffee at the end of the meal! LEMON FILLED LAVENDER COOKIES Ingredients 225 grams unsalted butter 130 […]

DIY Wedding Streamer Backdrop

Made in delicate pastel shades, these fringed garlands can be used as a backdrop to the ceremony, dessert table, bridal table or the photo booth. You will need: Crepe paper […]

DIY Cake Jar Wedding Favours

Make delicious foodie wedding favours as gifts for guests. Simply cut rounds of a firm cake with a cookie cutter, place one round in a suitably sized jar, top with […]

Lavender DIY Wedding Invitations

Our lavender love affair continues this week with these lavender DIY wedding invitations. You can complete a decorative lavender theme using dainty sprigs of dried lavender as a key motif […]

DIY Lavender Sugar Wedding Favours

Super simple to make, this pretty foodie gift can be used to sprinkle on sweets, cookies or ice cream and to sweeten drinks. All that is needed is one tablespoon […]

DIY Wedding Place Settings

PLACE SETTING PLACE MATS One way to give your tables a distinctive look is to make your own place mats. Draw your own design or download our A3 place mat […]

Wedding Day Brunch with Jalna Yoghurt

The hours leading up to your wedding ceremony are filled with elation, eager anticipation and dare I say chaos? As you and your maids prepare to walk the aisle it’s […]

DIY Valentines Heart

It is often something simple and unexpected that sticks in your mind. This occurred while I was working on a large flower project for the next edition of Modern Wedding […]

Pimm’s Pop Recipe for your Summer Garden Wedding

We’re still basking in the balmy nights and sunny days of Summer, and at this time of year there is nothing more refreshing than a glass of Pimm’s. This season Pimm’s […]

DIY Wedding Table Numbers

Table numbers are a necessary detail in every wedding, but when it comes to budget allocation, table numbers rarely make the priority list! We’ve found wedding table numbers the easiest […]

DIY Wedding Trends 2014

Personalisation is the word to best sum up the hottest trend in weddings and, for the do-it-yourself couple, this is the perfect approach to express their creativity. With large formal […]

DIY Wedding Cake Topper Ideas Part 3

RETRO CAKE TOPPER If you are an enthusiast of the popular retro trend, there is no doubt you will love some of the nostalgic, kitsch wedding details from the 70’s. […]

DIY Wedding Cake Topper Ideas Part 2

Today, Editor of Modern Wedding DIY shares another DIY wedding cake topper idea as we celebrate the upcoming release of Modern Wedding DIY 4th Edition. If you are looking for […]

DIY Wedding Cake Topper Ideas Part 1

In just three weeks the next edition of Modern Wedding DIY goes on sale and to celebrate Modern Wedding DIY editor Gail MacDiarmid will be sharing simple DIY wedding projects […]

Wedding DIY: Floral Hair Garlands

>> Bohemian Crown You will need: 18 gauge floral wire, fine floral wire, floral tape, secateurs, flowers and greenery How to create: 1. Measure the 18 gauge floral wire to […]

Wedding DIY: Build a Floral Wedding Arch

A wedding arch not only creates a wonderful space under which to say your vows but also provides an ideal frame for your photographs. The aim is to build an […]

The Naked Wedding Cake

Who says a wedding cake will be boring just because it is bare! If you love to bake, you might consider a DIY wedding cake. If you are confident enough […]

DIY Wedding bomboniere – Lemon Hand Scrub

Give the gift of sweet smelling, soft hands with this lemon hand scrub that’s so easy to make yourself! To make lemon hand scrub combine 180g caster sugar, 2 tablespoons […]

The Best Vanilla Cupcakes

Cupcakes make people happy. It’s that simple. If you’re hosting a bridal event then whip up some edible happiness with this recipe for the BEST vanilla cupcakes. 1¼ cups cake […]

DIY Wedding Chalkboard

The humble chalkboard is now a staple in the wedding world. Its role is many and varied – sharing a menu, giving directions or simply saying something sweet. If you’re […]

DIY Wedding Ideas – Wood Craft

Oh Sunday, the day of rest, sometimes pancakes and today DIY! Take a trip to your local arts and craft store for supplies and enjoy some time working with your […]

DIY Wedding Ideas – Painted Bottles and Jars

Here is a creative DIY wedding idea to spruce up empty bottles and jars while keeping their shiny glaze similar to milk glass. All you need is a collection of […]

DIY Fabric Sticky Tape

Believe it or not there are paper tape enthusiasts (Washi tape) out there collecting rolls and rolls of the stuff to have on hand for their creative projects. I have […]

Cake Slice Box – DIY

Weddings are all about presentation and making the day memorable. A small gift is a great way to say thank you to guests for being part of your day. These […]

DIY – Be My Valentine

Valentines Day is just 3 days away, but I think when you’re engaged Valentines day is different. It’s not about secret crushes, new declarations of love or a day to […]

Love Inspired Wedding DIY

These DIY projects are all about love – whether it’s love for your fiancee or a celebration of love at your wedding. They’re super simple and destined to melt hearts. […]

A Great Time to Source DIY Materials

Are you looking to get started on some DIY wedding projects over the festive season? Editor of Modern Wedding DIY magazine, Gail MacDiarmid, has some DIY wedding projects and it’s the perfect time of year to start!

Flowers in Bottles & Jars – DIY Wedding

It’s become clear to us that you just can’t get enough DIY…projects, decorations, ideas and cooking, we know that you all just like to DO IT YOURSELF…so we’ve decided to […]

Weekend Baking For a DIY Wedding Gift

Oh Friday – how we love you! Friday marks the start of wedding filled weekends or planning checklists and here at Modern Wedding we love both! Are you still deciding […]

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