About
Wedding Craft Ideas is a free collection of tutorials for handmade wedding crafts. The guides show how to make decorations, table details, flower crafts, favors and paper pieces with cardstock, ribbon, twine, jars and other simple supplies, and they explain the few skills that most projects rely on: measuring, cutting, scoring, gluing and tying a neat bow.
This is a craft site. It does not plan weddings, sell products or offer services, and it is not written by a wedding planner or a florist. It publishes instructions for things you can make yourself.
What the site covers
- Beginner guides that explain where to start, which supplies are worth having and which projects are easiest to finish well.
- Wedding decor for the ceremony and reception: welcome signs, garlands, chair decorations, backdrops and a card box.
- Table decor: table numbers, place cards and simple centerpieces.
- Flower crafts and favors: bouquet wraps, boutonnieres, hoop wreaths, paper flowers, favor boxes, tags and bags.
- Paper crafts, techniques and seasonal ideas: handmade cards, confetti cones, glue and cutting guides, and projects for fall and winter weddings.
If you are new to making things by hand, begin with Wedding Crafts for Beginners, then read the wedding craft supplies guide and pick a first project from Easy DIY Wedding Crafts. How to Tie a Bow With Ribbon is the one technique almost every project uses. Every guide is listed on the Tutorials page.
How the tutorials are written
Each tutorial covers one project or one skill from start to finish. The designs are original and are meant to be drawn by you, directly on the paper or card, from the measurements given in the text. There are no commercial templates to buy and no files to print.
Measurements are given in inches with metric equivalents in parentheses. Tools and materials are described by type, such as cardstock, satin ribbon, a metal ruler or tacky glue, and not by brand, so you can use what you already own or can find locally.
Project tutorials include a short summary: the difficulty, an approximate time, what one batch makes, how far ahead it can be made and a materials list.
The pictures on this site are original illustrations drawn for each tutorial. They are drawings, not photographs of finished pieces or of real weddings, and they are there to show where to measure, where to cut and how the parts go together.
What you can rely on
- We do not publish invented reviews, ratings or testimonials.
- Time estimates are approximate. How long a project takes depends on your tools, your materials, how many pieces you are making and how much practice you have had.
- Quantities and sizes are starting points. Make one test piece before you cut materials for every guest.
- Make-ahead notes assume dry storage away from sunlight. Fresh flowers and greenery follow their own schedule, and a tutorial says so where it matters.
Working safely
Wedding crafts are gentle work, but a few habits keep the making and the day itself safe.
- Use LED candles, not flames. Paper, fabric, ribbon and dried flowers catch fire easily. Wherever a decoration sits near a candle, the tutorials mean a battery-powered LED candle.
- Cut with care. Scissors or a paper trimmer are enough for most projects. If you use a craft knife, cut on a cutting mat, guide the blade along a metal ruler, keep your free hand behind the blade and replace a dull blade, because a dull blade slips.
- Hot glue burns. Choose a low-temperature glue gun, keep your fingers away from the nozzle and the fresh glue, rest the gun on its stand and never leave it switched on unattended.
- Hang only light decor, and ask the venue first. Garlands, backdrops and signs on this site are light paper and fabric pieces. Ask the venue what may be attached to walls, ceilings and furniture and how, and keep walkways and exits clear.
- Keep decorations off food. Paper, glue, wire, ribbon and craft flowers are decorations only. Do not put them on or in a cake, drinks or anything that will be eaten.
Corrections and suggestions
If a step is unclear, a measurement looks wrong or a link is broken, please tell us through the Contact page. Mention the name of the tutorial and the step number so the problem can be found quickly. Corrections are always welcome.