Comments on: DIY Guilt

By: Julianna

Julianna — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:30:23 +0000

As with the previous comment, I know this is a much older post but I just wanted to say I love that save the date! and to ask – what about anti-DIY guilt? I do lots of scrapbooking, cardmaking, and papercrafts (my fiance proposed by making me a scrapbook, actually) and everyone has been asking me/assuming that I'll make my own invites. But what if I don't want to deal with the hassle or stress? I know from experience that DIY doesn't always mean less expensive, either!

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:25:56 +0000

I know that this is an old post and I’m a little slow on the uptake of wedding blogs, but Oh My Word. Thank you so much for posting this. If nothing else, it is glorious to hear someone reassure you that your DIY decisions aren’t something to feel guilty about. I myself have caught myself feeling a little like I’m somehow duping our guests my doing so much of our wedding independently, but it just works best for us. No more guilt any longer! I’m going to be proud to help along our self-proclaimed Practical Wedding =)

By: AmyJean {Relentless Bride}

AmyJean {Relentless Bride} — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:31:34 +0000

What an awesome DIY STD! I really love how creative and personal it is… it inspires me to DIY something as well!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:49:13 +0000

Thanks–great post!

By: invisiblyrose

invisiblyrose — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:35:15 +0000

my goodness. i just found your blog today and i’m so glad i did. i just finished my handmade photoshopped save the dates and you just killed all my fears that it looks homemade. thanks very much and i love your blog!

By: Minh

Minh — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:08:12 +0000

Hey Meg, thanks for the post--I'm glad you liked our Save the Dates!

A quick tip to any DIYers who are planning on using an image of a newspaper in your picture: READ THE PAPER FIRST. I had to reach deep into my bag of photoshop tricks to get rid of:

"Preparing for Lean Times: The Looming Recession"

"Euthanizing Horses"

and worst of all, "Ryan Seacrest".

By: Aimee

Aimee — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:06:49 +0000

It's so funny to see our Save the Date on a blog! Thanks, Meg.

We had a lot of fun making these. We really, really didn't know what we were doing (like Meg said, no design experience!), but we fumbled around until we had something that made us smile and seemed "right". And it helped that Minh loved playing with photoshop!

Thanks for the great comments, guys! And thanks, Meg for this fabulous blog!

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:45:05 +0000

I’ll post more on DIY, and not being able to do everything yourself soon. I use DIY loosely… sometimes that just means letting people volunteer to help you.

And Aimee told me that they don’t have design experience, they just figured it out, with help. Lets hear it for asking for help!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:25:06 +0000

Those are awesome.
And thanks for not calling them STDs. :)

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:24:28 +0000

Yes! Go DIY. Love the postcard and the spirit of your post!