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30 Best DIY Wedding Decorations to Give Your Day a Personal Touch

Say "I do" to these creative crafts.

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Whether you're looking at some country wedding ideas or you've opted for a glam-inspired ceremony, you've likely started wondering what DIY wedding decorations to create. Even if you aren't going entirely DIY, you're likely to want to add personal touches here and there. That's why we've rounded up some of our favorite budget-friendly ideas that will fit into any celebration.

If you're putting together some outdoor wedding ideas, then these crafts are just what you need. Try the barrels-turned-tables idea for a cheap, yet useful, trick for your cocktail hour. Or, check out the tree stump centerpieces for a rustic touch. Anyone can use the sweet ideas for making photo coasters or displaying your family trees in order to commemorate your backgrounds. Modern and rustic wedding ideas alike will work alongside these great DIY wedding decorations, such as the customizable "Just Married" sign or embroidered pillow for the rings.

There's no shortage of ways to add personal touches to your day to celebrate your love with friends and family. So whether you've booked a beautiful barn wedding venue or a country club ballroom instead, you can find a handful of DIY wedding decorations below that are sure to fit your day's style.

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Make Eclectic Centerpieces

Succulents make for great centerpieces if you're opting for greenery over flowers—especially in this cute DIY project that looks expensive but costs next to nothing.

Get the tutorial at Blooming Homestead.

SHOP JUTE TWINE

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Light the Way With DIY Solar-Powered Lamps

These solar lights made with Mason jars will brighten up any outdoor wedding as the party shifts from day to night.

Get the tutorial at Garden Therapy.

SHOP MASON JARS

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Make Your Own Flowers

Don't want real flowers? Go faux instead! These pretty blooms made from felt and pom-poms would make for the perfect bouquet.

Get the tutorial at Club Crafted.

SHOP POM-POM MAKERS

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Create a Beautiful 'Just Married' Sign

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Add a Simple Touch to Place Settings

Beautiful marble place cards are complemented with a velvet ribbon tied around each guest's napkin.

See more at Studio DIY.

SHOP VELVET RIBBON

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Display Flowers in Glam DIY Vases

The blogger describes this craft as "so easy it's kind of embarrassing," which means it's the perfect idea for any last-minute décor needs.

Get the tutorial at The Craft Patch.

SHOP SCRAPBOOK PAPER

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Get Creative With the Guest Book

At this Kentucky wedding, the couple asked friends and family to write messages on balsa-wood horseshoes and toss 'em for good luck. The messages written on the horseshoes provided the couple with lovely souvenirs.

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Turn Barrels Into Tables

Want to give your outdoor wedding a vineyard vibe? Old wine barrels are the perfect height to be repurposed as rustic cocktail tables.

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Create Simple Centerpieces With Bud Vases

Employ a smattering of bud vases—instead of one huge arrangement—to decorate each guest table. Tuck table-number flags in among the blooms.

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Look to Nature For Inspiration

This Oklahoma couple used a tree stump as a base for their reception centerpieces, drawing inspiration from the outdoorsy locale.

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Make Pinwheels

Keep kids entertained with bold, colorful pinwheels displayed in Mason jars. Bonus: They'll look great decorating tables.

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Direct Your Guests

If you're lucky enough to have a big outdoor space to host your ceremony and reception, give your guests a bit of direction with a homemade sign that points them in the right direction.

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Create a Country Escort Card Display

To create this farm-themed escort card corral, drill tiny holes into toy horses before spray painting them gold. Then insert wires to secure the cards and set atop sod.

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Create a Picnic Atmosphere

If you're hosting an outdoor wedding, there's no need to worry about tradition. Instead, host a picnic! These picnic tables — topped with pretty banners and string lights — are the perfect way to make the day feel casual and fun.

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Show Off Family Photos

If your wedding is bringing together guests that may not know each other, make them feel more welcome by hanging your favorite snapshots of your friends and family on a volleyball net in the yard.

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Use Rustic Containers for Centerpieces

A wooden flower box filled with loosely arranged flowers makes for a laid-back centerpiece at a backyard wedding. Glowing tea lights complete the tablescape.

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Dress Up Basic Chairs

For a touch of gold, the bride and groom at this Kentucky wedding spray-painted branches that adorned the backs of their chairs.

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Craft a Ring Pillow with Personality

For this Kentucky wedding, Country Living contributor Jodi Kahn stitched the ring pillow as a wedding gift. On one side, she embroidered an outline of Kentucky for the bride; on the other, she rendered the groom's home state of Washington.

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Display a Fresh Spin on the Family Tree

The bride at this Kentucky wedding created this display by decoupaging thrift-store china with photocopied wedding portraits of her and the groom's relatives on their wedding days. The wall was covered with damask wallpaper found on eBay.

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String a Pennant Banner

This New Jersey couple strung pennant banners around their backyard to create a carnival-like affair, complete with ring toss, balloon darts, and homemade refreshments like lemonade.

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Handy Holders

Floral foam and glass marbles aren't the only ways to hold flowers aloft at a wedding reception. Instead, a bunch of vintage milk bottles gives this arrangement—featured in Decorating with Flowers by Paula Pryke—its structure. Simply line up nine same-size vessels in three rows of three. Then wrap gardener's twine around the grouping twice and tie the ends. Finish the blooming display by placing two to three stems in each container.

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Make Picture-Perfect Coasters

Refocus plain ceramic tiles as snappy coasters to use at a wedding reception. Use Polaroids or Instagram prints of you and the groom, family, or friends to let guests rest their drinks on fun photos as they wine and dine.

Get the complete how-to »

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Crazy for Candy

Make a lasting impression on your guests with a self-serve candy station, as seen at this Georgia wedding. Fill glass jars with penny candy and lay out muslin to-go bags for guests.

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Reinvent the Wheel

Announce big moments—say, the cake cutting—with custom vinyl-cut signs, like this stylist made for her Georgia wedding. (Most print shops will charge around $25 for similar circles mounted on posts.) Designate an eager-to-help niece or nephew as the official sign-carrier.

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Play Cornhole

At a backyard wedding, there are plenty of ways keep your friends and family happy and entertained—just set up a few old-school games, like cornhole.

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Dress Up Napkins

This New Hampshire wedding used place settings that featured napkins tied with burlap and decorated with fragrant freesia.

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Create a Garden-Inspired Vignette

Need something beautiful to fill an empty corner of your backyard tent? Create a pretty garden-themed setup using a vintage ladder and greenery, like at this beautiful reception in the UK.

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Replace Champagne Glasses With Mason Jars

Inexpensive Mason jars make the perfect drinking vessel for a laid-back wedding. They can also be used as vases or hurricane lanterns.

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Customized Wine Bottles

The bride and groom at this Oregon wedding used customized wine labels to give each table a personal touch.

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Think Outside the Vase

At her Georgia wedding, this designer struck a down-to-earth note by aging too-shiny galvanized buckets with a few spritzes of bleach. She suggests a similarly simple approach to arrangements: Unify flowers around a single hue, as in this grouping of white carnations and mums.

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Erin Cavoto Erin Cavoto is the Editorial Assistant at ThePioneerWoman.com, covering food, holidays, home decor, and more.

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