Why Did I DIY?

A lot of people associate DIY things with being cheap....and while DIY projects CAN be cheap projects, that's not exactly why I wanted to have so many DIY things at our wedding. My parents are wonderful and would have gladly gotten us whatever we wanted for our wedding...so it wasn't really about the money.

I don't really like weddings....they only last 4~ish hours and you spend all this time thinking about little details that will likely go unnoticed. I don't understand people buying a bunch of things that are mass produced to have at their wedding so people ooh and aah at them....but it's generic things and it's not really a representation of the couple, and may not even be what they wanted but instead had to settle for.

All the DIY projects we selected and executed are things that WE liked and feel would create a wedding that represents our style. People spend so much money on flowers to sit on a table that die and get thrown out after 4 hours? It just doesn't seem logical to me. I guess I am too logical and practical to have a regular wedding.

Not knocking anybody else's wedding that pays for the flowers to die, that's just not for me. I honestly hate when people compare weddings. Every person/couple has such different tastes and backgrounds and preferences and styles and budgets and families.......I don't think you can compare weddings. If you are planning a wedding, do what you want to do and take other people's input but keep in mind they won't have to look back on it wishing something was/wasn't there at their wedding.

Competing with or comparing your wedding to other people's will drive you crazy and essentially you are creating your wedding for someone else if you do that, and not yourself.