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As Valentine's Day draws near, several people are taking up the DIY route to make their gifts unique. Nothing can be more special than a homemade gift and experts are helping too with free DIY tips online. Here are some expert DIY tips that will make your gift the most cherished:
Heart shaped flower arrangement in a cake pan: Chris Olsen of Botanica Gardens brings forth a great DIY project. It is about creating a special heart shaped flower arrangement all by yourself for your sweetheart. Visit www.todaysthv.com to know more.
Neck-warmer with a Hidden Heart label: Crafting a Green World established in November 19th, 2007 offers an excellent DIY Valentine's Day project. It helps to keep emotions between two people a secret from others. This entails sewing a label with a mushy and romantic message in the partner's neck warmer. Know more at http://craftingagreenworld.com
Valentine Tags: This involves the use of giant puzzle pieces to make gift tags. This DIY project is suggested as a good alternative to the standard greeting cards. It helps makers to say 'I Love you' to the special person in their life, while bringing childlike fun in the entire affair. Visit http://www.craftster.org to know more.
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With cost of living rising day-by-day, soon to wed couples are largely preferring DIY wedding options for 'budget' dream weddings.
Flowers are one of the main expenses. Considering they are unpredictably pricey, brides are making good use of the internet to prepare their own bridal bouquets. Websites like www. 5min.com, www.weddingclan.com and www.youtube.com are becoming popular among brides for the free DIY tips offered. Those looking for DIY wedding flowers can avail great bargains from www.weddingflowersofamerica.com that has one of the largest collections of fresh flowers. Flowers or pre-made wedding bouquets are purchasable at wholesale prices, online.
Patricia MacArthur, executive creative director of WeddingStar.com states that brides are becoming more budget conscious and taking up many DIY projects to cut down on wedding costs. They are adding a personalized touch to their wedding by taking up DIY wedding invitation projects. Digital printing is helping make these DIY projects more versatile and less expensive.
Favor-Days.com, an online retailer of wedding favors, asserts that edible and DIY wedding favors are becoming a trend this year. Brides are skipping decorative trinkets for guest favors and opting to gift staples, bottle stoppers, edible items, jars and even sapling or bonsai's that are more useful.