How To Make Your Own DIY Wedding Decorations

Written by Shutterfly Community Last Updated: Mar 10, 2022

When planning your wedding ceremony and wedding reception, using DIY wedding decorations is a great way to add a personal touch to the big event. For people looking for budget wedding décor, our extensive collection of DIY wedding decorations can also help save money, while giving your wedding a unique look. Whether you’re having a large wedding with a massive guest list or a small backyard wedding, the decorations can help make the wedding of your dreams.

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Shutterfly loves to help you personalize your life with great personalized wedding gifts, stationery, décor, and more and our unique wedding decorations will make your ceremony as special as you and your soon-to-be spouse are. From custom wedding invitations to DIY wedding signs and banners, and more, this guide to DIY wedding décor can help you come up with the best wedding.

DIY Wedding Invitations

Show off your special wedding décor and fill up your guest list with our special wedding invitations. As your center for personalized invitations and DIY wedding decorations, Shutterfly has many ways for you to customize wedding invitations. Start with your favorite design, then choose your paper. Our selection of paper has never been better, with choices including our Signature Smooth cardstock, Pearl Shimmer cardstock, or our new Luxe Double-Thick cardstock. Many of our unique invitations can be decorated with our gold, bronze, or silver foil-stamp text and highlights, and your choice of five trims. All you need to do is add the wedding date and location, and your best couples photos on the back to set the stage for your entire wedding ceremony. Check out our wedding invitation hub to get started creating your perfect, personalized invite.

DIY Wedding Yard Signs

From welcoming loved ones to your wedding to giving them directions to your important wedding event locations, our DIY wedding signs can help set the stage for the Big Day. From rustic wedding sign designs to classic elegance, Shutterfly’s custom wedding signs are great for your DIY wedding decorations for your reception or wedding. With many wedding sign designs to choose from—in several themes and styles—and an easy-to-use online design tool, our signs can help you put many personal touches on your DIY wedding, reception, bachelorette party, or any event.

DIY Celebration Banners

A banner can set a festive tone for your wedding or wedding reception. To give you the best choices for your wedding, we offer two styles of banner: bunting banners and vinyl banners. For your indoor events, a bunting banner can be personalized with your own text and photos of the couple. These work great for entryways, receptions, or anywhere you want to add a special, unique touch to your DIY wedding decorations.

For outdoor events, or signage to lead everyone to your indoor event, consider our vinyl banners. Built for indoor or outdoor use, these custom wedding banners are easy to customize with the wedding couples’ names, some welcoming words, and even photos. Each custom vinyl wedding banner is:

DIY Wedding Table Decorations

Make sure your beautiful tables with perfect centerpieces for your wedding ceremony and wedding reception are set off with fun DIY wedding decorations to really impress guests and make your Big Day as organized as possible. Start with our DIY wedding programs and customize them with your own design and text explaining the event schedule. At the reception, ensure everyone has their own place card for the rehearsal dinner and wedding reception and wedding menu as part of your DIY wedding table decorations as well when you upload your own design to make everyone’s special card.