Weddings these days are very much about expressing your unique personality as a couple, so the whole trend towards DIY for as much as possible makes a lot of sense. If you make it, you can have exactly what YOU want, plus it's more special. Bouquets, centerpieces, jewelry, hairpieces, invitations, you name it- so many things lend themselves well to being made by you and a helpful crew of friends and bridesmaids.
And that can be a good thing, but if you try to do too much, it can be a bad thing. There are a lot of things that can be made ahead of time, but then you run into issues of storage and transport sometimes (centerpieces). And if you have a last minute snafu (those flowers you ordered online showed up wilted the day before) you have to do your own troubleshooting just at the very busiest time.
So, I have two pieces of advice if you want to DIY up the proverbial wazoo, but don't want to go insane. 1) Prioritize projects, and 2) Delegate. Not all projects are created equal, so choose things that you can either get a lot of help with, play to you or a close friend/ family memember's talents, or that are just so special and important they can't be left out. And, don't make every project revolve around you. Have a point person who will make sure the table cards get that special touch, or who is in charge of making sure the fascinators for the bridesmaids show up at the wedding and don't get smushed.
I have watched brides go crazy trying to do it all themselves. Don't be one of them. It is NOT a contest : )
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