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Attention, DIY Brides & Handmade Hostesses!

May 27, 2014 4 Comments

Paper Wedding Crafts with Lia Griffith via www.handsoccupied.com. Visit post to win one of TWO, 3-month Creativebug membership giveaway & a free access code for all!

Giveaway alert! Scroll to the bottom of this post to enter. 

My bridal party career began at the age of 6, as my aunt’s flower girl. I also played my oboe for a cousin’s walk down the aisle, did a reading at her sister’s, and was a bride myself three years ago. In a few short weeks, I’ll finally round out my wedding resume as a bridesmaid for my sister-in-law. I’m excited! My dress is cute, but nothing will compare to my 1993 flower girl attire…

Heidi as a flower girl in 1993 at www.handsoccupied.com

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DIY wedding (or garden party) tutorials anyone can do

So! There’s a new online course (totally convenient, affordable and can be done at your own pace) by Creativebug and one of my favorite bloggers, Lia Griffith. The 4-week course starts June 3, is just $9.95 and each week features a beautiful new video tutorial for how to make go-to DIY wedding staples.

Week 1 covers how to make a paper floral head wreath, which you can see at the top of this post. Week 2 helps you create a floral backdrop, perfect for a photobooth, ceremony or head table. You’ll learn to make mini topiaries week 3, and week 4 will cover making huge gilded letters. This is such a good collection of ideas that can be used in so many different ways for weddings or handmade parties.

Paper Wedding Crafts with Lia Griffith via www.handsoccupied.com. Visit post to win one of TWO, 3-month Creativebug membership giveaway & a free access code for all!

As a DIY bride myself, I would have loved some hand holding on my own wedding. Understanding what’s truly doable on a budget and limited time frame is so hard, even for seasoned DIYers. There are definitely a few things I spent tons and tons of time making the hard way for my wedding. Lia Griffith’s course gives you the full how-to, so even if you’re a reluctant crafty chick, you’ll be able to make totally pro crafts for your big day.

Paper Wedding Crafts with Lia Griffith via www.handsoccupied.com. Visit post to win one of TWO, 3-month Creativebug membership giveaway & a free access code for all!

Giveaway + 14-day access code for all!

First and foremost, every single one of you can access the course here, and you can ALL try the course for 14 days for free, using the promo code WEDDING. Also, Creativebug is offering all classes for just $9.95 for the month of June, so if you’ve been looking for an excuse to learn to knit or sew or develop a creative brand, now’s a great time.

Enter the giveaway here 

I’ve got two 3-month subscriptions to Creativebug to give away, which will give winners the chance to do the whole Lia Griffith course, plus a few others! This is totally a prize I want for myself. PS: International entries are welcome! 

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Paper Wedding Crafts with Lia Griffith via www.handsoccupied.com. Visit post to win one of TWO, 3-month Creativebug membership giveaway & a free access code for all!

This post was brought to you by Creativebug. The gorgeous photos were provided by Creativebug/Lia Griffith. All opinions are my own.  

Filed Under: Giveaways, Reviews & Sponsored Tagged With: bridal, creativebug, diy, diy bride, giveaway, How-to, lia griffith, sponsored, video tutorials, wedding

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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  1. Ashley @ Simply Designing

    May 28, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    I love to spruce up envelopes with Washi Tape!

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  2. Lidy

    May 29, 2014 at 10:13 am

    So fun!! Loving the monogram letters :)

    XO

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  3. Rachel | The Crafted Life

    May 30, 2014 at 10:42 am

    So many great classes that I’d like to try!

    Reply
  4. Crystal Rose

    June 3, 2014 at 9:25 am

    I like to use it for cardmaking.

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Hi! I’m Heidi, an author, yarn craft designer and content creator specializing in knitting, crochet, latch hook & macrame. My work unapologetically features primary colors and vintage-meets-modern style. My first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is now available!

Professionally I’m most known for: advanced intarsia knitting design & modern latch hook design.

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A new YouTube tutorial is live today covering how A new YouTube tutorial is live today covering how to knit the Little Butterfly Stitch (aka Bowknot Stitch). It adds so much cute character to simple stockinette. Only a little funky to knit, and it packs a huge visual punch! 🦋 
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Yarn: @kelbournewoolens Germantown in Baby Blue via @knit_picks. Needles: Prism Interchangeables, also from Knit Picks. 
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Pictured: a light blue swatch of Little Butterfly Stitch knitting on a pink background. A skein of yarn and a few stitches of knitting are nearby.
“You’re telling me words can be pronounced in “You’re telling me words can be pronounced in different ways and mean the same things?!” 👀 Posting this here, just to make it clear: when anyone says skayne, skeen, or skyne, it can be safely assumed we’re talking about a bundle o’ yarn,  a SKEIN. It’s not necessary to shame someone for using a word that is known to have MULTIPLE common pronunciations. 🧶
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Can you plz comment sharing how you say SKEIN and where you learned it? The OED happens to say SKAYNE, but it’s not a personal attack if someone says SKEEN and you say SKYNE or even Saskatoon. I’m legitimately curious. We don’t all knit or crochet the same way, and craft evolves a bit like language - it is passed on. There is so much value in having conversations about & embracing these variations! ✌🏻
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Pictured: A blond woman holds a skein of mustard yellow yarn up to her head like a phone, looking shocked. She’s wearing glasses & a knit sweater. 
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Sometimes my weekend projects involve hair rather Sometimes my weekend projects involve hair rather than yarn. Here’s the latest mediocre-but-improving result of my slow quest to learn to set vintage inspired curls. 💇🏼‍♀️ I’m hoping to be able to wash my hair less using a regular vintage set, but we’ll see if it ends up being practical. 😆 Hair frustrates me so much more than crafts! 
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Do you also style your hair using vintage methods? If you have any tips for vintage hair styling or good resources to share, please do!
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Pictured: A medium sized, brown, senior dog asleep on a green bed. For some reason a donut ball of navy wool yarn sits on his head.
The first stitch tutorial of the new year is live The first stitch tutorial of the new year is live on YouTube! Diamond Brocade is a great knit+purl only stitch for beginners or anyone wanting a classic look for their knitting project. Find the video with a written stitch pattern on the blog or head directly to the video on YouTube. Both are linked in bio. ✌🏻 
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