lovely treasury of wedding items. :) i am both recently engaged and a seller of wedding related items. check out my origami flower bouquets...

Thank you for including us in this beautiful wedding article/treasury, Vanessa!

I got married in June 2006, and I made a bunch of stuff myself, and bought some things through Alchemy (v.1!). We did things on our own terms, and I must say, I can't think of anything I'd do differently now!

Thanks for featuring my hairvine, Vanessa! Let me know if you need someone to write about headpieces/tiaras and customizing, I'd be more than happy to help. :) (I'm actually getting married in less than two months, and I got my favors from Etsy!)

Awesome! Just in time for my wedding in August. I have already bought my save the dates and wedding invites off etsy. Cannot wait to see what ideas and suggestions you have in mind.

Thank you for including my Moonstone Necklace, Vanessa!!! My sister is getting married in January and I am working on her tiara, jewelry for the bridesmaids, and 140 silk mango calla lilies for favors-definitely catching the wedding buzz here! :)

Planning a wedding is fun and crazy! I so enjoyed planning my 2005 wedding with my Mom and we made so much of our elements ourselves - she did my favors and I made my crystal bouquets (I offer a similar bouquet package in my shop now) and printed my programs, tags, maps, and so many other things myself. I wish I had known about Etsy back then! I'm looking forward to seeing all of the creative ideas in the series.

Wow, that hairvine is incredible! I've been trying to pull off the "birdcage" veil thing for my April 6th wedding but it just isn't happening! I can't get it to look any better than the mesh bag that onions come in! Perhaps a hairvine is more my style! I must say--I much more enjoy working on my client's weddings (I'm an invite designer) than my own!

I'm peeing my pants because I'm so happy about all of the wedding related excitement on etsy lately! My fiancee and I have already purchased a custom cake topper, our favors, and a pearl hair comb for our June 08 wedding. I've been searching for good groomsmen gifts too. As a graphic designer I designed my own invitations and enjoyed it so much that I'm considering offering custom invitations for others on etsy. I'm really looking forward to seeing more wedding specific items from sellers! I'm also hoping that all of the wedding related posts and articles aren't geared only toward brides, some grooms actually care about their weddings too!

I just put up a listing for a custom made hairvine in my shop: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10234586 What an exciting opportunity for the Wedding section! :)

Thank you for including my bouquets! I love love love doing custom orders for weddings. It makes me feel like am an everlasting part of something special. There are endless possibilities!

What a fabulous article. Thanks for writing it up.

Congrats Vanessa, my wedding was one of the best times of my life. Enjoy every minute of it, and just relax. Remember that it really doesn't matter if the cake isn't the right shade of ivory, and you can revel in the beauty of the experience. Cheers!!

yeah, it seems like the forums have been flooded by people getting engaged. Even though my wedding has passed I'm excited to share my experiences, flower girl dresses, and re-live it all through the rest of you! Very fun!

Awesome Article!!! I am getting married in June, and so far everything in the wedding has been handmade. My mom is making the flowers and bridesmaids dresses, I made the jewelry (my avatar and banner is my wedding jewelry), my mom is making my cake toppers. I can't wait until June!!!! Any help and suggestions for guest favors and groomsman gifts will be greatly appreciated!!

My sister makes the awesomest wedding guest books - not the traditional just sign your name ones. These are totally customizable and made just for you. Here's the listing in her shop: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9366296 Weddings are so fun!!! I got married 5 years ago and had so much fun planning everything! Good luck to all of the brides and grooms to be :)

Yay for this series! I was just posting on my blog (http://femalehusband.blogspot.com) that I wanted to find as many things for my wedding on Etsy as possible. This will make it so much easier! Thank you!

Perfect timing for my June 21 wedding. Thanks, Etsy! I'll be following along. :)

I'm getting married next October and am planning a DIY/Etsy wedding. I've even started a new blog for this very reason: http://craftybride.blogspot.com/

I know "The Knot" isn't super DIY, but I got married about 2 years ago. We had a pretty unique and super DIY wedding. I posted a lot of my ideas in my Knot profile. It's still kicking around I think... http://www.theknot.com/co_profileview.htm?profilename=academybeldam

My wedding, 10 years ago, fell on the first Advent weekend. We made Christmas ornaments as favors for our guests.

What a great series... luckily for me with six weeks remaining until my wedding on the beach, I get to follow this series! I have to add we're having a very etsy wedding, our invites, some favours, possibly my wedding band (could I leave it any later?) and so much more. YAYA Etsy! Great series! April

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been planning a wedding for September on the beach and we are trying to keep it very handmade.

Thank you for this! I'm getting married this September and still have a lot to do. I plan on buying anything I can for my wedding from Etsy!

So wonderful! Yay!

Thank you thank you! I'm getting married in July and love this idea. I'm hoping to incorporate a lot of DIY into my wedding, most notable the bridesmaid jewelry (see avatar on right). Can't wait!

I'm so excited about this series! I'm not engaged quite yet, but have a honey who's been itching to ask and it's never too early to start laying things out for the big day. I'll be needing a lot of creative inspiration starting now! (We'll be getting married in the middle of my dad's cornfield in upstate NY with a reception in the barn and around the pond...how romantic!) And of course I can't get away with not mentioning that I sell custom vintage style wedding cake toppers in my shop and am always happy to take new orders from that blushing bride (or groom) to be! :)

Congratulations Vanessa (and everyone else)! How in the world are you going to decide?? It's all so beautiful. OK... I want to get married again. To the same guy of course, just a do-over with Etsy stuff! :)

you could re-new your vows!

Love it! We finally set the date (9/6/08) and now I can get down to business. It's so invigorating to see all the DIYers and craftspeople out there. Thanks for gathering it all together.

yay! we are renewing our vows this summer in celebration of 15 years together!!! i am so excited about this series since i am also busy launching my new vintage inspired wedding collection. yippie!

just got engaged two weeks ago (perfect timing! lol) and am stoked about this new series! thanks for putting it together!!

Thanks SO much for this! I have been watching etsy for a few months now for my wedding stuff (i have four months left and still everything do do). So thank you, for this :)

Hooray! We are getting married next year. :D

gorgeous! i would love to find a way t incorporate my photography in this section :D

so excited about this! i am getting married in November and have been searching etsy from everything from invitations to favors. And I'm just about to get started on making 20 frames for table numbers at my own wedding! See my shop for some lovely Wedding frames to give as gifts or frame your special day :)

Awesome, I have been looking for everything "wedding" on Etsy as well. I just got engaged two days ago!!

I am so happy about this! My wedding is on June 13th, 2009. We're getting married in Florida, and it is really important for us ot mae this wedding very unique. Etsy is such a great resource for us!

Great article! and so many upcoming weddings!! How wonderful!

Hi. We got engaged the day after Valentines day this year at brunch!!!!!! Looking for amazing wedding ideas!

So beautiful! thank you for all of the great wedding ideas! I'm a sept 10 bride ;)

I heard about this from archiving thru old Threadbanger episodes and was watching all the "Decor It Yourself" clips when Meg said that there was a handmade wedding blog right here on etsy! How wonderful! I got engaged just before Thanksgiving and we are planning a May wedding. I really think this series will be a great help to me! Thank you ever so much!