DIY Texas Wedding: Creative Couple’s $25,000 Budget Breakdown

This is one committed and creative couple! Not only did they make their very own photobooth from scratch, but they also created just about all of the signage, paper products, and backdrops you see. And guess what?! We have links to their How-to blog too!
Keeps scrolling to see more of this fabulous day captured by the talented folks at The Bird & The Bear. Don't forget to check out and their full budget breakdown too, there is just so much to to see we hope you are as excited as we are!

DIY Project

If you are feeling extra ambitious you can follow in the footsteps of this adorable couple and make your own photobooth from scratch! Check out these step by step directions that Katelyn and Evan put together for DIY-ers just like you!

And this adorable ceremony backdrop was also a well-thought out DIY by the bride and groom as well. They walk you through the steps of creating the base here, and then also walk you through dip dying the strips of fabric here! We know... you totally scored with this couple!

From the Bride

I’m a graphic designer and my husband Evan (yay I can call him my husband now!) is a design engineer, so we went into this whole wedding thing knowing we would DIY as much as possible. It was a ton of work, but it was awesome.

The ceremony was one of my favorite parts of the whole day. Our processional was a string quartet version of “Don’t Stop Believing,” we wrote our own vows, and I’m told there was not a dry eye in sight (I was so absorbed in the moment I didn’t even realize anyone was crying!).

I had a blast designing everything from program fans with illustrations of our bridal party to a thumbprint guestbook featuring our kitty to our infographic-style wedding website. Evan built a wooden photo booth, a giant paper lantern chandelier, and large wooden string and nail letters we hung at the entrance. I hand dyed yards upon yards of fabric for our backdrop, spray painted a hundred bottles for centerpieces, created chalkboard dessert labels, and made cute heart straws. Our favorite DIY project though was the huge LOVE marquee letters. They were a labor of love, but turned out so perfect!

Words from the Vendors

From The Bird & The Bear:

Evan and Katelyn are such adorable, vibrant, creative people! Instead of a traditional large cake, they went with a big array of sweet treats made by family members. Of course, they had one small cake topped with Toki Doki figurines - truly showing off their unique and quirky aesthetic.

From the Bride

Our reception was a blast, the photo booth was a HUGE success, the music was awesome, and our food was ah-may-zing. It was so great to squeeze so much love and laughter into one day. Our family and friends are the best and we had such a good time with everybody. Our vendors were all awesome and pulled everything together. Our photographers, Caryn and Bryan, captured everything so beautifully. My only complaint is that it all went by too fast! I might be biased, but our wedding was definitely my favorite wedding ever.

diy marquee lights

A quick update on this post- Evan and Katelyn  are now Youtube Video

You can still visit their blog for a step by step image based version of this project.

But first! Stay tuned for a closer look at this DIY Texas wedding by watching the wedding video from The Bird & The Bear below.

Vimeo Video

• Caterer: The Peached Tortilla
• Event Designer: Katelyn
• Flowers: Petals Ink.
• Makeup: Erica Gray
• Photobooth: Evan
• Venue: Hummingbird House
• Wedding Dresses: Watters
• Wedding Dresses: Jim Hjelm