Templates for DIY Projects

DIY (do-it-yourself) can add a personal touch to your wedding, keep you busy for hours and hours and may even save you money (not always!).

Below you will find links to different templates that other brides have graciously offered to share, to help save you time and effort in creating your own projects.

Contributors are credited wherever possible. If you have templates of your own you'd like to share, please email me at weddings@shanbritedesigns.com. Thanks for helping your fellow brides!


**Items denote recent additions, keep checking back!

Timelines

Timeline for Girls (Thanks to Suzanne, DoingItRight on The Knot!)
Timeline for Boys (Thanks to Suzanne, DoingItRight on The Knot!)
Big Day Timeline (Thanks, Jaime, animal_lover on The Knot!)
Day-of Intinerary (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Timeline Template (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)

Guestbook

Guestbook Page Was a copyrighted item, removed at the request of the Guestbook Store
Guestbook Instructions (From my own wedding)

Kid's Coloring Books

**Coloring book (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
Activity Book (Thanks, Katie, knottie JustinsKate!)
Activity Book (Thanks to Suzanne, DoingItRight on The Knot!)
Activity Pages (From my own wedding)
Coloring book (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Also see Eclipse Crossword to make your personalized crossword puzzle!

Design your own paper

Can't find the right shade of magenta paper? This amazing template from Lina (lnandy on The Knot) shows you how to design your very own patterned paper, including your own monogram and wedding colors. Creating the paper requires Photoshop or similar editing program. Get the template here.


Clip Art

Are you bridezilla enough to want all your Clip Art styles to match? Good. Me too. Each file has clip art of the same or similar style. Please note that not all images are "wedding," but may be used for OOT newsletters, or other projects

ClipArt1: black & white, artistic line drawings
ClipArt2: square, "sign-style" icons
ClipArt3: color wedding icons or different styles
Can't find the right clip art? Use dings (dingbats). These are fonts that have pictures instead of letters and are a great resource. You can find them on most font site (see below), or at these sites:
House of Lime, but do read her terms
Dingbat Depot

Flourishes

Flourish Clip Art: Lots of different flourishes and other decorative designs

Florals 2 Font
Printers Oranments One Font
Separates Font


Guests

**Welcome Box tags: see MrsKEW's bio for instructions (Template by me)
Water Bottle Label: Must have Publisher (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
"Love" Savers Template: Must have Publisher (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
Out of town (OOT) brochure (Thanks to Lina, lnandy on The Knot!)
OOT Guest Information (From my own wedding)
Guest list worksheet (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Guest list spreadsheet (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
OOT guest box labels: for hotel delivery (From my own wedding)

Bridesmaids/Newsletters

Will You Be My Bridesmaid? Card (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Bridesmaid Newsletter (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Bridesmaid Newsletter2 (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Rehearsal Dinner Invitation (From my own wedding)
Bridal Shower Game (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Bridal Shower Gift Log (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)

Organization

Budget worksheet (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Wedding contact info (from DIY Bride)

How-To's

Cake card box instructions (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Create your own custom map (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Make MyPublisher pages in PowerPoint (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)

Ceremony

**Paddle Fan Program (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
**Instructions for Paddle Fan Program (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
Memory Candle: Must have Publisher (Thanks, Katie, knottie JustinsKate!)
Memorial Candle Template (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Program Template (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Program Template 2 (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Program Template 3 (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Program Template 4 (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Program Template 5 (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Program Template 6 (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Trifold Program Template (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Unity Candle Overlay (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)

Reception

**Menu Stand Template (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
**Instructions for Menu Stand Template (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
Votive Candle Labels (Thanks, Katie, knottie JustinsKate!)
Menu Template (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Seating Chart (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Seating Chart Template (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)
Table Card Template (From my own wedding)
Table Name Stories (From my own wedding)
Family wedding names and dates: for memory table (From my own wedding)

Favors

Wine bottle labels: May need to adjust the cell size for your bottles (Template by me)

Invitations

Response Card Template (Thanks, Cheri, knottie PA_Bride_to_Be!)

Camera Scavenger Hunt

(Must have Publisher to open all these documents)
**Scavenger Hunt Card 1 (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
**Scavenger Hunt Card 2 (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
**Scavenger Hunt Card 3 (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
**Scavenger Hunt Card 4 (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
**Scavenger Hunt Card 5 (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
**Scavenger Hunt Card 6 (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
**Scavenger Hunt Card 7 (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
**Scavenger Hunt Card 8 (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
**Scavenger Hunt Card 9 (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)
**Scavenger Hunt Card 10 (Thanks, Kristen, knottie mueagles08!)

Fonts

Often the templates provided will use fonts that you might not have, which makes them far less attractive than they could or were meant to be.

Solve this problem by downloading some fun new fonts at these (mostly) free font sites:

**Fun Fonts for Kids: Not just for kids, very easy navigation, smaller quantity, greater quality.
**FontFace
**Mike's SketchPad
Creamundo.com: 9800 free fonts, does take time to look through!
DaFont: some free, some not
Specialty Fonts
1001 Free Fonts
Font Freak
Font Garden
House of Lime
Font Trader (must register)

**Script fonts I have gotten from Specialty Fonts: (click on the image to download)























(Thanks, Katie, knottie JustinsKate!)

(Thanks, Katie, knottie JustinsKate!)




Links to other template resources

Knottie Templates on Bravehost
Knottie aylee with amazing DIY templates
DIY Bride: lots of great downloads and forums
Bridal PowerPoint slides: free PPT backgrounds



If you have any templates you'd like me to add, or if your work is posted without your consent, please email me at weddings@shanbritedesigns.com!