DIY Inspiration

Pinterest has been deadly, as I have come across so many things I want to DIY but I know it will not happen. Number one, I clearly do not have enough time. Number two, many of these items would not transport themselves well. Number three, a lot of them are overlaps. Like I've suggested before...I have to pare down my obsessions and really start deciding what I want to actually accomplish! This is round one of DIY inspiration: paper flowers and a my only "instead of rice"DIY that I've fallen for.

Paper Ranunculus from a DIY Kit / [source]

Paper Flowers (not DIY, but could be!) / [source]

Yay Banners! (From a Wedding Bee Blogger!)/ [source]

I don't know why, but I've fallen hard for the paper flowers. I've seen many random tutorials, and the first picture is a DIY "kit" you can purchase on Etsy, or you can purchase them individually online. However, they are crazytown expensive. So for now, I'll probably just keep staring...

The second paper flowers are amazing because they Etsy shop has a TON of colors to pick from for the flowers, and it would be something fairly easy to transport/ship to Mexico. I'm also convinced I could try my hand at it myself (a la this tutorial). But I'm still not sure where I could incorporate them into our wedding, so they stay on the "eh, probably not..." list!

The last is the one item in this post I will probably be attempting in June - the YAY banners. Although I'm a sucker for punctuation, so I'm pretty sure I'll be adding an exclamation point to the mix. I'm hoping this project won't be too time consuming, and with our small number of guests it should be okay!

What are some inspirations that you but you're probably not going to use?