{"id":963,"date":"2016-12-04T15:38:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T15:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/?p=963"},"modified":"2016-11-14T15:40:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T15:40:41","slug":"spare-on-the-expense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/spare-on-the-expense\/","title":{"rendered":"Spare on the expense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Most guests love to see a bit of a handmade touch in weddings, and that\u2019s why there is no surprise about how many people are DIYing their wedding these days\u2026<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A survey conducted found that fewer than one fifth of weddings do not feature any do-it-yourself touches, with the vast majority of newlyweds relying on the method to save a bit of money, add that oh-so-special personal touch, and to make sure everything is done the way you want it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When the newlyweds were asked to reveal which items were made or altered through do-it-yourself means, they found the most common DIY details to be the favours, invitations, and the wedding cake. The more unusual answers included the wedding dress (9%), the music or entertainment (6%), and even conducting the service or ceremony (2%)!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Here are the top 10 DIY details at weddings:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Favours \u2013 41%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Invitations \u2013 38%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingbranch.co.uk\/category-page.php?par_cat_id=5\">Wedding cake<\/a> \u2013 24%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Venue decorations\/styling \u2013 21%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Photography \u2013 19%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Flowers \u2013 18%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingbranch.co.uk\/category-page.php?par_cat_id=5\">Catering<\/a> \u2013 15%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Order of service prints \u2013 14%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Guest book \u2013 13%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingbranch.co.uk\/category-page.php?par_cat_id=5\">Beverages<\/a> \u2013 11%<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s great to see that so many brides and grooms-to-be are drawing on their own talents, and no doubt those around them, to make their big day their own. It is lovely to be able to make your wedding special and unique to you by having real input into it.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">DIY is not for everyone, though, and if you\u2019re starting to feel a little overloaded or panicked, you need to make sure you have time to put your feet up too! It\u2019s okay to get some outside help, but be sure you can trust the suppliers and that they can help you make your dreams a reality.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most guests love to see a bit of a handmade touch in weddings, and that\u2019s why there is no surprise about how many people are DIYing their wedding these days\u2026 A survey conducted found that fewer than one fifth of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/spare-on-the-expense\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[272,293,269,346,329,303,270],"tags":[275,352,313,266],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}