Americans spend on average $33,391 on their wedding day. And while most lovebirds are willing to pay $540 on average for the cake, the wedding gown can set them back $1,509. If the pair are high spenders, the budget for the dress can soar up to $3,158, according to a study by The Knot.
No wonder so many brides these days are looking for smart alternatives when it comes to looking their best on the big day. Whether it’s due to saving some money or wanting to come up with their own dream design, some very talented women are taking the matter into their own hands.
From a $50 thrift store dress transformed into a jaw-dropping wedding gown to knitting their own dress on the bus on the way to work, these are some of the most inspiring looks from superwomen with mad arts and craft skills.
#1 I Knitted My Lace Wedding Dress On The Bus On The Way To Work. It Took 5 Months And Less Than $30 To Create This Beauty
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#2 I Made The Dress. I Did That From Scratch With Two Hands
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#3 Made A Non Conventional Wedding Dress! V9296
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#4 I Fell In Love With A Dress, But It Cost $2,200, So I Decided To Make The Same One Myself. I Used Scotch Tape And A T-Shirt To Make A Mannequin, And Bought 26 Ft Of Silk And Lace. Here’s The Result
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#5 I Just Love How My Dress Turned Out
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#6 I Diyed My Wedding Dress From Olive-Nets
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#7 My DIY Thrift-Flipped Wedding Dress
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#8 One Year Ago Today, I Got Wear This Beauty 🥰 It Took Me A Whole Week Of Sewing 12 Hours Per Day To Finish This One, But I Am So Glad I Took On This Challege
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#9 DIY Wedding Dress
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#10 I Made My Wedding Dress. I Wanted Something Unique That Would Really Suit Me, And It Turned Out Great
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#11 ‘celine’ Wedding Gown With Built-In Corset
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#12 This Dress Is The Star 🌟 And She Did It Herself After Seeing It On Pinterest. Congrats
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#13 The Biggest Project I’ve Ever Worked On In My Life, My Wedding Dress! This Dress Was The First Dress I’ve Ever Made And Was Constructed Over The Course Of 2 Years. It Has Around 60k To 70k Individually Hand Strung Sequins. I Hand Drew The Entire Dress Pattern. [self Drafted]
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#14 I Worked On My Outfit For 8 Months With The Help Of Online Courses. It Didn’t Work Out Perfectly, But I Did It, And This Is The Most Important Thing!
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#15 My Wedding Dress. Holy Moly This Is The Best Thing I’ve Ever Made. I Just Love It Beyond Words.
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#16 Handmade Wedding Dress
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#17 Handmade Wedding Dress
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#18 Back In 2015 When I Was Making This DIY Wedding Dress Of Mine, Naked Lace Was (Or Was Becoming) A Thing
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#19 This Beautiful Bride Made 👏🏼 Her 👏🏼 Own 👏🏼 Dress 👏🏼 And It Was Absolutely Gorgeous On Her!
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#20 [vintage Simplicity 2442] My Wedding Dress
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#21 [self Drafted] Last Time I Shared My Wedding Dress, But I Added A Last Minute Touch! It Was Magical
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#22 Finally – This Dress. I Am So Glad I Was Somehow *overly* Confident Enough To Make My Own Wedding Dress
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#23 I Spent At Least 100 Hours Working On My Outfit And Felt Great In It! I Think My Husband And I Looked Fantastic
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#24 [self Drafted] I Made My Own Wedding Dress. It May Not Be Perfect But It Was Just What I Wanted
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#25 I Sewed A Wedding Dress With The Help Of Videos Online. There Is A Lot Of Handmade Work Here
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#26 [fo] Wedding Dress (Loosely Based On By Hand London Kim Dress), Details In Comments
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#27 Making My Own Wedding Gown Was A Dream Come True For Me
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#28 She Created Her 2020 Dress Masterpiece From Her Mother’s Wedding Dress
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#29 I Sewed A Wedding Dress Out Of Sweatpants…
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#30 So My Sister Got Married This Weekend And I Designed/Made Her Gown🌚
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#31 After Some Blood, Sweat, Burn Holes, Major Resizing, And A Million Other Little Sewing Snafus – I Made My Own Dress
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#32 Still Soo In Love With My Selfsewn Wedding Dress
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#33 Synne With Her Elegant And Down-To-Earth Wedding Dress That She Made Herself With The Help Of Her Mother-In-Law
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#34 I Made Two (!) Wedding Dresses
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#35 I Made Myself Both A Wedding Dress And An Outfit For My Husband. We Wanted A Celebration With Forest Fairy Aesthetics. And This Is What We Got
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#36 One Year Ago Already! I Sewed My Own Wedding Dress…and It Almost Made Me Crazy!
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#37 I Poured My Soul Into This Wedding Dress
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#38 Sirja Made Herself A Wonderful Wedding Dress That Charms With Her Personality
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#39 Finally Pictures Of My DIY Wedding Dress
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#40 Updated A $25 1986 Wedding Dress To My Dream Dress. Details In Comments.
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