The Five Stages of DIY Grief

The Five Stages of DIY Grief

April 26th, 2011 @ 2:59 pm by Mrs. Biscuit
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Hey there hive. I’ve been slacking in the blogging realm lately. It’s because I’m stuck in major DIY hell complete with fire, brimstone, and vats of various craft adhesives. My current issue has been our invitation design. To most people, this is a mundane task; however, I have somehow escalated it into a ridiculously complicated endeavor that has taken weeks to resolve itself. You see, my original design didn’t have a proper resolution, and ever since I’ve found that out, any attempt to design something new spiraled out of control. During this process, I went through the normal stages of DIY grief. What? You’ve never heard of such a thing? Well, consider yourself lucky. For those fortuitous DIY queens who have never had a blunder I’ll illustrate these stages.

Stage 1: Denial

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Stage 2: Anger

Stage 3:Bargaining

Stage 4:Depression

Stage 5:Acceptance

So, there you have it. I’m currently in the acceptance phase of our invitations, though I’m running through steps 1-4 on various other projects. I hypothesize that in another month, I will be one big ball of wedding apathy.

Have you gone through the stages of DIY grief?

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26 Responses to “The Five Stages of DIY Grief”

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Miss Lox (message) 1,128 posts, Bumble bee

My dead coffee filter roses are still in a box somewhere. I ended up buying our mothers necklaces instead. So yeah, I feel ya.

4/26/11 @ 3:03 pm (reply)

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TheFutureMcBride (message) 4,484 posts, Honey bee

Oh, I remember crying over garters and then my husband helping and him getting really upset over garters.

4/26/11 @ 3:08 pm (reply)

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Pretty Clever Bride

I have a big box of craft fails, kept in the theory that they would make a great craft blog. However, I always get caught up in moving onto the next fail before I get around to that.

4/26/11 @ 3:13 pm (reply)

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vtbride2010 (message) 152 posts, Blushing bee

I just laughed out loud! Ha ha ha!!!

LOVE the drawings (as always)!

I have totally had a DIY fail - I tried to make a cupcake tower (a la a tutorial on the Bee) and it was an epic failure. I spent hours and hours and hours (and HOURS!) on it to make it juuuuuust right! I showed it to FI and he just raised his eyebrows and said nothing. I tried to make improvements, but finally, I broke it all in half - threw it into the recycle bin with zeal and then ate some ice cream! That’s why I am laughing so hard!

We have all been there!

4/26/11 @ 3:17 pm (reply)

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Miss Candy Apple (message) 1,465 posts, Bumble bee

Heh. Love you, Biscuit. And you should totally go get a cookie…

4/26/11 @ 3:19 pm (reply)

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RomaBride (message) 65 posts, Worker bee

Ha ha! Hilarious. I can so relate. My phrase of choice toward the end of my loooooong diy invite process was “good enough”. I put aside a stack of “unacceptable” invitations in the reject pile. Then when I had to send out a few more unexpectedly, I literally couldn’t tell which were rejects and which were good. Clearly the rejects were more than acceptable, but in the moment I became, let’s ay, a teensy bit neurotic. Have fun and stay sane!

4/26/11 @ 3:26 pm (reply)

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Miss Pony (message) 4,175 posts, Honey bee

I love this. Thank goodness there is an acceptance stage, otherwise I would never get any projects done. I usually opt for cookie + strong drink, just for good measure.

4/26/11 @ 3:32 pm (reply)

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Miss Tartlet (message) 3,207 posts, Sugar bee

LOL @ Stage 2! I swear when I get frustrated at my computer I could spontaneously combust. I think all of us deserve a cookie (or two, or ten…).

4/26/11 @ 3:42 pm (reply)

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bRooklynRocks (message) 3,769 posts, Honey bee

The only reason I don’t have any DIY failure is because I didn’t DIY. Hair flower? Yeah, etsy. Um, invites…oh etsy….I did my best to calculate how much I get paid by the hour, then my leisure time, stress level, level of tedium involved etc and decided to xnay on the YID!!! I did do some drink flags, cupcake flags, memo boards etc but those were easy When I look at Ms. Tartlet’s invites, they are so gorgeous but I know I wouldn’t even attempt. Don’t get me started on DIY pomanders!!

4/26/11 @ 3:43 pm (reply)

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paw (message) 380 posts, Helper bee

You and me handle the stages similarly except I want cupcakes. And! I actually bought cupcakes today because I said effff this.

4/26/11 @ 3:52 pm (reply)

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Ms. Ferris Wheel (message) 345 posts, Helper bee

Hilarious! I’m sure any DIY-er out there knows exactly what you’re talking about. I’ve certainly been there myself, and I’m never sure why I can’t just convince myself to take a break, walk away, and come back with fresh eyes. Nope - I just sit there giving the screen deathstarefromhell. Which doesn’t help anything, btw.

4/26/11 @ 4:00 pm (reply)

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Ryna (message) 4,207 posts, Honey bee

lol, I’m a crafty person, but had an EPIC FAIL with the first garter I did. It’s currently somewhere in the kitchen being tossed around like a bad joke.

I guess I’m one of those who takes the failures in stride. I just toss it to the side and keep going figuring “I’ll get it right or find a way to MAKE it work!”

As Yoda said: Do or Do Not, there IS NO TRY!!!

4/26/11 @ 4:08 pm (reply)

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Miss Hyena (message) 1,882 posts, Buzzing bee

I’ve had some failures but I have to say … a cookie at the end of ANY project (successful or no) is a must!

4/26/11 @ 4:24 pm (reply)

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Miss Seal (message) 1,179 posts, Bumble bee

Heheh. You kill me, Biscuit! Though I’ve yet to attempt any real DIY project, I can see myself going through the DIY stages of grief (except I’d probably only make it through step 2 before quitting)!

4/26/11 @ 4:39 pm (reply)

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vintagemodernbride (message) 403 posts, Helper bee

ahh i loved this! it’s definitely true!

4/26/11 @ 4:41 pm (reply)

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posh_princess (message) 271 posts, Helper bee

hahaha. Love this post. I’m doing so many diy projects. My Fiance hates all the projects I”m doing. I don’t understand. I’m not bothering anyone. He’ll watch tv and I’ll craft. It’s a good relationship to me

4/26/11 @ 4:49 pm (reply)

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xtatic1 (message) 779 posts, Busy bee

Haha…I think we all have been there! I have my bag of DIY hair flower fails and my “bride” and “groom” chair signs that are ok but the groom sign looks like I painted it after 20 million cups of coffee. I made DIY fabric poms and while they turned out cute, I cursed them the entire 3 hours it took to make each one. Uh, not worth it.

4/26/11 @ 5:18 pm (reply)

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xtatic1 (message) 779 posts, Busy bee

4/26/11 @ 5:19 pm (reply)

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AuroraRose2011 (message) 76 posts, Worker bee

Ooooh Invitation designing has got to be its own circle of hell. I spent HOURS trying to change the colors of a blue and white clipart to the green and yellow I needed. So.Stinking.Frustrating. It will be ok in the end; search around online or buddy up with a craft goddess friend and a solution will present itself!

4/26/11 @ 5:55 pm (reply)

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