With the average U.S. wedding now totaling around $33,000, it comes as no surprise that some of those about to say "I do" are coming up with inventive ways to reduce the cost of their big day.
Hannah is due to get married to her long-term partner, Joe, in July. To cut the cost of their nuptials, Fox and her fiance have turned to decorations. The bride-to-be, known online as @hannnilyx, took to on May 8 to share her latest creation—a wedding sign, which she had crafted from a wooden shipping container lid for less than $3.
"We're having a beautiful back garden wedding at Joe's family home," Fox told . "It'll be Hamptons and Italian-themed with a hint of Nancy Meyers! We're on a tight budget, so we are making and DIY-ing lots of the wedding ourselves." Nancy Meyers is an American filmmaker, known for the soft blue hues and comforting white shades that she drapes her sets in.
She has produced several movies that incorporate her signature color palette, namely , , and While Fox and her fiance have found inspiration in Meyers' plush sets, they soon learned that they can be costly to replicate and began putting their upcycling skills to work instead. Fox's —in which she is seen coating an old slab of wood in white paint—showed viewers how she transformed a shipping container lid into a wedding sign that fits in with her aesthetic vision. The video's almost-400,000 viewers were able to see that the sign featured the text: "Welcome to the wedding of Joseph and Hannah.
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