Do It Yourself Project #2: The Groom's Tie

When it comes to weddings, it's no secret that the brides get all the style attention. They get to pick out an insanely expensive gorgeous white dress and are the center of attention, while the groom rents a tux from a number of budget companies and stands at the end of the aisle admiring his bride. If your groom wants to show a little personality, it's done in the details, a subtle pinstripe through the suit, funky shoes or socks and the highlight of the ensemble, his tie. My honey is all about blue, it's his absolute favorite color, so while most grooms wear silver or gold while their groomsmen wear the wedding color, my honey insisted that he get to wear a blue tie. And not just any blue tie, but an awesome, unique, and special blue tie.

Since ties are expensive, especially the real silk ones, this can be a costly extra if your groom doesn't like whatever ties are included with his tux rental. To try and find something special enough to be my honey's signature item without going crazy over our nonexistent tie budget, I turned to eBay. This post is more smart shopping than do it yourself, but it's budget saving regardless, so again, without further ado, I present:

Do It Yourself Project #2: The Grooms Tie

Company: eBay, specifically Landisun.

Coupon: None

Cost: 100% silk tie, handkerchief, and cufflinks ($9.99), shipping ($7.90)

Total Cost for Groom's Tie Set: $17.89

Landisun, as well as other companies on eBay, offer a huge variety of ties and tie sets in all different colors. There are so many that for the most part there's almost no competition between bidders and you can get your tie for the starting price. Without having even seen the rental options, my honey fell absolutely in love with this tie.

The tie set arrives, tucked into a teeny tiny bag.

The tie is really really gorgeous, the silk is soft and supple and its plenty long.

The color and pattern are perfect, it comes off brighter in the photographs because of the flash but it's a necessity with the yellow lighting in my dining room.

Handkerchief that matches perfect for his suit pocket, obviously from the same fabric and dye lot.

Adorable silver cufflinks with matching silk faces, they really pop against a dark suit!

Nice, high quality silver cufflink structure, they hold their shape perfectly and stay in place.

So for under $20.00 my honey gets a fantastic tie set to wear for the wedding, he gets his color blue and I get my vintage inspired print. Everyone is happy!