I value and respect other wedding proffessionals and will generally reccomend that where your budget allows it is worth it to save the aggrevation of doing it yourself and often with less polished results than a professional.  One area I think you can really do a great DIY job would be to be your own DJ and still enjoy the entire wedding, by employing an Ipod.  You will need a good docking system to really get the output you will need.

An Ipod can provide many advantages over a DJ some things include:

You can download all of your favorite songs at home and not miss a song, with the availability of songs online today it is possible to have all of your favorite songs.

Your Ipod will be an investment that you bring home as a gift to yourselves and enjoy long after your wedding.

You can use your downloaded songs to make a CD favor for your guests loaded with your favorite songs from throughout the wedding including the ceremony reception and after hour party.

You can load hours worth of songs, so play to your hearts content and your dancing on the beach all night long!

When you are in a romantic mood at home for years to come you will have the music from your special day.

Best of all it allows you to be creative and let the music be the soundtrack of your wedding weekend.