Showing posts with label fun stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fun stuff. Show all posts

Saturday, October 15, 2011

My Favorites | Easy Canvas Prints

I'm posting over at snip & scribble today about my awesome experience at Easy Canvas Prints.


Here's a little sneak peak:


Ever since we had Emily’s 1st birthday photo shoot, I’ve been dying to use the images somewhere around the house. I didn’t want to go overboard, but I did want to show off the only professional photos we had as a family. Enter: Easy Canvas Prints.

Go see for yourself, read more...

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Butterfly Art

Editor's Note: This post can now be found in the snip & scribble archives.


So it's not really wedding related, exactly, but I thought I'd share anyway. After we had our last baby shower I really wanted to hold on to all the cards, but had nothing to do with them, and nowhere to put them. So I came up with a solution... with a little inspiration from this butterfly punch tutorial . I ended up punching out little butterflies from each card and came up with this piece, to hang in the nursery:





I'm thinking you could totally use this (with another craft punch) to keep a memento of all your bridal shower cards. You could even find a fun punch to use for your place cards if you got really ambitious!

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Moo Cards for Your Wedding!


Moo cards are a favorite product of mine, being a graphic designer I love finding printing vendors with creative products. If you've never heard of them before, Moo prints custom business cards, mini cards, postcards and more—and comes with a bucket load of ideas on how to use them.

Are you asking yourself what does this have to do with weddings? Well, if you think about it, a custom printed piece of cardstock (which happens to be the same size as a business card), can be used in lots of different ways! Check out a few of Moo's wedding ideas for mini and moo cards alike.


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Monday, December 28, 2009

Hot chocolate on a stick


Welcome back to reality (for those of us who are back to work this glorious Monday). I took a week off but still managed to feel a little frazzled when Christmas Eve came around. Luckily both my husband and I have amazing families, who made the running around and last minute shopping totally worth it. We spent a lot of time visiting and celebrating a really great year together.

I had a list of little projects I wanted to accomplish over Christmas break, and not a single one was completed. That’s okay though, it’s the thought that counts, right? Here’s an easy one that I found over at lil sugar — hot chocolate on a stick! I intended to make these ahead of time and hand them out to all the kids at our family Christmas party, but they could totally fit the wedding favor bill as well!

Pretty these up by wrapping them individually in a little cello bag and tying them with bakers twine or a colorful ribbon.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

BRIDES Magazine Top 10 Bridal Blogs


A little birdie told me Bridal Buzz is one of the featured blogs in the January issue of BRIDES Magazine, out on stands today! I haven't had a chance to pick up a copy for myself, but the publisher was kind enough to email me the spread. How exciting! Along with Bridal Buzz you'll find some of my favorite wedding blogs, including 100 Layer Cake,Always a Blogsmaid, Classic Bride, Earth Friendly Weddings, iDIY, Once Wed, Snippet & Ink, Wedding Bee, and Wedded Bits! Congrats everyone, and keep up the great work!

I've been feeling under the weather these last few days, but I promise posts will be back in full force very soon! I'm thinking new inspiration boards, fancy favors and more — stay tuned!

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Specimen Calendar


Every year I get a new calendar, duh. But no, it has to be something special, I can’t just get the same old standard desk calendar — that would be boring and so not creative!
Last year my sister-in-law got me a gorgeous calendar from Snow & Graham, and it was so perfectly me, I nearly cried. So since we only have two more months in this calendar year, I’m eyeing up this little pretty from Postal Press. First seen on design*sponge. Edit: Postal Press is now Mossiere. Visit them here.

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Bakerella does it again


From time to time I like to browse creative blogs like Bakerella — you know the one. I'll sit there and dream about the hobbies I might have, if I had enough time for hobbies to begin with. I've always loved baking, and severly salivate every time I see new projects from Bakerella, but this latest project triggered some wedding favor ideas!


Bakerella spruced up a recipe for Cowboy Cookies, coincidentally turning them into Cowgirl Cookies with some pink m&m's. She then made some cookie mixes from that same recipe, creating a gorgeous little take-away gift for all to enjoy! I loved this idea so much that I decided to share it with you all —as a favor idea. Just think, m&m's come in every color under the sun, so these would be an easy and fun project to customize with your wedding colors!

Add a little tag or sticker with your names and some light directions and you're golden! I bet you could even cut the recipe in half for a mini-batch in some smaller (easier to lug around) jars.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Sage Street Market opens!


I've always been obsessed with little vintage items... you know, the ones you sprinkle around your house for a bit of character. The same ones that strike up conversations about where you found that exquisite piece of china, or print. Well I can't keep hoarding it all for myself, so I've opened up a small Etsy shop where you can have dibs on it all! Sage Street Market is being stocked up as we speak, so bear with me as list new finds.

Check back often for special sales and new items!

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Yart Sale at Etsy


Definitely don't miss the 2nd annual Yart Sale featured over at etsy, beginning today and running through Sunday (June 14th). You can find our deals here, at our Etsy shop!


Learn more about the Yart Sale by reading up on this helpful article.

Image courtesy of: Misosoup

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Free list downloads!

I’m list-crazed, I’ll admit it… but so are you! I just had to pass along these adorable list makers, provided to you as a free download via Erin Vale Design. Thank you, Erin, for supporting my list addiction!

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Press & Post




I'm in love with the idea behind Press & Post, it's genius! I would be so excited to receive a monthly subscription to Press & Post, ahem, and my birthday is on May 13th.


But seriously now, if you're not familiar with Press & Post here's a little blurb taken straight from the etsy shop of sarahparrott825:

"As a Press & Post participant you will receive one limited edition letterpress card, at least two, often more, vintage postage stamps, & one kraft envelope - a pretty little package ready to drop in the mail."

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Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween!

We still haven’t carved pumpkins yet… It’s a good thing to do when you have the afternoon off from work. So I scrounged up some ideas from Ladies Home Journal to use this afternoon.

I’m a big advocate in keeping pumpkins out, even after Halloween. It’s the time of harvest, and pumpkins are a big part of that, so even though I’m just carving these babies today, they will be a beautiful display for weeks to come!

The last pumpkin, bottom right, is inspiration for my husband. Through all of these decorative and feminine designs, I thought he deserved at least one idea for the 45 lb. pumpkin he picked out. (From the blog of David in DC) Enjoy!

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Custom ring bowls on Etsy


I'm always scouring Etsy to find those lost treasures, and this morning I found something that caught my eye... The ring bowl!

Made by Paloma's Nest, this dainty ring bowl will work in lieu of a ring pillow, and has been featured in the fall/winter 2008 issue of BRIDES. She will custom stamp your choice of words into the hand made ceramic bowl, but I love the samples she has up on her shop! Great ideas!

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

My cuppa

Warning: not wedding related at all!

But seriously... These clever little coffee cups with little matching swatches on the inside rim make it easy to get your favorite cup of coffee or tea every time! I would totally give this as a gift to one of my fellow designers. Found at Generate.

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Mixed market shopping

I ran across the conncept at Mixed Market recently, and thought of an innovative idea for brides to be everywhere. The Mixed Market shops have set up an opportuity for the regular consumer to help bring about positive chcanges in the world by doing nothing more than shopping online. Simply click on a link at their shops page, then when you purchase something from that store, a portion of the purchase price will go towards funding a charitable organization.

They've got 19 different shopping categories and a million more stores in each category to choose from. So here's my idea... every bride to be should register with these stores and urge guests to shop through the Mixed Market in order to make a huge difference while also helping out their favorite bride and groom! Think about it...

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Photo booth fun


Hello all, and Happy Holidays. I am back in action after a short but sweet Christmas celebration with lots of friends and family. It was our first Christmas together (Joe and I as a husband and wife), and was wonderful to spend it together. It was a tough one this year, with the loss of my Dad, November 3, 2007, but he made sure everything was perfect for me.

Enough ramble about me, onto the good stuff. I recently discovered the possibilities available to the general public regarding photo booths.
 Basically, you can rent one for your reception and have some good clean fun! I’ve done some research and found that there are rental places all over the US, which means anyone can do this, and they aren’t very expensive. I think this would be a great favor, not to mention (DIYers) the endless scrapbooking possibilities with the photo strips!!

The photo above is from a site called Party Booths. Check out their sample galleries, so much fun! This is just one of many sites that offer this service, so google photo booths in your area. Now!

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