Tag your the IT

These Alphabet Tags tags are super cute. I think they would be darling for seating cards or tags for your party favors! HECK you can even give them double duty as both. The Ormolu's store is fabulous. She has a love of paper just like me!

She can even custom make these tags for your wedding them. I love the organic look of them and plus I'm just in love with any kind of paper.

One Year Anniversary Paper Must Have!

Since the first anniversary is paper I know I will be having a sketch of my wedding dress created! Kristina Bailey does an amazing job! Check out her wedding dress sketches! I can't wait to have my beautiful dress created into a work of art, to hang in my bedroom! An 8x10 is only $140 which I think is a great price!

LOVE THIS~ Folk Art Fabulous-ness!

So I am a BIG fan of Etsy and probably go looking for random things about twenty times a day. Today I want to show case Middleburg Folk Art Studios

I love her whimsical and romantic cake toppers! HOW CUTE ARE THESE! Check out some of her other items. I may need to buy a few decorations for our home.

An air of mystery... well not really.

I love the look of a blusher veil. However veils in general just make everything seem softer and more romantic. Or even more dramatic!

LOVE THIS! ~ Wishing Wall

A lot of brides are finding new trendy alternatives to guest books. I love the idea of this Wishing Wall. Guest can write sweet wishes on the little notes and stick them in this fun "wall".. the wishing wall has 500 slots so there is plenty of space for a big wedding too. I think it would be cute to read a wish every day once you return from the honeymoon. Then once you have read them all turn your wishing wall into a gratitude wall. When your spouse (or if your starting a family) does something you're thankful for, or just want to let them know the small thing they did meant a lot. (like bringing you a pumpkin spice latte to work, since he knows you're having a bad day) You can write it on a little note and stick it in a space, then set aside quite time to read the notes to each other. YAY! So cute.

Available through uncommongoods.com. Which I love this site and their catalog its great for finding gifts for those that are hard to shop for :)

Ice Cream Dreams

Perfect Flavor Ice cream will create your very own ice cream creation. Yum Yum. How fun would it be to have an ice bar with your special wedding ice cream flavor served.. or a summer wedding to help guest cool off with mini ice cream cones filled with your sentimental flavor. It is pricey , and you will get 4 to 8 pints of your flavor.. so choose wisely. If you are doing the mini cones you will be able to stretch the pints to serve more guest.

Spruce Up your Wedding Reception

A popular trend for green weddings is giving guest a tree sapling to plant after the wedding. It is a lovely idea because of the meaning behind the growth and strength or trees. Here are few of my favorites packaged. I also love the idea of not just doing a pine or spruce.. but branching out (pun intend) into other varieties.

I love the use of more organic packaging like burlap and rough paper. Also if you have a lot of out of town guest you may want to do the tubes so the travel better.

You can get trees through the Arbor Day Foundation, or check with your local Arbor group or nurseries.

Also remember there are a lot of great quotes about trees to include on your tags ;)

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. ~Martin Luther

We can learn a lot from trees: they're always grounded but never stop reaching heavenward. ~Everett Mámor

This past weekend while helping a bride in Alaska we put together her Blue Spruce tree favors using simple tissue paper and ribbon. (we put a few small rocks in the bottom to help establish weight for a base). I loved what she wrote on her tags.

" We would like to thank you for helping to make this day a special and memorable one for both of us. Please accept this tree as our gift to you. As you watch it grow, we hope that it will remind you of the love you have seen rooted here today. Trees, like love, need to be nurtured in order to grow. It is our wish that with contant attention and nurturing, our love (like your tree) will continue to grown and blossom in our new life together"