Nov 27 2007
If you’re in the market stylish, unique gifts to give your maids and groomsmen (or if you’re focused on holiday shopping right now), do rush over to design*sponge’s 2007 Gift Guide. Grace is featuring over 30 hip, stylish products that are $25 or under.
Nov 16 2007
This week’s wedding awesomeness comes from The Wedding Planner’s Blog and Paper Orchid.
Nov 15 2007
It’s project day!
Vintage crafts and craft techniques are rocking my holiday gift-giving world this year. I’ve been having fun resurrecting things I made as a not-so-crafty kid and giving them a modern update.
Just in time for holiday gift-giving I rediscovered baking bread in a glass jar and thought that it’d make an awesomely fun wedding favor. The DIY Bride version replaces bread with the ever-popular cupcake.
We’re going to bake cupcakes in glass jars! It’s perfectly safe and the jar serves double duty as a baking vessel and ultra-cool packaging.
And if you’re looking for a neat edible gift for the holidays, this is a winner.
There are lots of notes for this project so be sure to read all the way to the bottom before you attempt.
Nov 14 2007
I am all about craft swaps this season, so I was particularly delighted when Liene from Blue Orchid Designs posted about Brooklyn Bride’s Holiday Card Swap. What a cool way to connect crafters and brides.
Nov 12 2007
Public Service Announcement
I’ve been receiving a lot of emails over the last few weeks that encourage sending Xmas/holiday cards to “Any Soldier” at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Please don’t do this! Walter Reed will NOT deliver mail addressed to anonymous or “any soldier”. [cite Snopes and Walter Reed]
The good news is that you can still get cards to wounded soldiers. Walter Reed has a list of organizations you may contact. I recommend Operation: Quiet Comfort which is operated by some wonderful people in the crafting community. They deliver cards and care packages to over 40 combat hospitals.
That is all. Carry on.
Nov 09 2007
Fab Finds Friday is a new feature that starts today. Each week I will showcase some of the awesome resources available to the wedding community.
I’m kicking it off with 2 fab companies this week: Albert Zoll and Dial Dir-ect-ions.
Nov 04 2007
While I personally love creating small treat boxes I don’t post many here because I know that, for most couples, cutting out and assembling 100+ boxes can be a real drag. In most cases it’s just easier to buy pre-assembled boxes.
When I can share treat packaging that requires little cutting and easy assembly, I’m all over it. To the blog I go! And, well, here I am with this easy treat basket. Ok, it’s not a box but it’s a great way to present Jelly Bellys, chocolates or other small munchies. It takes about 3 minutes to cut and assemble and you can get 4 baskets per 1 sheet of 12″ x 12″ scrapbook paper.
