Guestbook by Celestefrittata

How much do I LOVE this guestbook by Chiara of Celestefrittata? I'm really into kraft paper right now and this adorable illustration is printed beautifully on the kraft paper cover of this 6"x6" 50 page journal. Even better? It's on sale for $12! You can't beat that.

Check out Chiara's etsy shop, blog and flickr photostream for more lovely goodies (check out her owl post bags! They are so sweet and tickle my nerd bone).

Harvest Ring Pillow - By Cricketapollo

Ok, so it's not REALLY a "ring pillow" but I think this little stack of lavender sachets tied with the moss green ribbon would be so cute as a ring pillow for a handmade fall wedding. You can find the in cricketapollo shop for an unbelievable $10 for the pair! Added bonus that they probably smell amazing and are reusable as sachets in your lingerie drawer after the wedding.

More harvest goodies coming soon. I'm in a fall mood now that the kids are going back to school and the weather is cooling down. Can't wait to wear my new mittens!

Welcome Buckets for Kids

My mom and I had fun filling buckets from ikea with goodies for my little cousins who are coming in from out of state. We filled the buckets with beach towels (ikea, only $2), ocean life finger puppets, books of animals from the pacific ocean, sand toys, beach hats, little bags for shells and more! They turned out so cute and I think they will really love them.

I also decorated some little containers of bubbles to give them at the wedding. They are super cute. I wrapped them in some extra fabric and added a ribbon (super quick and easy) and it instantly made the dollar store bubbles look a whole lot cuter.

DIY Update: Lounge Pillows

Just another DIY project update. I had extra fabric from the photobooth backdrop so I threw together a few pillow shams (one embroidered and one with the green fabric on the front). There are going to be some adirondack chairs in the yard in front of the beach so I think these pillow will be really cute on the chairs and make it feel a little loungier.


I did in fact finish the napkins (throwing my back out in the process from hunching over a sewing machine all weekend) and they turned out really cute. I'm working on finishing the bunting this afternoon as well as some shoe bags for my girls and some table runners with the rest of my extra fabric.

My dress fitting is saturday, make-up and hair trial on Thursday and other finalization meetings next week. I also found out my SUPER talented step-brother and his girlfriend will be doing the music for our ceremony. It will be acoustic guitar and harmonica. I'm so excited. More updates coming soon.

Out of Town Bags

Jared and I were at a local Cleveland craft store and happened upon a bin of nice organic cotton canvas bags for under $2 a piece. We snagged all of them (about 16) and took them home. We spent an evening sketching out a design together. It was important to me that it would be a design that people would actually want to use after the wedding (as opposed to our monogram or wedding date) so we went a long with our bird theme and came up with a pair of birds hanging out on a Peony bush.

I took silk screening in college and Jared has dabbled with it a little as well so it was pretty easy for me to paint this thing into a screen and print them all in an afternoon. I love the way they came out and I think they will be so cute as beach bags for our guests. I hope there is one left for me after we fill them all for guests.

Our Napkins.

Just wanted to show you the finished product of our DIY napkins. We still have about a third to go, but thanks to the help of Jared's amazing mother and her sewing machine they are turning out beautifully. They will add so much color and pattern to our tables. All the fabrics were purchased from etsy suppliers on sale and cut and sewn by my future mother in law and myself. We will be encouraging our guests to take them home and what we are left with we will keep and maybe make a small quilt out of.



I had some fabric left over so I bought some cotton rope and threw together some simple bunting for the either the breezeway or the staircase down to the beach. I think it turned out really cute. I'll need to starch them when I get out to Portland so they hang nice and flat but it was super easy to make and cost me about $6 for 25 feet.


I've become a DIY addict lately. If you have any questions about how we did any of these, feel free to contact me and I can give you a hand.

<3

Handmade Details by Sweet B Papers

Sweet B Papers on Etsy has the most beautiful collection of ring pillows, boutonnieres and garters. I love the seersucker. It would be so adorable but a preppy summer wedding. She's not taking requests at the moment but she has a number of beautiful items that are ready to go.