Remember that spring florals post I did last week featuring beautiful florals from The Bride’s Cafe? Remember how I promised an inspiration board featuring those florals? Well, here it is, spring pink goodness! If my husband’s one caveat about our wedding wasn’t “no pink” I might have done something similar myself.
I couldn’t resist posting pics of the yummy cookies I made for my husband for Valentine’s Day (yes, I sampled one and they were quite good if I do say so myself!)
My mom and I used to make these every year for Valentine’s Day. She would roll out the dough and I would stamp the heart shaped cookie cutters and dab milk on them so the sprinkles would stick. It is a tradition I definitely want to continue for my family.
Vintage hankies aren’t just for your grandmother anymore. They are a thoughtful gift or element to include in your wedding. I gifted my bridesmaids with vintage hankies that were wrapped around their bouquets (and my own bouquet was wrapped with two vintage hankies – one from my mother and one from my grandmother). I gave my mother and mother-in-law hankies with a special message embroidered on them, and even gifted one to my betrothed with a message and our wedding date on it. Another thoughtful idea would be putting out a basket of vintage hankies for wedding guests with a sign directing them to take one.
I’ve been a fan of Bird and Banner’s hankies on their etsy shop for a while, but I recently discovered they’ll be selling them at Anthropologie as well (like I need another excuse to go to Anthropologie!) Here’s a little eye candy, but be sure to check them out at their website and etsy shop.
To kick off the week of Valentine’s Day, I thought I would post this adorable and simple DIY Valentine project. I think what I love most about Valentine’s Day is the sweetness of a homemade Valentine. My husband made me one years ago out of poster board, pipe cleaners, and some other random materials that stood about two feet tall. I still have it.
So in that same spirit, I want to share this DIY doily Valentine project from Avie Designs.
Supplies: (for all three projects)
Step 1: You need to poke out the shapes of the doily that did not get fully separated when it was machine cut. This can be easily done by holding down the shape with your knife and gently pulling the rest of the doily away. Do this on a cutting board as you may have to actually do a little cutting.
I had to post these amazing florals I found on The Bride’s Cafe last week…they are too good not to share! Arranged by Janie Medley of TBC, and shot by Katie Stoop of Open Air Photography, they are like a spring dream. This would be the perfect inspiration for a spring wedding bouquet. That peony has motivate me to create an inspiration board that I’ll be posting later this week. Check out some of the photos here and head over to the full feature to see the rest.
