Early in our wedding planning, the idea of having a low country boil came up. If we had done it, these invitations by Bird and Banner (bib included!) would have been just the thing:
Low country boil photo by deevah and recipe here
[Thanks to Paula for the reminder of Bird & Banner's great portfolio!]
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I’ll be taking tomorrow off, and I hope you all have wonderful weekends. These eggs were made by Mihaiela, who has some brief instructions, and you can find full instructions for making red ones here and blue ones here. But it doesn’t sound easy!
*UPDATE: Please see Amanda’s comment for simpler instructions!
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Well I hope you all don’t mind lots of wedding-themed posts! With nearly two weeks until our wedding, it’s all I can wrap my mind around.
Yesterday (inspired by those silhouettes I posted the other day), I came up with these for our pew cards. Our wedding is on the large side, in a church, and we’re reserving some rows for our immediate families up front. To make the usher’s jobs a little easier, I thought I’d give those with reserved seats a pew card to show to the usher.
But most importantly, they were fun to make.
I think I need a little practice cutting out circles, but otherwise I love them. I drew the silhouettes by tracing over back-lit photos in Adobe Illustrator, then I printed the design on vellum and glued it to cardstock craft paper.
You can see a few more, larger images on Mint’s flickr page.
*UPDATE: You can buy an adjustable circle cutter from Making Memories. Thanks Penny!
Keetra Dean Dixon’s work made the blog rounds a couple months ago, but I ran across it again and thought it was worth another look. Actually, I’ve had this on my desktop for ages because I just love the type and ornaments so much:
These are from a collaborative project with JK Keller, and they are made of layered wax:
All beautiful, and lots more in her portfolio.
Paper Lanterns for Parties, Weddings, and Homes
