Monogrammed Stationary

I'm fairly obsessed with stationary. I love to write notes to people - real, handwritten notes that you send in the mail, remember those? I might actually be the only bride-to-be out there that is actually excited about the mounds of thank you notes that I'll have to write.

Now that I almost have a new name - even though I can't sign it to save my life - I'm keeping an eye out for monogrammed stationary. I read somewhere that it is bad etiquette to use your married monogram before you are actually married.

Well, as soon as we are hitched, I'm ordering these:

[from le papier studio]

and these:

[from pixelimpress]

and these, with my new last name:

[from Earmark]

Ready to bake up a storm

I might be taking this whole becoming-a-wife thing too literally, but I came across this apron on, where else?, Etsy, and kinda fell in love:

[find it at The Way We Wear on Etsy]

I think it's part of my dream of becoming a super crafty girl who makes my own stationary and goes antiquing and sews curtains and is capable of making food that my husband's children actually like.

Maybe if I have a cute apron, all of those things will be possible? I don't know, but if anyone wants to buy it for me as a wedding gift, please feel free!

Bouts sans fleurs

I don't know if I frenchified that correctly. I thought this was pretty much the most awesome non-floral bout I had come across yet:

[find it at Until My Heart Stops]

So I sent the link over to FH via Google Chat.

me: how awesome is this?

FH: huh?

me: huh what?

FH: i don't get it.

me: its a bout. for your jacket?

FH: ok.

me: you are no fun

Sigh. Someone else who is getting married or going to prom or just generally in need of a bout, please buy it. It really is amazing. As always, my hat is off to people that are this insanely creative.

Cake toppers, unnecessary but cute?

So, I was perusing Etsy the other day (I'm beginning to feel like too many of my posts start out this way, but what can I say? Etsy is addictive!) and found this cake topper:


AHHHHH so cute [cuteness courtesy of Bunny with a Toolbelt over at Etsy]

Now, of all the random things I have thought about in regards to my wedding thus far, a cake topper hadn't really occurred to me yet. It seems like one of those things that probably isn't all that important, so why do I stalk the wedding cake topper section of Etsy like nobody's business? There are so many cute ideas. People are so darn clever. I want to be clever!

There are lots of birds, which I didn't get at first. But, lovebirds, right? I get it now.

I just have a thing for penguins. And now, penguin cake toppers. Penguins mate for life you know ... and they are so cute! And chic, with their black and white and whatnot.

Although, I think I have recently stumbled across something that is even more fitting for us than the cute toppers above. It'll be a surprise for FH, though, so no pictures for now! Although, who am I kidding, the whole wedding is pretty much a surprise for FH. I just tell him to read the blog and let me know if he has any questions or concerns =)

Happy Friday: another Etsy find...

I just bought a pair of earrings for FH's daughter's birthday (technically she is almost my step-daughter, but I hate the term "step") from a fabulous store, Chrys Designs Jewelry on Etsy.

Along with the earrings I'd purchased, Chrys threw in a complimentary pair for me:


Aren't they amazing? Run over and check out her stuff for yourself - she has a big selection of beautiful, gorgeous jewelry. Perfect timing, too - I'm thinking my problem of where to find gifts for my bridesmaids (and other special wedding helpers) has been solved!

Just another day in Etsyland...

Even if you aren't a fellow book nerd, you have to admit that this is pretty gosh darn amazing:



Found at Etsy seller Quitesparkly's shop. She uses the pages of old romance novels to hand craft these beautiful paper roses.

One, I am in AWE of people that are this crafty.

And two, my mind is whirring with all of the possible ways we could incorporate these into our wedding...

Fun with ink and paper

Remember my amazing, deal-of-the-century invites? Well, I decided to snazz them up a little (*note to self: is snazz an actual word?) with a custom made address stamp from the aptly named Love To Create Stamps on Etsy.

I'm a tad afraid that our invitations will be the most confusing wedding invitations ever because the return address on the outer envelope is our new Arizona address (which is also technically going against etiquette, I believe, but I decided I don't care and I want people to have our new address) but the RSVP return address will be my current L.A. address. And our wedding is in neither of those places.

But, I digress. Here is the stamp:


Obviously not all of it but you get the idea. I was really pleased with how they turned out. The owner of the shop where I got it was most helpful with ink advice. He recommended an ink brand called StazOn and boy did it ever.

I was worried because the envelopes are a mottled sort of paper and it was hard to even find a pen that would work for addressing them (I used a Sharpie, or rather a Sharpie-esque marker from Target that was waaaay cheaper than the actual Sharpie).

But they turned out great and are currently sitting, alphabetized, in a box on my kitchen table. Just waiting for their guts to be printed so everything can be stuffed and sent.

I just got invite proofs from my insanely talented little brother yesterday and I can't wait to show them off!!


*For the curious among you...
snazzy: "stylish, flashy," 1932, U.S. colloquial, perhaps a blend of snappy and jazzy.
(Sadly, it is not a verb.)