Once upon a time, I said I would never make pocketfold envelopes. Screen cap from Weddingbee Please notice that was August of last year, mere days from when I placed our invitation order. A few weeks later, they arrived. The white mailing envelopes were not overly sturdy, and I was a bit concerned that our…
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Our invitation suite: Spice Grace from Invitation Consultants
Since our wedding was three weeks ago, I figure it’s safe to post our invite suite. We opted for a customized version of Spice Grace from Invitation Consultants. Once the invites arrived, I noticed that the mailing envelope was rather dainty. Given the abuse that our save the dates took getting mailed to our roommates, I…
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15-minute wedding craft
As I mentioned, I have a few post wedding crafts. My first was to convert our cake toppers to art. We purchase Lillian Rose cake toppers from AC Moore. I purchased them with either 55% off or 60% off coupons. Sadly, the “M” broke as our wedding planner was cleaning up. She began apologizing profusely…
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Sweets for the sweet
Or, gifting my gals. One Southern tradition I wanted to keep alive in my bridal party was the overuse of monograms. Monogram all the things! In another round of six degrees of Lisa, my freshman roomie’s BFF (she lived down the hall from us) pinned a cute tote from Tiny Tulip. My eagle eyes spotted the…
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7 tips for creating your wedding registry
Congratulations! You’re engaged, and you’re on the hunt for tips to create your perfect wedding registry. You’ll come across loads of articles on the must haves and must avoids, so I wanted to share the steps we used to actually put together our wedding registry. We moved in together in 2010 and became engaged about…
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Outer Banks restaurants reviews
Back before we went to New Orleans, Restaurant.com set up a deal to buy $100 Restaurant.com gift cards for $10. I bought $1000 in gift cards for $100. I figured we would get good use of them with a large group in New Orleans. Long story short, we didn’t use all of them, so I…