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{ shredded rose cloche by hatdiva } am headed out to a croquet lawn party and my ride and friends are staring at me ready to go. more soon!

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{ white dahlia wedding dress by joan shum } my friend ana is planning her winter wedding, and it occurs to me -- even though it is crazy miserably swamp hot here in mid-july, perhaps a lot of you have ice sculptures in january on the brain. here are a few tasty items for a winter wedding: {each photo links to its shop}

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hello all! i don't think my last post made much sense. ah, sauvignon blanc and blogging -- never the twain should meet. anyway! how about i make it up to you and try out something interactive? if you're into the whole thematic color thing, comment with your particular colors you like and the time of year you're thinking of, and i'll see if i can't come up with a sampler for you. am sure there

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{each photo links to shop} friends, i could tell you why i have to run quickly, but it's a long story involving an adorable man. (!) in the meantime, an incredibly short story: tonight i met up with a professor of mine from grad school who i ran into randomly saturday after 7 years, an amazing greek-australian woman, and her partner, who, as it turns out, is one of greece's great

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{ peppermint massage bar } i know, i know! it has been forever! bad blogger. i have been running around like a crazy person. maybe you have too. maybe you're planning a wedding and are even crazier running around than i am. maybe i should shut my stresshole and stop my yammering. you know what we need? we need to RELAX. and for someone to give us a back massage and be nice to us and talk

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{ wedding invitations } hooray for texas! arippke, the shop name for izzy and the bean design and photography, is a husband and wife team designing lovely custom invites in some unusual stand-out-from-the-mailbox-crowd colors. more at arippke.etsy.com

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{ persephone crown } included whichgoose in a sampler some while back, but her amazing crowns are so faerie cool -- to me, shakespearian somehow -- i can't resist. and i want to write her and tell her they are too reasonably priced. only $50 for a custom crown! am thinking of getting one just for work, on those days when people sass me i can go in my office, close my door, put on my crown, and

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{each photo links to its shop} {update 5 july} hello all! started this post yesterday and was sidetracked by some fine fourth of july institutions -- food, friends, and giant crazy over-the-top all-merican fireworks extravaganzas. was supposed to be in texas (my little brother and sister played with the full city orchestra -- outdoor concert, 1812 overture, fireworks and everything, am

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{ custom oilcloth tablecloth by chalkydoodles } so there was this amazing article in the new york times today with "101 20-minute dishes for inspired picnics" -- simple delicious things to take to an outdoor gathering. my mouth has been watering all day. and that makes me think -- picnic rehearsal dinner. picnic themed reception, with grilled stuff and gardenburgers and smores. outdoor wedding

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{ mexican vintage-style handmade wedding dress } ¡ay dios mio! (i wonder if the spanish version of 'omg' is '¡adm!'?) seriously, would you look at this bohemian confection. it is awesome. it's so amazing that i have to show the back of it. ¡adm! so this is not something i could pull off myself (have you ever seen six feet of ruffles?) but on the right person it would be *stunning*. le

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{ vicarious travel set: june blossoms, with customized travel guide by cascadelemonade } here's a fabulous gift idea: travel sets! the one above from cascadelemonade even includes a custom travel guide written for where you or your happily married friends are headed. neat! {each photo links to its shop}

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{ sydney wedding invitation in blue/green } lovely fresh design! minneapolis-based steliedesigns makes save-the-dates, invitations, and cards with 100% post-recycled cardstock and envelopes. check out the rounded-edge ones below... more at steliedesigns.etsy.com

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{each photo links to its shop} all from me for now for the garden aisle, friends -- headed to jazz in the garden, no less. happy friday!!!

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{ tiki terrarium bottle garden } ok, i don't mean to attack this poor shop on its second day of existence, but would you look how cute? tiny gardens... in bottles... that are hard to kill. how this relates to weddings other than my somewhat bizarre garden obsession this week? i will give you the line my mother has used to great effect all my years: because i said so. yes! terraria. you saw

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{ funky gift tag set } i heart moderncard. check out this little garden of papery goodness, from the vineyard no less. i wish i was *blogging* from the vineyard right now. sick beautiful. and with thank you's and gift tags and place cards: now i just need to plan a party. in my imaginary vineyard blog-haven. yes. more at moderncard.etsy.com

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{ secret garden photo album by apiairybindery } no green thumb? no problem:

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{each photo links to its shop}

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{ tuberose the pearl bulbs from greenthing } what, you ask, am i supposed to do with this suggestion, jen? you can't possibly think i have time to grow my own flowers, harvest them at the perfect moment, arrange them, run around in my dress placing them on tables in lots of little vases that i handcrafted from recycled vintage glassware and hand-sewn organically dyed soy ribbon, and maintain

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{ garden branch bracelet } continuing garden week here at etsy wedding, here's a trove of floral-inspired delights from cleveland-based lilyella. even the name makes me think of an art-nouveau sort of garden trellis, or afternoon tea on a lazy summer day. more at lilyella.etsy.com

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{ wide leaf-textured silver ring } stretching the garden theme a bit, this jumped out at me today: jewelry inspired by natural and organic patterns. any way you shake it, the pattern on this ring is amazing -- as an abstraction, as a metaphor for skin and an almost-fingerprint-like individuality, and as the actual artifact of a real skeleton leaf. silver garden is a husband and wife team

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{ green chrysanthemum, yellow roses, and cream gardenia } this week's big idea: plants. was inspired by a storque post about all the garden items available on etsy, which would make for awesome floral but *also* good ideas for favors or actually feeding people or registry gifts ... saw a quote today (i think in real simple?) attributed to chinese proverb, which i'll paraphrase... [edited 6.18]

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{ photograph by joannbristol } was supposed to be at the beach in NC this weekend, didn't work out with taking off from the day job... and of course sometimes it's just nice to be at home when you've been traveling so many weeks in a row. still... i miss the shore. there's not much better than that feeling at the end of a summer day, when your skin is still salted, and the sun hits everything

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have seen this before on other blogs but this is the first time anyone's told me i've been 'tagged'. first, it's incredibly flattering, so -- thanks! am a bit oblivious about these sorts of things. second, i must tell you all that i once received the best chain letter ever: it was a chain letter absolutely and forever absolving me of all future chain letters. permanent protection from bad luck/

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happy friday the 13th! which i maintain is lucky. {each photo links to its shop}

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