Gorgeous Bracelets

Hello! Hope you are having a great weekend, I've been watching hurricane Irene on the news and hope that none of you (or families) have been affected by her, what a nightmare :( I'm lucky in the UK that we don't have to contend with such forces of nature as hurricanes and earthquakes and feel for those who have to deal with them every year.

I just wanted to share another gorgeous Etsy find, again thanks to Emmaline Bride (love that site!). I think these bracelets would be a fabulous bridesmaid gift for them to wear on the day, they are all one off pieces and can be customised to your wedding colours.

Lonkoosh via Etsy

They also do beautiful combs as well:

Lonkoosh via Etsy

These are all designed by Alona Freeman and you can check out her Etsy shop here.

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Take care everyone xx

Cute Etsy Find!

Absolutely loving this cute heart ornament found thanks to Emmaline Bride and had to share!

Lilac Saloon via Etsy

Lilac Saloon have a variety of these and they can be customised with a hand embroidered name, perfect as favours or perhaps labels for a candy table? I think these would also be quite easy to make yourself if you are handy with a needle!

Welcome Gifts

Happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend, mine was filled with lots of fun times with family and friends. I took my sister-in-law to see our wedding venue on Saturday and she absolutely loved it. I was so impressed by all the staff who were so helpful and cheery, definitely a good sign! They even let us look around some bedrooms that we hadn't seen previously which was nice, it is such a gorgeous place.

We are going to be having a lot of out of town visitors for the wedding and I think it would be quite nice to put together a welcome pack in their rooms as a little thank you for making the trip. I've recently discovered Emmaline Bride which is an absolutely amazing resource for handmade weddings. They have a marketplace too where you can buy all kinds of handmade goodies. I found the following on there from a company called Navy & Lavender.

Navy & Lavender via Emmaline Bride

This cute collection is called their 'Wedding Wishes Gable Box' for $24 which is personalised and includes water, mints, kettle corn popcorn, heart sugar cookies and a 'rescue pack' with advil and pepto. They even have city themed gifts as well as seasonal ones:

New York, New York: Navy & Lavender via Emmaline Bride

Fall in Love: Navy & Lavender via Emmaline Bride

The totes range from $32-$47 and can be personalised in your wedding colours. I absolutely love these and if I had the budget I would be ordering them by the box full! However, I'm sure it would be easy to make up some inexpensive welcome gifts. I'm thinking of getting some nice paper bags perhaps decorating them myself and personalising them and then adding some essentials like water, tissues, paracetamol and mints. Love the idea also of adding some sweet treats especially if I can get things that are made in Warwickshire, I'm thinking fudge, cookies that kind of thing. I'm getting so excited about all the things I can hand make for the wedding although I think I'm going to have to space out projects over the year! 

Are you planning on making welcome packs or favours for your big day?