break the record: upcycled cassette tape wedding centerpiece

{ music lover red cassette tape LED-lighted centerpiece }

this is just the coolest idea! '80s theme? rock n' roll wedding? it takes me way back.
oh mix tapes. How I crafted you so lovingly. How I listened to you over and over when someone made you for me. I kept every single one of you, even though I no longer have a way to play you.

we are both musicians, and incorporating music into our wedding was so important to us that our wedding invitation was a hand-letterpressed mix-cd for all of our friends and family. (I will one day post step-by-step instructions for how to DIY your own!)

You can get these in all sorts of colors -- plus you're supporting an awesome single-mom crafter and her two girls. Maybe the best store motto I've seen: Music + Recycling + Craftiness = Break the Record.

(plus check out the amazing vinyl record cake stand!!)







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spring [wedding blog] cleanse

{ 50 handmade vegan/organic wedding soap favors by prunellasoap }

with the bizarre non-winter we've had, DC flora and fauna (people included) are confused. The trees in front of the Kennedy Center were blooming three weeks ago, and on a run on the 15th I saw dozens (dozens!) of robins. Dudes, you are not supposed to be here yet.

(I AM NOT COMPLAINING, winter gods. PLEASE DO NOT SEND A MAKE-UP WINTER.)

anyway, it's March! Time to clean up and get the old act together: a little face scrub, a little blog tending. And while some might say giving soap as a gift sends the wrong message (to your dirty, dirty friends), I'm in... favor.

oh, it has been a while.




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hello, hello

{ hello love handwritten calligraphy notecards by sparrownestscript }

well hello there.








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hammermann: antique spoon wedding table numbers (and garden gifts!)

{ 9 antique spoon garden markers set }

ok. here's a *great* idea for centerpieces -- herbs with table markers that can be reused in your garden after the wedding, or given with the plants as a take-home for your local friends.

omar wrote back in june, and i'm just now exploring his shop, which also has vintage mason jars for those interested -- i just love the reuse of antique spoons. you can also have them custom-stamped with your own words. grand.




more at hammermann.etsy.com

to have and to... please hold...

 



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apologies for my disappearance. {please hold while i connect your blog} --

i have been (in order):
birthdaying
multimedia-encoding
tax-figuring
oh-no-ing
magazine shipping
tax-extension-filing
not sleeping
sleeping
poem-rescuing
more magazine shipping


i have a good number of emails to get back to, thank you for your patience! and the bonzie winner to announce, i know!

more soon.

in the meantime, enjoy this poetry feature i've been working on every day this month:
Stanley Kunitz, "King of the River"
(see also the lovely introduction by David Barber)

i'm late, i'm late: etsy clock sampler

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sorry all, we're sending two issues to press at once at my day job.
posting will be light this week.

in the meantime, you could... enter the giveaway below, or peruse its comments for some lovely readings :)

also, miss Telesto, if you're reading please contact me at etsywedding (at) gmail. thanks all!