Mermaids have always been popular, but they’ve experienced a specific resurgence in reputation this yr. Which is what helps make this crocheted mermaid tail blanket a uncommon blend of cozy/quaint and trendy/enjoyable.
Allow your child come to feel like Ariel from The Minor Mermaid whilst cozied up in our Blankie Tails Mermaid Blanket. The Mermaid Tail Blanket tends to make any person come to feel like a goddess of the sea. Made from premium-grade, double-sided minky fabric with embellishments they will hold you cozy and relaxed no matter the place you are. This crocheted mermaid blanket can be machine washed at a reduced temperature and tumble dried. We suggest that you do not wash the blanket with things containing zippers that may well snag.
Transform your small princess into a beautiful sea creature by snuggling up with this mermaid tail blanket. Every single blanket is handmade from ultra soft acrylic and is shaped into a cocoon to hold the feet extra warm and snug. Buy it from Amazon.
Including a water characteristic brings a total new sensory encounter to your backyard. A effectively-placed fountain can transform an ordinary backyard into a calming outside retreat with the restorative sound and hypnotizing movement of trickling water. Looking to include a tranquil water feature in your yard? Add a small water music to your yard with the just-proper idea from our gallery of water characteristics. Check out out these designs and choose up pointers on how to get started out.
Torrey and Rane’s relationship history is super romantic—like The Notebook in real life. (Seriously—just read to the end of the feature and you’ll totally get it.) So, their relaxed, hacienda-inspired wedding is befittingly romantic and a beautiful representation of the couple filled with personalized details and contributions from family and friends. Torrey, a ceramist, even handmade 250 terracotta clay tiles for wedding favors! We love the laid-back style of the day and we’re wild about the way the brilliant Jenavieve Belair captured it in her signature photojournalism style. Enjoy!
What made the wedding special and unique?
Our wedding was so very special to us for a few reasons. Every single person that was involved in the wedding was a friend prior to our big day. The ever-talented florist Casey Shostag of Second Nature Creations is a dear friend from high school. Our DJ was a long time friend that had agreed to do one more wedding DJ session just for us. The caterer, wedding planner, you name it. When it finally came down to me walking down the aisle, I could feel that I was surrounded by people that knew and loved us.
Tell us about the gown and where/how you found it!
Oh the gown!! It was the first one I tried on months before the wedding! I went to a few places just to look at others but I knew that THIS dress was THE dress. Yanique Barnes, the designer at Dreamers & Lovers was such a treat to work with! The tagline for Dreamers & Lovers is ” Wedding Gowns For The Laid Back Bride”, which is exactly what I was looking for! As many brides do, I was losing weight like crazy and had to take my dress in 3 times! She was speedy and confident, which made me confident as well!
What were some touches added to make it personal?
The little things that you think go unnoticed, get noticed for sure! I had so much fun planning our Hacienda style wedding. One of my favorite details of the wedding was the 250 handmade terracotta clay tiles that I made for wedding favors. I am a ceramist (Tangible Goods Studios) on the side and knew I had to incorporate my craft somehow. These were (a total pain in the butt to make) but were so worth it! I’m still getting photos of people who have made them into Christmas ornaments.
What was the most memorable part of the day?
There were so many memorable parts of our wedding. One big one was seeing my dad break down in tears after seeing me for the first time coming down the aisle (of course I lost it too). Then seeing my hunk of a husband all dressed up; oh man there wasn’t a dry eye in the place. Another was seeing my husband and his mother dance their Mother/Son dance; it was so amazing because SHE was leading and was wearing the biggest smile on her face.
Tell us how you met and became engaged.
I met him when I was 15 and he was 16; it was puppy love for sure. When his parents moved him to Hawaii when I was 17, I just lost it. He came back for me when I was 18 and we were attached at the hip until college. He went to the Coast Guard, I went to college and we split up for 4 years. We were with other people, doing other things, and would occasionally send emails to each other.
Before too long it was emails every day, and then finally, I left my boyfriend in Ventura and drove to meet him in San Francisco at 3am to see him after 5 years. After that there was no turning back, we were just as madly in love with each other as we were when we were kids, but now it was real, it wasn’t just this high school relationship. We had serious history. He proposed to me in Mexico on the beach with my closest friends surrounding me. It was flawless, and we lived happily ever after.
Photography: Jenavieve Belair // Flowers: Second Nature Creations // Venue: Fallbrook Hacienda // Dress: Dreamers and Lovers // Hair: Blanco Blanco Hair // Makeup: Laurie Carter Makeup // DJ: Joe St. Thomas
For all of you couples currently planning a DIY wedding, we have such a fun resource to share with you today! Rentivist is an online platform to list and rent event items for celebrations of all kinds. It’s the brainchild of event designer and wedding venue owner, Alyson, who aimed to revolutionize, and simplify the rental process. Couples have access to all kinds of amazing items to design and beautifully enhance their day. This way, if you have a certain piece in mind, but don’t want to shell out the funds to buy it – or maybe you find that the item may not be available locally – you still have the opportunity to incorporate it into your wedding! Love that.
You can narrow down your searches by location, style and item type, and all Rentivist customers have the opportunity to make money using the platform, too! You can rent out the items you did have to purchase for your event to couples + individuals looking for those very pieces. All in all, Rentivist.com is a collaborative community of like-minded people, and we’re pretty excited to show you some of the fun items currently for rent! We’ll take one of everything please… 🙂
Rentivist‘s goal is to make the world a much more styled place, one rentable at a time, and we think they’re doing a pretty killer job of that! If you are interested in renting or listing pieces with Rentivist.com, be sure to check out their current promotion where you can receive 30% off when you sign up for their subscription list. You can opt for 30% off one month if paying monthly or 30% off the entire year if you choose to pay the fee up front! Just use the code gws1630 anytime between now and August 1st, 2016! For even more details, visit www.rentivist.com/pricing.
Happy renting, ladies + gents!
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In continuing with our BBQ theme: Southern Spring BBQ inspiration board, Relaxed and Elegant Spring BBQ, and our three DIY’s here, here and here, we’ve put together the most adorable boxed lunch perfect for a daytime or picnic style wedding. With the help of our friends at Zazzle, we customized each and every element and the end result really couldn’t be any cuter. And let’s be honest, we LOVE a daytime wedding and think they should be celebrated more often!
Photography: Christina McNeill
Thanks to Zazzle, we could easily customize every element of our boxed lunch including a menu, hang tag, stickers, straws, napkins, bunting banner and tissue paper! We went with a black, white and red vintage picnic theme and Megan from Ruby the Fox created all of the playful designs. How perfect is this for a casual lunch wedding or even a BBQ rehearsal dinner? It’s quick, simple and totally affordable to personalize all of your details with the “upload your own design” tool at Zazzle. Not feeling so creative? They’ve got a million already-made designs that are perfect for a variety of different styles + events.
Let’s face it, a formal nighttime wedding just isn’t for everyone. If you’re looking for something more laid-back and informal, the idea of a lunchtime picnic celebration is everything. Have your guests come in comfortable attire and have an assortment of seating (benches, blankets strewn about) for everyone to hang out and celebrate what’s really important — your “I dos!”
THE BOX
We love the blank canvas of a kraft gable box — ready for a sweet sticker or even a rubber stamp — to personalize for our BBQ picnic lunch.
Tip #1: Get creative here! Create a logo or brand for your event (or hire a graphic designer to create one for you!) and then have it printed on stickers to decorate the box or bag for your treats.
Tip #2: Think outside the box! Want something your guests can use over and over again? Swap out the gable box for a customized tote bag. These are awesome after the big day for schlepping groceries or farmers market finds.
THE LUNCH
In our box, you’ll find a sandwich, cookie, chips, and an apple! All individually wrapped and marked, we put it together with some ready-made black and white gingham tissue paper from Zazzle. We wrapped the sandwich in parchment paper and bakers twine and sealed it with a custom sticker saying what was inside. For the chips and cookie we used cellophane bags and sealed with a custom sticker. We love how the design of each sticker coordinates with each other and it all feels personalized and unique.
Tip #3: Lay some tissue paper down in your gable box before you add all your items to add a little more flare! It looks so cute when opened up.
Tip #4: This time around we went with cello bags to wrap up the goodies, but glassine would be great, too! We opted not to go with kraft paper as our items (hello, yummy chips + cookies!) are greasy and kraft will show grease spots.
THE PAPER ACCESSORIES
To take it up another notch, we opted for a custom napkin to place inside the box and a hang tag to tie on the outside. We also had Megan create a menu to place inside the gable box complete with the wedding date and the couple’s logo. These thoughtful add-ons add those special touches that make the picnic box feel super meaningful and trust me, your guests will notice all of these adorable touches!
Tip #5: Include items on your menu that you love as a couple! Me and my honey? It would be all gummy bears and pizza! It’s the perfect way to introduce all the things you and your partner love together. It could even be cute to add a little tidbit or backstory to why each item was included.
Tip #6: Make it fun! The idea of a picnic lunch wedding is to be lighthearted and casual, so infuse the design with playful elements that speak to you. And really, this idea can be customized any way you like. Pick and choose from these helpful tricks and inspiration to create a sweet bridal luncheon, rehearsal dinner or even picnic date with your beau. And be sure to share your boxed lunch photos with us. We can’t wait to see.
Last but not least, we put together a perfectly on-theme and playful bunting banner to hang above the table where the boxes are sitting. We used fonts to coordinate with the rest of the paper goods and kept it super simple in black and white. The best part about these customizable decor items? You can make it say whatever you want. Personalize to your heart’s content! It doesn’t get much sweeter than that. Zazzle also has a ton of pre-designed banner options that are so so cute.
This post is sponsored by ZAZZLE, who makes it easy to create custom items for yourself or to sell, simply by uploading your artwork or personalizing one of their existing designs. From invitations to bridesmaid tank tops, from custom postage stamps to table number cards, ZAZZLE is a great resource for your custom wedding needs.
Crocheted Mermaid Tail Blanket
Mermaids have always been popular, but they’ve experienced a specific resurgence in reputation this yr. Which is what helps make this crocheted mermaid tail blanket a uncommon blend of cozy/quaint and trendy/enjoyable.
Allow your child come to feel like Ariel from The Minor Mermaid whilst cozied up in our Blankie Tails Mermaid Blanket. The Mermaid Tail Blanket tends to make any person come to feel like a goddess of the sea. Made from premium-grade, double-sided minky fabric with embellishments they will hold you cozy and relaxed no matter the place you are. This crocheted mermaid blanket can be machine washed at a reduced temperature and tumble dried. We suggest that you do not wash the blanket with things containing zippers that may well snag.
Transform your small princess into a beautiful sea creature by snuggling up with this mermaid tail blanket. Every single blanket is handmade from ultra soft acrylic and is shaped into a cocoon to hold the feet extra warm and snug. Buy it from Amazon.
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