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Clear Bottle Candle Holders
I am so stealing this eco-chic tabletop candle display idea from the December 2009 issue of Elle Decoration UK, via Happy Mundane. Note the clever mix of same-height clear water/wine bottles with the varied candle lengths. LOVE! Perfect for the holi...
CD Sleeves Template Freebie
Go ahead and spiffy up your guest favors, gifts or keepsake CDs with this lovely free template from Rachel of Benign Objects (remember her from these cool door hanger printables?). The birds, the pretty colors, the overall Dutch vibe, and its al...
DIY Handmade Paper Wrapped Vases
Now this is a craft I can see myself doing in the near future! Plain glass vases or candle holders get an easy and inexpensive makeover with just a simple wrap of natural handmade paper (from cucumbers to kohlrabi, there’s endless possibiliti...
Hand-Typed Tags & Labels
Because not all pretties are always printer-friendly, check out these great ideas for a wedding or dinner party. Makes me wish I have a typewriter at home! Typewritten fabric labels from Make Something Yup, typed on to fabric. Who knew?! Anyone t...
Motif: Vintage Wallpaper
Be still my heart. Vintage wallpaper envelope liners + Vintage stamps + Burgues Script (the same font I used for my envelopes!) = Instant Love. To toss out my Rachel Zoeisms: It’s bananas. Like OMG. I die, literally, when I saw them. I̵...
Buy or DIY: Felt Acorns
Lookit my recent Etsy find, felted acorn ornaments made with real acorn caps! Cool eh? I’m thinking gift tags, napkin rings or adornments for glass jars. They come in an assortment of earthy and fall colors and would be wonderful for a wood...
Pom Pom Love!
First came the pom pom flowers tutorial … And now there’s matching pom pom printables too! (can I get a woot woot?) FREE downloads you can use for showers and parties: patterned paper, invitations, gift tags, and place cards in peach...
DIY Doodle Cards
Here’s the cool D-I-doodle I promised earlier. Aimee at Artsyville shares this tutorial for turning your black & white doodles into something as groovy as these… What you need: a scanner, a color printer, Photoshop (or some similar p...
Do You Doodle?
Check out these hand-drawn favor bags by Laho for her best friend’s bachelorette party. Personalized and fun. Plus points too for the black & white scheme, me loveth!...
Handmade Flowers
…as we pause to remember 9/11 today. Images of Carol Gearing’s papercut flowers from here, here and here. It’s amazing what one can do armed only with handmade ivory paper, scissors, and scalpel....
DIY Favor Tins
Gorgeous, aren’t they? My thoughts exactly. Now head over to The Inspired Bride’s blog for the free downloadable labels and DIY instructions to make these delightful treats. Oh yeah, and prepare to bask in the compliments your guests will...
Dahlia Invite Templates: The Wedding Chicks
Enjoy this fab and free wedding invite and response card download from the ever generous ladies of The Wedding Chicks. Comes with DIY instructions on how to make them your own– just add your own wordings, print and cut!...
Free Graph & Grid Paper Pattern Generator
Generate your very own graph paper and grid patterns online for free at incompetech. I actually discovered this site while browsing for guide/gridlines for my calligraphy (speaking of, stay tuned for my calligraphy adventure) and had so much fun crea...
DIY Travel-Inspired Invites: Holly & Sean
As a fan of Holly’s Nothing But Bonfires blog (which I discovered happily via Twitter!), it is of utmost pleasure for me to share with y’all her lovely, lovely set of DIY map/travel-inspired invitations– designed by none other than ...
Free Lemonade Printables by Farouche
Some sizzling hot temps out here in the East (hello there, heatwave!), and what could be more perfect than these awesome thirst-quenching treats from Christy of Farouche. Downloadable templates for gift tags, large tags for invitations, decorativ...
Free Polka Dot Thank Yous
Melissa from A Very Chocolate Wedding is back– and she’s sharing more of her yummy printables to us all! If you previously enjoyed her polka dot envelope wraparound labels, hurry and head over to her blog for the matching thank you cards...
Dings: Butterflies & Butterflips
Have you been inspired by the butterfly deets from Laura and Ben’s and Melinda and Jesse’s weddings over at Martha’s? Why not ‘get the look’ for your DIYs using these free butterfly dingbats/fonts? Just download, insta...
Free Printable Notecards: Amy Cartwright
Click, click, click here for the PDF download. Amy suggests printing onto white or cream cardstock and using one of these craft punches to round the corners. Great as BM gifts (add names or initials to personalize) or use them as guest seating card...
Print-and-Mail Party Invites: Real Simple
Head over to Real Simple and get these fill-in-the-blank invitations for your next cheese and wine, dinner, barbecue or dessert party/shower/celebration. Chic, effortless, and um, free!...
Free Printable Personal Notecards: Parsiri
In yummy chartreuse, plum, pool, poppy, red and strawberry colors. Get all the downloads and how-to’s here, courtesy of Parsiri. The front is blank with a double-stripe border (so it can be personalized as in the above photos), and the back has...
DIY Bridesmaid Gift: Bubble Bath & Free Labels
Sorry. I can’t help it. I know I need to slap stop myself from posting each and every DIY gorgeousness that Amy’s been whipping up at Eat. Drink. Chic (because if I don’t watch it, I could very well just repost her blogs here, haha!...
Free DIY Eco-Stationery Templates: WedVert
My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I stumbled upon WedVert’s site recently. Blame it on these: Oh yes. I saw the word FREE and, in a Rachel Zoe moment, diiiieeed! DIY printable templates featuring stylish, vintage-inspired designs tha...
DIY Matchbook Favors
I would never have guessed that they are DIYs! Grafxcowgirl at Offbeat Bride created these fun and hip favors for her wedding using cheap blank matchbooks and her customized designs printed on sticker paper. Print, cut, paste and you got something ...
Free Petal-Shape Printables
I couldn’t resist posting these flourish-y, petal cuties from IS•LY (discovered via Jessica). Aren’t they adorable? A fill-in-the-blank invitation for any type of occasion and a petal box template that’s blank so you can print o...
DIY Library-Themed Invites: Diana & Scott
Came across this via Joanna at Smitten and had been meaning to share it since. Diana and Scott, both librarians, had this totally ingenious and totally DIY invitations for their library-themed wedding. The (checkout card style) Main Invite Recep...
Fonts: Stitched Typefaces
I’m really drawn to their wonderful hand-made, organic appeal (remember this?). It could be because I suck at needlecraft in real life, haha. Here’s some more embroidery and cross-stitch fonts I’ve added to my collection. Gotta l...
Free Vintage Postcard Ephemera Brushes
This week’s all vintage-y goodness series wouldn’t be complete without featuring this utterly lovely collection of Photoshop brushes. Yesssiree, virtual ‘rubber’ stamps all FREE, courtesy of the ever fab Miss B. Go ahead. Down...
Free Vintage & Apothecary-Style Labels
I kid you not, my friends. This stunning collection of vintage-y printables is all FREE, courtesy of Amy at Eat.Drink.Chic. Whether it’s for the wedding, the occasional gifting, or simply for everyday home use, Amy has all the tutes and downloa...
French Label Clip Arts: The Graphics Fairy
I’m definitely loving The Graphics Fairy’s clip art collection of classic French product labels– beautiful, well-designed and yep, FREE to download! I think these print images would be beautiful applied to boxes, tins, glass canis...
Free Printable French Themed Paper
Happy Bastille Day! In honor of our French readers and francophiles everywhere, I thought I’d post some goodies with a bit of a French flair. Fleur de lys, french stripes, cupid garlands, laurel wreath frames, ooh la la! These printable desig...
