Etsy Finds

I'm debating between doing an "Etsy Finds Friday/Etsy Wishlist Wednesday", adding a couple of Etsy finds to "Stuff I Like Sunday" oooor, just occasionally doing a post dedicated to Etsy. Let me know your thoughts on this.

Until that's figured out, here's a sample of what an "Etsy Finds Friday/Esty Wishlist Wednesday" might look like...on a Thursday!

Because it's been so cold out, let's start off with something to keep me warm...

Handknit Headband by BobbySoxie

Tiny Acorn Stud Earrings by LaPetiteBoheme

Wood Inlaid Titanium Tension Set Ring by jewelrybyjohan

Lounge Set Tank and Lounge Pant by plumprettysugar

Black and White Graphic Print Dress with Side Pockets by FunnelcakeBoutique

Indoor Dog House/Bedside Table by madshome

And drum roll please for the most magically beautiful Etsy find to date.....

Under the Apple Tree Canopy Bed by attiladesign

Which one is your favourite?

H2T

I have 4 different assignments to work on...that I'm choosing not to at the moment. And I have loads of wedding things to do. I just threaded 2 strands of cranes, got bored, and decided this would be much more productive!
So here's my wedding accessories for head to toe! (literally)

This is my beaaautiful head piece made from vintage leaves and pearls. I bought it on Etsy from BeSomethingNew. I'm so excited to wear it!! James (my hair stylist for the wedding and BFF) basically said if I didn't buy it, he wasn't going to put anything in my hair, so I didn't really have any other choice! Thank you James for encouraging my online shopping habit.



These are my earrings as well as my something blue! These are also an Etsy find from Shlomitofir. She had them in gold without a blue bead, but I pretty much never wear gold so I had her make them in silver, and add a blue bead for me. They turned out better than I could have imagined, and look so nice next to my headband.



Here is where I would normally have my necklace. I'm going to be wearing the pearls my mom wore at her wedding. Being that I'm a basket case right now and lose just about everything, the necklace is still in her jewellery box.



This is my wedding garter. If you've ever met Ken it doesn't take long to find out he's a die hard Ottawa Senators fan. Ken is very anti-wedding and I knew if I combined the Sens in there somewhere I could put a little twinkle in his eye. I bought my garter from "Let's Dance Garters" online.



And finally, my shoes! I really want to go barefoot for the wedding, but if it's too cold shoes will be in order, in which case I'll be wearing these bad boys. Not many people know this about me...but I can sing a long to ANY song from The Wizard of Oz. When I saw these gold slippers, ala Dorothy's ruby red's I knew that these were the ones! An Etsy seller by the name of OxfordHeaven made them from a pair of Dr. Scholl's and just added on some lace and ribbon details. When I saw them originally they had purple and green lace on them that she changed for me to match my dress. They're currently super tight, but I'm slowly but surely breaking them in.

Wedding Invitations

Ken and I have opted for having a very small wedding. We want it to be eco-friendly and super hand made and crafty. So when it came to the invitations I knew exactly what I was going to do.

I started by attempting to make "plantable paper". I used this tutorial for my (first) batch. When my paper hadn't dried after about three days it started sprouting! "Scrapping"(teehee) that plan, I ripped up the sprouting paper and made a second batch using this tutorial instead.

I even threw in some petals and leaves from our garden outside. I was so excited for this one to turn out. I had been keeping it outside to dry faster but it was going to rain so I brought it into the apartment and set it on the bath tub. I should've known what was going to happen next. Ken came into the bedroom saying "You're friend (referring to my cat Virtute) knocked over your screen...the paper's in pieces."
Ugh. I was livid(Virtute slept on the couch that night!!). I was able to salvage 4 good size pieces for the invitations but I needed 10 more.
In a huff I logged onto etsy, found a seller, immediately bought the paper, and went back to bed.

The paper got here today and I was able to finally put together the invites. The picture at the top is the finished product. Here's a couple other views of it, including one of the invitations made from the paper I made.
The stamp, marker, ink and envelope were all bought at Micheals.
I included planting instructions for those guest that don't have much of a green thumb (like myself).

This invite is made from my paper. It's about 5 times thicker than the other paper!

The "information part" of the invite is on velum. I printed the information mirrored onto the velum so that you're actually looking at the backside. I then printed the header and our date by hand on the reverse side giving it kind of a three dimensional effect.



Now to deliver these bad boys!