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Mary Swenson

We hope everyone had an incredibly splendid week!

Be sure to check back with us next week, it is our second birthday and the entire week we will be giving away AMAZING PRIZES. We are talking cash, veils and everything in between. Now on to our super delicious sweet treats. As usual all of our finds are from left to right.

1. We have always been followers over the ever talented Mary Swenson and know she sells her gorgeous prints online. The above print is for sell  which is, Bright pink ranunculus, that  just seemed made for an turquoise old Ball jar for $38

2. Ohh how we love Twigs and Honey and please stay tuned, they are part of our birthday week.

3. Decor8blog is one of our favorite hang outs and we found this amazing hanging plate piece over there.

4. We stumbled upon a new blog that you are going to love My Diy Wedding Day and found this great diy. Personalized drink stirrers, they actually found this cuter than cute diy over at our other favorite hang out Project Wedding.

5. Last but not lest we have some funky fresh modern save the dates that we found over at yet another fabu wedding blog, Oh So Beautiful Paper.

amenity home collection

Thank you so much to Amenity Organic Home Collection for the amazing giveaway and all our readers who entered. The winning comment is below. Please email jocey@weddingchicks with all your information and we will have Amenity Organic Home Collection get in touch with you.

To all you lucky readers who love Amenity they are offering 20% to everyone. Type in Wedding20 at checkout and received 20% off your total order. The coupon code will expire April 1, 2010.

Comment 182 was randomly chosen by random.org . Emily H is our lucky winner.

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eco friendly wedding dress

Happy Thursday to all the environmentally savvy chickadees!

We thought you would enjoy some chic environmentally friendly wedding ideas. You do not need to wear a burlap sack in order to be eco-friendly at your wedding.  Peruse some of Morgan Boszilkov’s new line of eco friendly designer wedding gowns. The Natural Bridal Collection all of  the dresses are handcrafted and made with love in the United States, and 5% of profits are donated to environmental causes. Morgan uses sustainable fabrics and strives to apply green and socially responsible principles to all aspects of her business. Her designs are elegant, beautiful, luxurious and Green!

Now that is chic and eco friendly!

eco friendly lingerie

Looking for knickers with a small carbon footprint?

Luva Huva produces eco-friendly  garments in the United Kingdom that are utterly adorable. Each knicker is hand made with bows, frills and sometimes buttons to make a very special and unique pair of knickers.

Perfect for your wedding day. Luva Huva’s method of production minimizes environmental impact and I work as ecologically as possible. Luva Huva’s use a variety of end of line fabrics, remnants and cut-offs that would otherwise go to waste. All the materials are sourced locally and every garment is handmade in the UK by Luva Huva, meaning their knickers have a small carbon footprint. Consequently they are not only beautiful but also ethically sound.

eco friendly wedding invites

i-do-it-yourself.com is one of our favorite web sites for all things DIY. You definitely have to stop by and visit their post on Lauren and Andrew’s DIY wedding. These green invites are the pride and joy of Lauren and Andrew’s DIY wedding efforts. They created these chipboard invitation wheels to give guests a creative way to get all their information in an heirloom keepsake format.

They are made from two circles of untreated, recycled chipboard die cut and letter pressed to look like an old planting wheel with redwood rings on it.

eco friendly wedding ideas

Above are a few earth friendly options for your eco conscience wedding. All products are listed left to right.

1. These rustic stakes would make perfect aisle runners for your eco friendly wedding. Fill them with your favorite summer wildflowers or your favorite exotic stems from the local market. Handcrafted in the Philippines. 50″ tall. Set of four is $48 and can be bought, At West End.

2. Plant your favorite herbs or small plants and gently wrap a burlap sac around the plant and use as a wedding favor or escort card.

3. Christian Louboutin is very focused on renewable resource for Spring, which is clearly evident in these gorgeous cork pumps. They are quite expensive around $750 and $695 for the sling back. But well worth every penny.

4. Do you love the tree trunk with the succulent in it? I do it, is simple yet has a sleek and elegant design. Made by Takashimaya.

5. These 18K gold Vermeil band rings are delicately wrapped in hand-printed Japanese papers under a thin layer of resin, and accented with a small square of organic ground ginger in resin made by our favorite blue poppy jewelry.

morgan boszilkov wedding dresses

We want to leave you with more Morgan Boszilkov’s new line of eco friendly designer wedding gowns.

diy fake mustaches

Ashely Rose Photography was so sweet to share her crafty little DIY project with us. Lips & Mustaches on a Stick. Perfect for a wedding favor and incredibly cute for a little prop at your engagement shoot or wedding.

Make your own Lips & Mustaches on a Stick and  poof you have cute props for your photo booth/ or photo shoot!

fake mustache diy

Supplies

1. $1.99Clay (I prefer Sculpty, but SIMO is good too)
2. $1.99 Wooden craft sticks (pack of 20)
3. Toothpick
4. Hot Glue Gun
5. Pyrex Dish

Once you decide on the color of clay you want for your lips or mustaches buy enough for how many you would like.
1 lil block of clay made me= 4 lips / 3 mustaches
So I bought accordingly

Ashley Rose

Lips:
1. roll clay into a ball
2. Flatten ball on a hard surface (I actually just used a paper plate)
3. Pinch the sides of the “now flatten” ball, so it becomes more of a pinched circle
4. Now started pushing the top part of the clay downward to make the lip peak
5. It kind of starts to resembled a heart. Now elongate the heart a bit more to create the look of a lip.
6. Take your tooth pick and create the “smile” line in your lips now!

You will definitely see the smile line in photographs, so it’s the perfect touch to make it look like lips!

mustaches diy tutorial

fake mustaches

Do-It-Yourself Mustaches
1. roll clay into a 2 balls
2. Flatten out balls on a hard surface (used a paper plate again)
3. Now you have 2 round flat circles
4. Pinch them together and pinch the ends of them as well
5. It will semi resemble a bow tie ;)
6. Then go ahead and create the “hair” lines in the clay for the finish touch

mustaches diy tutorial

Once you have made more lips/mustaches place in a large glass Pyrex dish

Preheat over to:  275 degrees
Bake clay for: 13 minutes
Let clay cool

Now just glue the wooden craft sticks to the back of your clay lips/mustaches. For mine I like the look of the stick being off to the side (kind of like a mask) So I positioned mine a little to the left! And poof you have cute props for your photo booth/ or photo shoot!

ashley rose photography

1940's retro shoot

Kelly Hornberger shared with us Shannon and Brian’s Texas engagement shoot. who met way back in their high school years. Shannon totally had her eye on Brian and hook, line and snagged her man. Now they are in college and planning their wedding. Which, will be at a retro movie theater in Downtown Houston in the summer, bringing their entire theme together!

Here is how they made the shoot happen:

Location: They accidentally took pics in front of a prison metal garage door, which they got in trouble for. But, obviously  the big metal gray door was just way too “Al Capone” to pass up. They actually stumbled upon a broken down vintage Jaguar and used it to pose with. Her ring has a sapphire in the center, because it is her favorite stone.

Wardrobe: Shannon wore sweet and lovely dresses,  courtesy of Anthropologie, vintage gloves and a cute hat. Brian wore a  a basic suit, striped tie and black fedora from Target. Because they love them some Frank Sinatra.

Props: The bird statuette will be their cake topper on the wedding day. The colors of the balloons symbolic of their upcoming wedding colors.

retro engagement shoot

retro engagement shoot

retro engagement shoot

retro engagement shoot

1940s retro shoot

vintage gloves

ruby engagement ring

retro engagement shoot


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