Woot! :: evapaul is having a sale!

One of my new favorite invitation designers and a t&h blog sponsor, evapaul, is having a very generous sale for all the blog readers! You want to know the details, right? Well...
15% off your entire order (excluding shipping- must meet minimum order requirements and cannot be combined with any other offers)
just mention the coupon code: BLOG before we set up your deposit.
Deposit must be paid before March 1st at 12 pm MST.

Get your deposit paid ASAP. This is such a great offer!
Evapaul is a cute husband and wife team of Nic and Kirsten. Their designs are uber stylish and modern and they are the sweetest to work with. Stop by their store and snatch up a good deal!

Gwen

Lola

Take the hassle out of designing wedding invitations and order a set of evapaul designs!

New Sponsor :: evapaul

I'm very excited to introduce you to a lovely new Twigs & Honey blog sponsor, evapaul. They are a husband and wife design team, parents to 1-year-old daphne. Nic and Kirsten have been designing invitations for the past 2.5 years and have designed for over 300 brides. I think their designs are so refreshing and modern... perfect for a no-fuss bride/groom! Additionally, they are super sweet. Visit their etsy shop HERE or their blog HERE. From Nic & Kirsten:

we love photography, modern design and architecture and music.

nic loves photography, vintage amps and black licorice ice cream.

kirsten loves looking at blogs, being a mom [daphne, age 1] and making everything in her life as cute as humanly possible. [things like recipes and filing systems- the important things]

nic is from idaho. he likes it in the summer, not the winter.

kirsten is from colorado. she loves it all the time and talks about it way too often.

nic only likes to work on the couch.

kirsten is almost always found in front of her iMac or at a thrift store.

nic loves playing tackle with daphne.

kirsten likes to pick out daph’s outfits.

nic loves learning about lenses, flashes, guitars and amps.

kirsten likes to look up houses to one day buy.

we both love fruit snacks, our 1979 VW camper, our baby, the real housewives (especially NYC), going out to eat, , san francisco, , reading magazines, staying up till 2 am (we don’t love this, but we do it almost every night anyway), denver, weddings, photography and our family/friends.

So cute and unique! Welcome, evapaul!

I Fly Like Paper

I've talked about wanting to learn how to fly an airplane, but there's actually one type of plane I can already glide across the sky-- the kind with wings made of paper. While folding a paper plane takes some skill, sending a well-made one soaring across a room requires little or no training. The flights may not always be long nor the landings always pretty, but watching the thin paper momentarily suspended in air always seems just a bit magical.

cr photography

Mad Cat Press

diffractionFIBER

bespoke uprising

theMix

"Fly Over" Oil on Canvas by Joe Concra- Donzella Ltd via 1stdibs

Now Boarding

I am completely taken with these vintage airplane boarding passes and luggage tags found at Great Scott Vintage. I love the colors, the fonts, and that they appear to be interesting and unique reminders of the companies they represented, indications of a different era in passenger flight and a stark contrast to the often bland bar-coded or print-at-home boarding passes of today.

Here, here, and here.

DIY Wedding Crafts Contest with Martha Stewart Weddings :: Vote now

FYI
The DIY Wedding Crafts Contest with Martha Stewart Weddings and Etsy is going on right now and voting goes from today until September 21st. You can see my entry HERE. Enjoy!!

Click HERE to vote.
Photo credits: Elizabeth Messina

Let's Dance

The ballerina inside me, although now dormant for many years, is still enamored with all things ballet, including these skirts that echo of tights and toe shoes.

I rather wish this toddler-sized skirt, by Dove Tree, came in an adult version!

Ouma

Haute Hippie

Ouma

Rachel Papo

* Has anyone else been having problems with blogger or gmail? I don't know which application is at fault, but I realized for the last two weeks I have not been receiving all the comments left here in my inbox. Just curious if anyone else been having problems!

Perfectly Paired :: New series

I just listed the first of a new series of listings on Etsy. I'm trying to get more "ready to ship" pieces up in the shop and thought to create some special bargains while I was at it. Good for you! :)
As I find time, I'll list "perfectly paired" pieces in single listings on Etsy that are ready made and discounted as a set. It's great for last minute brides and ladies... or maybe even guys looking for a last minute gift for a special someone.
Here's to the first pair. Vida + Blossom: soft, ethereal, and romantic

View the lovely pair HERE.

Rise and Shine Necklace :: Spotted!

I just happened to visit the Etsy FrontPage this morning and saw a flash of something that looked familiar. It didn't totally click in my head at first and then I realized it was the Rise and Shine Necklace. Remember I originally designed it for my sister?

Fun stuff.

At Home with Blue & White

In E's and my home, I found myself selecting green as an accent color in many of the rooms, but my mom has always been a blue and white lady. Perhaps because it reminds me of her and of home, I find myself drawn to and comforted by rooms that utilize blue and white in their color schemes.

Annie Schlechter

Max and Company- Phoebe Howard

More and more, I consider incorporating this palette in our next house, and if I were to do so, all of the following options are items I could use to introduce the color combination into a room.

Erica Burns Designs

L- Pieces. R- Thomas Paul.

Vazquez via Emilia Ceramics


L to R- Crate & Barrel, Crate & Barrel, Anthropologie.


Madeline Weinrib


L- PB Teen. R- Madeline Weinrib.

New piece in the Etsy shop :: Softness

Light and airy... soft and whimsical...

Softness

Beyond the Sea

I've been completely infatuated with the color palette of seafoam mixed with hints of gold and champagne in recent months, and these images by Amy Neunsinger capture the beauty of this scheme perfectly.






Simply staring at this colorway seems refreshing, leading me to believe the palette is ideally suited for summer fashion!

L: swampYankee. R: Gerard Yosca.


Bridges


Metalheart Design


L: Deux Lux. R: J.Crew.


Newport News


L: Herve Leger. R: Nanette Lepore.

Not surprisingly, as the popularity of seafoam reaches back to previous decades, there are a number of pieces available in this shade through the vintage shops on Etsy.

L: Faithfull Vintage. R: Auld Revolutionary.

Stay tuned because there is still more seafoam and gold to come!