hammermann: antique spoon wedding table numbers (and garden gifts!)

{ 9 antique spoon garden markers set }

ok. here's a *great* idea for centerpieces -- herbs with table markers that can be reused in your garden after the wedding, or given with the plants as a take-home for your local friends.

omar wrote back in june, and i'm just now exploring his shop, which also has vintage mason jars for those interested -- i just love the reuse of antique spoons. you can also have them custom-stamped with your own words. grand.




more at hammermann.etsy.com

to have and to... please hold...

 



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apologies for my disappearance. {please hold while i connect your blog} --

i have been (in order):
birthdaying
multimedia-encoding
tax-figuring
oh-no-ing
magazine shipping
tax-extension-filing
not sleeping
sleeping
poem-rescuing
more magazine shipping


i have a good number of emails to get back to, thank you for your patience! and the bonzie winner to announce, i know!

more soon.

in the meantime, enjoy this poetry feature i've been working on every day this month:
Stanley Kunitz, "King of the River"
(see also the lovely introduction by David Barber)

i'm late, i'm late: etsy clock sampler

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sorry all, we're sending two issues to press at once at my day job.
posting will be light this week.

in the meantime, you could... enter the giveaway below, or peruse its comments for some lovely readings :)

also, miss Telesto, if you're reading please contact me at etsywedding (at) gmail. thanks all!

mailbag: cozyblue, unusually fine photos, etc.

{ custom heart tree pillow by cozyblue }

liz of cozyblue writes with a sweet idea for a wedding or anniversary gift -- the screenprinted/custom-embroidered tree pillow ("also available as wall art, for those with juice-dribbling kiddos or animals who like to claw"). or, for your friends growing families, the adorable custom family tree. thanks for writing, liz!

{ cozyblue }

also clever:

• three recent columbia grads started a company called chocomize.com, where you can custom-design your own chocolate bars as favors or whatnot. i like their story.
  

contests:

• max and margaret of unusually fine photography wrote with an unusually charming invite for new york couples to enter their free wedding-day photography contest by march 12. check out their fun portfolio.
  

• oxo is still flacking their free giveaway contest, happening each week. nothing wrong with free! acloserlookatoxo.com

not to be NYC-centric, here's a"food-and-drink-themed bridal event" march 11 at the astor center, eat drink be married.

etsy crush: vintage bakelite bangles

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something old! bakelite bracelets -- i had no idea they were collectibles. you could split up a set as fun bridal party gifts.

tortoiselovesdonkey: green (literally!) wedding favors

{ my little valentine terrarium }

good lord, would you look at the tiny plant. talk about a cool, interesting favor or placecard or whatnot. you can customize the tag and get an air or "dirt" plant in the teensy terrarium.

plus i'm in love with the other stylish options in test tubes and pyrex and concrete.





more at tortoiselovesdonkey.etsy.com.

50th: golden wedding anniversary gifts

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my stepfather's parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this weekend -- 50! years! -- and i've been trying for several weeks to think of a gift. originally we thought to hire a photographer to come and take a great family shot, but then we found out they don't want a big fuss and want the party to be very low key. we're taking them to fancy dinner the day after the party, but what does one give a couple who has been together for so long, travels frequently, and is not lacking for much? what would be meaningful to commemorate 50 years?

maybe... a cd with top 10 hits from the year they got married -- 1959! -- or something with "gold" in the name that isn't a gold-rimmed plate or picture frame... and we don't have vintage photos, so photo/slideshow is out. any ideas?