Lightbulb Terrariums

A neat little Instructable post from arte.sano with details and links on how to build various lightbulb terrariums and vases. I'm exploring alternative place cards for my wedding and planters for the Juliane James Place grounds and came upon this link.

                                                              Source: instructables.com via Alyson on Pinterest

Ideas for use include:

• v. dangerous but highly stylish mobile for over crib
• hanging from above during a nature/sciencey wedding
• place cards for a party via a cool apothecary-inspired label
• gifts for Everyone you know
• craft project for kids old enough to know to walk away from and not touch broken glass

Any additional ideas for lightbulb terrariums?

Marriage

Unknown Source of poster.  Posted by Olympic swimmer Matthew Mitcham's Facebook.

Pinterest

I have been posting a few pins from Pinterest lately without explaining how Fantastic it is!  Pinterest is a great way to catalog images and then easily upload them to your blog for further commenting.  It's a much faster way to comment on all the lovelies you interact with through you wedding searches.  For those getting married it is a Must.  You can put together your inspirations for floral, dresses, rings, you name it into their own boards.  Tons of create people are pinning their inspirations too, including a myriad of wedding professionals.  You can easily repin their pins and the source comes right along automatically.  It's like magic!

Check out my Pinterest here.  I'm still new to it so check back often to see new boards and to see new additions as I fill up the boards.

Living Wedding Decor

My amazing wedding planner Laura Mullen, of Laura Mullen Event Design pinned this image on her Pinterest recently and I just had to hunt down a few similar structures that this would work with and brainstorm on how something so lovely could fit into a wedding.

Source: poppytalk.blogspot.com via Laura on Pinterest

I think that this (potentially edible) decor could be amazing for flanking the sides of a ceremony area.  A couple could purchase or make the structures and put them on either side of the ceremony space.  Scooping up an old book or hardware store display unit on Craigslist might work well.  Keywords to use while searching could include: bookstore, "book store", book display, store display, hardware store, mercantile...and other suggestions?

I'm thinking it could be a mini and moveable version of this fantastic living wall installation at the Smog Shoppe in Culver City, CA:

Image from Sitting in a Tree Events

I've seen this wall in various blog postings about weddings at the Smog Shoppe and never realized until just now that they might just have happened to use the same Woolly Pockets detailed in the last issue of ReadyMade magazine.  The article in the last issue of ReadyMade is about how to construct a taller, privacy fence on top of an existing fence but it hits on how great they are.  And Oh Joy! has this lovely compilation  of Woolly Pockets images just ready for the reposting here.  I'm going to do some brainstorming on ways to use Wooly Pockets in weddings for a future post.

Potion Signature Drinks

How AMAZING would it be to serve your guests your signature drink it little potion bottles like this, but bigger.

When I was exploring using different bottles for favors and how to get our response cards sent back to us as objects not in envelopes, I came upon these 8.5 oz. corked bottles from Specialty Bottle Co. that would be Perfect for using for a potion signature drink.  They cost about twice as much as a rental would for glasses but add a flair that makes it worth it.  Plus these would easily keep their value and could be resold on eBay or Craigslist.  Or you could go in with other brides to purchase them. 

These fabric sticky tags from local Minnesota Etsy store KawaiiGoodies could be customized to run the height of the bottle with your initials on it.  Or you could get some of these great tags from Kibbles on Artfire that I used for our Save the Dates (in a larger version) and custom stamp your own wording on them.  You can purchase different font alphabet stamp kits here at Jo-Ann Fabrics, Michaels, and Etsy.

Source: justbesplendid.tumblr.com via Alyson on Pinterest