Dog n' Bird Artful Wedding

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Dainty with a vintage tip, Queen Anne’s Lace grows from May to October. Stop along the road to harvest. Photo credit and food coloring tutorial via 5 Orange Potatoes. Tip: use flowers with 1/2 to 2/3 of the head’s blossoms open.

Fold 1000 paper cranes to practice patience. String birds together, use as name cards or cake decoration. “I do” it yourself has a wonderful tutorial and found these paper pattern downloads. Pic: Giles Edsall.

A pretty spin on the chalkboard trend for your table. Visit Flights of Fancy for the easy how-to and a free card template download in sage, plum or paprika.

Elegant, budget offering from Weddingchicks. So easy – personalize with colors, names and dates, they email you the file. The hummingbirds fit us, but you can choose tandem bikes, a winged key, seahorses, vintage flowers and more.

St. Patrick’s Day is this week; tutorials to bring a little luck to your wedding:

1. Free printable party circles (four cute designs)
2. Lucky bridal bouquet (crepe-paper clovers & sweet peas)
3. Guinness chocolate pudding (dessert bar addition)
4. Shamrock cupcake pops (adorable favors)

Reclaimed rustic and vintage pieces blanketed in flowers bring a quirky, vintage atmosphere to weddings. Image credit: One Love Photo.

Marry You Me’s exclusive garden stripes suite with invite, favor tags, table numbers, etc.  A stylish, free download for your wedding available in four modern color combos.

Fishing line makes the buds float in air. Harvest from a garden close to your heart and the look is free. Via mysweetandsaucy; photo credit: Meg Perotti.

Izzy Magazine is born into the world today, catering to passionate, intelligent, and fashion-conscious brides. Modern photos and great articles await – please show some support and flip through the premiere issue. I love the classic, retro, romantic and bombshell bride layout and the innovative bouquets.