WEDDING BLOG

Your wedding planning months are a time in your life when you’re going to be surrounded by beautiful products and design, so embrace the opportunity to celebrate your new phase in life with these fun, creative items. We love anything with a personal touch, so we’ve put together a group of giveaway prizes that will help you have just that. One lucky Junebug winner will soon be taking home:

– 25 Foil Stamped and Letterpressed Enclosure Notes from Haute Papier

– A Custom Address, Personal or Holiday Stamp from Paperwink

– A Custom Oil Painting From One of Your Wedding Photos by Julia Hou

Read on to learn more about each item, and to enter to win just leave us a comment here telling us what creative projects you’re planning to make or purchase for your wedding. We’ll accept entries all week long, and choose our winner randomly next Monday, December 19th, 2011.

Haute Papier’s bold and beautiful letterpress enclosure notes may be small but they pack a big punch. You can use them as gift cards, thank you notes, wedding escort cards and more, and with the incredible array of personalized designs they can be ordered in you’ll want to use them for just about everything! We love the monogrammed options as well as the “signature” stationery option (letterpressed with your own signature!), and those envelope liner are to-die-for! To get our winner started with a set of their own, Haute Papier owners Sarah and Erin are giving our winner the set of 25 adorable red enclosure notes letterpressed with “xo” seen above! So sweet!

After discovering the products of Paperwink earlier this year, I’ve been obsessed with their custom address and personal stamps. Each and every stamp design Paperwink offers is so delightful that they would bring a little thrill to the most every day activities (really, who couldn’t use a little more excitement when mailing out the bills?) Paperwink also offers wonderful invitations, address labels, notebooks and accessories, but custom stamps are close to their hearts, so they’re generously giving our Junebug winner the custom address, personal or holiday stamp of their choice. Thanks Paperwink!

Artist Julia Hou creates custom oil paintings that are not your traditional portraits! Using one of your wedding photos she will interpret your image in the most modern way, inside the letter of your choice. It’s like combining a monogram and portrait into one! Each piece is absolutely one-of-a-kind, and painted on an 8″ by 8″ gallery wrapped heavy duty canvas board, ready to display. I’m thrilled that Julia is giving a custom painting to the winner of this giveaway – what a treasure for your home.

Thanks for entering to win everyone! And don’t forget to enter yesterday’s Groomsmen’s Gifts Giveaway, Tuesday’s Bridesmaids’ Gifts Giveaway, Monday’s huge Bridal Fashion Giveaway, and all the photography related giveaways going on over on Photobug!

Continuing with yesterday’s theme of gifts for your gals, today we have a giveaway full of gifts for your guys! No doubt your groomsmen play a huge roll in your life as well as in your wedding, so we found some fantastic and creative thank you gifts to show them your appreciation. One lucky Junebug winner will soon receive:

– A Muehle Safety Razor and Valobra Shaving Soaps from Kaufmann Mercantile

– A Handmade, Monogrammed Leather Wallet from Waskerd

– Custom Map Cuff Links from Tomato Made

Read on to learn more about each item, and to enter to win just leave us a comment here telling us what you love about the men in your wedding party and your ideas for showing them your gratitude. We’ll accept entries all week long, and choose our winner randomly next Monday, December 19th, 2011. Let’s hear it for the boys!

If the groomsmen in your life are connoisseurs of old-fashioned, handmade, high-quality craftsmanship and design, then take a look at all the incredible gift possibilities at Kaufmann Mercantile! This Brooklyn based Men’s accessory shop is dedicated to bringing its customers a thoughtful selection of products that last a lifetime, and today they’re giving our lucky Junebug winner a sophisticated shaving set of a Muehle Safety Razor and Valobra Shaving Soaps. Nice! Like adding a little bit of Mad Men style to your grooming routine.

Designer Derek Shaw from Waskerd is passionate about making the highest quality leather wallets, with the highest quality tools and materials, with his own two talented hands, and we love the results. Each wallet is one of a kind and made to help you keep things simple and de-clutter your life. Derek loves working with wedding parties too, so Waskerd offers a free wallet for the groom when he purchases one for all his groomsmen, and you can even get them monogrammed with your groomsmen’s initials! And today Waskered is generous giving our Junebug winner the wallet of their choice from waskerd.com, complete with custom monogram. Thanks Derek!

Got a group of guys spread out around the country, or buddies who love to travel? These super fun custom made map cuff links by Beth Holloway from Tomato-Made are the perfect gift for globe trotting pals. They’re made with a vintage map of the location of your choice, set in sterling silver and preserved under a dome of glossy resin.Grooms, groomsmen, fathers and grandfathers, who wouldn’t love this fun fashion accessory? Thanks to Tomato-Made, our giveaway winner will get to try them out for themselves!

Thanks for entering to win everyone! And don’t forget to enter yesterday’s Bridesmaids’ Gifts Giveaway, Monday’s huge Bridal Fashion Giveaway, and all the photography related giveaways going on over on Photobug!

It’s day two of our Holiday Giveaway Week, and today we’re all about honoring your bridesmaids. These are the women who know you, love you, and stand by you through thick and thin, as well as at the altar on your big, big day. Don’t you think they deserve an awesome thank you for being such great friends? We sure do, so we put together a fabulous little collection of gifts that any woman would love:

– A Full Size Candle and Diffuser from Monique Lhuillier’s new Home Fragrance Collection

– A $100 Gift Certificate to Rent the Runway

– Your Choice of Any Ring from Peachtree Lane

Read on to learn more about each item, and to enter to win just leave us a comment here telling us about why you love your bridesmaids, and the ideas you have for showing them your gratitude. We’ll accept entries all week long, and choose our winner randomly next Monday, December 19th, 2011.

I’m a connoisseur of luxurious candles to burn at home, so I’ll admit I’m not easily impressed, but when I recently received a candle from the new Home Fragrance Collection by Monique Lhuillier, I was wowed! From the absolutely gorgeous packaging the the delicate fragrance inside, I had no doubt that a new favorite had been found! Today’s lucky Junebug winner will be receiving a full sized candle and diffuser in Pink Peony by Monique Lhuillier, which would make an incredible thank you or holiday gift to any woman in your life. The collection is so new that it’s not yet available online, but to order you can call the Los Angeles (323-655-1088) or Edina, MN (612-929-0747) Monique Lhuillier flagship salons and they’ll ship to where ever you are.

Do you have girlfriends who are into fashion? Are they always after that perfect party dress or accessory for their next big event? Well look no further for a creative thank you gift than a gift certificate to Rent the Runway! Rent the Runway is a service that allows you to rent incredible high-end clothing and accessories for a tiny fraction of their purchase price, so it feels like your wardrobe budget just multiplied. If you’ve got a bridesmaid to thank who would love to get to shop through a boutique filled with dreamy designer pieces, check out Rent the Runway. Today’s winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to try it out!!

Texas based designer Rachel from Peachtree Lane creates whimsical rings and other pieces of jewelry that look as sweet as candy. Her nature-inspired cabochon rings are fun, affordable and just the right little thank you gifts for gals who love accessories. To share her lovely work with you, Rachel is offering our lucky winner your choice of any ring from the Peachtree Lane Esty shop! That’s right, you get to choose the flower shape and color you love best – thanks Rachel!

And thanks for entering to win readers! Don’t forget to enter yesterday’s huge Bridal Fashion Giveaway, and all the photography related giveaways going on over on Photobug!