If you’re looking for a little touch of decorative charm for your wedding, I just don’t think it gets any better than baker’s twine. It creates instant nostalgia for warm sugary goodness straight from the local bakery, has a charming vintage sensibility, and makes me smile just looking at it. I honestly want to tie it around everything! It’s amazing that something so small and simple can exude such personality! Here are some images I found of creative ways to use it…
Bottom image, First and second rows: Red and white baker’s twine wrapped around a letter press cookie box- an adorable take home wedding favor! Thank you gifts for your wedding party simply wrapped in baker’s twine- custom letterpress notecard set or a letterpress thank you note tied to the top of a box of treats, all from the talented Simple Song Designs on Etsy.com
Third row: Balloons tied with baker’s twine as a table centerpiece designed by Chelsea Fuss of Frolic via OnceWed.com Hand made tea bags tied with black and white twine for your wedding guests to take home from MarthaStewart.com
Fourth row: Little favor boxes with hear shaped cut-outs, neatly tied up from Bake It Pretty Paper bag wedding favors strung on baker’s twine to create a decorative garland from MarthaStewart.com
Fifth row: A two pound cone of baker’s twine (a lifetime supply!) from WeSellCoffee.com, available in red and white, blue and white, green and white, or brown and white A white cake box tied in twine and a pretty gift tag from Bliss Weddings Market
Sixth row: Pretty photo of black and white twine by photographer Whitney Deal
Bottom row: Faux bois gift tags tied with brown baker’s twine from Birdhaven on Etsy.com
To celebrate your wedding, your friends and family will shower you with their good intentions. Theyll give you presents, throw parties in your honor, and share their time and talents with you. Be sure that youre doing your part in return by sending thoughtful thank you notes that come from the heart! Thank you notes are the last impression that guests will have of your wedding, so their importance cannot be overemphasized. To really give them a personal touch consider having custom cards printed with your new married name, your monogram, or your two first names together. I love these personalized note cards from Silhouette Blue on Etsy.com. I ordered some for my Mom and Nana as Christmas gifts, and the products, as well as the customer service, were outstanding. The cards are small, glossy and delicately designed, the perfect personal statement for a simple and meaningful thank you!
Here are a few handy tips to keep in mind as you start receiving all those fabulous gifts!
Send a handwritten thank-you note to each and every person who gives you something of value and be sure to mention the specific gift or contribution and why you appreciate it.
Dont worry if your handwriting is less than perfect. As long as its legible, its the effort that counts.
Try to send thank you notes out within 3 weeks of receiving your gift, and dont listen to people who say you have up to a year to reply. Three months should really be the maximum time allowed.
Keep an on-going gratitude list with your fiance and schedule time every couple of weeks to write and send out your thank you notes together. Make it a fun date night and set up special drinks, snacks, or favorite music to enjoy while you write.
For people who go the extra mile to show their support, look for thoughtful gifts and creative ways to say thanks. Bake some cookies or make dinner for a person who gave you nice things for your kitchen. Give a spa gift certificate to someone who did ton of set up or clean up during your event.
Resist the temptation to take your thank-you notes with you on your honeymoon. There will be time to send them when you get back!
Today’s Real Wedding of Selome and Abiy comes to us from John and Joseph Photography, and is so full of life, love, excitement and community I could hardly narrow the photos down! This gorgeous couple met through mutual friends in Addis Ababa on New Year’s Eve 2004, and soon after that Selome knew that Abiy was the one!
Their goal was to plan a wedding that included their huge groups of friends and family, and really make everyone feel involved. Because they had so many events throughout their wedding weekend, including a traditional Ethiopian ceremony and reception the day after this one, it was the perfect opportunity to include everyone in the planning duties. Aunts, uncles and parents formed a wedding committee that met regularly and delegated many responsibilities, and Selome’s mother and Godfather Danny acted as the main wedding coordinators. It was truly a family affair!
The wedding day started with Selome and Abiy each getting ready with their friends, and then as Ethiopian tradition states, Abiy, his groomsmen and his family arrived to pick up Selome from her parent’s house where everyone was celebrating with dances and songs. According to Selome, “It was so much fun because the tradition is that my family is supposed to give his groomsmen a hard time and try to make them earn the right for the groom to enter into my house. Everyone sings traditional Ethiopian wedding songs, it is chaotic, loud and so much fun!” Love it!
The wedding ceremony was a traditional Ethiopian Orthodox ceremony held at St. Gebrie churchl in Seattle. With all the activity of the day, Selome and Abiy cherished their romantic moments alone together as they rode in a vintage Rolls Royce on the way to and from the church. “When we entered, the church choir was singing and it was a celebration. It was important to us to have the traditional blessings of our marriage in our church. Part of this ceremony includes the beautiful hand embroidered, gold encrusted crowns and capes that signify the meaning of marriage and how it is a special covenant before God. Also, it was in the Amharic language so we provided programs with English translations so our guests could follow along.”
After the ceremony the wedding party took time for fun photos at Hamilton View Point Park and the Olympic Sculpture Park, and then arrived in style at the reception at the Waterfront Marriott Downtown Seattle. Selome chose orange, gold and cream with touches of chocolate brown as their wedding color palette, and she loved how vibrant and tropical the orange color looked on all the bridesmaids with their beautiful skin tones. Selome carried a white and cream bouquet and the bridesmaids flowers were orange and cream. For the décor she wanted a very clean look, so she chose all white and cream for the linens, table flowers, and backdrops. Orange was used as a minor accent on the cake table, in some of the floral arrangements, and in the the up lights, spotlights and the monogram on the dance floor. Beautiful! Selome’s mother and aunt made homemade Ethiopian honey wine as favors for all 600 of their guests, and everyone danced until well after 3am! The night ended in a sentimental and meaningful tradition, with Selome and Abiy kissing goodbye all of their family elders one by one as they stood in a line. “It is almost like a rite of passage where we are leaving them to start a new life together,” said Selome.As you can imagine, everyone was in tears! What a perfect way to end the night.
Thank you Selome and Abiy for sharing such a spectacular and sweet event with all of us! For more information on this wedding and the professionals who helped make it happen, please visit our Real Weddings section!
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