Category — Paper Goods

How cute! Our favorite this week is this chalkboard art placemat! The maker of this fine piece actually hand letters using chalk, which is then scanned and printed to translate the look and texture of real chalk! Inspired!

Happily Ever After Chalkboard Art Placemats by Lily & Val

Our favorite this week is this adorable paper artichoke place setting! Loving the simplicity of the form + color! These would be great for the guests to take home with them as favors, too.

Paper Artichoke Place Settings by Imeon Design

Just can’t find the right envelopes or have a specific print you love? Solution! Make your own envelope liners! This incredibly easy diy project will be one that will come in handy over and over again! Gather your gals and have a fun wine + envelope liner party!

Follow the instructions here!

Swoon Alert! A white hand cut paper “The End,” inspired by the old movies, to adorn the back of your getaway car by Yes Ma’am Paper + Goods! Too cute!

Details here!

This week’s board is a delicious collection of hand lettered wedding stationery! It was hard to keep it in a small number to fit on just one board… beautiful delicate ink lines that are each unique to a person’s hand – amazing! Definitely a keeper for your wedding inspiration, pinners!

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Pins via Ginny Branch

Oh, my… our favorite for this week is this beautifully hand stamped wedding invitation suite! The trifecta of the kraft paper with black ink and white watercolor splashes – be still my heart.

Winter Wedding Invitation by EverAfterPapery

How pretty is this purple and peach wedding invitation suite? With the intricate pattern on the borders and the light shade of purple ink on white, I’m loving this romantic look! Take a look through the rest of the gallery for this wedding inspiration shoot here!

If your friend or family member is getting married and you’re throwing a bridal shower, it’s no surprise you want the day to be perfect. After all, the bride is likely so busy sending out save the dates, taste testing cakes, and planning out her ceremony that she hasn’t had a moment’s rest. So how can you make your friend’s shower extra special? By adding your personal touch to the décor. DIY is all the rage these days, and with a little creativity, you can transform a bridal shower from okay to ah-mazing!

Invites, Name Cards, and Favors

When it comes to the paper goods for your friend’s bridal shower, don’t go plain ol’ store-bought. While that could mean time spent purchasing supplies, stamping, and embellishing cardstock, it can also mean designing personalized bridal shower invitations online. It’s quick and convenient, and with hundreds of pre-designed templates, fonts, and colors to choose from, you can’t go wrong! For name cards, use the embellishments – everything from ribbons to buttons, jewels, and glitter – and bring your creative flair.
A few fun ways to create name cards that will double as favors include:

• Wrap a beautiful package of homemade cookies. Tie it with a ribbon and name tag with each guest’s name.

• Purchase colorful journals. Create embellished name labels and affix them to the front. Then, turn the journals on their side so they stand up.

• Gather enough Scrabble stands and letters. Use them to spell out each guest’s name. If you want to add extra flair, paint the stands in accent colors.

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 Table Décor

In addition to name cards and favors, you can spice up your bridal shower table décor with planted herb centerpieces. Attach several cards with recipes using that particular herb – for example, rosemary chicken or thyme-rubbed steaks. Or, add a twist to the classic vase. Find and create a bouquet of silk flowers, beads, and anything else that catches your eye. Another idea is to use the bride and groom’s engagement pictures as centerpieces – print them in black and white and place them in vintage frames for a fun effect.

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 Food & Drink

An essential part of any bridal shower is the food, but what if you could use the food to double as decorations? Cookies, cupcakes, homemade popsicles – all of it can be used to add color accents and lend to the mood of the shower. Place them on pretty white or silver trays, and create dimensions by including some flat trays and some tiered. Come up with other creative food displays, such as using glass jars for smaller snack items. And what’s creative food without fun drinks? Make a juice that matches the colors of the shower. Then, serve them in mason jars with decorative name tags and striped straws.

Guests will gush over your ingenuity! No matter the theme of your friend’s bridal shower, by adding your own personal touch to the décor, you’re sure to create a fun environment for the bride to be. And a huge bonus – seeing how much time and energy you put into planning and designing the perfect shower will make the bride feel extremely loved. And after all, isn’t that the whole point?

Author Bio: Heather Hewitt is a seasoned writer and guest author who enjoys connecting people with thoughtful products, services and ideas as they relate to crafting, photography, gift giving and personal expression.

These cute little paper hearts have flower seeds in them, making them eco-friendly! Cute confetti without having to worry about how to clean them up later? Yes, please!

Plantable Seed Paper Hearts Confetti by KaBloomz

This beautiful and elegant diy project allows you to consolidate the name cards and table numbers into one cute noise maker for each guest. Find the tutorial here.