Don’t get me wrong, I love celebrating holidays. Halloween is just a weird/scary/creepy holiday, in my opinion. I have always been a bit creeped out that people want to celebrate all things evil/dark/dead by making scary decorations, putting on freaky costumes. That’s just not for me. I do love pumpkins and the rich colors of Autumn however and so here are some decoration ideas I love for Halloween (and no, I am not that person who turns off all my lights and doesn’t put candy out and I DO like cute/silly costumes)…
I have made the glittered pumpkins (right) for a couple of years now and they are really lovely (and easy). I use a more subtle neutral colored glitter – so pretty. I also love the colored baby pumpkins on the covered cake stands. Such a sophisticated look.
I recently ran across this pumpkin idea in Country Living: covering a pumpkin with wallpaper, paper or fabric. I love this idea especially because the toile pumpkin (love!) is faux, so you can use it year after year (love that!). I love vintage type and imagery; what a great use for your vintage thrift store books!
…and of course my favorite item to make a house feel homey… a wreath! The wreath on the left is up in my shop. I made it from a vintage Gray’s Anatomy book and hug it from a silky black ribbon – I love it! (…way better then a hanging skeleton!) I also ran across this wreath made of candy – so adorable and very apropo for tricker-or-treaters.
I am so excited to share these vintage, rustic inspired custom wedding invitations with you all today! I so so so enjoyed working on these adorable invites. The bride was a dream to work with and was so clear in her vision for a sweet, vintage, rustic inspired wedding. I love the finished product!
These invitations, RSVP cards and information cards were printed on a beautiful, off white, textured, felted paper. The envelope is made from recycled brown paper bags and the RSVP envelope is a beautiful sage green.
I love the bride and groom’s earthy color palette. The soft peach, sage green and browns are beautiful together and make for a unique invite! I also love how perfectly my favy King and Queen Love stamps from the post office look with the color palette… hint hint…don’t skimp on stamps! They are an IMPORTANT part of your invite set (why go to all that trouble to design beautiful invites, just to stick a boring stamp on them?!). If you can’t find what you are looking for design your own custom ones!
Want to dream up some beautiful custom invites of your own? Contact me and let’s talk!
Right now I am obsessed with prize ribbons. I wish in the end I would have used them as boutonnieres at our wedding (I made something else instead look for posts on our wedding coming in May, our 1 year anniversary!). Prize ribbons are so sweet and vintage. I love the idea of using them on everything from gift wrapping to sweet little name tags for wedding party members. So many uses. I especially died when I ran across the invitation ribbon. What a splendid idea, I love!! I am currently searching up for some vintage ones to make a little ribbon bunting out of. I have been making them myself lately as well, they are adorable. Look for them in my new and improved, redone Etsy store, which is coming soon!
