Abby was kind enough to post my latest DIY wedding project up on Style Me Pretty yesterday! These DIY Wedding Bags are perfect for favors, bridal showers, or for a midnight snack for dancing guests, the sky’s the limit with a little imagination. Head on over for the full details and a link to the PDF.  Also come back here tomorrow for a coordinating wedding favor, you won’t want to miss it!

Today over on Style Me pretty Abby is sharing my latest DIY project on how to make inexpensive table centerpieces. With the help of a little paint and some flowers these miss-matched thrift store finds make for a bold and cheap focal point for a wedding or special event. Best part, once the wedding is over, you have loads of beautiful vases to give away as gifts and decorate your new home!

Anyhoo, exciting news! I’ve recently added two downloadable PDF templates to my Etsy shop: Twig & Thistle Store. First, by popular demand, I now have the Coat Check Tags available. Featured on Style Me Pretty, theses tags add the perfect detail to a wedding and a great way to add a bit of whimsey in the most unexpected place. Simply type in your names and wedding date, print and cut!

Second, the Sparkler cards are currently featured on Martha Stewart Weddings Online and both have also been featured on Style Me Pretty. Not just for weddings! Brighten up any event with these customizable Sparkler Cards. Great for New Years or random holiday cheer!

I offer both templates in 6 color ways and they are customizable so you can type in your own information then print and cut. The best part is that once you’ve downloaded the template it’s yours to keep and use again and again! I hope you’ll stop by and check it out. xoxo, Kathleen

The space was put together by Barbara Salzman of Hatch Creative to celebrate the coming season and all the events that will be hosted there. Photos by Karen Mordechai. Be sure to click on the links above to see the rest of this amazing series.

I am so impressed with what Katie of What Katie Does made for the Travelling Moleskine Project. Something about the embroidery and the paper together makes such a breathtaking combination and the colors she used are equally beautiful. I’m so inspired now thanks to her! I could see some pretty holiday cards in this style or an extra sweet Thank You.

You can see more picks from Katie’s project on Flickr and be sure to browse her blog for other amazing projects.

I’m still blushing from my mention in Bride & Bloom magazine this month, so you can only imagine my glee to recieve the latest issue of Memory Makers Magazine to find a whole page dedicated to the guest room gifts that I made for our wedding! It’s such an honor to to be included in this edition of DIY wedding projects. Thanks again to Abby of Style Me Pretty for listing my project as one of her favorites and providing this oppertunity. Pick up your copy of Memory Makers Magazine today, it’s chock full of great wedding & craft projects!

My love for Style Me Pretty and Elum are both well documented, so when I found out that Elum made business cards for SMP, my heart skipped a beat! These absolutely gorgeous pieces look like they were pressed into clouds. Now all I need to do is to convince her to send me one

Via Elum Blog

Images by me

I was day-dreaming of a vintage candy shop when I created these. This set includes four different patterns so that you can mix-and-match or just choose your favorite. Fill them with sweet treats and they make the perfect favor! Be sure to visit Style Me Pretty for the full post and to download the templates!

For some other exciting news, Abby is featured in this months edition of Bride & Bloom. The article is a behinds the scenes look at Abby’s life as a professional blogger. Being the huge fan that I am, I just had to have a copy of my own. I picked it up over the weekend and to my surprise I discovered that Twig & Thistle received a little shout-out as well!!!! At the end of the article is a section of Abby’s top 5 favorite things for weddings right now and she lists the DIY projects and favor boxes that I’m creating for her!

I’m completly honored to be included in her favorites list. A BIG thank you to Abby for the mention and congrats on her continued success! Be sure to pick up a copy of Bride & Bloom for yourself, it’s a stunning magazine and the article is fantastic.

Hello friends! My apologies for not posting yesterday, I took the day off to celebrate my husbands birthday. We ended up going to an amazing restaurant here in Seattle called How to Cook a Wolf. For you Seattleites I highly reccomned it. Yumm!

Anyhoo, back to T&T land! I spotted this AMZING wedding shoot on (my all time favorite blog) Style Me Pretty yesterday and I just couldn’t resist sharing some of the pics here. The details OH MY! Every last element has been thought through. It’s images like these that make me wish I could get married over and over again. Is that weird?! This was done by the talented Gloria of Gloria Wong Design and will be featured in the Fall / Winter 2009 issue of Brides Northern California due out September 1st.

Don’t miss a detail of this shoot! Be sure to check out all 5 parts to this feature on Style Me Pretty: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

It’s a day full of excitement; not only did I announce my new Target adventure but Abby has launched a new site design for Style Me Pretty! I’ve had a chance to browse around a bit and as usual it’s perfectly stunning! Love the new logo and format and the navigation bar at the top has some pretty sweet little details. Be sure to check out my all time favorite blog today and congratulate Abby on the new site!

To celebrate, Abby has posted the latest in the series of favor boxes that I created for Style Me Pretty. Measures 2.5″ x 2″ when folded and designed to fit a few truffles or a small favor. I’m really happy with how this one turned out and hope it can be put to good use. Click here to view the full post and download the template!

*This project happens to be included in Abby’s latest DIY contest so fingers crossed that I win! To vote for your favorite and see all the projects click here.

Click here to see my other Style Me Pretty contributions.

Click here to see my other Style Me Pretty contributions.

I will be the first to admit that I went a little crazy with all the little extras. But it’s what I love to do, and I had so much fun creating all the little details! Above are the guest room gifts we left for each of our guests in their hotel room. They contained a welcome note, hot cocoa packets, and homemade snowflake marshmallows.

I made coat check tags for guests when they arrived with perforated bottoms. The match books where also custom made by wrapping store bought matches and re-covered with my own design. And finally, sparkler holders in vellum sleeves for the send-off. The white cake with lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream frosting- YUMM! – was made by our dear friend Katie.

The Coat Check Tags and Sparkler Holders are now available for sale in my Etsy shop. And if you’d like to learn how to make the Guest Room Gifts, or the Match Books, I actually made tutorials for Style Me Pretty. Click on each of the links above for purchase information and/or complete instructions.

Tomorrow I’ll be sharing our wedding stationary suite!

More Pics after the break!

Because both of us come from large families and meals were a big part of our childhoods, we choose to have a family style dinner at two long tables. My mother in law graciously made both the mustard colored runners while vellum covered candle lit vases lined the center of the tables.

More to come later today!

In case you missed the first DIY project that I contributed you can see it here: DIY Lunch Bags

Abby has since asked me to be a contributing DIY editor on Style Me Pretty. I will be submitting projects on a monthly basis so check back for updates!Â

DIY Hot Cocoa and Marshmallows, DIY Custom Matchbooks, and DIY Custom Sparklers