etsy wedding giveaway: vintage french lace + floral fascinator from mignonne handmade

{vintage french lace + silk flower clip }

ooh la la! jenn of mignonne handmade is back from a trip to france, scouring for vintage finds to include in her lovely work, and she has graciously agreed to give one of her new creations to you!

here's how she describes it:

it's hand cut, hand pressed pinkish-brown silk flower with vintage details: the stamens are vintage french, found in a flea market in Geneva, Switzerland; the lace accent is a vintage find from Lyon, France; the leaf is a vintage millinery leaf from Japan. It is anchored with felt at the back and has a metal clip that can be fastened to clothes or hair. The flower is around 5" in diameter.

if you're in the phoenix area, jenn also works with real and handmade flowers for weddings, check out joliejourflowers.com. pics of her trip to France are on her blog joliejourflowers.blogspot.com, and joliejour.etsy.com,her other etsy shop, is a mix of flea market vintage finds and hand-crafted lovelies.

TO ENTER: comment on this post with either a favorite reading you're including in your wedding (or wish you could include!), a favorite quote about love, or another favorite from her shop mignonne handmade. no need to include your email address, i will find you!

giveaway ends next friday at midnight PDT. (yeah! daylight savings! woo.)

everyone who enters will receive a 5% discount on anything in her shop. enjoy!





more at mignonnehandmade.etsy.com

dos gardenias giveaway results + extra bonus from smittenxoxo

at long last! thank you all so much for sharing your photographers (and an epic number of comments!) in entering smittenxoxo's dos gardenias giveaway -- and congratulations to our random.org-chosen winner kalyn! send me a note [etsywedding (at) gmail] and we will connect.

and before you're disappointed, not-kalyn friends, there's more: leah of smittenxoxo is offering *free shipping* to everyone who entered the contest as her thanks to you! hooray.

so if you didn't win but have your eye on something else in her shop, include "etsywedding giveaway" and copy your comment/entry in the note to seller.

finally, as my thanks to you for a great giveaway and to leah for her generosity, i'd like to give a second dos gardenias prize (purchased by me!) -- this one to telesto, because of your first dance. it's a beautiful song (but wise to leave out that verse!) dos gardenias para ti, que tendrán todo el calor de un beso...

thank you all for reading. i'm thinking i'll put together a resources page with the photographers you recommended (and the websites from the office giveaway a while back!)

xoj

update: smittenxoxo dos gardenias giveaway

i neglected to give an end date to the smittenxoxo dos gardenias giveaway! thank you for the huge response -- i think a near-record for comments so far.

please have entries in (by commenting on the original post) by midnight pacific time sunday, feb. 28.

(i have had ibrahim ferrer in my head since posting this, by the way.)

mailbag: cozyblue, unusually fine photos, etc.

{ custom heart tree pillow by cozyblue }

liz of cozyblue writes with a sweet idea for a wedding or anniversary gift -- the screenprinted/custom-embroidered tree pillow ("also available as wall art, for those with juice-dribbling kiddos or animals who like to claw"). or, for your friends growing families, the adorable custom family tree. thanks for writing, liz!

{ cozyblue }

also clever:

• three recent columbia grads started a company called chocomize.com, where you can custom-design your own chocolate bars as favors or whatnot. i like their story.
  

contests:

• max and margaret of unusually fine photography wrote with an unusually charming invite for new york couples to enter their free wedding-day photography contest by march 12. check out their fun portfolio.
  

• oxo is still flacking their free giveaway contest, happening each week. nothing wrong with free! acloserlookatoxo.com

not to be NYC-centric, here's a"food-and-drink-themed bridal event" march 11 at the astor center, eat drink be married.

thank you! mac office 2008 giveaway results

{ each photo links to its shop }

huge thanks to everyone who took the time to enter the microsoft office giveaway -- you went way above and beyond. i am still getting through all the links you suggested, and hope to compile a "readers choice" post based on your picks and tips. see the comments for scads of wedding resources for beginners, plus a los angeles love's helpful post on starting your wedding planning, i recommend!

i wish i had 30 of these to gift: the random number i pulled matched conmigo's comment. congratulations, lady, get in touch and i'll get your new software to you: etsywedding (at) gmail.

last day! enter the office 2008 for the mac DIY giveaway

{ snow white's revenge vinyl decal sticker by diascographics }

if you have a mac or love someone who does, today's the last day to enter the microsoft office 2008 giveaway -- your very own brand new copy of office 2008 for the mac, plus a packet of tips on DIY wedding projects -- save-the-dates, budget, invites, programs... the odds are good.

if you're a PC but just getting started on planning your wedding, check out the comments for links, resources, + reader favorites.

see the original post for details and to enter! giveaway ends 11:59pm PST today. winner will be chosen at random and announced friday.

{thanks so much to ALL of the commenters so far for taking time to share their stories!}
:)j

Free Wedding Phototgraphy!

Kat from Rock n' Roll Bride is hosting a free wedding photography contest by Love Me Do! Oh how I wish I were getting married again so I could enter! anyhoo, get over to Rock n' Roll Bride and enter!!