• Wedding Birdcage for cards with DIY paper flowers.

    Mint and Pink Wedding Birdcage Cardholder

    My darling Brittany got married almost two months ago.  *sigh* I can hardly believe that the six months of her accelerated planning are over.  I tried to help as much as possible – but I usually just stressed her out when I mentioned things she hadn’t yet tackled on her “to-do list”.  The wedding was lovely and all of her…

  • DIY tissue paper pom poms for wedding decorations.

    Wedding Pom Poms

    One of my best friends got married yesterday.  Sorry fellas of the world, the hot red-headed nurse is forever spoken-for! The wedding was lovely; a beautiful mix of rustic and elegant elements and Brittany was stunning! – That was a given. Project Wedding Pom Poms started when Brittany saw {this} photo on Pinterest (curse you Pinterest for your awesome and…

  • Custom Photo Stationary

      What to do for the bride who loves lists and is FREAKING OUT!!!  ??? !!!  *side note to the gentlemen of the world:  short engagements are suicide missions for planners like us! Make her a binder!  Even better: make her a binder with custom photo stationary.  I saw a tutorial on Pinterest for making photo stationary on plain ruled…

  • DIY photo frame

    Modpodge Photo Frame

    Whoo wheeee!!!  Did I drop the ball in December, or what???!!??? It seems as I get older that time is FLYING!  Christmas has come and gone, and I never even baked a batch of cookies… and now that I think of it, I didn’t take my normal Christmas cookies to the fire department. DANG! Oh well. So what is to…

  • Four Weddings & Me on TV!

      My little heart was all a flutter yesterday as I read my email… and by “a flutter” I mean I almost died!!!  A darling customer from my Etsy shop contacted me to let me know MY birdcage and MY Kusudama flowers were on TELEVISION!!! *BREATHE.  BREATHE!!!* That’s right… Polkadottedbluejay made it to TLC’s “Four Weddings”!!!!!  -Freak out much?  You…