top ten vintage wedding items on etsy: feb. 26

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update: smittenxoxo dos gardenias giveaway

**UPDATE: 8.april.10: unfortunately i have been unable to get a response from leah at smittenxoxo after a number of emails, and her shop has been closed temporarily.

**UPDATE: 1.may.10: unfortunately smittenxoxo has closed her etsy shop due to medical issues.

if you are looking for gardenias, try this little search to see what's the latest.

i can also highly recommend the gardenia from ericabstudios -- a lovely seller!

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.

southwestern sampler: santa fe wedding

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forgive the slow posting, am out west introducing my fiance to my father (!) and his family.

dad: he can ski! he can drive a stick. he likes surf guitar. he's in.

so far so good. back wednesday!

etsy wedding giveaway! gorgeous floral hair clips from smittenxoxo

{ dos gardenias para ti }

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**UPDATE: 8.april.10: unfortunately i have been unable to get a response from leah at smittenxoxo after a number of emails, and her shop has been closed temporarily.

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**UPDATE: 1.may.10: unfortunately smittenxoxo has closed her etsy shop due to medical issues.

if you are looking for gardenias, try this little search to see what's the latest.

i can also highly recommend the gardenia from ericabstudios -- a lovely seller!

tying the knot sampler redux

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i keep avoiding it. i can't bring myself to register on theknot.com. the whole checklist thing. can't i not (haha) have a 6-foot endless-scroll checklist? every time i get to the register-so-you-can-see-inside-our-secret-knotty-world page, i think: here is the part where they sell my name and all i get for the next year is wedding spam. (hum. i get wedding spam already, am not sure why this would bother me, but... it's personal, you know?)

for more knotty issues, see also the original tie the knot sampler.

this 3am anxiety has been brought to you by the letter q and an ill-advised late coffee.

happy etsy chinese new year!

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best wishes to everyone getting married in the year of the tiger.
(and happy valentines too!)
xoj