Category — Blog Buzz

There is nothing that cheers me up more in the whole wide blogiverse than seeing people find inspiration from the blog and come up with more pretties to share.  Take for instance these homemade strawberry jams (complete with a tutorial) from Intimate Weddings.  And this chic-for-cheap office makeover from the always fab Creature Comforts — both using the green labels we featured here.  So much creativity all around, it makes me totally giddy!  So here’s a call to all ‘ye creative peeps out there.  If you have made anything you found on the blog, we wanna see!  Email us or add them to the iDiY Pool on Flickr.

Also… I’m looking for submissions for real weddings and original DIY ideas for a special feature that I’m currently working on (preferably, they’ve not already been covered previously in wedding blogland). If you’ve got some unique DIY’s or cool details that fit the bill, kindly send them my way! Don’t forget to include clear photos

And lastly… busy times may prevent me from responding and thanking each one of you for all the comments, blog-love, shoutouts, DIYs and emails sent our way BUT please know that I read them all and truly appreciate the time you take to share them with us.  Huge thanks for reading and please keep all those creations, ideas and finds coming!

Oh yesss. It’s nearly impossible for me not to join the love-fest around blogland the past few weeks brought about by this latest incarnation of the USPS Love Stamps:

The colors, the illustration, the lettering = LOVE

It didn’t help either that two of the most creative bloggers I know had come up with some awesome Love Stamp- inspired freebies to share!  That’s right, I’m laying all the blame on Kristen and Erin, he he.

From Erin at Vale Design:
Note cards and address labels

From Kristen of Paper Crave:
Patterned paper designs
(you can use as gift wrap, envelope liners or for scrapbooking projects)

Oversized gift tags
(use as place cards or mini notes)

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Speaking of love, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful Craftzine and Offbeat Bride blogs for featuring iDiY recently. Thank you so much for all the blog-love! We’re truly honored. To all our new readers, hello and welcome!

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First off, a big thanks to Brides.com for the wonderful shoutout

So the other day I was browsing Creature Comforts, one of my most favorite design and style blogs, and saw this:

*Insert jaw drop here*

OMG. Our very own badge in one of my “hero” blogs! Somebody please pinch meeee!! Thank you very kindly to Ez for the blog love!  We’re truly honored to be listed among a great group of wedding blogs.  My dears, if, by remote chance, you aren’t already reading Creature Comforts, you should be.  Seriously, it’s like bloggy crack!  Ez has such amazing talent and style and always has the most enchanting finds–design, fashion, art, etc., with plenty of fab freebies to boot.

To all our new readers, a warm welcome!  Thank you all for stopping by. Feel free to look around, stay a while  and perhaps say a little…

Happy Monday to one and all, and as always…

Hello! cards from Dry Icons
Enjoy! drink (or cupcake) flags from Wedding Style Guide
Just click on the links to download the free templates and have fun!

{ images 1 & 2 via Creature Comforts }

Another reminder of just how short life can be…
G’s aunt had recently passed.

I’m peace-ing out from blogging today.
Be back soon.
xo

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Well ladies, after the laborious, painstaking process of going through all the entries, making sure I got all bonus entries accounted for, the final tally came out to 166 entries.  And Carolyn is commenter #80!  Congrats, Carolyn!  Please email me to claim your prize.  Thank you to everyone who participated.  Reading about your li’l joys certainly brought a smile to my face.  Hope you all have a great weekend!