springtime at nine cakes

I'm utterly in love with everything that comes out of Betsy Thorleifson's shop, Nine Cakes and had to post this amazing work in process picture from her twitter feed.

Looks like something magical is in the works at the shop this week! So reminds me of SPRINGTIME!!

japanese masking tape table numbers

Loving this simple idea for a DIY table number. Crafty brides, this has your name written all over it!!

image via Papermash Store

Happy Tape has a great selection of masking tapes in various colors, styles and motifs.

Daily Candy Feature!

Thanks so much to the lovely editors at Daily Candy for including Inspired Goodness in today's New York City Spring 2011 Weddings Guide. 

We're thrilled to be included!

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2 great ideas for vintage wood spools at your wedding

With just about 5 and a half weeks left until Baby C is born, my nights are filled with lots and lots and lots of sleeplessness. I've been obsessed with looking for cool ideas and projects on Etsy via PicClick, which if you don't know about it yet, need to stop reading right this second and click on over.

For those of us "in the know" PicClick offers a hyped up search engine for Etsy (and eBay and a host of other sites). I'm obsessed with it.

Anyhow, last night I feel like I stumbled upon something really unique, these Embroidered Spool Escort Cards by Etsy seller Lelise

I'm really into vintage spools right now - I bought a large lot a month or so back and used them to display my paper goods at the Wedding Crashers Show.

Figured to share a little DIY Tutorial on how to make these small beauties into card holders. They are perfect to use for place cards or even table number signs. Just remember that they can be top heavy so if you intend to use heavy paper stock, go for larger spools or just weigh them down.

Vintage Wooden Spool Card Holders

Materials:

• Assorted vintage spools
• Memo pins
• Hot glue gun + glue sticks
• Coins

Directions:

1. Assemble your materials: wooden spool lots can be found inexpensively on Etsy and eBay.
2. The memo pins come very tightly wound so if you are using heavy weight paper, you may need to loosen them up a little. I used an old credit card / gift card inserted into the top wire and it worked like a charm.
3. Prep your spools: clean up loose ends and use a small piece of masking tape on the bottom to stop the glue from oozing out
4. Pop a bit of glue into the top of the spool and insert the memo pin. They work best when they are left slightly above the spool. (I used golf pencils to hold the pins in place).
5. When glue is dry, turn each spool over and glue on a coin that fits to the bottom. No need to worry, you can easily remove the coins later. I found nickels and quarters worked best!
6. Enjoy!

illustrated invites by Liam Stevens

Can't tell you how gaga I went after seeing Liam Stevens work on Once Wed.

These invites were designed especially for designer Anya Hindmarch's London Fashion Week Show. Sheer insanity on how beautiful they are, right!?!