Friday Finds 4/15- Weddings Month 1

Planning a Vermont wedding? Are you a native Vermonter wishing for a touch of home on your big day?

Friday Finds Weddings is meant for you!

As a bride who planned her Vermont wedding from way down in Maryland, I know the challenge of finding local, handmade items perfect for your unique event. This is the first of 3 monthly installments of Friday Finds Weddings, each showcasing a particular theme and/or setting and featuring the items of the Made in Vermont Etsy Street Team.

Month 1 showcases Nature Theme/Outdoor Setting

Blue and Green Enameled Earrings by Kristen Varian

For the Bride, these teardrop shaped earrings have been enameled in a lovely blue with green glass "lumps" fired on top. Perfect colors to compliment a background of green mountains & blue sky.

Bobby Pins - Strawberry Mint - Set of Three by Sweet Avenue Jewelry

For your Bridesmaids, this sweet set of three bobby pins includes a mint green bird, a watermelon pink chrysanthemum, and an angelskin pink rose, all set on brass toned bobby pins.

Sweet Strawberry Kanzashi Hair Clip Set by Louleeluv

For your Flower Girl, a set of 4 adorable red, pink and white clips. This particular color combination would be a lovely compliment to your wedding flowers, especially peonies & roses. Be sure to check out Louleeluv's MIVEST Giveaway!

Personalized Wedding Mailbox - Card Holder by One Hip Sticker Chic

For your Gift Table, a premium steel mailbox that is US Postmaster approved so you can use this as a mailbox at your new home~ how cool is that?! This item can be personalized with your wedding colors and will keep your cards safe & sound in the event of windy conditions.

Natural Rustic Personalized Branch Sign for Weddings by Vermont Branch Company

For your Reception, a hand lettered and then wood burned sign, finished with homemade beeswax finish. This sign is selectively harvested birch. Vermont Branch Company loves custom orders can make signs according to your specifications.

What themes and settings would you like to see featured in future Friday Finds Weddings? Leave a comment and let me know! Here is one of my favorite moments captured from my own wedding at the wonderful Mountaintop Inn & Resort.

Margaret Belanger Photography

Friday Finds: For the Guys

Men can be so hard to buy for! So I've gathered a few items for the guys in our lives.

To help him to remember to hang up his coat or maybe the dog's leash, a Birch Branch Pair of Rustic Hooks from the Vermont Branch Company. They also have birch coasters. And birch play sets, for the very young man in your life!

This handsome brass steampunk money clip with its watch movement is stylish enough for many of the men in you life: boyfriend, husband, father, or brother! elle.paisley's shop also has steampunk cufflinks, rings, and necklaces.

At Among New Horizons' shop, you can find pottery items, such as this cream and brown ceramic bowl, that are both attractive and functional. Additionally, there are some great graffitti paintings if you man needs some cool art for his wall.

Bookmarks make wonderful stocking stuffers. And this one will send him to the moon! This Rocket Ship Needle Felted
Bookmark is fun for guys (and gals, too!) of all ages. Kikibird Crafts also has felted coin purses, cosmetic bags, and felt holiday decorations.

This is only a small sampling of the gifts for the guys that you can find from Made in Vermont Etsy Street Team members. Links to everyone's shops can be found on the side bar.

We'll have more fun finds next Friday, so please come check them out!

Featured Etsy Shop: The Vermont Branch Company

The Vermont Branch Company offers handcrafted toys, rustic decor and wedding accessories from branches selectively harvested from their Vermont homestead and forests of nearby friends. All of the products are eco-friendly.

Anyone buying wedding items from this shop, will have their reception tables set with beautifully rustic, country-style, eco-friendly accessories.

Not having a wedding, but do have a special event coming up? Set your table with these beautiful, eco-friendly table settings.

In the image to the right is a Rustic Birch Branch Wedding Candle Centerpiece decorated with moss, a Birch Branch Stump Place Card Holder, and a Birch Bark Napkin Holder.









For those of you who want natural, eco-friendly toys for your children, this is the perfect shop to visit.

This pictures show a Birch Branch Building Pay Set. The set consists of 15 pieces which are sanded and left natural.  Each set comes in a hand crocheted, wool, drawstring bag with a branch tag.

To the right is an adorable Toddler Branch Stacker made of untreated ash branches. There are 12 stacking pieces to go on the 3 poles. One pole holds 5, one holds 4 and the other holds 3. This toy can help your child develop fine motor skills and aid in learning to count.

To the left are Birchmobiles. Each car has four wooden tires.  The colored cars are painted with a nontoxic, acrylic wash and completed with a natural beeswax finish.

Check out the Branch Block Lacing Set (not pictured here) which consists of 20 hand cut branches, a hand carved wooden "needle," and hemp/cotton for threading.






For crafty people:  There are Birch Branch Slices to paint, wood burn, or draw on, Spruce Cones to make wreaths with or to use in other craft projects, and more.

For beautiful decorations for your home, check out the Birch Branch Luminary and the Birch Branch Viola Hanger.

The Vermont Branch Company has many more handcrafted, eco-friendly items to select from. And if you can't get enough there, check out their Natural Earth Farm And Fiber Studio, and visit their Plain and Joyful Living Blog.