Mrs. Jasmine, Chicago/LA
Age and Occupation: 25, Attorney
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Attorney
Engagement Date: March 24, 2007
Wedding Date: June 7, 2008
Blogging Since: September 20, 2007
Venue: Hotel on the westside of Los Angeles
About Me: I'm a happy-go-lucky, imaginative spirit trapped in the body of a lawyer. I love reading, shopping, dining out, and exploring my beloved adopted city of Chicago with my fiance. We're planning the wedding of our dreams in my hometown of Los Angeles and we're excited to incorporate our cherished Indian/Pakistani customs and traditions.
Seeds of Love
May 30th, 2008 @ 2:18 pm by Mrs. Jasmine
I know I post about my mom a lot, but I really do think she is the best. She is just so creative and talented and generous– she is everything I aspire to be. She’s put her whole heart into adding special homemade touches to our wedding and I tear up when I think about being surrounded by little reminders of her love on my wedding day.
Her latest (and possibly greatest) DIY project is a guestbook for our mehndi. We’re having a polaroid guestbook for the wedding, but we wanted to do something a little whimsical for the mehndi, which is traditionally a more casual event. So my mom came up with a really creative idea, inspired by something she saw in the Stampin Up catalog.
First, she cut out tons of orange and yellow flowers using different hand punches(orange, yellow, and green are traditional mehndi colors). She layered cut-outs in different colors and patterns to create the lovely, sweet flowers below.
Then she added the flowers to a branch she plucked from our backyard and placed it in a lovely green jug and saucer she found.
Then she made little notecards adorned with vellum flowers that people could use to write advice. Each notecard was edged in gold by rubbing the edges along a gold inkpad.
Each notecard is housed in a seed packet she created using patterned paper and this label template (reduced at 70% to fit the packet). She added colorful paper flowers to the front of each label. Aren’t these darling!?!
People will sign the cards, put them back in the seed packet, and put it in a basket (not shown). The icing on the cake? The sign she created to accompany the guestbook (she created the mat herself to match the flowers). I love it!
After the mehndi, my mom will collect all the cards and put them in this album for me. She added the gold letter “M” and trim herself.
I think guests are going to get such a kick out of this and I can’t wait to see what everyone writes!
38 Responses to “Seeds of Love”
um, your mom is a genius, how does she come up with all these great projects? I love them all, especially this one.
These are beautiful, I get chills at all your mom’s hard work! Your guests are going to love it and I bet more than a few people will steal your mom’s awesome seed packet idea!
dude, can i borrow your mom?
Wow, your mom soooooooooooo ROCKS!!! These are gorgeous and are so clever. Love the colors!
That’s an awesome idea. It looks great. Your mom is wonderful
Wow, she does such nice work! You’re a lucky girl 
Oh my goodness! Your mom is amazingly creative. How great that she took on this and many other projects!
So beautiful! I got chills too, Miss Tiramisu! I love how the branch looks in the jug and saucer… straight from design*sponge.
I love this idea! And your mom is uh-mazing!!! I may have to steal it Jasmine. 
I love the paper flowers on the branches. Everything just coordinates so well!
I think your mom should become a wedding planner or start her own business in etsy. Her ideas are sooo awesome, and executed perfectly. So far, my fave is still the card box, luv’d it.
These ARE great! This is definitely my favorite project of hers so far! She’s so creative!
i love your mom.
How does she keep doing this?? Does she read weddingbee and see all the awesome comments she gets?? hehe
OMG! She really IS the best. You are very blessed and she is very creative.
Wow your mom is AMAAAAAZING!
She’s so creative and patient, I can’t believe these are actually DIY…
Can I steal her for a few weeks?
How clever and fabulous!
Really….seriously….your mom is the shiz with the DIY skills. Has she been crafty your whole life? It must be awesome to have an extra set of hands on board that can actually create something beautiful and useful for your wedding. She should seriously consider doing this as a way to make extra money like someone else suggested.
@Mrs. Emerald: I email her the links so she can see! She is incredibly humble and not the type of person to realize how talented she is, so I want her to know how awesome her DIY skills are!
@mlindsey: Yup, she’s always been amazingly crafty. She made all our Halloween costumes growing up and I always had the coolest dioramas in school because of her help I’m trying to get her to start up an Etsy shop!
Momma Jasmine is SO talented! And I’m sure you’ll treasure the notes that people write….
That’s awesome. Your mom is amazing.
AHmazing, Momma Jasmine! She is amazing! Beautiful ideas and excellent work. Miss J you are very blessed!
whoa, you are one lucky gal! your mom is the greatest, the craftiest i’ve ever seen! watch out martha 
Simply breathtaking!
i don’t think my mom loves me that much!
Oh this is fantastic! Definitely my favourite so far! Your mom is absolutely amazing & so talented- tell her that everyone here thinks so!
very very beautiful
Awww what a wonderful and creative mom you have! These are gorgeous and you can just feel her LOVE radiate off of her “labors of love” for you and Mr. Jasmine.
That is so cute, it looks great
Gorgeous! You are going to treasure this always. So awesome!
Just wanted to give your mom some more well deserved virtual props! She’s very creative and talented, and I’m really enjoying seeing all of her projects- it’s inspirational! Thanks for sharing.
Your mom is fabulous! Everything that you’ve shared that she’s done so far is beyond awesome!
I want to buy/rent/steal your mother! She’s incredilbe!
Oh my goodness, Miss J, have you or your mom seen these cupcakes? I discovered them last night and totally thought of you!!!
http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2008/05/wow-your-mom-on-mothers-day.html
OMG what a wonderful idea! (and mother!) Can you tell me which punches she used, and where she bought them from? I’d love to sprinkle some paper flowers on the tables… please, please!
@Beaner: I’ll be sure to pass on the kind words! She used punches from Martha Stewart crafts and Stampin Up. If you want more specifics, let me know and I’ll try to take pics of the exact punches she used!
