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Mrs. Green Tea Mrs. Green Tea, Sacramento Age and Occupation: 30, Tea Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Coffee Critic Engagement Date: November 17, 2006 Wedding Date: August 23, 2008 Blogging Since: June 10, 2008 Venue: Vineyard on the Delta About Me: I'm just your average obsessive compulsive, arts & crafts loving, funky-on-the-inside/boring-on-the-outside girl, who dares to say 'Hey! I can make that!' Nerdy professional by day, goofy won-ton by night. The won-ton sometimes comes out during the day when I'm fed the dollar breakfast at Ikea. Since our engagement, wedding planning has put me on high alert for bargains and I've been pushing my nimble fingers through callous building experiments!
 
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Mrs. Green Tea, Sacramento Age and Occupation: 30, Tea Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Coffee Critic Engagement Date: November 17, 2006 Wedding Date: August 23, 2008 Blogging Since: June 10, 2008 Venue: Vineyard on the Delta About Me: I'm just your average obsessive compulsive, arts & crafts loving, funky-on-the-inside/boring-on-the-outside girl, who dares to say 'Hey! I can make that!' Nerdy professional by day, goofy won-ton by night. The won-ton sometimes comes out during the day when I'm fed the dollar breakfast at Ikea. Since our engagement, wedding planning has put me on high alert for bargains and I've been pushing my nimble fingers through callous building experiments!
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Swings

July 14th, 2008 @ 6:30 pm by Mrs. Green Tea

Since no clever tea inspired idea came to mind as our card collection device, we turned to the tried and true route of birdcages. They are not only classy and decorative, but for us they come with extra incentives. FFIL happens to have two golden antique birdcages, one of which housed a pet bird in the mister’s home when he was a child. This translates to the following bonuses: 1. no purchase necessary (free and green), 2. color coordinating, 3. vintage coolness, and 4. added personal history.



Why two? Why not?! The quaint one’s like our home, the big one’s our future rental. Ha! Anyway, I’m thinking the small one will hold red envelopes, and the big one can hold cards. To cover the battered trays on the bottom, they are lined with fabric and red beans.


I bought the red birds from Michael’s on sale around the holidays for dirt cheap. Less than $1 for both. Since the swing is quite high, I hung the ribbon and tag below to create more of a visual balance (monogram front, ‘gratitude’ back).


The tag also serves an additional purpose (yeah… can you tell wedding planning has driven someone a smidge coo-coo?):

I’m also considering propping the door open for this small cage, since the birds are supposed to represent us and I’m claustrophobic…And these below are returned RSVP envelopes. Many of them were cut out to make various tags in wedding projects, including the one above.

Cheap Tip #63: Before tossing any wedding excess, think about how else you can utilize them in other ways. Often times they already match in color, style, or theme and can be surprisingly useful if you think outside the box!  

7 Responses to “I Know Why the Caged Bird Swings”

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Jenny Louwheeze says:

You are so very clever! How thrifty of you to re-use the RSVP envelopes - well done!

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missm says:

love the thrifty tip. i saved all the scraps from our envelope making party - i’m pretty sure they are our future escort cards…

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Miss Pineapple says:

cute green tea! I love the little red birds

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Miss Cream Puff says:

Those are super cute, Green Tea!

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Miss Espresso says:

Great job using all of your resources and being bargain friendly- I’m inspired :)

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Carol says:

Very cute little red birds. So sweet !!

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