Weddingbee Blog

Who knew Twitter would play such a role in planning our wedding?

After reading a post from Mrs. D’orsay about following her vendors on Twitter, I decided to track down my vendors (two of whom happen to be the same as hers, so that was easy - thanks Mrs. D’orsay!).

That move turned out to be a good idea, as it’s how I decided on our Save-the-Dates!

Well, maybe decided is too strong a word. But now we had a direction to go in! Back in September, I looked at my to-do list and thought, ‘Yikes! If we want to send out Save-the-Dates in October, we have to get moving on those!’ I posted my thoughts on Twitter, and asked if anyone had any ideas. A few hours later, our officiant replied with: “Since April showers bring may flowers, maybe ’plantable save the date cards’ that turn to flowers.”

Genius! Guests can hold onto the cards as a reminder until we send out our invitations, which will be the perfect time to plant them for spring flowers! Not just that, but the ’flowers’ theme seems to be popping up (pun totally intended) everywhere in our wedding, from the invitations (which I will show you down the road when we send them out), to the paper flowers I’m folding, to the stamps I have for embossing things (I haven’t decided what, yet)!

(My paper flowers - an idea from Miss Poodle [here’s the original tutorial], and embossed cherry blossom stamp)

I’m so excited about this great idea, and Mr. Guinea Pig loves it, too! Most of the paper I’ve seen used in plantable paper is recycled, as well - so this is a great eco-friendly option: recycled paper, plus it’ll be planted when the guests are done using it for its information! There are so many cute options already out there; we just have to decide if we want to design it ourselves, or if we love one of those choices enough to just go with it.

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(this is technically a favor, but I like that it’s the flowers that are plantable!)

(love this design, could be a great Save the Date!)

Have you used plantable paper? Any tips? Do you think we should order pre made cards, or is it easy to run plantable paper through a printer?