Weddingbee Blog

… especially when it comes to origami hearts! See what I did there, see? (Pats self on back for particularly bad wordplay.)

I saw this post on Green Wedding Shoes this week and my brain pretty much started screaming you must make these. After all, weddings are all about the love (which = hearts, right?), and we already know I’ve signed myself up for way too many origami flowers! Amy of Eat Drink Chic used these origami hearts as invitations to her engagement party, which I think is an amazing idea.

(front and back of origami heart, all photos from Eat Drink Chic)

On the front she used a favorite quote, with the arrow indicating to guests that they should open it for a note inside (which for them was the information about their engagement party)!

(the bottom panel shows the heart when it’s opened up)

My brain immediately started working furiously to figure out how I could incorporate these into our wedding. My first thought was favor tags! How cute would these be with our names/wedding date on the outside and a heartfelt (Ha! Again!) thank you note on the inside? The answer: very cute. So cute I’m going to show you my mockup (please ignore the black lines at the edges - those were so I could figure out text alignment):

(sorry for the blurred names and date)

(I know, you’re jealous of the clever handwritten message inside…)

Obviously if I were actually making these I’d put a little more effort into some color, a better front design and a more awesome note inside, but for now this would do as a trial run.

Mr. GP watched me with great curiosity as I clapped with delight, printed something out, cut it up, then started folding like mad. At the end, I showed him my (brilliant) idea, and his response brought me back to earth: “Do we really have enough time to make 180 of these things in addition to all the other stuff?”

Hm. He has a point - time is at a premium. We have a friend who is putting together our favors for us (more on that later), and has volunteered to package them up with ribbon and tags for us. As in, there is no extra work for me. So what am I doing creating work by insisting we use these origami hearts as tags for the favors?! For now, I’ll have to concede that Mr. Guinea Pig is right. I shouldn’t take this task on until we finish the other already-started projects… but you better believe part of my brain is still furiously working on coming up with a place to use these, even if not as favor tags!

What would you use these origami hearts for? Have you had to say ’no’ to any projects you fell in love with too late? Will someone please make these and use them so I can live vicariously through you?