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Mrs. Parasol, San Ramon, California Age and Occupation: 25, Non-profit writer, editor, and blogger Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Law school student Engagement Date: December 19th, 2010 Wedding Date: September 2011 Venue: Bent Creek Winery (Livermore, California); Reception: Family Residence (San Ramon, California) About Me: I am a California girl at heart. I love the outdoors, sunny days at the beach, and hiking in the woods and mountains. I also love good books and am fresh from completing my Master's degree in English and Comparative Literature in New York City. Living in NYC was an amazing experience, and while I'm glad to be back on the West Coast, I'm also thankful that my two years back East gave me an opportunity to explore new places, make new friends, and indulge my passion for Broadway shows. Oh, and I received a pretty awesome proposal from Mr. Parasol in Central Park. Above all else, Mr. Parasol is my biggest cheerleader and my best friend. But even though I'm thrilled to be marrying him, I wasn't always totally on board with this whole wedding thing and at first, I wanted to run off and elope. I've finally been convinced to throw the wedding I never thought I wanted, and so now I'm busy planning an intimate September wedding filled with DIY details. Along the way, I'm slowly learning to appreciate, perhaps even love the wedding planning process.
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Hang Me Out to Dry

July 23rd, 2011 @ 6:20 pm by Mrs. Parasol

When it comes to vintage, rustic, DIY weddings, clotheslines are all the rage. Yes, clotheslines. As in those things people used to hang their clothes on to dry in the olden days.

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Image via Jane St. Clair

In terms of weddings, though, these lines are used less for drying clothes and more for decorative purposes. Clotheslines are used to hang banners and signs, to hold escort cards, and even to display pictures from the bride and groom’s relationship.

Decorative clotheslines:

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Image via Publishers Weekly / Photography by One Love Photo

Escort-card-holder clotheslines:

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Image via The Knot / Photography by Jamee Photography

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Image via Elizabeth Anne Designs / Photography by Grise Photography

Photo clotheslines:

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Image via Wellspring Photo

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Image via Ruffled / Photography by Emma Case Photography

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Image via Wedding Aces / Photography by Love Life Images

But my favorite clothesline trend is far and away the clothesline guestbook. For quite some time now, regular guestbooks like this one…

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Image via The Knot / Photography by Lisa Kyle Photography

…have been noticeably less popular at weddings. It seems that everyone now is going for unique guestbooks, whether that means having guests sign a vintage book, leave a note on a photo of the bride and groom, or hang a wish for the newlyweds on a wishing tree. All of these are really fun ideas, but my favorite remains the clothesline guestbook.

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Image via Marcella Treybig Photography

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Image via Wedding Invitation / Photography by Jasmine Star / Event by Joyful Weddings and Events

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Image via The Knot / Photography by Tec Petaja

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Image via Ruffled / Available at Mélangerie

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Image via Project Wedding

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Image via Eat, Drink, Chic / Photo by Amy Moss

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Image via The Knot / Photography by Elizabeth Walker Photography

Don’t all these ideas look like so much fun? I love the old-fashioned, rustic feel and look of these, as well as all the variety. You can do something that takes the idea of a clothesline very literally, or you can really make it your own. And I love that clothesline guestbooks add some really fun decorative flair. For those brides who, like myself, are on a tight budget, using a clothesline guestbook that also doubles as decoration can be a fun and money-saving alternative.

I’m still undecided on what exactly our clothesline guestbook will look like, and I’m going to make a few variations to get a better idea of what I like. I think this will be a really fun DIY project, and I’ll be sure to update on how that adventure (or misadventure!) goes. For a bride who likes this idea but feels uncertain about her own ability to make a clothesline guestbook herself, Mélangerie has a variety of adorable pre-made packets that contain everything needed for a clothesline guestbook, including clothing-shaped notecards, twine, clothespins, and a personalized instruction label that fits on a bottle of laundry detergent.

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Image via Mélangerie on Etsy

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Image via Mélangerie on Etsy

Be sure to check out Mélangerie’s Etsy listings if you’re interested! If all my efforts to make my own clothesline guestbook go awry, I think I may just have to buy a few of these kits. But for now, I’m looking forward to trying my own hand at making a clothesline guestbook for our wedding!

What type of guestbook are you using at your wedding? Are you doing something fun and unique or sticking with something more traditional?

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15 Responses to “Hang Me Out to Dry”

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Shipanak (message)  2 posts, Wannabee

I absolutely love the clothesline idea, but I think I am going to use it to display pics as opposed to a guest book, though, I like it as a guest book as well. I am thinking more about doing a video guestbook where we give the guests a scene slate in front of a white background and have them leave us a cute message.

 
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nursejenn (message)  163 posts, Blushing bee

We are doing the photo clothesline– but now I really love the clothesline guestbook!

PS- does anyone know how the 2nd photo clothesline picture from Ruffled got the white border around all the pictures? I love the way that looks. Thanks in advance!!!

 
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DizzyDaffodil (message)  386 posts, Helper bee

Nursejenn: Usually if you print your digital images through like Costco or Shutterfly there is an option in the ordering screen to have no border, white border, black border… so you could just apply the white border to all the pics and have them printed out…
Hope that helps :)

 
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mjmecca813 (message)  67 posts, Worker bee

I am doing a guestbook “vase”, where my guests will choose from four different note cards in which to write us a message on. Saying “The Bride Should Always…”, “The Groom Should Always…”, “Love Is…”, and the fourth is blank so they can come up with their own message. They will place their completed notecards in a vase, and then I will make them into a scrapbook!

 
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nursejenn (message)  163 posts, Blushing bee

@DizzyDaffodil: thank you so much!!!

 
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Miss Ladyfingers (message)  1,119 posts, Bumble bee

Oh that Melangerie stuff is genius! I love the Eat Drink Chic photo, too. I guess we’re boring - we decided on just a plain old guestbook!

 
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I love all of these clothesline ideas! I’d never thought of using a clothesline for a guestbook before, but I think it’s a great idea!

 
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Miss Parasol (message)  2,132 posts, Buzzing bee

Wow, I love all of these creative guestbook ideas! And I love that so many people are incorporating clotheslines into their wedding decor. You’ll certainly be seeing a fair amount of clotheslines at the Parasol wedding!

 
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Mrs. Tartlet (message)  3,207 posts, Sugar bee

I’m drooling over the paper designs in that Eat, Drink, Chic photo. Such a creative idea, Parasol!

 
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7 февраля 2011 года Президентом Российской Федерации принят федеральный закон №- 3 ФЗ “О полиции”, в соответствии с которым в полицию должны были попасть лучшие сотрудники, а лица имеющие ограничения (статья 29) связанные со службой в полиции должны быть уволены. По указанным ограничениям, из рядов уже бывших милиционеров только в гарнизоне Челябинской области были уволены более сотни человек. Но, по всей видимости, данный закон распространяется только на рядовых сотрудников.

Приказом начальника ГУ МВД РФ по Челябинской области генерал-майора полиции Владимира Скалунова No. 1039 от 14.07.2011 года на высокопоставленную должность начальника Центра по противодействию экстремизму ГУ МВД России по Челябинской области был назначен Сергей Спиридонов, который 10 декабря 2000 года в ночное время, находясь в состоянии алкогольного опьянения и управляя служебным ВАЗ-21093 сбил 21 летнюю Светлану Шишкину, которая от полученных травм скончалась на месте, а Спиридонов скрылся с места ДТП. Скрывшегося преступника удалось задержать по горячим следам в тот же день. Спиридонов был признан виновным в совершении данного преступления, а его деяния были квалифицированны по статьям 264, 265 УК РФ. В последующем Спиридонову удалось примирится с родственниками убитой девушки.
При написании закона “О полиции” законодателем были предусмотрены данные факты и частью 1 статьи 29 Федерального закона “О полиции” предусмотрены ограничения, в которых указанно, что в полицию не может быть принят гражданин в случаях… и пункт 4 гласит, что прекращение уголовного преследования в связи с примирением сторон. Учитывая тот факт, что уже более сотни челябинских правоохранителей, попавших под указанные ограничения, остались за бортом судна под названием “Полиция” и ищут в настоящее время место работы, чтобы кормить семьи, можно смело предположить, что генерал Скалунов не знать о преступлении, совершенном Сергеем Спиридоновым никак не мог. А этот вывод, в свою очередь наталкивает на определенные мысли: а для всех ли закон един и все ли равны перед законом? А может и в этой ситуации сработал закон “любой каприз за ваши деньги”?
Важно отметить и тот факт, что подразделения, подобные тому, которое назначили возглавлять Спиридонова, по всей стране уже неоднократно подтверждали свое нештатное название “царская охранка”. Сотрудники данной организации вместо борьбы с настоящими экстремистами постоянно пытаются побороть политическую оппозицию, нарушая в частности статью 31 Конституции РФ.
От имени уволенных по аналогичным основаниям сотрудников данная информация передается на сайты: Президента РФ, генеральной прокуратуры и в СМИ. Простит ли призидент генерала Скалунова за столь дерзкое попирание закона, который и создавался президентом для чистки рядов, или ему придется искать работу вместе со Спиридоновым, покажет время…

Андрей Костроский идругие сотрудники уволенные в соответствии со статьей 29 закона о полиции.

 
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Miss Honey (message)  1,069 posts, Bumble bee

Adorable, Parasol! So excited to see how yours turns out!

 
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Miss Pony (message)  4,174 posts, Honey bee

I love the photo clotheslines, so fun and cute! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

 
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I am loving all of these pictures! Such great inspiration–thanks for sharing!

 
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Miss Teacup (message)  621 posts, Busy bee

Wow, so much inspiration - I’m running away to figure out how to incorporate clotheslines in our decor. Curse you, Parasol! Just kidding * HUGS *

 
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Miss Parasol (message)  2,132 posts, Buzzing bee

@Miss Teacup: Ohhh, I feel like this. All. The. Time. Seriously! Bunting’s wedding pics were enough to send me into a mini panic over my wedding decorations–I was totally convinced I didn’t have nearly enough! Thankfully, Mr. Parasol is much more sane than I am and totally calmed me down. :)

 

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Mrs. Parasol, San Ramon, California Age and Occupation: 25, Non-profit writer, editor, and blogger Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Law school student Engagement Date: December 19th, 2010 Wedding Date: September 2011 Venue: Bent Creek Winery (Livermore, California); Reception: Family Residence (San Ramon, California) About Me: I am a California girl at heart. I love the outdoors, sunny days at the beach, and hiking in the woods and mountains. I also love good books and am fresh from completing my Master's degree in English and Comparative Literature in New York City. Living in NYC was an amazing experience, and while I'm glad to be back on the West Coast, I'm also thankful that my two years back East gave me an opportunity to explore new places, make new friends, and indulge my passion for Broadway shows. Oh, and I received a pretty awesome proposal from Mr. Parasol in Central Park. Above all else, Mr. Parasol is my biggest cheerleader and my best friend. But even though I'm thrilled to be marrying him, I wasn't always totally on board with this whole wedding thing and at first, I wanted to run off and elope. I've finally been convinced to throw the wedding I never thought I wanted, and so now I'm busy planning an intimate September wedding filled with DIY details. Along the way, I'm slowly learning to appreciate, perhaps even love the wedding planning process.

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