Make your own library card at The Library Card Generator.

I love these photos taken by This is Photography at Bay Breeze Stables, in Summerside, Prince Edward Island (PEI happens to be one of my favourite places on earth.)

Julia grew up riding horses. She is a country girl at heart and wanted to do a shoot that incorporated horses and the feel of  hat day at the derby. Growing up she loved watching the hat day at the races where all of the ladies would get dressed up and wear fancy headpieces, so her love for horses and memories of the fancy hats are what inspired the shoot (and the fancy headpiece).

Thanks Heather, for the photos! See the full shoot over here.

Darla, 29 & David, 32

Blowing Rock, North Carolina

Wedding Date: September 19, 2009

Number of Guests: 18

Wedding Ceremony Location:Westglow Resort and Spa

Wedding Reception Location: Westglow Resort and Spa

Why did you have an intimate wedding?

As far back as I can remember, I have always known that I wanted my wedding to be a day that celebrated my husband and I. I didn’t want anything flashy or over the top because that simply is not us. Family is extremely important to us both, so we wanted a weekend that brought our two families together in a relaxing and comfortable environment so that everyone could get to know each other and celebrate.

Yesterday, I showed you how to make a burlap favor bag. Today, we’re going to make a felt peony to decorate the favor bag.

I found the template for the flower over at Yoonie at Home. Yoonie used the flower to make hair clips. You can use them to decorate just about anything!

Felt Flower Tutorial

Materials:

Felt

Straight pins

scissors

needle and thread

button

Download the template and print.

Cut out each shape and place on your felt. (I didn’t use the green leaf shape.)

Pin your shapes to the felt.

Cut out your shapes.

Stack your shapes in the same sequence as the diagram on the template.

Place button in centre and sew onto burlap bag.

Fill your bags with whatever you want! I love the idea of flower bulbs! Perfect for an eco-friendly wedding!

Felt peonies are a lovely way to jazz up earthy DIY favor bags!

Put whatever you want inside the bags: flower bulbs, coffee, handmade soap, candy. Eco-friendly and economical!

Today I’m going to show you how to make the cute burlap bags from scratch, and tomorrow I’ll show you how to create the adorable felt peonies to adorn your DIY favor bags.

My talented and super-helpful mother-in-law came up with the pattern for the burlap bags for you to download. (It makes a 4″ x 6″ favor bag.)

Burlap Favor Bag Tutorial (Makes a 4″ x 5″ bag)

This project is fairly simple, even for the novice sewer.

Materials

Burlap (purchased from a fabric store)

Matching thread

Jute twine (purchased from a hardware store)

scissors

ruler

straight pins and one safety pin

wooden skewer

sewing machine

pattern

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