Things We Love #1 - Upcycled Wedding Envelopes

As you know, we are very much conceptual photographers.  That means that we are constantly looking for creative shoot concepts to infuse into the photography coverage on the wedding day.  It doesn't have to be anything major like a styled shoot concept (although we do love styled photo shoots), but something simple and unique in a few of the pre-wedding photographs is always fun.

So for LaDane and Mawuli's wedding we wanted to try this confetti shot that was DIY inspired. Of course we needed confetti, right?  Well! Do you know how hard it is to find cool confetti in this town of ours? We eventually resorted to making our own confetti, which was used in some of the shots, but we also wanted something with bigger paper pieces.  Again, finding it in Bowie....NOT! So, we went to good ol' trusty Etsy.  WE LOVE ETSY!  In fact, ETSY should have been the first post for "things we love!" We clicked on pages, and page, and pages of shops selling confetti, and just as we were nearing the final few pages, we stumbled on Lyndsay's shop, and she had exactly what we wanted in the colors we needed! Yay, Lyndsay! Our Hero!!!

We feverishly ordered the confetti (we're about 6 days out from the wedding at this point) and await its arrival from Canada praying that it arrives in time.  It does. Yay, Lyndsay! Our Hero!!!  But not only does it arrive on time, it arrived in the cutest little bridal envelope made from wedding magazines (so "GREEN").  It was just adorable!

We think these envelopes would be particularly cute for wedding planners. Use them to send notes to your clients!

Check out Lyndsay's Etsy shop HERE !

Here are the envelopes...  By the way, these images are courtesy of Lyndsay herself, who happens to be a photographer.  We LOVE showing LOVE to fellow photographers!!!