Sharing the Love

Wandered over to Eat Drink Chic tonight where Amy whispered in our ear about her adorable download and DIY tutorial for Message in a Bottle favours currently featured at Once Wed.

What a sweet idea for sharing the love, both a message to your lovely guests and a way for them to send their very own message of love to the happy couple. Grab all the instructions and your free download here. (No weddings on the horizon for us but these are too darn gorgeous to resist!)

They would also fit in beautifully at a baby shower, naming day or Christening with Love Letters for the newborn and their family.

(Images via eat drink chic and once wed)

Another fabulous outing for these cute little bottles too! Love it!

Any excuse

Don't you agree any excuse to celebrate life and love is a good excuse? Any excuse to hold on a little tighter, dance together in the kitchen while the kids giggle at us or sneak in an extra smooch is a good excuse. And any excuse to maybe bake a little something sweet and get a little creative in the gift-giving department is definitely a good excuse. Critics may holler about commercialism and hype but we say bring on Valentine's Day! Here's a few adorable (and mostly downloadable!) projects we found to help you celebrate this weekend with your loved ones in style.

Treat bags from Twig and Thistle. Head over here to download artwork for free.

Candy-filled heart cones from Martha Stewart. Instructions can be found here

Candy bar wrappers from Creature Comforts. Free download over here.

Lollipop Heart Flowers from Martha Stewart. Head over here for instructions

Message garlands from Whisker Graphics.

We love her ideas for cute places to hang them!

You can download them for free over here.

Handmade heart doilies from Martha Stewart. Get crafting with these instructions.

Little matchbox valentines from inchmark. Follow the way to download templates here.

Hanging crayon hearts from Martha Stewart. Create your own with these instructions.

Adorable Valentine's packaging set from marialunate on Etsy.

A pretty package

Don't you just love these adorable little sweet bags from The Farm Chicks? The best part is that they come as a digital file for you to print as you wish and use over and over again. Now you'll never be caught short of something a little pretty to present a sweet treat, a thank you gift, or something to say I'm-just-so-glad-you're my-friend. Gorgeous for wedding or party favours and just in time for Valentine's Day too. We would be most happy to receive just one of these filled with kisses and hugs! Or maybe one of these Sweetie Pies . . . .

Serena has a delightful blog and lots of great ideas, recipes and products for living with simplicity and beauty. The Farm Chicks will ship to Australia - Yay! - these tags will be lovely in our stash of packaging pretties.