Thank you cards

I know scary right? You just had the wedding of your dreams and had 300 of your closest peeps to celebrate with you. You are now back from your honeymoon and it's time to write all of those Thank you cards for all 150 of the amazing gifts you recieved! I know you are seeing lots of wine and a sore wrist in your future but by following a few easy tips, letter writing can actually be fun and easy!


We have helped many Clients get through writing Thank you cards with a bit of our own advice and guidance from the lovely Peggy Post of Emilypost.com

Remember You need to write your Thank you notes within three months of you receiving your gift!

Coastside Couture's advice:

• Grab a good bottle of wine (very important)
• Plan on breaking up the Thank you card writing over a few days, don't try to tackle all 150 of them in one sit down, you will end up uncomfortable, with a sore wrist and most likely a lot of wasted cards because you started messing up.
•  Make sure your Husband or Wife is on hand to help, these gifts were meant for the both of you, so both of you should at least sign each card.
• Try not to watch TV or a movie while writing the cards, just have some good background music as to not distract you or get silly lyrics in your heads
• Make this fun, not a chore and try to write legibly and clearly so your guests can read.

Peggy Posts Advice:

1. Do personalize your notes and make reference to the person as well as the gift.
2. Do remember that a gift should be acknowledged with the same courtesy and generous spirit in which it was given. 
3. Do be enthusiastic, but don’t gush. Avoid saying a gift is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen unless you really mean it. 
4. Don’t send form letters or cards with printed messages and just your signature; don’t use email or post a generic thank you on your wedding web site in lieu of a personal note. 
5. Do promptly acknowledge the receipt of shipped gifts by sending a note right away or calling and following up with a written note in a day or two. 
6. Don’t mention that you plan to return a gift or that you are dissatisfied in any way. 
7. Don’t tailor your note to the perceived value of the gift; no one should receive a perfunctory note. 
8. Do refer to the way you will use a gift of money. Mentioning the amount is optional. 
9. Don’t include wedding photos or use photo cards if it will delay sending the note. 
10. Don’t use being late as an excuse not to write. Even if you are still sending notes after your first anniversary, keep writing!

Who needs a note?

• Anyone who gives you an engagement, shower or wedding gift, even if you have thanked them in person. Individual notes should be written to people who contributed to a group gift.
• Anyone who gives a gift of money: cash, checks, contributions to savings accounts and donations to charities. Mentioning the amount is optional, but it does let the person know the correct amount was received. You should mention what you plan to do with the money.
• Your attendants. A warm personal note attached to your gifts to your attendants will let them know how much you appreciate their efforts and support on your behalf.
• Anyone who hosted a party or shower for you. Ideally these notes should be written within two days of the event. Each host or hostess should be thanked individually with a note and a thank you gift.
• People who house or entertain your wedding guests. A note and a small gift should be sent to anyone who houses or entertains out-of-town wedding guests.
• People who do kindnesses for you. The neighbor who accepts delivery of your gifts when you are at work; the cousin who supervises the parking at the reception – anyone who assists you before, during or after your wedding.
• Suppliers and vendors. You don’t have to write everyone you hire for services, but anyone who exceeds your expectations will appreciate a courteous note of thanks.
• Your parents or whoever is hosting your wedding.

So get to work! Grab your wine, your honey and start writing!

Photo and card designed by our lovely Carlie Statsky

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A Personal Wedding Favor

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Heidi and I had a busy weekend with a fantastic wedding at One Fort Mason in San Francisco. The Bride is from the South, so it made tons of sense they had sweet tea favors placed on the tables.

These tea canisters got even better when you turned it to the side and got the instructions on how to make it. {Hint hint, notice the three shots of rum, oh ya!}

We really liked how these thoughtful favors reflected the couple, with a nod to her background and also their passion for fun. This was a great and personal way to thank their guests for coming to their wonderful wedding!

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La Peor Pelea de Todas

La jeva que quiere ser feliz vs. ella misma que no se deja.

La que a veces siente que quiere cantar todo el día contra la que prefiere vivir amargada porque se sabe cobarde.

La que se no se conforma con nada contra la que se conforma con cualquier zampe.

La que no quiere escribir sobre lo bueno porque no quiere empavarlo y la que quiere inventarle algo malo para seguir odiando a los hombres.

La del corazón en la mano contra la de los pies en la tierra.

La de las ganas contra la de los miedos.

La de la sonrisa contra la más masoquista.

La que se emociona con las mariqueras contra la que grita "cuuuuuuuuursi."

La que te quiere contra la que no quiere quererte.

La que sabe que sí contra la que dice que no.

La que espera contra la que desilusiona.

La que entiende contra la que no sabe.

La que quiere sentir contra la que la obliga a pensar.

La que quiere ser feliz contra la emotionally unavailable.

All bets are off. No hay quiniela que valga.

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I have learned from the visit that David (We're on first name terms already) likes his roses open and blousy, romantic and fragrant and to be honest who wouldn't?

So for your and my pleasure here are a couple of delicious images with David Austin's finest included.

Here's everyone in my office, it was an early start so that explains the remnants of breakfast on Sally's desk.

We are really impressed with their passion for Roses, obviously their knowledge, insight and expertise in rose growing is legendery, but their hearfelt love and devotion to the product and the David Austin brand was surprising and inspiring, I often feel like an odity when I'm being uber-enthusiastic about flowers & Flower Design but with these guys I seriously met my match!

From Left to right Jason Thompson, Susan Rushton (marketing manager), David Austin, Moi and Ian Pierce.

We are going to be working the team at David Austin and we're seriously looking forward to it so watch this space for lots more "Gorgeousness"

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It was too long about 15 min. so i had to divorce it into 2 song. Original its one song.

Album : Blacken the Angel 1998
Label : Nuclear Blast Americ

Lyrics :

[Part One]

This is a world blessed by the victims
Of carnal tragedy
The humans ritual of love and adoration
Dense-woven history

Sentiments decide existance, the artwork that I've bled
Bizarre she defined her presence
With the lament of the undead
When her eyes have bathed in danger
And the moon had new design
In the cradle of our desire all the blood has turned to wine
But the love no longer remained than just a stir to survive
In this labyrinth of perfidity for my mistress to recover
I'll forever strive...

[Part Two]

Dem Sterbenden - die Hoffnung
Dem Propheten - Der Fluch
Der Liebe - die Dichtung, die dem Sterben entsprung...

The night is crystal clear - words are sent from pictures
Sounds that I can't hear - as weakness wins my body
Selling cheap my soul - and its bleeding heart
Eclipsing the whole - planet, history and light...

[Part Three]

Sometimes, when the sun hides in the back of the earth
When the hungry souls, to whom pain gave birth
Embalm their coldness with the blood's warmth... then
I can clearly hear the calling of a lonely and distant star

In the shade of the abhorrent
Yet in the still of the nights - In the still of the moment
When the moment dies
There she gently approaches
With the new meaning of life...

In a haze of hazard, in the withering chill
Baleful's the passion, when hearts stand still

A flood of sentiments entwined
Rattle thru my falling soul
I slumber against the spirit of time
Like a stranger in a foreign world!

In a park, along the alleys, stained with blood and tears
In the hour, when dusk disperses
Its colors on the white statues

Then I'll wander as a phantom of the posthumous regrets
And my fiery lips I'll freeze
With the kiss of these unrivalled statues

"Si-n asta noapte sfirsese printr-un sarut
Poeme - agonizate de-un infinit si-un inceput"

[Part Four]

"The all-engulfing dawn of habitude shows his claws again-
Do you still remember our oath? - Til light do us part!?"

Come forth, Feline
Mere moment of melancholy
Drink deep of my desire
The quenchless fire
That unites our tameless embers...

Come forth, Feline
Tortured by our final duet
Let thy pale fingers slide on the petals of the flowers
That thee stained with mortal, coagulated blood...

On the walls, midnight closes even the stoical eyes
Of the unsleeping portraits
And the white-eye of a lonely candle falls asleep
Into its own startling solitude...

[Part Five]

Silent heart desires
The balm that drives away the human waste
Oh come, infidel duchess
Shrouds of frost fall furiously down... of thee I taste again

Deciphering eternity of its ruined scripts
Of the tenebrious river I pleasantly sip
Upon lifeless leaves autumn has banished
Arises my lovelorn aura's odyssey

"Un ornic cu rostiri funebre, suna amiaza-ndirjit
Iar ceru-mprastia tenebre, peste parcul amortit"

...Returned into that park as a whole
Under the questioning eyes of stars and heavens
Dreaming away on the lost love I've recovered

Death suddenly rises
Annoyed that he couldn't save me
He turns pale from envy

The seasons vanish and so does this story
As the same poets hand raises the pen
He pictured this spectacle with...

The actors fade on the dreary alleys of that elder park
Only two nightshades remaining -
Celebrating the sunset of ages while their sullen laughter
Lustfully haunts the mortal seeds of ruin...

Nights were crystal clear - words were sent from pictures
The colors have seared - these pages, whereas
The darkest hour revealed - the mysterious hand
Which dutifully sealed

This episode's arcane End.

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We just had to snap a few pictures at this beautiful set up at the home of one of our clients this last weekend. It was a beautiful outdoor wedding party that perfectly complimented the whimsical nature of the setting. The arrangements were all made in organic and interesting containers using birch branches, tree stumps, & natural wood. The flowers were a textural mix of succulents, orchids, exotic leaves, thistle pods, fiji mums, lily grass, moss & tulips. Illuminated candles were added to create a romantic touch. Simply & naturally beautiful!

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