Sponsor Meet & Greet: Our Little Nest

Today I am pleased to introduce you to Chelsea from Our Little Nest - a perfectly adorable lifestyle blog that is full of recipes and style.  I love how she brings life to her recipes - see this post to know what I'm talking about! :)  Thanks for sponsoring Chelsea!

Hello! I’m Chelsea, a lifestyle blogger at Our Little Nest. I’m a twenty-something newlywed to that handsome guy (in the pic above). We recently moved into our first house and we have so many ideas to turn our house into a home and build Our Little Nest.

On my blog I love sharing my favorite things on Friday Faves like this one here and here…recipes like these Roasted Strawberry & Goat Cheese Crostini… DIY projects like this…and fun adventures with my hubby like this one.

I hope you’ll find inspiration on my blog about family, food (I LOVE to cook), DIY, & all the things that make me smile!

Thank you so much Beth for letting me to introduce myself to your lovely readers! I love reading your blog and am so excited to be featured on it!

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If you are interested in sponsoring Design Your Dwelling, I would love to have you!  Check out my sponsor page for more information!!

Wedding Wednesday - DIY Guestbook

Wedding preparations are in full swing! In June I had two beautiful bridal showers.  Since I couldn't just settle for a traditional guestbook (white cover with lines for people to sign their name) I made my own.  I wanted something that we could go back to from time to time rather than put it in a box labeled "wedding."

I have to admit that sometimes I want to kick myself in the butt for coming up with these ideas because I usually wait until the last minute but I am glad I brought this idea to life!  It turned out great and I received a lot of compliments on it.

I divided up the book into different milestones - 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, 10 years - so we could go back to read advice, date ideas, well wishes or whatever people decided to write to us.

Here is what you need to make your own:

Scrapbook

Mini envelopes & note cards (from Chelsea Paper)

Double sided tape

Washi tape

This would make a great guestbook for an actual wedding if it were small wedding - since we have a pretty large wedding planned I didn't want there to be a hold up at the door. 

Cheers to a great Wednesday!

Mood Board Link Party

Hi everyone!  It's time for the July mood board link party!  (I decided against last week since it was a holiday week... sorry) However, I am excited to bring the link party back to life this month for you to link up any or all of the mood boards you have been working on.  This link party will be open all month long so keep on stopping back.

To kick off the link party - here is one of my favorite design boards that I recently completed for a client!

Here are the quick requests for participating...

1. Follow my blog via Bloglovin'

Host: Beth - Design Your Dwelling

2. Grab A Button!

Grab a button below and include it in your blog post or where you share your link parties on your blog.

3. Share it!

Spread the word about this link party by tagging me (@beth_dydblog) in a tweet with a direct link to your mood board post and using the hashtag #moodboardlinkparty! Feel free to share it on Facebook too!

4. Like it!

Like your favorite mood boards by clicking the 'like' option below your favorite!  I will feature the design board with the most likes during the next link party!

Each week I pin all of your mood boards to my Design Boards board on Pinterest!

Most importantly, connect with, be inspired by and follow other design bloggers!

Grab a button, link up, and have fun! :)

<center> <a href="http://designyourdwelling.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l194/krferrall/moodboardlinkpartydyd_zpsb2f7dbf5.jpg" border="0" height="150" width="150"/></a></center> The next mood board link party will be hosted the first Tuesday in August!

Sponsor Meet & Greet: Kristen from Pink Fox Designs

Happy Monday!  I am so excited to feature Kristen from Pink Fox Designs today - she is my newest sponsor and I am so happy she is here! I love featuring etsy shop owners because I am so motivated by their entrepreneurial drive and creativity.  You will love Kristen's designs!

Hello Design Your Dwelling Readers! My name is Kirsten, Kirsten Ann sometimes just because I like my middle name better than my last :) and I'm the owner of Pink Fox Designs. I'm a graduate in graphic design and so when I'm not designing web sites at my day job I am working on my own designs and my new Etsy shop. Pink Fox Designs was named after my spirit animal being a fox (or so I've decided) and my half pink hair, little tidbit for you! So about my little shop; I have a love for typography and the art of lettering, as well as print design. I love designing something beautiful on screen that is meant to be printed and seen or held physically. I started my Etsy shop only a few weeks ago, as it seemed a great way to start a business off of my personal designs. At Pink Fox Designs I use my love of type to create printed wall art of quotes, lyrics and other things to hang on your wall, and the occasional illustration when I have a creative idea. I print my pieces myself on my Canon inkjet printer on Epson matte paper, and all you have to do is frame it and find a place to hang it! I also love stationary, currently I am designing printables, as I find brides and party planners like to be a part of process, and DIY. For things like invitations, I create a design, and the customer gives me their information, so it is customized to them! In the future I'd love to create already printed stationary, as I find it very fun to buy. Photography is another love of mine, and I sell prints of some of my work to hang as well, mostly architecture and landscapes.

Here is a favorite piece of mine, a quote from Frank Sinatra's song "You Make Me Feel So Young" with polka dots to compliment the song's youthful cheer!

One of my customizable wedding invitations, very bold and to the point for that modern no nonsense bride. I love red and black together!

And here is one of my photographs, a lovely rustic wall covered in vines, perfect for a country themed room. Taken in Batsto, New Jersey in case you were wondering.

Find and follow Kristen and Pink Fox Designs in all of these places:

Etsy | Pinterest | Portfolio

If you are interested in sponsoring Design Your Dwelling and featuring your Etsy shop I would love to have you!  Visit my sponsor page for more information!