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Chandellier of CranesI am so excited about this project! The Wedding Co is doing something amazing! They are setting out to make a Chandellier of Origami Cranes! And for a great cause, for every crane you make they will donate $0.50 to cancer research!!! They are looking to collect for than 5,000 cranes! Now if you don't know how to make an Origami Crane, here is a quick tutorial on how-to.... Here's how YOU can participate and help contribute to the chandelier project: 1. Fold an origami crane(s) and mail it to us at:, make it your own, sign it, design it, write your name on it, the sky is the limit! Then mai...
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CranesReception Idea: Paper cranes as a photo booth backdrop....
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CraneInvitation or Menu Idea: Beautiful Crane cards, $56 for 25....
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Origami Cranes and DIY Wedding DecorOrigami is the art of Japanese paper folding and if done well, can be a very inexpensive and elegant wedding decor. Folding a crane takes time, patience, and understanding. These are the same qualities that are important for a marriage to thrive. This is why the symbology of 1,000 hand-folded cranes is so powerful. You can create them in any color to match your wedding and metallic papers are readily available. Photo Credits: Gala Darling Get Married Rex and Regina Intimate Weddings ...
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Crane, Crane, go away!Xochitl and I have a mutual friend who decorated her Christmas tree this year with origami cranes. It looks great in this photo, but I promise you it was even more amazing in person! It opened up my eyes to what people can do with origami. I decided to post a few different ways to incorporate this into wedding day. Just remember, DIY projects take time, so be sure to start early! I was looking through old magazine today for something and saw this in an old Martha Stewart Weddings. I love this! What a great way to make your guestbook and interactive and fun area. This requires it’s own table,...
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1000 Origami CranesYou have the patience, but you probably don’t have the…time. A man and woman folding 1,000 cranes for their wedding is an ancient practice called sembazuru. The time and energy put into a thousand hand-folded origami cranes symbolized the patience and trust necessary to sustain a long, happy marriage. If you can endure making your own origami cranes, it will be a snap when your new mother-in-law starts rearranging all your kitchen cupboards. To purchase them pre-made to use as wedding decorations, favors and gifts, expect to pay $1.75 to $2.00 each.Cranes...believed to mate for life....
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Gift Idea: Money CranesWhen I got the invite for the wedding I attended this weekend, it included a request from the couple – who have lived together for a while – that guests forego the usual wedding gifts and instead donate to a charity that’s very close to their hearts (Raise the Roof, who support a South African orphanage). What an awesome thing to do. And it’s not just my friends, more and more couples (including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) have been making the same request recently. I think it’s such a wonderful way to spread the love of your wedding day that little bit further and to raise aw...
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A Thousand Origami CranesI’m not sure if anyone has blogged about this previously, but when I read about this idea, I got a little teary eyed. I saw these origami wedding decorations and I thought they looked really neat. Then, I read the significance behind them and I was hooked. Origami Wedding Decorations According to an old Japanese tradition (“sembazuru”), the Bride and Groom are supposed to make 1,000 cranes before the wedding. Making the cranes brings the couple together and signifies the ideal values for a happy marriage: love, patience, tolerance, understanding, etc. I guess the couple who folds togeth...
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The NEWS, Giveaway Winner and CRANES!Happy MONDAY! Another bright and glorious week is ahead of us. I thought I’d start the week off by catching you up on all the news and announcements. I’m sprinkling in tons of photos of paper cranes today (you’ll see why in a minute), just so you don’t go too crazy with all this boring writing. Did you know that Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish? This beautiful bride and groom featured on Brooklyn Bride decided to do just that. (All their friends and family helped them fold over 1600 paper cranes. It makes me teary eyed just ...
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DIY Hanging Paper Cranes
This is a really cute DIY entry from Kristen! ~~~~~~~~ Paper cranes are a great way to accent a wedding with an Asian theme. They’re versatile, easy to make, and origami paper is pretty cheap. You’ll have to bear with me though as my wedding hasn’t happened yet, so the pictures I post really don’t do justice to the project. My apologies. How can you use them? You can use these hanging paper cranes in multiple ways. As pictured above, they can be creative escort card holders, but be sure to have a sturdy background because the tiniest bit of wind will cause them to twirl a...
