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Custom Wedding Guest Book Alternatives

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My source of inspiration is just about anything vintage. I love looking on stores that sell vintage items to get an idea for a new box. I am also inspired by a lot of music. I craft with my iPhone or Pandora playing, and sometimes I just craft based on whatever comes to mind with the music.

Lindzi Shanks

Random Facts About You?

I'm studying to get my Ph.D. in Psychology.
I am a huge baseball fan. Even my beagle puppy is named after an MLB pitcher!
I usually have my iPhone tuned to Dashboard Confessional (on repeat).
I have a tattoo of a sparrow on each hip that I got in honor of my grandmother, who used to call me "her little sparrow".



What got you started crafting?

I found my love for everything crafty in 2005 when I began working in a scrapbooking store with my best friend. Most days we did more crafting than working. I started my shop in 2010 when my personal crafts began to overtake my boyfriend and I’s apartment. I chose keepsake boxes to be my craft of choice because I love to hold onto the keepsakes and trinkets I associate with my favorite memories. I still have every note my boyfriend wrote me in high school and we’ve been together for over 6 years. But why throw those into a shoebox underneath my bed or underneath some clothes in my closet? Those notes mean the world to me, so why not have an adorable keepsake box to store them in? It was my love for those notes, photos, the Flinstones McDonalds toy my great-grandmother and I used to play with that inspired me to open my shop. Those trinkets are more than just things—their my memories and my past; helping to shape me into who I’m going to be in the future. Now, everyone can use my trinket boxes to display and hold onto their memories with pride – or use them for whatever inspires them :)



What is your source of inspiration?

My source of inspiration is just about anything vintage. I love looking on stores that sell vintage items to get an idea for a new box. I am also inspired by a lot of music. I craft with my iPhone or Pandora playing, and sometimes I just craft based on whatever comes to mind with the music.



What have you made recently?

I recently made a Happily Ever After themed keepsake box/wedding guest book alternative. When I make my boxes, I start off with high quality unfinished wood. I then used some very pretty scrapbook paper and words to create the overall look of the box. When I am make them, I offer several customizations such as picking out the color of the box's gemstone and I can even put the names of the bride and groom onto the box. Even though I remake these boxes more than once, no two boxes look the same.





Where do you sell your crafts presently?

I sell my items via Etsy (www.thetrendysparrow.etsy.com)



Why are handmade crafts important to you?

Everyone wants something at their wedding that sets it apart from all of the other weddings in the world. Having a custom created and handmade wedding guest book box, not only makes the way they are utilizing a guest book unique, but gives the bride and groom something they can reuse to hold wedding keepsakes in.



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