back to school wedding inspiration

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    Hand-Painted Reception: Back-to-School Inspired

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    The Back-to-School wedding theme starts out with the wedding party traveling in style in a school bus! Inexpensive and fun!

    Then there is chocolate milk with fun striped straws and paper bag guest gift bags filled with treats. There are escort card apples, customized No. 2 pencils, globes, and books used as reception decoration. There are so many fun ideas for this wedding!

    Back to School wedding invitation now available in the Hand-Painted Weddings Invitation shop.

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    Inspired by Classic Back-to-School Apple

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    Have you ever wondered where the tradition of giving an apple to a teacher came from? I wonder if it is because apple are in season at the beginning of the school year. Or maybe it is because of the smart, health benefits of “eating an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Whatever the reason, I like it.

    Cherishing a single piece of fruit is so simple and yet so charming. There is this scene in Little Women where Jo is peeling an orange as a treat at her desk on a snowy day, and that orange looks like the most decadent treat in the world. That is what I think about when I think of gifting an apple to a teacher at back-to-school time….the beauty of slowing down and savoring the exquisite taste of an apple in season.

    Back to School wedding invitation available in the Hand-Painted Weddings Invitation shop.