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Year Four: Flowers {Round Three}

This giveaway is closed.  See who won here

Last round of the flower giveaways.  This one is from Pineapple Bay Studio, a Hawaii based watercolor filled shop.

The floral prints are bright and colorful, perfect for summer.

Shower Tree Petals:

Fresh Pick No. 3:

Orchids Watercolor:

Hydrangea:

The Goods: One 8 inch by 10 inch print from Pineapple Bay Studio.

To Enter:  Leave a comment, which can (but doesn’t have to) include our Just for Fun question.

Just for Fun: What keepsakes do you have from your wedding?  Are they proudly displayed?  Maybe a dried bouquet of flowers?  A framed invitation?

Contest Closes: Sunday, June 17th at 11:59 pm, central time.

Number of Winners: One!

Ships: Anywhere in the United States only.

Other Info: We will select the winner using random.org and announce on Monday, June 18th.  Good luck!!

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139 Comments

  1. leilavwaddell

     /  June 13, 2012

    Nothing, just pictures :(

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  2. One of my favorite keepsakes from my wedding is a recipe book we made for take aways at the cookie buffet. It has all of our family recipes in it and I love going to that every time we need to make a dessert for a party!

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  3. These are definitely my favorite of the bunch! So beautiful!

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  4. Laura

     /  June 13, 2012

    I’ve been married for 37 years, so about the only keepsake I have left is my husband and wedding ring!
    I LOVE your watercolors.

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  5. Brooke

     /  June 13, 2012

    I have a dried arrangement of a few buds from my bouquet in a shadow box frame. I always smile when I see it!

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  6. My husband made a wooden box with a really cool monogram he designed to use instead of a ring pillow. I love it and it lives on the coffee table now.

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  7. i have a whole box of stuff – save the date, invite, response cards, program, cards, flowers, and even my whole planning binder. i would love to display some of it… maybe someday…

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  8. Stephanie B.

     /  June 13, 2012

    Framed invitation, proudly displayed!

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  9. This answer won’t get me picked so I am glad the contest is random! I have no keepsakes left from my wedding…seriously none, pathetic. Just the photos. And to top that off I left our cake topper in the hotel rooms refrigerator. You know the one you were supposed to eat on your 1 year wedding anniversary? Brilliant! I didn\’t realize we left it until we had already traveled back to NYC from Philadelphia where our wedding was, unfortunately 2 hours too late.

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  10. I made a shadowbox with our invitation and some decorations :)

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  11. Sarah E

     /  June 13, 2012

    one of our centerpieces – a ball jar of wildflowers :)

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  12. Jess

     /  June 13, 2012

    Wow, these painting are GORGEOUS! I have almost everything left from my wedding (paper lanterns, crystal vases, crystal centerpiece decorations, wine glasses). My mom decided it was cheaper to buy what we wanted than rent it. So now I have about 4 boxes of wedding stuff in my garage. Its going to come in handy when I have a BIG party!

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  13. Emma Lou

     /  June 13, 2012

    We splurged on an adorable cake topper that now lives on our mantel.

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  14. Catie

     /  June 13, 2012

    We have a vase that we used for one of our centerpieces – it is only about 2 inches tall and it has a frog thing in it so the entire flower is exposed, from the bottom of the stem to the petals.

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  15. Heidi

     /  June 13, 2012

    Love these! – Never married so no keepsakes here!

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  16. Framed invitation, cake topper, and framed collection of photos. Photos hang above our headboard.

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  17. Krystle

     /  June 13, 2012

    Not married but I love these colorful prints!

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  18. my favorite “take away” from my wedding was my husband :) My favorite keepsake are the bride and groom bears we got
    thanks for entering me!

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  19. Nicole A.

     /  June 13, 2012

    Love all of these; especially the hydrangeas.

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  20. Rebecca Odell

     /  June 13, 2012

    Love that hydrangea print!

    I’m not married yet, but Pinterest offers so many ideas for storing, capturing and showcasing wedding keepsakes.

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  21. jillian

     /  June 13, 2012

    I’m not married, but I hope to keep pressed flowers as a memento.

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  22. Miriam

     /  June 13, 2012

    beautiful watercolors!

    Keepsake: Definitely our wedding pictures, though I need to update the frames/mattes with something new; i still have my bouquet, bridesmaid’s bouquet and my husbands boutineer. 14 years later and still going strong!

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  23. mary

     /  June 13, 2012

    My keepsake is a framed wedding photo with a large mat around it which was signed by all the guests with their well wishes!! We put an engagement photo in it at the reception and had it at the enterance.

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  24. Kylie

     /  June 13, 2012

    Not married yet, but these are gorgeous!

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  25. Devin

     /  June 13, 2012

    We have a wedding picture matted with guests signatures and messages framed and displayed in our bedroom.

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  26. I love these prints! Would love to win!

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  27. Caedwin

     /  June 13, 2012

    Of course, we have a cake topper (a beautiful musical bisque dancing couple (got it from Wilton’s)) and the toasting flutes (cobalt crystal with silver stems – I had them engraved with his name first on his, and my name first on mine). We use them on every anniversary!

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  28. I LOVE hydrangeas so, if chosen, that’s what I’d probably pick.

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  29. Jennifer S

     /  June 13, 2012

    So far we just have a shadowbox with an invitation to each of our wedding events. We need to print wedding pictures still…

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  30. Michelle

     /  June 13, 2012

    We have a framed invitation and our cake topper on display. It’s a lovely stone piece of two people dancing, that was actually too heavy to go on the cake.

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  31. Kim

     /  June 13, 2012

    I have a covered crystal bowl with the dried rose petals from my bouquet.

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  32. Paula

     /  June 13, 2012

    I have a scrapbook of my favorite things on a shelf in my living room, but none are more prominently displayed than that.

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  33. Kelly

     /  June 13, 2012

    Not married, yet :) . But I am getting a lot of good ideas for what to keep!

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  34. Courtney

     /  June 13, 2012

    These are gorgeous!

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  35. Betsy

     /  June 13, 2012

    I love those hydrangeas! We have glass Christmas balls with our dried flowers inside. And I still have my dress in a box under my bed, but I don’t know how much longer I’ll hang on to it.

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  36. katieschultz1030

     /  June 13, 2012

    I love watercolors! I still have not framed my invitation though I plan to!

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  37. Laura F.

     /  June 13, 2012

    Lovely prints! My dress is hanging in my closet…does that count?

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  38. Kathleen

     /  June 13, 2012

    Beautiful!! I still have my bouquet and my husband’s boutenniere out but we were married in early May.

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  39. Cindi

     /  June 13, 2012

    Not married and don’t plan to be. That said, I have plenty of framed photos of the weddings I’ve been in.

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  40. Rebecca

     /  June 13, 2012

    I still have my bouquet with my Grandma’s rosary wrapped around it. We didn’t use real flowers, so I keep it displayed in our bedroom.

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  41. Marissa H.

     /  June 13, 2012

    Our engagement photo signed by all the guests.

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  42. niicoollaa

     /  June 13, 2012

    pictures (including a close up for my necklace and a closeup of his boutonniere hanging above our bed), a little bunting banner I made, and our tall tubular vases now hold our toilet paper in the bathroom!

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  43. loveandrenovations

     /  June 13, 2012

    We still have so many things from our wedding – I saved all the extra invitations and we have some dried flowers from the centerpieces!

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  44. Kathleen

     /  June 13, 2012

    No wedding mementos to display! I really like the idea of the recipe book someone mentioned above.

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  45. Jen N.

     /  June 13, 2012

    I have the invitation framed.

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  46. Lauren

     /  June 13, 2012

    I’m not married but I love the first print!

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  47. We have our toasting glasses and framed photos from the day….but most of our stuff has been demoted to the attic (or gotten rid of altogether)….kids stuff comes first now. :)

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  48. Zhaleh

     /  June 13, 2012

    The thing I use the most is probably my wedding shoes, gorgeous Indian design.

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  49. Cecily

     /  June 13, 2012

    We got married in Hawaii. I received leis from some of our wedding guests. I have kept my traditional Hawaiian bridal headpiece (called a haku) and one of the leis that dried/preserved beautifully.

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  50. Cecily

     /  June 13, 2012

    P.S. – it’s been almost 10 years this October! Can we get a woot woot!

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  51. Nicole

     /  June 13, 2012

    Love those watercolor prints! Let’s see… I still have my dried bouquet (need to do something with it!) and the invitations I hand made with the idea that I would frame it eventually. And of course I have many photos.

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  52. Whitney M

     /  June 13, 2012

    Love these! And not married yet :)

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  53. Shelley T.

     /  June 13, 2012

    not married yet. I have a Pinterest board filled with ideas :D

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  54. My favorite momento is not from my wedding but rather our engagement. It’s an italian leather journal turned into a book that my husband wrote an allegory about us. It has two music boxes inside; one that plays when you read the book, and the other that plays during the last page and has my engagement ring in a box that reads “will you marry me?”. It’s def the one thing I would save in a fire! Our 5th wedding anniversary is this Sunday June 17th!!

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  55. andrea p

     /  June 13, 2012

    Besides all the wedding photos, we display our cake knife & toasting flutes in our china hutch!

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  56. WendyK

     /  June 13, 2012

    Keepsakes, hmmm…other than pictures, I can’t remember. It has been 20 years. Thanks for the giveaway, and happy anniversary

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  57. Amber K.

     /  June 13, 2012

    We have lots of pictures, of course, and we keep our unity candle as part of our dining room center piece!

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  58. Cheryl B.

     /  June 13, 2012

    We just have pictures around, no other nick nacks.

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  59. AnneSATX

     /  June 13, 2012

    Not married, but I’d probably just have a picture from my wedding displayed. Framing the invitation is a good idea. Maybe I’d do that, too.

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  60. These are so beautiful! I’m definitely checking out this shop. I’m pathetic–aside from a couple of framed photos, our mementos are in a box in the attic. Oh, wait, I did paint glass ball ornaments with our names and date for favors (since we got married around the holidays) so one of those hangs on our tree at Christmas.

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  61. That is a good question…..nothing formal as a keepsake.

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  62. Ericka

     /  June 13, 2012

    Please pick me!

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  63. My most treasured keepsake is our photos. I made an album and still look at it often. Happy memories indeed.

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  64. I love the Orchids Watercolor! So pretty! We have a wedding picture with the mat signed by all those who came to our reception hanging in our bedroom.

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  65. I have the flower that I wore in my hair… I also have our invitation framed, I drew a Gardenia (same flower as I wore) on each invitation. Quite the task, but turned out beautiful! It will be 6 years this September!

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  66. tanja

     /  June 13, 2012

    Love those prints!

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  67. cindy

     /  June 13, 2012

    Nothing. Maybe I should dig something up.

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  68. Eileen

     /  June 13, 2012

    Love those prints! :) We still have a few leftover favors: Bell windchimes with our names, wedding date, and an ivy leaf painted on them.

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  69. Denise

     /  June 13, 2012

    Nothing, just pictures.

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  70. Kate

     /  June 13, 2012

    SO many contests, but honestly, I’d rather win this one than the two cameras, the Cricuit, etc. I love, love, love watercolors like these, so much, they bring tears to my eyes! If I don’t win, I’m picking out something for my own birthday gift !!!! Yeah, I said it!
    Kate

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  71. caroline

     /  June 13, 2012

    I am loving these prints!!
    We have our champagne flutes from our wedding

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  72. Abby

     /  June 13, 2012

    Program, invite….

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  73. my wedding dress is now going to be used to wrap my daughter’s bouquet in July!

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  74. Jamie G

     /  June 13, 2012

    Beautiful! I have lots of momentos – my photo guest book (best thing we did! Great candid shots of the guests along with their wishes for us…six years later and I still look through it!).

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  75. natasha

     /  June 13, 2012

    everything is sitting in a box, but I do have framed pictures on display :)

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  76. Kate

     /  June 13, 2012

    i DO have my dry bouquet of flowers in a vase on our bookshelf…both my kiddos love looking at (and trying to crunch) them. Probably won’t be around much longer…but 7 years is something, right?!

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  77. Patty Durre

     /  June 13, 2012

    LOVELY!!! I pressed my husband’s boutonniere instead of any of my flowers. It is still in the family bible we got as a gift.

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  78. I’m trying to dry my bouquet in hopes of having it as a keepsake. I also have our toasting glasses.

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  79. Lori

     /  June 13, 2012

    We saved a few invites, pictures, and small trinkets that I have put into an album. Great memories! 22 years and counting!! Thanks for the lovely giveaway!

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  80. Katie

     /  June 13, 2012

    No wedding yet, but I plan on lots and lots of pictures!

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  81. Dawn

     /  June 13, 2012

    We had a framed invite at one point. I wonder what happened to that? Things get lost after 24 years!

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  82. Elizabeth G.

     /  June 14, 2012

    I love those floral prints!

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  83. I still have the cute little favor from my aunt’s beach wedding. Does that count? :)

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  84. Rebecca

     /  June 14, 2012

    Ahh, my dried flowers. Thanks for the reminder that my are SUPPOSE to be ready by my first anniversary (under a month now).

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  85. Linsey

     /  June 14, 2012

    Not married…yet

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  86. Sunny

     /  June 14, 2012

    I have a shadow box at the entrance to our bedroom that has mementos from our wedding day (our Mr. and Mrs. place cards), invitation, save-the-date, hubby’s boutonniere and the locket from my bouquet.

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  87. lana

     /  June 14, 2012

    Wow, these are gorgeous!

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  88. We had a creative guest book: business card-sized cards with the image from our invitations printed on them; my husband loves beautiful, hand-crafted wooden boxes so we purchased one on Etsy to serve as our “guest book” (card holder). It sits on the shelf below our coffee table. The memories are always just a box away. :)

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  89. CherylM.

     /  June 14, 2012

    The only thing I need…. my husband! :)

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  90. Christy Cannon

     /  June 14, 2012

    These are beautiful! Have lots of little things from our wedding. Most special is probably the video and photos. Our kids love to see what we looked like then.

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  91. Teresa

     /  June 14, 2012

    No keepsakes, but I do still wear my “wedding dress” — a white cotton sundress I dyed green a few years ago to make it much more practical for outings with the kids!

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  92. I have pictures and some invitations … oh! and some of the table dressings.

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  93. Carey Nadeau

     /  June 14, 2012

    My nail polish!! Every time I paint a coat on I remember that day–ten years ago this year!!!

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  94. Stacy M

     /  June 14, 2012

    Never has a wedding, So no keepsakes.

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  95. We have a picture and a framed invitation.

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  96. Allison W

     /  June 14, 2012

    I’ve been with my SO for 10 years and I have quite a few keepsakes. One that I made is actually a charm bracelet that’s all about us. A charm for the city we met, lived in, etc…

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  97. Teresa C

     /  June 14, 2012

    We have wedding photos displayed- everything else is packed away!

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  98. I have our engagement photo which was displayed at the wedding. It is above our fireplace mantle. 16 years this October!

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  99. Emma

     /  June 14, 2012

    We have so much from our wedding.. pictures, albums, lanterns that we used as decor, invitations, cupcake liners (3 years later) and it is all over our house as decor.

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  100. Tara F

     /  June 14, 2012

    I keep my silk flowers I had and had them rearranged into baskets.

    Reply

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