Today’s giveaway is from one of the most talented wedding crafters on Etsy (I say one because there are just so many!). From appearing on almost every wedding blog imaginable to making her ‘Martha Stewart Weddings’ debut earlier this year, Caroline from Paloma’s Nest has made her mark on the wedding industry in such a creative way.

Paloma’s Nest “Have & To Hold” Ring Bearer Bowl™
Paloma’s Nest has also expanded her range to include bouquet charms, wooden bangles, paper mache sculptured hearts, ceramic eggs and tiny text tiles. Each handmade piece is perfect for a wedding or a gift.

I Do Bridal Bouquet Text Tile Charm, Custom Gold Dove Ring Bearer Bowl™
The creations are all hand made and stamped by Caroline herself with the Ring Bearer Bowl™ not only becoming a creative way to carry your rings but has also a sweet way to propose marriage.
Paloma’s Nest also recently made their Australian magazine debut in Bride To Be Magazine in their August 2009 Issue.

Bride To Be Magazine August 2009
In their “Green Day” shoot, Bride To Be Magazine featured the Paloma’s Nest Joy Dove bowl, Paloma’s Nest wrapped dove token and the Paloma’s Nest “Have & To Hold” Ring Bearer Bowl™.
Paloma’s Nest is giving one lucky bride to be a “Have & To Hold” Ring Bearer Bowl™ as featured in bride To Be magazine valued at $34US.
To win, simply write a poem in 25 words or less and include the phrase “To Have & To Hold”. Leave your poem in a comment on this entry.
Competition closes September 28th at 5pm Australian Eastern Standard Time. Competition is open to Australian & New Zealand residents only. Entrants must be aged 18 or older.
This competition is now closed.
Want more? Check out these posts from the archives

























































September 8, 2009 at 2:30 pm
When I saw this “pillow,”
I was instantly sold.
My ringbearer needs something different
To have and to hold!
September 8, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Oh boo! Not a resident of Australia or NZ… Ignore my poem unless I can pay for shipping to the states?
September 8, 2009 at 4:17 pm
my wedding band is made of a very precious gold,
how can my pageboy lose it
when he has such a pretty bowl to hold?
September 8, 2009 at 4:29 pm
The most precious way
For our rings of white gold
To shine on the day
We declare to have and to hold
September 8, 2009 at 5:05 pm
We met at work
you became my rock
the best friend I never had
now me, this very lucky girl
will be your future wife
to have and to hold
forever
September 8, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Now I’ve found my soul mate
to have and to hold,
ours is a love story
waiting to be told.
September 8, 2009 at 6:43 pm
TO….gether
HAVE…ing each other
AND…our love
TO
HOLD…in our hearts
September 8, 2009 at 7:37 pm
marking the beginning
of our eternity
is simple:
to have and to hold
my hand in yours.
September 8, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Cant wait to be with you
while we grow old,
together as a couple
To have and to hold
September 9, 2009 at 8:38 am
10 years together
partners in life,
next year as your wife.
To have and to hold,
till death us do part
forever in my heart.
September 10, 2009 at 4:51 am
simply beautiful…
September 10, 2009 at 9:10 am
A bright new together
with ‘to have and to hold’.
These rings time may tarnish
but beneath will be gold.
September 10, 2009 at 8:50 pm
To have and to hold
Your hand through life
Our love is forever
As I become your wife.
September 11, 2009 at 9:37 am
To have and to hold
Your hand
To have and to hold
My heart
To have and to hold
Our children
September 16, 2009 at 5:52 pm
To have and to hold
In october we marry
A ring bearer bowl
Our daughter needs on the day
So those rings don’t go astray!!
September 17, 2009 at 9:07 am
February 12th our love will be told,
Down by the sea, we hope its not cold,
Gleaming in the sun two rings of gold,
Forever we’ll be, to have and to hold.
September 19, 2009 at 9:08 pm
My Lover, My Life
Is Charming and Bold
To him I thee pledge
to have and to hold
September 20, 2009 at 3:54 pm
To have and to hold forever in my heart,
To have and to hold forever in your arms,
To have and to hold and never shall we part,
To have and to hold my life in your palm.
September 21, 2009 at 7:35 am
Have and to hold, a forever thing
Symbolised by pretty rings
Simply a promise made in my heart
A wish that we’ll never be apart
September 21, 2009 at 10:43 am
A bowl full of gold,
My heart never sold,
A tale to be told,
To have and to hold
September 24, 2009 at 10:51 am
Heart smiles when you are near.
You make me better, this is clear.
This love cannot be sold.
Us forever to have and to hold.
September 24, 2009 at 8:45 pm
To have and to hold you,
Such a feeling all the way through.
Tingles when I see your smile,
Despite being together for a long while!
September 25, 2009 at 10:01 am
To have and to hold
Love never grows old
Just deepens over years
decades to share, memories to make
Laughter, hugs and tears
September 25, 2009 at 2:58 pm
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September 25, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Love – to have and to hold,
Infinitely more precious than gold.
To be treasured every single day,
With all of my heart, come what may.
September 25, 2009 at 5:59 pm
wedding is in 14 days,
never knew ’bout paloma’s nest craze,
left it to late to order online,
wish this bowl were mine..
September 25, 2009 at 8:24 pm
The next few entries are those lost in our site migration.
September 25, 2009 at 8:25 pm
To have and to hold
A promise made in my heart
to last a lifetime
September 26, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Fairytale romance, wedding tulle,
“To have & to hold”, our treasured ‘jewels’,
Hubbys proposal? Impossible to resist!
My heart his from the very first kiss!!
September 27, 2009 at 12:55 am
Passionate devotion, fondness so fine,
With blissful emotion our feelings entwine;
Like gold, you make me shine,
To Have & To Hold for endless time.
September 27, 2009 at 7:19 pm
On our magical wedding day,
our lives together on our way,
Banded together in white gold,
forever to have and to hold.
I love you.
September 28, 2009 at 5:12 pm
A ring bearer’s bowl inscribed with to have and to hold – at first sight I fell
Paloma’s Nest would make me the happiest wedding belle!
September 29, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Looking our best,
In front of a 130 guests,
Together we will grow old,
Forever yours, To Have and To Hold
October 3, 2009 at 8:24 pm
I have finally found my soul mate,
We will be married in May,
I know when we met it was fate,
He has given me a place for my heart to lay.
He is a man of many things,
He has beauty, and he is bold,
He is my heart and he is my King,
Forever mine, to have and to hold.
October 12, 2009 at 11:39 am
But even in my dreams, I still feel cold,
knowing your not mine to have and to hold.
Take my hands, Take my eyes,
’cause I need them no more,
If never again they fall upon,
The one I so adore.
October 15, 2009 at 10:33 pm
To have and to hold
Our hearts are now sold
On our wedding day
We vow to love each other
Today
Tomorrow
Forever and
Always
October 17, 2009 at 8:48 am
I cannot eat that cake,
it is covered in mold.
It is only good now,
to have and to hold.
October 20, 2009 at 7:22 pm
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October 30, 2009 at 1:24 am
To have & to hold,
From youth ’till we’re old
Our troth do we give
For as long as we live
October 30, 2009 at 1:24 am
k, embarrased-too too late
January 25, 2010 at 3:55 pm
tiny little feet, will have this to hold, branding me and him until we’re both very old.
February 17, 2010 at 11:57 pm
To have and to hold,
Till we grow old,
The burning in my heart,
Will never grow cold…