It's Been Awhile!

Things around here have beyond crazy busy!  I obviously have not blogged in forever because I have been working, working, working!  Below are some of the things I have done recently:

Invitations - These invitations are really special.  They are a combination of two different designs, something that I love to do.  The bride combined the "Candy Stripe" design and the "Organic" design.  These two designs are similar and seemed to combine together really well.

Programs & Favor Tags - Creating programs and other stationery that coordinate with wedding invitations is so fun!  Earlier I created invitations with this design and the bride wanted to create stationery that all coordinated for the rest of the wedding.  I created program covers and favor tags that also doubled as placecards.  It was so nice to see the design carried throughout the entire event.

Open House Invitations - This was the first set of open house invitations that I created and they were so fun!  The awesome photos, taken by Sara Blossom Photography, provided the basis for a great design!  We created a few different styles of invitations in order to incorporate more of his senior pictures.  The event information was listed on the back, that way recipients can save or frame the invitation if they wanted.

Stay tuned for 2 sets of wedding invitations, seating charts, bridal shower invites and programs.  There is a LOT more to come!

Spring Weddings!

The spring weddings are rolling in!  I have been very busy printing away these past few weeks.  This blog features two invitation sets, both very different and both new designs!

Up first are the invitations for Karah and Andrew.  I met with Karah in January and we discussed the details of her wedding.  I didn't have a design that exactly fit her needs, so I came up with a new design "Berry Branch".  Karah and Andrew liked the idea of a solid color invitation with white text and a white graphic. We chose to work with this berry color as it is a main color for their wedding.  The invitations were printed on linen paper and their package included envelopes with return address printing and guest address printing:

I also created shower invitations for Karah and Andrew as well as thank you notes.  My favorite part of their wedding stationery set though was not any of the above mentioned, it was this invitation:

The bride and groom had a combined bachelor/bachelorette party and all guests were attending a Tiger's game.  I thought these invitations were perfect and so much fun!

The next wedding invitation set also involves a new design, this one I LOVE!  I love it because I spent a lot of time of the development stages for this one and I was finally happy with the end result after coming up with 7 draft designs!  This design had to be perfect because these invitations were made for my sister-in-law!  Her wedding color is a dark purple with black and white damask accents.  The invitations coordinate with this theme with an all over purple damask pattern and black and white accents.  The envelopes that I chose to go along with the invitations were to die for!!  They were a slightly textured metallic lavendar with a hint of a silver sheen.  I was SUPER happy with the end product.  I printed the guest addresses and return address on the envelope to top off this beautiful set: 

This past weekend we celebrated at a combined bachelor/bachelorette party for the happy couple.  My other sister-in-law created gift bags for the guests and I made these personalized water bottle labels to be put on water given to the guests.  Aren't these great?!

Up next in the blog - Open house invitatins & the wedding of Christin & Randy!

Wedding Bells

The weddings bells are warming up and getting ready to ring!  I know this because I have been working on a slew of invitations lately, all spring weddings that are right around the corner!

The first wedding set, I sadly did not take many photos of :(  This wedding set was gorgeous, a delicate floral design (a new one, too!) printed on ivory felt paper, which was then mounted on silver metallic paper.  The invites had coordinating reception and RSVP cards, printed guest addresses and printed return addresses.  The set was very nice.  However in the middle of production of this order, a tragedy occurred in my family and after I was able to come back to reality, I was so hurried to get her order completed, I did not take time to take any photos.  This bride was so patient and understanding and her invitation set turned out truly beautiful.  Katie from Remaking Memories also created a personalized Christmas ornament that I gave as a gift to the bride and groom.  But I was not able to snap a photo of that, either :(.  Sooooooo, here is a photo that I DO have, one that I took of a print sample that I had, so please use your imagination and try to imagine how wonderful the entire set was!

And now, I am super, duper, duper excited to share with you the FABULOUS 1st birthday invitations that I created for one of my greatest friends.  As some of you know, Libby of Elizabeth K Photography is rather awesome.  She is fun, energetic and uber, uber creative.  Well, her cutie pie daughter is turning one in May and of course, there will be a fabulous party involved.  One thing I love about Libby is that she is creative in all facets of life.  From her photography and her personal style, to her ideas, she is always thinking outside of the box.  When it came to theming her daughter's birthday party, she did not disappoint.  The party is going to be vintage circus theme and we came up with these invitations:

Aren't they awesome?!  And really, I can not take much credit for these, the ideas were all her, I just put it all together and printed!  These invites are being sent in ivory envelopes and really give off the vintage vibe.  I love these and am so happy with the outcome :)

Stay tuned to the next blog to see the wedding stationery or Karah & Drew and Anna & Dan!

A Busy Little Bee!

I titled this blog post "Busy Little Bee" because that is what I have been since my last blog post, over ONE MONTH AGO!!  I apologize for my absence.  I know everyone has a busy life, but mine went through a period of overload.  When I say overload, I mean overload!  I was up to my ears in orders, events and life.  It was nutzo!!  My next few blogs will show what exactly I have been so busy doing.
In this blog I will show you some birthday invitations, a bridal shower invitation and a wedding set.  So, here goes:

My husband's best friend turned 30 this past week and his mom and sisters wanted to throw a surprise birthday party for him.  I was so excited to make these invitations for a couple of reasons #1, this guy and his family are nothing short of awesome, #2 I was looking forward to the challenge of creating an invitation that was not cutesy and girly, something I have yet to do.  So, below you will see the finished product.  I thought it turned out pretty darn perfect:

Lately I have been creating lots of invitations for birthday parties and showers.  Below is a bridal shower invitation that I finished up this week.  The wedding colors were pink and yellow, this cute cake invitation was the perfect fit for this event:



Finally, I want to show off my first set of wedding invitations from this season.  This bride was so wonderful to work with.  She was easy-going and organized and knew exactly what she wanted.  I met her at the Zehnders Bridal Show and her wedding set was the first set of the 2011 wedding season that I completed.

She chose the "Modern Floral" design and customized the color.  The royal blue she chose was a nice contrast to the white and I think that the designed really popped:

And of course, as a gift to the bride and groom, I commissioned Katie of Remaking Memories to create a Christmas ornament for them:

Stay tuned for 3 moer wedding invitations and some bachelor/bachelorette invites that will knock your socks off!

Brides, Babies, and Birthdays!

Lately I have been creating invitations for events other than weddings and I have to say, it has been quite fun!  I enjoy creating new invitations and these invitations are no exception:

Baby Shower invitations for a St. Patrick's Day shower - can you spot the 4 leaf clover?

1st birthday party invitations for a little cutie pie: 

Baby Shower invites for a mommy to be:

And some awesome bridal shower invites:

I am very busy working on finalizing invitations for the first spring weddings, stay tuned to the blog for more to come!

Fun, Fancy, and Fabulous

Previously I shared with you the invitations that I created for a bride having a peacock themed wedding.  The invitations were gorgeous, classy and lots of fun:

Then of course, Remaking Memories created this awesome magnet that I gave as a special gift to the bride and groom:

After the initial invitations were done, I met with the super creative bride and we got to work creating lots of other items for the wedding and reception.  We started with this menu card:

 I created several signs that were displayed in various areas throughout the reception:

 Then came the wedding programs:



And custom thank you notes:

The next piece of stationery was my absolute favorite.  Remember when I said the bride was super creative?!  Well, here is an example of some genius - - she had me create Wedding Mad Libs to be placed at each place setting!!  The guests filled out the Mad Libs in tribute to the bride and groom; how fun is that?!  I was so excited making these, I cannot imagine the fun that the guests had filling them out. 

The Mad Libs were folded and were placed under the menu cards at each place setting.  When each guest received their Mad Lib, it looked like this, ready to be filled out: (minus my finger holding it down, of course!)

Then, after the guests had fun filling in their goofy answers, they opened it up to reveal the 'Wedding Prediction' they had just created for the newlyweds:

I can see how this personal and unique touch can be treasured for years to come.  Great idea, Mandy!

And lastly I would like to share the seating chart that I created.  This 18x24 seating chart poster was printed and framed in a black frame.  The chart was stunning, just like the rest of the wedding details:

This wedding was filled with thoughtful, fun, and fabulous details.  And of course, the bride and groom are pretty fun and fabulous themselves.  Cheers to you, Mandy and Nick.  I wish you many years of wedded bliss!

Everybody LOVEs a Giveaway!

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching and since my husband and I don't do much for this holiday, I thought I would celebrate it with my fans this year!  I have decided to do a major giveaway this week, just in time for Valentine's Day.  The best part is, not only am I giving away something, but my friend Katie at Remaking Memories has decided to join in the fun as well.  Meaning, this givewaway will have TWO winners and TWO fantastic prizes!!

The contest features these fabulous items - one 4"x10" photo art:

 and a pendant made from Remaking Memories:

All you have to do is enter the contest and you could win!
Here are the details:
-The contest runs until Thursday, February 10 at 8pm

You can enter the contest by simply commenting on the blog and responding to the following question:
What do you love most about Valentine's Day?

My favorite thing about Valentine's Day is that it brings us one step closer to spring!

You can receive extra contest entries by doing one or more of the following:
- +1 entry for following my blog
- +1 entry for following the blog at Remaking Memories
- +1 etnry for being a fan of my facebook page
- +1 entry for being a fan of the Remaking Memories facebook page

Be sure to share with your friends!
(Be sure to leave a comment for each +1 entry, so that it "counts".  Meaning, leave a seperate comment if you are a facebook fan, blog fan, etc.)