Our Anniversary and New Addition!

Hello everyone, today I have two exciting announcements! It is the three year anniversary of my husband and I, yay! And we will soon have a new arrival in our home. A Siberian Husky puppy named "Storm". We went to the breeder and picked her out today, so of course the proud mommie just had to take pictures. I thought it might be nice to share this special moment with my followers and visitors.

Here's a few more pics of our little cutey pa-tootey...she is going to be so spoiled!

We get to pick her up next month so i'll be on the hunt for a little santa outfit right in time for Christmas. Yes, I am one of those people that like to put clothing, bows etc on their dog..lol!

"Back In The Day/1980's Style" Theme Birthday Party

There is a Funky Fresh birthday invitation on it's way!! Just as a hint, think of the 1980's era of boom-boxes, hip-hop music and graffiti tagging! Here is a save-the-date email postcard that Marlin sent in order to Pump Up her guests and get them ready for this party that is bound to be incredibly fun! Stay tuned.....

Featured Invitation Vendor on Luxurious Weddings!

I have very exciting news that I am happy to share with you today! A little while back we received an invitation to be a featured Luxurious Wedding Invitation Expert on the high end website LuxuriousWedding.com. Through our course of business I often checked out the vendors on there and secretly always wanted to be listed among the top designers in the industry. So today I am excited to announce that WE DID IT!

Click the link HERE to check out the other fabulous vendors and features of the site. Enjoy!

10th Birthday Party Invitations :: A Camping Adventure!

I was so excited when one of my iWed/E09/Twitter pals (what? I do a lot of networking :o) ) Kay of Howerton+Wooten Events, llc contacted me to design her "little guy" Langston and his friend Joey's birthday party invitations. She won THE BEST reaction of the year award once I read her response to the design proofs I sent her. Lets just say that she LOVED them!! I was given full creative freedom on the design, which I love! I think the design is that much better when I can fully let my mojo work it's majic!

Here is the party description she gave me: "It can’t be too “kiddy” since both of them are turning 10....Camp Fire with scary stories, hot dogs, and smores. They are also going on a hay ride, playing horseshoes, and they are going through a corn maze at dusk with flash lights."

And here is what I came up with, a z-fold invitation with leaf embellishments:

They are going to have the best party of the year, for sure!

"Love Is Art" Themed Wedding Day Stationery

Lauren and Allen's Art Themed Wedding Invitations are one of my most creative invitation suites that I've done this year. Their artful theme is continued with their day of stationery. When I design stationery for my clients I like to brand their event from the beginning piece to the very last. Everything should flow together as a complete set.

For the rest of their pieces I used the same fonts and colors from the invitations, but I introduced new artistic graphics and a monogram.

Panel style program designed as an artist sketch book:

Panel style table sign that has been brushed and painted with the table information:

Individual menu cards with their monogram at the top:

Custom printed favor labels for their candy bar, which also features their monogram design:

An extremely creative escort card idea. Their planner Tina of MiEvenTi painted real paint brushes gold then placed the tags on top of them...I love it!

Baseball Theme Birthday Party Stationery

Remember those amazing baseball ticket inspired invitations? Here are a few complimenting stationery items we designed for the day of the party.

Table signs with a famous baseball player information on one side and the menu on the other side. Each sign had a silhouette with different baseball positions:

Baseball favor label sticker:

Seating Chart:

A Winter Themed Baby Shower Invitation

I think i've mentioned this before on the blog....I love designing baby shower invitations! There is something so cute and special about them, especially when there is a great theme to go along with the design. My bff Phallon and her husband Dwayne are expecting their first bundle of joy in January. The theme for the shower is "Winter Birds" in a white, silver and tiffany blue color palette since the baby will be born in the winter. The invitations were printed on matte card stock and mailed in winter white envelopes. There are some adorable items we're designing for her shower so make sure you come back in November to see them!

Lauren's Chocolate + Red Rose Pocketfold Invitations

Lauren is one of my sweet NJ brides that I've been working with for a while now. Throughout the design process her color scheme and style had changed quite a bit. After sending her samples and swatches and approving fonts and graphics she knew exactly what she wanted. After several rounds of edits to get the design "perfect" we landed on this beautiful piece of paper artwork!

The invitation is a matte chocolate brown pocketfold with a satin red wrap around ribbon and monogram tag on the outside. I also included the rose graphic on the front of the envelope in order to excite guests about a pretty package in their mailboxes.

The inside features a double invitation layer made of metallic cream and red card stock.

The insert cards alternate in the colors of cream and red with the rose accents coming out of the corners of each card. This setup was inspired by the bride and I love it!

Response postcard.

Reception card with reverse printing.

Directions card with hotel information on reverse.

Up next are her wedding ceremony programs so come back to check those out....