-- Happy Holidays from MJ Squared Designs --

Happy Holidays everyone! I still can't believe the holiday season is upon us and 2010 is just around the corner. This holiday season was quite a busy one for me designing invitations and holiday cards. I cant wait to catch up on my blogging and share my latest designs with you all.
I want to extend a HUGE thank you to those of you who made my first promotion a success! An even bigger thank you goes out to all of you who follow this little blog! I’ve really enjoyed sharing my ideas and invitations over the few months and I can’t wait to share more in 2010!

I hope you are all having a happy holiday season with your loved ones. Since you have all been so amazing and let me into your families and lives, I wanted to share our holiday card with all of you. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

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-- Holiday Card Promo! --

Can you believe it's already November?!? Do you know what that means? 55 days until Christmas and it's time to start thinking about Holiday Cards! I'm very excited to offer my first holiday season promo, check out Package A and B below!

Your package A options include the following designs:

Holiday Ornaments

Silver Bells


Snowman Family
Customize the snowman family to match yours!


Holiday Frame - Oval


Holiday Frame - Rectangle


Snow Birds


Holiday Swirls


Snowflakes


Red & Green Squares


Dots


Ho!Ho!Ho!


Have something specific in mind for your Holiday Card? Want to get a head start on a birthday invitation, save the date card, birth announcement, or another stationary need? Then consider Package B:


If you're interested in either package or have any questions, feel free to contact me at mjohnson@mjsquared.net.

-- Photo Birth Announcement --

I was so excited about doing this birth announcement because it was for a very special couple and we're all so thrilled for them that their baby boy is finally here! Sean is such a cutie and I had the chance to also take the pictures for this birth announcement so thanks Sean for putting up with me and my amateur photography skills :). His mom wanted a modern and unique birth announcement and here is the end result! I love it!



Sam & Mike congrats again and cant wait to see baby Sean soon!

-- 60th Retro Birthday Invitations --

Remember Rachel? She's not the only one in her family with an eventful year, her grandpa's turning 60 and he's having a party! Since this is the second 60th birthday invitation in a row that I've designed, I'm starting to sense that 60th birthday parties are becoming all the rage. The birthday party has a really fun retro theme and Rachel's mom gave me some ideas on what she was looking for so I came up with this:



I was so excited when Rachel's mom contacted me again, it means so much to me to have satisfied repeat customers. Thank you again for trusting me once more with your stationary needs! Hope you all have a fabulous time at the party!

-- 60th Birthday Invitations --

I was contacted by Kim to do a birthday invitation for her father-in-law who's turning the big 60. She sent me a sample of what her and her mother-in-law liked so I used that as my basis and came up with this:

A big thank you to Kim and her family for letting me design such a momentous birthday invite and an even bigger happy birthday to Kim's father-in-law!

-- Photo Damask Birth Announcement --

Rachel's mom contacted me about designing birth announcements for her new baby girl. She wanted the birth announcement to match Rachel's nursery color scheme of brown and aqua blue. The winning choice ended up being a classic design with a damask print. Welcome to the world little Rachel!

-- Pool Party 1st Birthday Invitations Part 2 --

In addition to the invitations I created for Pierce's mommy Amy, I was also asked to design the envelopes. In continuation of the pool party theme, here;s what I came up with:

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Back of envelope with return address

-- Pool Party 1st Birthday Invitations Part 1 --

Amy from Elmwood Court Photography contacted me about designing invitations for her son Pierce's pool party first birthday. Once again I couldn't stop coming up with ideas for designs and I ended up with three options for Amy. Amy ended up selecting the first design and I hope Pierce liked it as much as his parents did! Happy 1st Birthday Pierce!!

-- Floral Bridal Shower Invitations --

Lily contacted me recently requesting bridal shower invitations for her friend's bridal shower that she was hosting. With the bridal shower taking place in the spring and the wedding colors being red and cream, I decided to do a floral theme to the invites. I was so excited to do these that I ended up designing 3 different invites for Lily. She picked the last design which was also my favorite!

-- Retro Wedding Save the Dates --

My friend Y needed some help with her Save the Date cards and here's the final design!