-- Beach Theme Bridal Shower Invitations--

Fatima contacted me after she found my website while looking for beach themed bridal showers. She had a very specific vision in mind for the invitation since the bride was getting married in Jamaica and they were having an afternoon tea bridal shower so she wanted to marry the two ideas. She also liked the recipe card invitations I had previously done and wanted to incorporate that into the invitation as well. With so many ideas, I was worried about getting her vision right but I managed to get this idea designed out which Fatima loved.

-- Art Deco Bridal Shower Invitations --

Awhile back I got a call from a wedding planner letting me know that a bride she was working with was interested in having her bridal shower invitations designed by me. We discussed the venue and the theme and I learned that the location had a 1920s art deco decor to it which the bride would like to incorporate into the shower. From there I came up with 3 design samples for the bride and her wedding planner and the final pick ended up being the first one with some tweaks to the floral design and the addition of the bride & groom's monogram.

-- Retirement Party Invitations --

Kristy contacted me while planning her father-in-laws retirement party and was looking for a custom retirement party invitation that would help pay honor to her father-in-law's years of service as a foreman. I decided to do a few different variations of a construction theme and here's what I came up with.







Kristy ultimately decided on the classic 2nd option. Thanks Kristy for giving me an opportunity to have a little fun with these designs!

-- Photo Collage First Birthday Invitations --

I can't believe it's been almost a year since I did Sean's birth announcements and now the time has come for me to design his 1st Birthday Invitations!

Sean's mom's only request was that the invitation have a collage of pictures from his first year so with that in mind I came up with two different versions:





In the end, Sean's mom liked them both so much that she decided to order half of each and send them both out! Happy Birthday little guy!

-- Adirondacks Wedding Programs--

Before their big day, Amanda asked me to design wedding programs that would match the custom designed Adirondack wedding invitations I did for them. She wanted a half page invitation that used the same design we used for the invitations and below is the end result:

Since I was lucky enough to be a guest at Amanda and Justin's big day, I can tell you their wedding (and the bride herself!) was beautiful and everything turned out wonderfully. Congrats again to you both! Lots of best wishes for your new life together!

-- Princess Birthday Invitations --

This blog post is a bit late but I'm getting it in just in time for Princess Isabel's big day! Miss Isabel is baby Joaquin's big sister and she's turning 4! To mark the special occasion, Isabel's mom is planning a princess themed party perfectly fit for this little girl. Her only requests for the invitation were that they be royal purple with silvery swirls and here is the final result!

With the big birthday party just one day away, I want to send out a very happy birthday wish to Princess Isabel! Hope your birthday is a dream come true!

-- Postcard Style Wedding Invitations --

I had another exciting client to work with recently who wanted a different take on their wedding invitations. Kelli didn't want to do the standard invitation set and instead wanted to have all the details and RSVP information on their wedding website. Ultimately the invitation she wanted to send out was to be a Save the Date/Invitation all rolled up into one.

For their wedding they are doing a very colorful and vintage theme which Kelli wanted to incorporate into their invitations. She also liked the postcard style invitations as well so here's what the end result looked like:

Front of Postcard Invitation

Back of Postcard Invitation

Along with the invitations, Kelli picked very colorful envelopes to mail the invitations and ultimately decided on a blue envelope that matched the font color on the back of the invitation. Thanks for being such a great client Kelli! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the wedding details!

-- Adirondacks Wedding Invitations --

I'm finally catching up on my blog posts and I'm so excited to share a couple new projects I've been working on! The first one is a wedding invitation set that I did for Amanda and Justin. Amanda had seen some of my previous work and had a pretty unique idea in mind. The two of them are getting married in the Adirondacks in upstate New York and she wanted an invitation that depicted their wedding location. Their wedding theme is around the Adirondacks and specifically the Adirondack chairs that are named after the area. We found a picture that they both loved and wanted to incorporate in the entire wedding invitation suite.

The invitation was done a bit larger than the traditional A7 size and we went with an A9 since Amanda wanted something a little bigger.

For the RSVPs, Amanda and Justin wanted to do a postcard style RSVP card and we included the same picture from the invitation to tie it all together.

Front of the RSVP postcard

Back of the RSVP postcard

I cant wait to start working on the rest of the wedding stationary and share them with you!

-- Ladybug 1st Birthday Invitations --

Remember Rachel? Can you believe almost a year has gone by and Rachel's turning one!?!! Time certainly flies by and I have loved and been honored to be able to be part of this little girl's big milestones. When I started talking to Rachel's mom about what type of invitation she wanted, her only requests were that I try and have 2-3 pictures from Rachel's latest cake smash photo shoot and that it match the pink and green ladybug birthday theme. So I went to work and came up with this!



The green and pink color combinations worked out so wonderful and I'm so excited for this little girl because I know she's going to have a great first birthday! Thanks again Rachel's mom for letting me part of your lives!

-- It's a Girl! Baby Shower Invitations --

I've been loving all the different shower invitations I've had the opportunity to do recently. Just like with weddings, I love being able to incorporate the different shower themes people come up with into the invitations. When Kate contacted me to design these baby shower invitations, she told me she was open to anything as long as it was pink and went with the girly and frilly theme of the shower. With so much freedom to design these invitations, I spent a lot of time thinking about what I wanted to do and finally I decided to do one sophisticated/feminine invitation and one more fun/girly invitation. Kate and mom-to-be Jill ultimately picked the second option and I cant wait to see how this shower turns out! Congrats again to Jill and her family!

-- Tropical Bridal Shower Invitations --

These bridal shower invitations were very special to me as a very close friend of mine asked me to design these for her sister's shower. I've known L for about 10 years and she is one of my few friends that I talk to almost every day. So when she asked me to design these shower invitations, I knew I wanted them to be awesome. Her sister is having a destination wedding in Jamaica and L wanted to follow the beach theme of the wedding for the bridal shower. I had all sorts of ideas running through my head as I have been wanting to do a beach theme invitation for awhile. In the end I went a little crazy and ended up designing FOUR different invites!









My favorite part of the invitations was the recipe card piece to it. The bride loves to cook and L wanted to have each guest bring one of their favorite recipes to the shower. In the end, we decided to include the recipe card on the invitation. Since the invitations were going to be 5"x7", I was able to make the recipe cards a standard 3"x5" recipe card size. I also perforated the recipe card to make it easier for all the guests to tear off the card and to ensure all the recipe cards would be the same size.

I had a really hard time coming up with my favorite version of the invitations but L and her sister picked the third one with the palm trees since the wedding invitations had palm trees on it as well. Which one is your favorite?

-- Photo Collage Cupcake 1st Birthday Invitations --

I'm so excited about these birthday invitations because these little girls are so loved! Cambria and Kaylin's parents had been waiting what seemed like forever to meet their little ones and now that they are a family of 4, they are so grateful for their little blessings. Their mom, Tiff, reached out to me several months ago about having me design her twin daughters birthday invitations and I could tell how excited she was even then to celebrate their first birthday. She told me about the trials and tribulations they went through to start their family and I was so moved. I knew right then that these girls' first birthday would be extra special and any extra special birthday would have to have an extraordinary invitation ;).

The girls are having cupcake themed birthday and to further add to the theme, Tiff got their cake smash pictures taken especially for their invitations! Look how cute they are!

front of the card


back of the card


As it turns out today is the girls ACTUAL first birthday, so a very very happy birthday goes out to these little ones! Have a great time at your party! From all the planning your mom has done, I'm sure it will be amazing!

-- Wedding Placecards & Table Numbers --

Once again I'm extremely behind on blogging but I finally have a follow up to my original post about Davida and Chris' wedding! Davida also asked me to make table numbers and place cards using the same designs we used for the invitations. For the table numbers we kept it consistent with the invitations. With the placecards, since they were offering 3 different menu options, we went with birds of different colors which helped distinguished the different meal options...green for meat, gray for vegetarian and black for fish.

Table Number


Placecards


Congrats again you guys! Still waiting to see wedding pictures, I cant wait!

-- Bird Themed Wedding Invitations --

This is an extra special blog post because I have been saving this to mark the very special occasion of Davida and Chris' big day! I met Davida and Chris over the summer and after they got engaged in the fall, Davida contacted me and asked me if I could help her with their wedding invitations. Their colors were black, gray and green and she wanted to use birds as part of their theme. We went through a few revisions until we got it just right and I have to say I love the colors they picked for their wedding! The green just pops against the black and makes everything so striking. For the rsvp cards, I carried over the colors and the birds from the invitation to help tie everything together.






I'm so excited for the two of them to be tying the knot today and I cant wait to see pictures. Best wishes to Davida and Chris and many happy years together!

Up next I'll be sharing their placecards and table numbers!

-- Cartoon Ladybug Birthday Invitations --

When I heard from Sarah's mom about her second birthday invitations, she told me how much she liked the cartoon version of Pierce that I did for his first birthday invitation. She also mentioned that Sarah's birthday theme would be ladybugs and it took me awhile to figure out how to incorporate a cartoon version of Sarah with ladybugs but here's what I came up with:



I love the little cartoon Sarah and how much it looks like her (check out Sarah's blog to check out all her adventures). A very happy birthday goes out to this little miss, hope you have a wonderful day complete with chasing ladybugs!

-- Monkey Themed 1st Birthday Invitations --

Let's go bananas at Joaquin's 1st Birthday!

Joaquin's mom contacted me last month about designing the birthday boy's monkey themed 1st birthday party. Such a cute theme definitely deserved a super cute invitation to go along with it and here is the final product:



A very happy 1st birthday goes out to Joaquin! I know his mom's been very busy planning a very memorable and fun birthday for the little man and I can't wait to see the pictures!

-- Custom Holiday Cards --

Apologies to all my readers for the lack of posts, I'm very behind on my blogging! I wanted to start off catching up on my blogging by sharing a few of the custom holiday cards that I designed for clients during my big November 2009 promo.

Remember Baby Sean? I was lucky enough to design his family's holiday card this year as well. I love his expression in this picture!

The next 2 designs were also for a client looking for a custom holiday card. I did 2 different versions of this card and I still can't decide which one I like more!

Up next: wedding invitations and birthday cards galore!