Lizzie's Sweet 16

Lizzie turned 16 this summer and she had such an incredible celebration. I worked with Melissa from Jenny Orsini Events on the stationery for this event using purple, pink, and orange with a fun, modern design.

I came up with these purple metallic pochette invitations with a triple layered invitation inside, embellished with Swarovski crystals. Each invitation was wrapped with a patterned bellyband and also contained an RSVP postcard. I also designed a logo that was carried through on the gobo, the step & repeat, and even the custom pillows for the lounge area.

Having fun with the step and repeat:

The lounge area:

Pillows made by The Original Runner Company using my logo:

Gobo design:

They had this cool candle holder made using the font from the invite:

Dancing up a storm at Lizzie's Lounge:

Really cool tables needed some ultra modern table number cards:

Favor bag swag set up in front of the step & repeat:

Custom stickers made using Lizzie's logo and a tight crop of the circle motif:

Special thanks to Jenny Orsini Events, Timothy Martin Photography, and a Happy Birthday to Lizzie!

Wedding Day photos from Stephanie and Peter!

Some photos from Stephanie & Peter's Wedding, courtesy of Jenny Orsini Events, A Touch of Elegance, and CLB Photo

Beautiful tables and centerpieces -- see our framed table numbers:

Do you see the menu right above the plate?

How awesome is this hand-carved tree stump? A Touch of Elegance outdoes themselves with each event! Here are our custom place cards:

 Gobo made from our custom monogram:

 Another of the centerpiece designs, with framed table number:

Donation favor card:

The new Mr. & Mrs!

Diecut maple leaf placecards & Crystal table numbers

To complete Stephanie & Peter's gorgeous November wedding, we created a few more unique pieces. Each place setting at the reception tables had a light gold metallic card printed with their donation favor message. 

Diecut maple leaf shaped placecards were created and cut from copper, light gold, and cappuccino metallic card stocks. Each card was embellished with a Swarovski crystal on each side of the table number.

The table numbers were printed on Cream / Ivory metallic card stock and incorporated the frame design from their invitations. Each number consisted of hand glued Copper swarovski crystals. Each of these cards went into some nice 5x7 frames with a rustic feel to complete the Autumn look.

Trifold Programs

For Stephanie and Peter's wedding, we created these beautiful trifold programs with a gold foil printed cover, and satin ribbon closure. We did half with copper covers and brown ribbons, and the other half with bronze / brown metallic covers and gold ribbons.

Trifold programs have 4 panels which can include the Wedding Ceremony, Bridal Party listings, a Memory / Thank you section, and a new request for me -- an Unplugged Wedding message asking guests to refrain from using cell phones and cameras (or iPads) to take photos during the ceremony.

Rehearsal Dinner Invitations

Stephanie requested a unique rehearsal dinner invitation that incorporated her fall colors, a diecut, and bling. Here's what we came up with:

Triple layered invitation featuring a patterned base card, a diecut copper glitter card, and an ivory metallic printed invitation layer, embellished with 4 swarovski crystals.

Close-ups of the glitter and crystals:

Stephanie & Peter's Luxurious Fall Wedding Invitations

I've been waiting so long to share these gorgeous wedding invitations!

Stephanie and Peter are having their wedding here in NJ and it's going to be quite the affair! We wanted the invitations to be luxurious and set the tone for their event, as well as incorporating fall colors.

We went with a deep orange dupioni silk book fold style invitation with a chocolate brown satin ribbon accent and some bling on the front that is shaped like a tree.

The book folds open up and reveal the invitation -- printed on a textured cream card stock, it incorporates 2 patterns as a border, with a crest-style monogram at the top that is accented with Swarovski crystals.

The enclosure cards are tucked inside a silk pocket and include a double sided directions card and an RSVP card with envelope.

Each of these invitations was mailed in a gold mailer, designed to protect those crystal brooches. Diecut labels were created to match and were printed with the guest addresses.

For far away guests, we created a more economical version with a copper metallic pocketfold and ribbon and monogram bellyband.

Construction Party details

Yesterday I shared the invitations I made for my son's Construction themed birthday party. Here are some of the details we had.

Sawhorse set up at the end of the driveway with balloons (including a dump truck mylar balloon from dollar tree!). A sign read "Builder's Entrance" and the sawhorse was flanked by traffic cones. A sign that said "Dietrich's Construction Site" hung near the mailbox:

A "Hard Hat Area" sign was taped to the gate door, and 2 saw horses were set up and held construction hates, each with a personalized sticker. The stickers had a "3" ghosted in the background with "DGRR 3 Builders Construction Crew" running around the edges:

I made a banner that hung from the fence and read "Dietrich is 3!". A "Dig In!" sign was taped to the fence above the food table, and some small wooden toolboxes I built from Home Depot kits held napkins and silverware:

Playtime! We had the regular sandbox (which we labeled an "Excavation Site" and hid bags with candy and easter eggs filled with coins for the kids to dig up), the truck sandbox, and a wrecking ball game using the cardboard brick blocks and a ball:

The cake was a chocolate layer cake and I decorated it with a dump truck toy filled with chocolate cake balls which ran down the side of the cake. We also had chocolate and funfetti cupcakes with homemade chocolate tool disk toppers:

The favors were sand buckets filled with Construction Dough (cans of play doh with custom labels), construction tools (some playdoh tools in a cellophane bag), bubbles, construction truck stickers, and builder's chalk. Each was wrapped up with some yellow cellophane and had a tag with each child's name on it. A large round sticker said "Thanks for Digging with me!"  For the adults, I made dump truck lollipops and small chocolate dump truck candies. They were individually packaged in cellophane bags and then went into the yellow chevron bags with a small tag stapled on. All of the pieces used orange & white baker's twine as an accent.