Die Cut Birth Announcements

Shannon contacted me to create birth announcements for her newborn son. She was interested in something incorporating pastel blue, a train/plane/boat, and no photo.

I came up with these diecut folded cards with a circular window on the front that shows the sailboat peeking through. We used the same sailboat motif and used it with the baby's name on the front of white folded thank you notes that she can use for baby gifts, christening gifts, etc.

Amy & Nicholas :: Silver & Pink wedding

Amy was one of my easiest-to-please brides. Her wedding took place on Bonnet Island Estate with a light pink and silver color scheme-- perfect for her beach locale.

The invitations were booklet style -- I'm hoping to photograph them soon. We used their wedding date (4.17.10) as a theme throughout the various pieces.

Here are photos of some of her reception stationery:
Tented placecards

Candy Buffet Sign

Tables

Close-Up of the Menus

Sarah & Jesse: Hot Summer Wedding

Sarah & Jesse came to me asking for an urban chic invitation for their June wedding. They were married at the newly opened Maritime Parc in Jersey City, NJ -- a very modern space with lots of appeal. Their colors were pink, coral, and taupe, and I got the opportunity to create this beautiful 3-color letterpress invitation:

First 2 photos courtesy of Norman's Printery

The RSVP card and a bellyband wrap were digitally printed to help keep costs down.

Also created were placecards, menus, and table numbers, all digitally printed.

Photos by Inku Photography


For more photos of their beautiful wedding, check out this Style Me Pretty post

Cupcake Wrappers & Picks

I recently bought a professional die-cutting machine, so there will be lots of new products I'll be showing you over the next couple of weeks. First up was the leaf-shaped programs & menus, and now we've got custom cupcake wrappers and cupcake picks.

I created these for Maggie's first birthday -- the incorporate the design from the invitations that I created for her.

Here's the first design -- "Whooo's One?" with the owl. The wrappers come flat, and are really easy to assemble.

This is what it looks like when it's assembled around the cupcake:

Here's another option -- incorporating the stripes from the invitation and a circle with the "1" right on the front:

One of the cupcake pick options:

And another pick, with a solid-colored wrap. This one has been embellished with small holes punched in each of the scallops:

These are so much fun and would make a great addition to your birthday parties, bridal or baby showers, brunch (how much fun would it be to have a wrap around a warm blueberry muffin?), and of course, for your holiday treat tables!

Die-cut Leaf shaped programs & Menus

Fall weddings are very popular and I love it when my couples want to incorporate all of the rich autumn hues into their stationery. Daysha and Wardell were no exception. They used stardream gold and flame (the orange color) papers for their custom leaf-shaped programs, bound together with a moss green satin ribbon.

We used the same die but switched the orientation of the cut and created hanging menus out of stardream opal metallic cardstock. The design is printed in a deep orange color -- not too far off from the stardream copper cardstock color -- and will hang from the corner of the chivari chairs at their reception with the moss green satin ribbon.

Custom die shapes can be created for your event, too -- a really easy way to make your wedding or party completely unique! Email info@jarofideasdesign.com if you are interested in your own die-cut shaped stationery!

logo design for All About You Events

Happy Summer everyone! I can't believe the summer is half over -- it's gone by so quickly!

I recently designed a new logo for All About You Events.

They are based in Washington, NJ (near Clinton) and offer a variety of services -- from full out wedding design to day of coordination, as well as a la carte services. The owner, Cindy, is warm, friendly and great to work with. For this logo, Cindy asked for something somewhat traditional but with a modern flair and wanted to use red and turquoise (one of my current favorite color palettes).

What do you think?

it's a nice day for a..... ROCK WEDDING....

or maybe just a bridal shower!

Jenny Orsini of Pampered Bride Weddings contacted me a few weeks ago about creating some unique stationery for a bridal shower she was designing. This shower wasn't your typical bridal shower though-- the bride-to-be was a cool, rocker chick so the stationery needed to follow suit.

Here are some photos -- tented table numbers, tented placecards and best wishes cards were created for the shower incorporating purples, black, and a rock motif. Enjoy and best wishes to Sam!

These are the "Best Wishes for the New Mr. & Mrs." cards that were at each place setting for the guests to fill out: