Friday, May 30, 2014

Plum, Red, & Dark Silver Gray Wedding Stationery

Lynne found my work on Pinterest and contacted me to create the stationery for her wedding last December. Her colors were purple, red, and silver which we carried out throughout all of the pieces.


Square programs had a dark silver (charcoal gray) metallic cover with red ribbon binding:


Placecards had a metallic purple base with a printed white metallic layer. Lynne added the butterfly accent once she received them:



 Fun sign for their ceremony on the beach:


Gorgeous centerpieces:


Each table was named and included Love, Laughter, Respect, Commitment, Friendship, and Adore:




8x10 Thank You sign that was displayed near the favors:


Since the wedding was in December, they gave Christmas ornaments as their favors -- the Thank You sign is displayed at the table next to the favors:


Finally, Lynne ordered a sparkler send-off flag that she attached to a dowel and displayed with the sparklers!


Friday, May 23, 2014

Ticket Escort Cards

Ally's Sweet 16 had a Cruise theme, so I suggested making the escort cards into luggage tag shapes. We left the destination blank so that they could fill those in once all of the seating was finalized.


The "stamp" on the right features Ally's initials and her Bat Mitzvah Date. 
These were so much fun to work on -- Congratulations Ally!


Monday, May 5, 2014

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!




Monday, April 28, 2014

Turtle invites

Kelly asked me to create invitations for her daughter's first birthday. She wanted to use a turtle theme and include some photos of the birthday girl. Here's what I came up with:



I also created a matching banner for the mantel:


Close-up of the turtle:


We did a mini banner for the highchair, too:


And oval labels for the candy buffet favor bags!



Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Blush + Black Parisian-Inspired Wedding Stationery

Erica & Jim were married here in New Jersey back in the fall of 2012. I had the pleasure of working with Jenny Orsini Events on the wedding day stationery, including church programs, menus, place cards, and table numbers.

This wedding was also featured on the knot:
http://www.theknot.com/weddings/album/a-parisian-inspired-wedding-in-paterson-nj-149070


Diecut blush menus:



Tented placecards have a black metallic base and a blush Eiffel tower accent:


Mini program folded cards (sorry for the bad phone pic!):


Tented table numbers feature a die cut layer with a blush Eiffel tower -- each table was named for a different street in Paris:



The gorgeous reception set-up:



Another shot of the menus:



Flowers on the place card table:


And one of the beautiful couple:




Photos © Photography by Rebecca; Flowers by A Touch of Elegance; Wedding Planning by Jenny Orsini Events
















Thursday, April 17, 2014

Chalkboard Baby Shower Invitations

I've designed a lot of different projects for Amanda over the years, and was thrilled when she asked me to design her sister's baby shower invitations.  She wanted a chalkboard background with a fun use of typography and also wanted to incorporate different pastel colors to keep it gender neutral.

Here's what we came up with:




We included a small business-card sized insert asking guests to bring a book instead of a card to help build up a library for baby:


For the shower, she had a tree illustration and asked everyone to leave a finger print with a shade of green ink to create a cute family tree for the nursery -- here's the sign I created:


Favors were small jars filled with pastel M&M's. The jars had a chalkboard label on the front, so she attached a stick of chalk plus my favor tags on each:



 Finally, she had cards numbered 1 - 25 and had guests pick a card at random. If the card you chose was "3", then you'd write a note that the baby would open and read on their 3rd birthday. Such a great idea!


Monday, April 7, 2014

Fairy Birthday Invitations

Scarlett requested a fairy themed party for her 4th birthday. I created these invitations with a fairy silhouette, and incorporated a magic wand into the design as well. We printed them on metallic card stock, and accented each invitation with a layer of dark pink or purple glitter card stock.

Makes me wish I was a little girl again! :)