End of Summer 2009

First of all - sorry for no posts this summer. My goal was to try and post to my blog regularly but going on vacation and preparing my sister's wedding took over my summer. Anyways I hope your long labor day weekend in the the states was lovely! I sure had a nice relaxing weekend. My family and I all went sailing on the Hudson. Perfect weather for a sail. I am working on some new projects so please come back soon to read the story behind them. 

my sister kim and I

mikey jumping off the boat - so fearless! 

 

going to chapel of love...

It's June... and the best way to celebrate this month's blog post is to write about a wedding invitation that I designed for Kimberly and Matt. They are getting married in September at the lovely Congress Hall in Cape May, NJ. Kimmy's favorite colors are hot pink and blue. At first I thought the two colors together would be too much but over looking the design, pink become the featured color while blue became the accent color for the ribbon and a few parts of the text. The client really loved the victorian look with a modern day feel.

The RSVP envelopes are all hand printed with the client's return of address. How lovely are those stamps?? I went to the post office to look for love stamps and found these. I felt they really went together with the whole package of the invitation. 

The invitation and enclosures all fit into a gorgeous metallic snow white pocket folder sealed with a custom round sticker of the bride and groom's first initials.

Have a sweet friday!

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday! I have a lot of goals for June, including posting more often in my blog. Right now, I'm working on getting new items up in the shop. I just took some pictures today which include the “thanks a bunch” card. This is my favorite card that I've designed so far, and it’s printed on luscious finch cover paper.

Although I have a lot of business goals, I also have some personal goals as well. I’m going to be spending some time away from my studio to plan my wedding :) . I've been so obsessed with helping my sister plan hers, but now it’s my time to start working on mine. I'm all ready thinking of doing something unique like screen printing my save a date on veneer wood. Now, I just have to come up with a design and colors, which for me is the best part of planning a wedding!

By the way... my labrador friend, Riley, always has to come follow me where ever I take pictures.

My Comfort Food

Have you ever eaten at a restaurant so often that it becomes comfort food? Last year I discovered cute little cafe place called The Rolling Pin Café located in Westwood, NJ (Bergen County). The have delicious homemade food that tastes just like your grandma made it. They offer the most delightful savory sandwiches, salads and desserts. My favorite dish is the mixed green salad with candied walnuts, feta cheese and apple cider vinaigrette.

My new Saturday routine is to wake up and order my mixed raspberry iced tea/lemonade drink. Pure love with every gulp! If you in the area, you should stop by. Your taste buds will thank you for it!

First sale on etsy!

Yay! I made my first sale on etsy.com last thursday for my stationery line! I forgot to mention it because I've been so busy with my graphic design services. I enjoyed so much packaging it and sending it in the mail to my first customer. Hope it happens more often :) 

new items coming to the shop within the next two weeks! stay tuned. 

Ladybug spring/summer tags

I made these little ladybug gift tags the other night for mother's day (May 10, in case you need a friendly reminder!) I thought it would add a nice special touch when I give my mother and my fiance's mother their gift! I enjoyed making them so much I made about a dozen more.  If your interested in them check out my etsy shop. They are perfect for spring/summer gift occasion. Even make them into favor name tags for a kid's party!

Cheers! 

New website!

After many many many months  working on the site it has finally 

launched! I am really happy that not only is it done but that I had fun working on it. It's a lot harder making a site for yourself but anyways I would love any feedback! Thanks for looking and have a great day!