who doesn't love blue hydrangea?

Well the post about my Mississippi wedding is long overdue, but I feel like I can finally post about it because the wedding has come and gone! What a pleasure it was to work on this invitation. The inspiration was the blue hydrangea. I hand painted all the artwork and then used it on the invitation. It was tied up with the most beautiful hanna silk ribbon - might have to use this ribbon on BBB's announcement - it's the perfect color. The color choices were spot on - love me some blue. We did custom stamps to match my artwork and I did the calligraphy for the envelopes as well. This was a true start to finish design project. Enjoy!

calling all cards!

Calling cards! These little cuties are business card size and are a neccesity in the birthday party world. Just thought I'd share a few of the little ones I've done. Short and sweet here tonight! Enjoy!

new designs and deals

So I'm going to do a combo post today! Designs for summer birthdays plus deals of the day/weekend! First off, designs...


I have kicked off the summer birthday craze with these 2 new designs for boy birthdays! Let me know what you think!



And now on to the deals of the weekend!


Gap Kids is having 40% off new items for summer when you pay with your Visa card. Use VISACARD in store or online. Saturday only! Did this deal for the fall and got some good play clothes for the little lady!


Great stuff on sale up to 40% at Banana online - if I weren't preggers, it would be dangerous! No code necessary, stuff already marked down.


And nearer and dearer to my stationery heart, Katie and Co. at 4500 Washington is having a spring cleaning sale, 40% off everything in store. But you have to go TODAY! They are headed to NYC for the stationery show and will be closed Sat - Mon I believe. Katie is an Aggie, a theta, she knows a ton about paper and stationery and she now has her own precious store that carries a lot of cute lines of stationery.


FOR you preggo peeps - motherhood is having a $10 off $50 purchase with code MH10 - so you only have to spend $40!!! This place is cheap and they make the good secret belly fit bottoms just like the pea, fyi.


And old navy is having way too many/good of sales this weekend for you to skip out on either. I've gotten a ton of emails and stuff on FB from ON and Baby Cheapskate about deals for Old Navy. Worth a checking out if you need anything on the cheap!


My inbox was flooded this morning with sales and I ignored most of them. Any great ones you want to share?

jack's first birthday whales

This is a blast from the past now that this little man is about to turn 3, but too cute not to share. Here is an invitation, matching thank you and cake and banner made from artwork created for Jack's first birthday. Wow - time has flown by in the past 2 years!

AB birthday paper stuff

So I've got the big 2 year on the brain and just peeked back at the folder of paper things I created for the first birthday and thought I would share a few of them. I did a lot of "do it yourself" stuff for this party, but I will just show some of what I did for the invitations, thank you's, labels, etc.


Sign for the sweets table

This hardly looks like the same kid! She's grown so much!


Water bottle labels
Thank you note design

Coloring book cover in the favor bag. The background was also used as envelope liners and for some other basic labels for bubbles, etc.


And the invitation!

Fun stuff...now it's time to get designing for the 2nd party o' fun!

real parties! (it's about time)

Well I didn't intend this blog to be about my shopping escapades. And though you are probably thinking that's all I do in my spare time (??huh, do I have that?) - I actually design invitations and thank you's as my work gig. To say it's been busy lately is an understatement. Here's a precious invitation for a sweet client of mine's daughter Addison's 2nd Birthday. With matching stickers And look at the cute cake she had made to match the invitation!