A little (ok, a LOT!) of inspiration

As I said in my earlier post, my office is still a work in progress. Just a bit ago I saw this amazing craft room belonging to Crafty Intentions {via Brown Sugar Design's link}. I want it! First of all, the wall colors are wonderful (hello, aqua & red, look familiar?!) Second, look at all that shelving! AWESOME. I am so inspired and think I have finally figured out what I can do to my office to make it WAY more functional. I might just have to take a trip to Ikea this weekend and celebrate my birthday and Valentine's Day with a whole new office set-up! I wonder if the husband will be ok with all that... ;)

I am a sucky blogger...

But maybe my new toy will help! My dear husband bought me a new computer for my birthday and I couldn't be happier. This thing is awesome. It is SO fast and super sleek, and just what I need right about now. My old laptop has been good to me, but lately it has been slowing me down. I couldn't keep more than one application open at a time, and I was starting to lose files more often and having to start certain projects over. Very, very frustrating to say the least! I'm sure John was sick of hearing me cursing to myself and threatening to throw my computer and everything else around me out the window... Now I have this gorgeous computer that is insanely quick and it makes me so happy! So here's a little pic (taken from my phone so the quality sucks) and soon I hope to post more of a clean & organized office where I will be spending a lot more time designing and blogging!!

Excuse the clutter... My office is STILL a work in progress!

Vendor Spotlight on Honeysuckle Photography!

My favorite photographer ever featured me on her blog today! Check it out here. Many thanks to Maggie at Honeysuckle Photography for the mention! You are the best.

Professional shots of my work

The lovely Maggie Hudson at Honeysuckle Photography took some great shots of my invitations for a postcard and website I am designing. I am so excited how they turned out and can't wait to start using them! Here's just a few of the many she took:

More Holiday cards!

Here are a few more cards I designed this year! All were printed offset as flat, single-sided cards and were mailed in matching shimmer envelopes.

Company Christmas card

I had to blog about another Christmas card today! I designed this card at KO (my full-time job) and LOVE the way it turned out. We had them letterpressed on seed-embedded paper through Bloomin' Promotions (can't say enough about those folks– they are great!) I got the cards this morning and really wanted to take pictures to post on here, but wasn't sure how they'd turn out. Luckily the tips from this post by Anne Ruthman Photography at Wedding Bee Pro worked great for this! Who knew my camera could take such cool up close shots?

Merry Christmas!

Now that most of our friends and family have gotten our Christmas card, I wanted to post it here! I used one of my favorite background designs for this year's card, and mixed it up by incorporating brown and green, two of my favorite colors and a little less traditional. We sent them off in a dark brown shimmery envelope complete with hand addressing in gold ink. Fun! I designed 4 other cards this year and will post them later in the week once they've been sent out. Although it's too late for Christmas cards, there is still time for Happy New Year (or a generic Happy Holiday) card! Contact me if you are interested.

Erin & Kevin's Wedding Invitations

Last week I delivered wedding invitations to Erin & Kevin and I just have to be honest and say I love the way these turned out! My example below doesn't do the piece justice– I'll get a photo up sometime soon if I can. They were printed on Classic Crest natural linen in a solid, rich black ink. The invitation was glued into a black linen envelofold and the inserts were held together with a black satin ribbon and placed on top. It is a very simple but oh-so-classy looking piece, and I'm so happy with them. The bride and groom are, too!