Celebrating Five-O, Installment #1

A fellow party lover and dear friend is planning a big event for not only her 50th birthday but her husband's as well. They now live in Maryland, used to live in Southern California and he used to live in Washington. So they decided on a location that friends from all of those places would love and that's the Napa Valley wine region. Four fun filled days of wine tasting, golf, fabulous food and maybe a spa treatment thrown in for good measure.

This is the first mailing that I have created for the celebration and I'm working on the next one right now. A "grapey" logo of their very own will be used throughout all the printed materials. Installment #2 coming next month!

Rockin Invitation

A Rockabilly themed baby shower is certainly one of the most unique I have ever heard of. I was happy to take on the challenge to create the invitation though. The mom-to-be knows she's having a girl so she requested pink with black & white and I went from there. I know the hostess Jill will have a rockin' good time ready for everyone!

The Happiest Bride on Earth

I knew it was coming. "Mom, can you make the invitations for me?" My daughter was the maid of honor for her friend Kendall and thus was in charge of the bachelorette party plans. For a gal that has always loved Disneyland, was obsessed with Tinkerbell, and goes there for her birthday every year, where else should the Bachelorette Party be? Duh.

What could I pull together in a hurry? Relying on the sneaky and fabulous photographer Sissel Byington, who captured Kendall & Brandon's engagement moments, I decided to use a couple of her shots. And then to go along with those photos a couple captions... just like every sports figure that wins some big championship we asked "Well Kendall, now that you've got your Prince Charming, what are you going to do next?" And like all those sports figures she answers "I'm going to Disneyland!" As I stared at the photo of Kendall walking her bike that brand new, beautiful ROCK on her finger seemed to say 'highlight me' so I added a little stick-on rhinestone and it really made the invitation rock. And it was magical!

Move is not a "four-letter word"!

Someone recently told me that people don't like the word "move". Apparently "relocate" is preferred. As if there's something wrong with moving. I suppose I'm not thinking that it conjures up the day when everything gets packed in boxes, a "moving" van comes and the sad goodbyes take place. Does "relocating" happen in an easier fashion?

Over a year ago we "moved" our daughter all the way up to Idaho. And I say "all the way up" because it was a long haul in a U-Haul on snow and ice covered roads! But her adventure was just beginning and we were so excited for her. Was it because she'd landed her first big job out of college and we were no longer paying tuition and other assorted bills? Well maybe. But honestly, to know she was launching into the world, and into her career that she had worked hard for, was thrilling.

We had our sad goodbye at the airport when we flew back home but my next little project awaited me. Her "I've Moved!" cards of course! So many people had asked "Now where exactly is Idaho Falls?" so that's what I started with... a map.

Okay, "move" does have four letters in it, but it's not a four-letter word.