It is Spring so I started some Spring cleaning and organizing too. I ran across a few of the San Francisco shopping trip goodies that I've done in the past. Ahhh, great memories. The first trips that I coordinated were actually fundraiser auction trips and then I started organizing them for getaways with girlfriends. I always put together the itinerary so everyone knows what we're doing and where we're going, and most importantly what restaurants we'll be eating at! I also put together little breakfast snack bags for the shoppers to eat on the plane. And of course some luggage tags. I have quite a fun collection of them.
Last week I had my hands all over these purple and lavender invitations. I think the color purple must have invaded my brain too. I say this because last week I was with a group of friends that commented on my purple sweater that matched the purple pen and purple notebook in my hands. And then when my cell phone rang they noted that my cell phone cover is purple as well! I'm so glad that I left my purple handbag at home!Nevertheless, this wedding will no doubt have some of the prettiest flowers in shades of purple and lavender. And speaking of shades of purple flowers, I can't wait for our wisteria to bloom! I can see the buds already!
Quick and easy is what I needed for a centerpiece last night. Since the menu was Mexican food the flowers needed to be bright and cheery. A quick trip to my favorite flower market for some happy Gerbera daisies and some filler fun and I was ready to create something. With three rectangular glass vases (that I paid $2 a piece for!) I had decided that I needed three flower colors as well as three matching ribbon colors. The ribbon haphazardly wrapped around the vases was a quick way to camouflage the not-so-pretty stems and made the vases look a bit flirty. Of course all my Talavera pottery pieces came out for the night too and really completed the fiesta fell.
Are you an Academy Award watcher? I am. And I've thrown many an Oscar Party too, with ballots and the whole shebang. Classic movie food must be included so even when I have a crazy theme like "Grant's Chinese Theater" popcorn is an appetizer... alongside the wontons! No party for us this year but I just had to make some fun labels for bags of popcorn. Enjoy the red carpet, enjoy the show!
My sweet husband and I haven't gone out on Valentine's Day for dinner in many years. And last night was no exception. It was "just the two of us" but instead of our same old casual thing I decided we needed to have a cozy table by the fireplace and music instead of the TV in the background! I pulled out some linens that don't get enough use, clipped some flowers from the yard for our centerpiece, pulled Cupid out of the cupboard, made a small "love" bunting, printed the menu, cooked everything except the German Chocolate cupcakes (Elizabethan Desserts, yummmm!) and lit some candles. I think I took him by surprise!
Do you hate to throw away bags? And sometimes even recycling a sweet, cute, rad, crazy, whatever bag is just not right and so you try to reuse it. Right? Me too. Paper Source has really fun bags and so I hang on to them but today I decided it was time to reuse them... again! Their bold stripes in red, silver, mossy green and an aqua blue were fabulous at Christmastime and now are working out just great for Valentine's Day. Some silk ribbon, silver cord, heart-shaped hole punches and even a cardboard cozy from Starbucks all helped to make it festive. Yep, that cardboard heart cut out is from Starbucks, and the handle of a larger PS shopping bag was fashioned into a heart as well.
As you can see, Paper Source has their rules for recycling printed right on the bag! Be a sweetheart and reuse!
I was happy to hear from this bride the other day because she said she wanted to change her colors up a bit. Lots of purple in various shades, like eggplant and lavender and others in between. So now I have started to play with the invitation. Here's what I have sent to her so far... but the reveal of the ribbons and other goodies will have to wait!
Another set of logo options and the request was for a tree to be a part of it because all the wedding fun will take place in the Great Northwest. Specifically Oregon. I call it the Land of Christmas Trees! Isn't that where all the trees come from? Anyway, I thought a tree was the perfect request!
The start of a new year and the start of a few new projects. And often the project begins with a logo and builds from there. My cousin is getting married (yay!) and has asked me to create all the lovely printed goodies. She likes black and white, damask, and lovebirds. I wanted to have just a touch of those things in the logo and the save-the-date cards. These are her logo options...
We all have traditions. This sweet client invites close friends and family to their traditional tree trimming where folks find themselves stringing cranberries and popcorn, drinking some nog, singing a carol or two and enjoying yummy eats! This red paper with vines is that favorite of mine that I mentioned a couple posts back. If you could only touch through your computer monitor I know you'd love it too!
