Birthday Invitations

Hello all,

I had the privilege of working with a very special lady on her 50th birthday invitations. Ms. Jackson contacted me several weeks ago about stationery for her birthday dinner. She wanted something really special for the celebration. I have never met Ms. Jackson before but we talked over the phone on several occasions through the course of the design phase. Ms. Jackson's Birthday dinner was this past friday in Washington, D.C. I can't wait to see pictures of the event. Below are her invitations and other stationery we designed for her. The colors of the day were Tiffany Blue, Silver and Black. The Invitations were a Layered Flat Card accented with a Jewelled Embellishment with Tiffany Blue lined envelopes. Enjoy!

Invitations with jeweled embellishment

Invitations with Lined Envelopes

Escort Cards

Booklet Style Programs

Booklet Style Programs accented with Satin Ribbon

Menu Cards - Layered with a Satin Ribbon

Table Cards

We also produced the Favor tags used with favor boxes for the celebration. Thank you Ms. Jackson!

February Invitation of the Month

Happy New Month to all!

February's invitation of the month belongs to Erica and Vadim. They got married this past weekend at the InterContinental Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. Congratulations guys... it was a pleasure working with you both!

I met Erica and Vadim towards the middle of 2009 and they were very excited to begin work with us on their invitations. Erica immediately fell in love with the invitations we did for Meera and Nate and she didn't want to change much on it. We began with the Save the Date cards; which were a simple yet elegant Layered Flat Card. She loved the damask emblem and we decided to carry that theme together with "to have and to hold" through their other wedding stationery. We also used the damask emblem and "to have and to hold" for their custom postage stamps. We completed the invitations with Thermography (raised ink) prints. They look fabulous!!!!

Layered Flat Card Save the Date Cards

Layered Flat Cards for the Save the Dates

Square Pocketfold with Custom Postage Stamps

The Ceremony Programs

Tea lenght Booklet style programs

Here's to a wonderful month of March. Check back soon for more juicy updates :)

Save the Date Passport

I was privileged to work again with Ayesha from Bedazzled Photography. You might remember my post here about Ayesha. Well she's a super talented photographer and she's a soon-to-be bride. I was very excited when she contacted me about creating save-the-date cards for her destination wedding later this year. After much brainstorming, this is what we came up with. Enjoy!

Photo credit: Bedazzled Photography

2010!!!

Hello all,

Welcome into the new year. I know, I know... it's already February but better late than never, right. The wedding season has kicked off in full gear and I have some excited projects we're working on and have worked on that I can't wait to share. I'll do that as soon as I'm at liberty to do so. It feels like it's September already (lol). Well, for 2010, I thought it be nice to feature at least 1 invitation for couples getting married in that month as Invitation of the Month. Even though it's February, I'll still start with January's.

Invitation(s) of the month

We'll have 2 for this month because after narrowing down the options to 2, I couldn't decide which it would be of the 2.

First is Hilary & Sam's Wedding Invitations. I worked primarily with Hilary's mom, Cynthia on these invitations. We met at the Jan 2009 Bridal Extravaganza and they were drawn to "Aleydis & Deji" invitation style. In the words of Cynthia, it was love at first sight for them. So, we began the process and here's what their invitation looked like. Hilary and Sam were married on Jan 9, 2010 in Houston.

Next is Brandi & Harrison's invitations. I particularly love the invitations because of the colors - Black and Apple Green. The invitations were Pocket Folds with a Monogram tab.

The Pocket fold invitation with a custom monogram.

Inside the invitation

Custom Map enclosure

Using the monograms from the invitations, we created this Thank you folded note cards.

I have February's Invitation of the Month selected but the wedding is on February 27. So, I'll share that with you closer to the wedding :)

Compliments of the season!

Christmas has come and we anxiously await the new year 2010. It's truly exciting preparing for a new wedding season.

Want to meet some of Houston finest wedding professionals all under one roof? Then you've got to be at the Houston Bridal Extravaganza. The Bridal Show will be held at the George R Brown Convention Center on
Saturday, January 9th from 10am - 5pm
Sunday, January 10th from 11am - 5pm

Elegant Custom Invitations will be at Booth 1119 - we would love to meet you and talk to you!!!
Tickets can be purchased from the Bridal Extravaganza website or at Randalls stores. You can also purchase tickets at the George R. Brown (but it is cheaper to get the tickets before the show dates)

If you're attending the Show...here are a few tips:
1. Make sure to wear very comfortable shoes. There are lots of aisles and almost everyone wants to walk all aisles to make sure you're not missing anything. I have walked all the aisles myself in the past and I highly recommend it.

2. Bring lots of pre-printed labels with your name, address (if you want), a valid email address and wedding date. You don't want to have to fill out every form at vendors' booths. If you can't print your own labels, they will be available for purchase at the entrances to the show. Also, it helps to create a separate email account just for your wedding planning (just a tip!)

3. Come prepared to book vendors at the show. Many vendors will be giving special discounts to brides that book at the show or within a short period after the show.

4. Do not feel obligated to fill out every form from all the vendors at the show. It's ok to focus mainly on those elements of the wedding you haven't booked yet. You can politely say 'No'. You will get tons of information from the show, anyway, so it helps to only have information from vendors you're truly interested in.

5. It can be helpful to have 2 separate bags where you can put information from the vendors. 1 bag for the vendors you're really interested in and others in the 2nd bag. This will help with sorting through the stack of flyers you receive at the show once you get home.

6. Bring cash for parking and lunch. You'll be hungry and/or thirsty after all that walking! (lol)

6. Most importantly, come with an open mind!

This will probably be my last blog entry for 2009. Here's to a safe, fulfilling and prosperous 2010.

Back to work!

My name is Christiana and I'm a bad blogger (lol)!!! I just noticed how long it's been since my last blog entry. Well, as you may or may not know, we were closed for about a month for a much needed and overdue vacation. It was nice spending time with family after such a long time and I wouldn't have traded the time for the world.

But now it's time to get back to work... phew!!! Well, it's that time of the year again, people getting engaged, brides preparing for their 2010 wedding, bridal shows and the list goes on and on. We'll be at the Houston Bridal Extravaganza again in January. This is one of the largest bridal shows in the country. There'll be lots of wedding vendors, loads of prizes to be won and tons of great ideas for you big day. YOU'VE JUST GOT TO BE THERE.

Come on out to the George R Brown Convention Center and visit us at BOOTH 1119.

Dates and Times:

Saturday January 9, 2010 10am - 5pm

Sunday January 10, 2010 11am - 5pm

I'll leave you with some lovely images

Erica and Vadim's Save the date cards.

Melissa's Tag for her ceremony programs

Photo credit: Melissa Jill Photography

Brandi & Harrison's Pocketfold Invitations

Until next time, enjoy the rest of the week.

I'm Back!!!

Okay, so I've been gone for a minute.... well, more than a minute :)!!! It's been interestingly busy around here to say the least. This wedding season was incredible and we're already excited for next year. Yep, I said it, I'm already looking forward to next year.

There's so much to talked about and display since we've worked with a lot of fabulous brides so far this year. But for now, I'll show just a couple.

First up is Brooke and Dirk. When I met with Brooke several months ago, I have to admit I wasn't too sure what she wanted before the consultation. But as we started working, I got excited about what she was trying to portray with her wedding invitations. And I'm very happy to have worked with her. We popped a "cyber bottle of champagne" when the design phase was over...lol! Brooke wanted her wedding invitations to be very dramatic with swirls so we created these:

Next, is Allison & Correy; Allison is having a destination wedding in Hawaii. So, she decided to go with the invitation styles we did for Stephanie and Brian. They are a pocket fold style invitations. For her ceremony programs, we created beautiful Fan programs using the same designs from the invitations.

Enjoy!

Enclosures

Fan programs (open)

closed programs

We'll be bringing you much more updates. hopefully pretty soon :-). Enjoy the week!!!