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!!!

New Invitation Designs

Megan and Chilobe

I met Megan originally at the July Bridal Extravaganza. I met with her a 2nd time with her wedding planner, Samantha Darr of Soiree Bliss. I must say I was a bit nervous meeting with Samantha, because she’s up there with the top Wedding Planners in Houston . We worked for a several months to create her fabulous wedding invitations. The inspiration was from Lauren and Dave’s wedding invitation. It features a Side Pocket Fold with a Vellum belly band. The print method used was Thermography (raised ink). Enjoy…

ARIELLE’s 18th BIRTHDAY
I met Arielle and her parents at the January Bridal Extravaganza. They fell in love with the Deji & Aleydis style invitation. Once we had our consultation after the show, we pretty much knew what the layout was. We just need to decide on the colors and design. The invitation features a Gate Fold accented with Satin Ribbon and Swarovski Crystal. We used the flat print method for the invites. Enjoy…

DEJI & ALEYDIS
I met with Deji and Aleydis the week following Hurricane Ike. Aleydis loved the invitations she saw in the online gallery with Rhinestones etc. So, she knew she wanted to incorporate that into the invitations somehow. Using their wedding colors of Red and Gold, we created this gorgeous invitation ensemble. Because the wedding is in Puerto Rico , where the couple lives and they have family from different cultures, they wanted half of the invitations in English and the other half in Spanish. The invitation features a Gate Fold accented with Satin Ribbon and Swarovski Crystals. We used the flat print method for the invites. Enjoy…

More to come in the coming week. Enjoy the rest of the week!

Our Professional Pictures by Bedazzled Photography

Hello again,
The wedding season is definitely here! Hence, I haven’t been able to update the blog as often as I should. Feb and March have been especially tasking in working on May Weddings. There seem to be a whole lot of May weddings this year.

First, I’d like to thank everyone who voted for us in the KRPC Local 2’s best of Houston . We were in the top 5 best in the Wedding Invitations Category! WOOHOO!!!!!

A couple of months ago, I received an email from Ayesha at Bedazzled Photography to take some pictures of our invitations. I was superexcited. I’ve always admired Ayesha’s artistic eye in photography and love her crisp, vibrant and clean shots. Like I told her, she’s one of the few photographers I have on my favorites list; so I was definitely stoked. However, because of the craziness of the wedding season, it took a while to ship the invitations to New York but we finally did it! Here are some pictures… there’s more in our online gallery. You can check out Ayesha’s work on her website http://www.bedazzledphotography.com/ and her blog www.bedazzledphotography.com/blog

Photo credit: Bedazzled Photography