Saturday, April 12, 2008
It’s been a few days since my last post…but I’m sick, so I hope you will all forgive me! Below is a picture of Teri’s wedding invitation. My wonderful associates, Allie and Kaitlin, were in the studio on Friday wrapping these up, while I was laying in bed trying to work. Really, I would just check emails every hour or so, when I could pick my head up off the pillow. Anyway, I love Teri’s colors and I think the pocket came out really great. These are onnthe way to Teri right now. Hope she likes them just as much as we do!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
…which is why I haven’t posted in a few days. But, the good news is that since I’ve been so busy, I have lots of fun new items to share.
It’s not all about weddings here at Handmade by Allison, we love all special events…milestone birthdays, showers, luncheons and more. So, when my friend Jeannine needed a special invite for her dad’s suprise b-day, I knew exactly what to do. Her dad is obsessed with his lawn and I thought this invite design was perfect for him.
Also, I just finished one of my favorite pocketfold invitations for Melissa. These invites have a gold leaf pocket, Japanese cherry blossom paper and an ivory pearl invite panel with red and gold border. I just LOVE the colors and design and the Japanese paper. Melissa really wanted to include the paper and I’m so glad we did!
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Sorry I missed last night’s post. Busy day! But, I do have something fun and different for tonight’s post. We’re working on save the date magnets for April. Her design was inspired by Lauren’s save the date that is pictured below. Lauren wanted to include three pictures from her engagement photo session and incorporate her bright pink and orange color scheme. These magnets were mailed in bright pink envelopes…very cute. April’s design is using three pictures also, but she is using pictures of her and her fiance when they were kids and then their couple picture in the center. Love that your guests can keep these photos on their fridge for months to come!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
I am working on a really pretty invitation right now for Julia. Her colors are very unique…for weddings these days…pink and grey. I love the combination and the invitation design really fits perfectly with Julia’s vision for her big day. The invite will be finished with a knot of pink satin ribbon running vertically around the invite panel. Hope you enjoy the picture below…I removed some details from the sample invite below, since Julia’s big day is yet to come!
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
It’s been a very busy week at Handmade by Allison…lots of invitation orders going out, designs to do and emails to answer…which led me to start thinking about a vacation to a warm and sunny place. Or, it could have been that the udpates I was making to Alena’s ‘Passport to Paradise’ save the date were making me dream of umbrella drinks and blue water. Either way, paradise sounds really nice right about now!
Alena is getting married in Cancun later in the year and is sending her guests a booklet with all of the details on the big day. I designed the booklet to look like a traditional passport with a few pretty touches. I also designed a boarding pass magnet to include in the back cover of the passport. Hope it makes you think of sunny places too!
