I love Christmas! I love checking the mail every day to see the beautiful Christmas cards from friends and family. It is Fall (well hopefully after this weekend, the triple digit temps will go down here in AZ) and that means it is time to take family portraits. Whether you will have your photos taken by a pro or you will take them yourself, you will want a good one for your Holiday cards. I have clients that love sending cards before Thanksgiving, while some send them for New Year’s. December is a crazy month, so I highly recommend an early start. I included a preview of a couple of my designs. We can create an elaborate layered card, a tri-fold card with multiple photos, mini photo albums, or a simple and cost-effective custom photo card.

A huge thanks to Emily of EME Photography for the photos for my Christmas card samples!

Sarah and Jason were married on May 2nd in Michigan.  Sarah and I worked across many miles to create invitations, programs, placecards, a seating board, menus,  thank-you notes, favor cards, etc.   For their invitations, we used a black pocket, ivory linen papers with fuchsia accents, and we placed a small rhinestone on the flourish on the inside of the invite.  They used their monogram as a front label and also throughout the other paper products.  We created custom menus with black and fuchsia borders.  Their programs were elegant booklets with the ivory linen paper and black covers.  We placed the monogram on the front and finished them with a fuchsia ribbon.  They used the “D” from their monogram to create a really cool ice sculpture as well.   I have missed the many long e-mails we sent back and forth, but Sarah happily reported that they had a fantastic wedding day. Thanks to JS Photography for the photos!

 What a fun wedding!  I assisted my mom, Sandy Walker of In Awe Weddings, and we definitely shared a lot of laughs.  The event was held at Sunridge Canyon in Fountain Hills.  It is surrounded by beautiful scenery!    The bridal party was full of energy and spunk, and everyone involved in the wedding was so complimentary and wonderful. 

For their escort cards, we created round stickers which we put on tins of Mojito Jelly Beans.  Their signature drink was a Mojito, so it was a really creative way to make it flow with their theme.  They also had programs, and we created some fun reserved signs in their colors of deep purple, apple green, and graphite for their ceremony aisles.  Thank you to Emily Estfan of EME Photography for the photos.

Leah and Ryan were married at the beautiful Montelucia Resort.  We created menus, programs, and escort cards for their favor shot glasses, which were filled with personalized M&M’s.  They also had their monogram from the invitation lit up on the dance floor!  Thanks to Emily Estfan of EME Photography for the sensational photos!

I really enjoyed working with Aimee on her invitations and paper products.  They were married at the Sanctuary at Camelback Mountain in Paradise Valley, Arizona.  We created little program booklets to match her invitations, reserved signs, cookie labels for their favors, and wish bowl signs/ papers.  The cookie labels had a message from their puppy, and the cookie was in the shape of a dog. As a dog lover, I really loved the idea!  Everything from the invitation to the welcome letter matched in theme and color.  The amazing photos were taken by Jennifer Bowen.  We used a lot of chocolate brown and apple green, with touches a fuchsia.  They are a really beautiful couple!  Enjoy!