Colleen and Brad were married at the Desert Botanical Garden in March.  Colleen shares my love of paper products, so we had a lot of fun designing her invites, programs, escort cards, etc.  They were definitely modern and fun, but they were very clean and elegant at the same time.  We had a circle theme throughout… even the menus were round!   The programs had a circle die cut in the front with their monogram showing through. 

The day was flawlessly coordinated thanks to Sandy of In Awe Weddings.  I was able to see the finished product since I assisted with the wedding that day!  Thanks to Cristi Owen for sharing her amazing photographs.  She did a great job and was really fun to work with!

One of our Brides recently purchased postage from Zazzle.com.  She is doing a vintage Hollywood feel for her wedding and decided to find stamps to enhance her invitations.  She found some really cool RSVP stamps for her RSVP postcards as well as for the outer envelope.

If you have a tight paper budget, it’s probably best to stick with the options at the local post office.  After shipping, Zazzle stamps are usually double what they cost at the Post Office. However,  Zazzle has TONS of fun options, and you can design your own.  They offer them in all different postage amounts as well.  They also have cute baby shower and birthday party stamps!

It’s time for the Arizona Bride Magazine Best of 2010!! 

Please visit http://www.arizonabridemag.com/VoteBestof2010 to cast your votes now!

You must vote in 6 categories for your vote to count.

We’d appreciate your votes- Flossy Stylish Design for Invitations and In Awe Weddings for the Event Planner category.  Voting closes on March 1st, so be sure to spread the word!  Please vote for Sandy Walker of In Awe Weddings for the Best Overall Vendor as well.  We all know that she is the best!  If you need help in the other categories, please e-mail me for some great vendor suggestions!  Winners will be announced at a special ceremony this summer and appear in the Fall/Winter 2010 issue of Arizona Bride.

Thanks to your votes last year, both In Awe Weddings and Flossy were in the top three for our categories.  We appreciate your support.

One of my favorite new clients and I worked to design these AMAZING invitations. She needed to include a lot of information for a weekend full of events, so this design worked really well. We wrapped the box in a beautiful gold ribbon to create the finished look. I LOVE these.

Thanks Emily of EME Photography, for the photos.

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!