My friend Kate has a very successful blog, The Shopping Mama, which informs readers about the best products for kids. I took this from her “About” page:

The Shopping Mama has grown to “[O]ne of the more successful online ‘mommy blogs’ that review new children’s products and swap ideas with other young mothers across the country.” (Financial Times, May 2010)

Kate commissioned me to create custom baby announcements for their newest bundle of joy, Max.  She recently created a post featuring the announcement, which made me feel pretty special!

Please check out her blog for informative, fun, and valuable information.  It is a well-written blog with multiple writers and reviewers.  It will save you time when shopping for your children because Shopping Mama has already done the research!

I’ve had the pleasure of creating quite a few baby shower invitations recently.  Here are a few of my favorite designs.  Some of these were placed in a pocket, but I will hopefully have photos of them in the near future.  I will post the electronic designs for now.

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!

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!

Melanie and Kirk used bright, vibrant colors for their wedding at the Boojum Tree.  Sandy Walker of In Awe Weddings helped them create a beautiful event.  Melanie and Kirk used a red pocket with a bright paper flower on the outside flap for their wedding invitation.  Inside, we created custom graphics in red, yellow, and green.  We carried their artwork through to program fans, reserved signs, and thank you notes.  Melanie was such a happy bride!  Her bridal party shared her excitement for every aspect of the wedding.  These amazing photos were taken by Emily Estfan.  If you would like to see more, make sure you visit her blog at http://emephotography.bigfolioblog.com/.