Name Tags/Place Cards

Place cards for a small family wedding - Black Italic (Linda) Font

Love these blue on blue tags.  Bride is tying them to favors and using them as place cards. 

 Navy Blue ink with Script (Anne) Font

Custom Projects

It's not unusual for me to address hundreds of envelopes each week.  Every once in a while, a custom order is thrown in.  This week I am doing nothing but custom orders!  Well, okay - I have one envelope addressing job for tomorrow - but otherwise all the rest will be special projects.

Each one is special - personalized for the client.  I have wedding vows coming up - on both parchment and photo mats.  I have a special letter that the matron of honor and sister of the bride wrote as a toast at the wedding.  And tonight I finally finished a marriage prayer, along with two letters/poems to be given to the in-laws.

I simply LOVE my job!  I love addressing envelopes and adding that final touch to pull the invitations together.  I love to see a brides face light up when she sees my finished work with her invites.  It's priceless.  But I also enjoy taking the time to work on keepsake items that will be framed and hung in someone's home for years to come.  It is such an honor.

 These are both 8 x 10's on natural parchment with black italic

Love this prayer 

This is a 16 x 20 on natural custom paper with blue script

Congratulations Neal & Katie!!!!

Script Vs. Italic

 These latest envelopes are the perfect example of how you can choose a font to compliment your invitation.  The bride above chose the italic and it compliments the font on her invitation perfectly!

Love this classy silver and black invite with the tiffany blue bow!  The Black Script font goes perfectly with it. And I loved working with the silver envelopes! Great choice ladies!

Winter Invites and Scrapbook Pages

Love these wintery invites for an 11/11/11 wedding in Colorado!  I finished them off with the bold italic font.

Congratulations Ashlee and Jason!

I also had the privilege of adding the final touches to a 50th Anniversary Scrapbook this week!

Because sometimes, little stickers just aren't good enough!

Thanks Michele for allowing me to help with this special project!  Congratulations to your parents!

Before and After.....

Before

Often my work leaves here like this and unless someone sends me a photo, I have no idea what they do to complete my project.  So thankful they took the time to email me a photo.  I think it turned out great!

After!

Amazing what the photo and frame can do!

This is a 16 x 20 photo mat with an 8 x 10 photo opening.  Great Anniversary Gift!

Teacher Gifts and Guest Books

This is tonight's project.  11 x 14 in Black Italic on natural parchment.  This is a gift for my daughter's teacher this year.  Now to get a frame......

Another one of those small details that I work on for weddings.  I mixed the ink to match their wedding colors and filled in all the information in the front of their Guest Book. 

More Variety in My Week

I've continued to have a variety of projects this week apart from the normal wedding envelopes.  These are the last minute projects from brides whose envelopes I've already addressed and their weddings are just around the corner.

11 x 14 seating chart to be framed and posted in the reception hall.

Natural parchment with black italic

Table Cards to match.  These are a natural color as well.

This is for a beach wedding.  Instead of doing individual programs that might blow away, the couple decided on a 20 x 30 Program Board.  The bride will add sea shells, sand, etc to give it the final touch.  Hoping to have a photo when it's complete.

Also for the Beach wedding.  This will be attached to a basket full of brushes so they can clean their feet before entering the reception.

LOVE these!  Great place cards.  The bride added the flower and rhinestones herself.  I mixed the ink to match.

Certificates

Broke away from my envelopes tonight to complete these.  Very cool.  I did my own husband's Ordination Certificate 14 years ago.

Congratulations Travis!  May God richly bless your ministry.

Wedding Vows and Invites

I'm staying busy this week.  Squeezed this project into my evening of wedding envelopes.

11 x 14 Natural parchment with Black Italic

Great 1st Anniversary Idea!

Congratulations Edward and Jennifer!

Began working on these envelopes tonight as well.  I finally found some chocolate ink!  Love it on these envelopes.  Ties everything together.

Chocolate Brown Ink in Italic Font

Custom Work

I always enjoy a break in the wedding envelopes this time of year and tonight I had three completely different projects to work on.

This is a precious poem written by a family member for my client upon the adoption of their son.  Having friends who have been through adoption, I just loved this so very much.

My client wanted it large so it could go in a prominent place in the nursery and be easily read.

11 x 14 Natural Parchment with black italic.

Congratulations Becky and Rusty!

This is 1 Corinthians 13.  My Mother of the Bride had me to this as a gift to her daughter and son in law as this verse will be read at the wedding.  The bride's colors are pink and black so this is an 8 x 10 on soft pink parchment with black script.  What a nice keepsake.

Last, but not least, is this poem.  It will be a gift for my client's friend who recently lost her dog.  She's planning on having it framed with a photo of the dog and her owner.  I thought this was a very thoughtful gift.  I love being a part of keepsake items.

This in also an 8 x 10 on natural parchment in black italic.



I hope and pray that all of these will be enjoyed and treasured for years to come.

Keepsake Projects

I've had two different keepsake projects thrown into the wedding mix this week.  I thought I would share.....

These are song lyrics that were played at a funeral of a young wife and mother who died of cancer.  I did twelve 8 x 10 copies to be framed and given to the family members upon the anniversary of her passing.  I thought this was a very special idea.








8 x 10 Natural Parchment with Black Italic

This was a letter that a father wrote about his 4 year old son, Ben.  The Grandmother had me Calligraphy it and she will frame it and give it to Ben's parents as a gift.  Also another special idea.

11 x 14 Natural Parchment with Black Italic

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of these special items.  It is an honor.

The Finishing Touch

I love it when my customers send me photos of my work after it has been framed.  I always see my work on a nice piece of parchment before it leaves my house - but the frame and matting always adds that finishing touch!

This turned out great and my customer tells me that it was a hit this Christmas!

"Hey Cami,
Just  thought you might want to see the finished product.  My mom loves it.   Thanks."
Stacey P.

On a side note - theknot.com's 2011 Best of Weddings List came out today!  So excited to be on it!  The craziness has begun.  I am already booking October Brides. This is going to be a great year! 

The Bridal Show at the World Golf Village last Sunday was amazing!  I spoke with many brides, passed out lots of info and came home hoarse!  I love those shows.

I'm thrilled about this upcoming year and am looking forward to working with all the new brides.  If you know you want me to address your envelopes, contact me asap. Don't wait until your invitations come back from the printer to schedule or you may find that I am not available.  I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Christmas Gifts

I'm so excited about these!  I made them for my children for Christmas this year.  I like them so much, I think I will begin advertising them!

Both are done on an 11 x 14 natural parchment and framed to an 18 x 14 frame.  Brown Italic

Birth Certificates and Poems

Here's a glimpse at the projects I worked on this evening.....

 Isn't this cool?  It's a Reproduction of an original turn of the Century Stone Lithograph.  I added the info in Brown script.

This is an 8 x 10 original poem that will be given as a Christmas gift done in black italic.

Christmas is Coming

Boy!  I've been busy tonight.  Place cards and two custom projects.  One is a Christmas gift and the other a wedding gift.

 8 x 10 Black Italic on Natural Parchment

5x7 Black Italic on Natural Parchment

Thank You Signs

Love this picture that one of my brides send me today!  She ordered some of my Thank You Signs and used them for her thank you notes......

Congratulations Salee and Rob!

Christmas Wedding and Christmas Gifts

 

Loved this project.  The groom was in my husband's Youth Group 10 years ago.  Okay - I feel old.  Ha!! Ha!!  

Congratulations Adam and Sybil!!!!!

 This is a Christmas gift.  Always love those organized people!

 8 x 10 natural parchment with both italic and script font.  I used the italic for the scripture verses and script for the rest.

A Poem for the Mother of the Bride

I recently shared with you a very popular poem that many of my brides give to their new mother-in-law on their wedding day.  I had a bride re-write it a bit so that the groom could give it to the mother of the bride.  Neat idea!!!

5 x 7 Black italic on natural parchment.

Mother of the Bride Poem

I had a nice break last night but it was back to work this evening.  Fitting in a few more custom pieces around the wedding envelopes.

This is a 5 x 7 in black Italic.  

This bride is getting married next week and will present this poem to her mother-in-law.  Nice gift idea!  Congratulations Rob and Salee!!!

Certificates and Family Heirlooms

This week my schedule picked back up after the typical July break.  I've worked on wedding envelopes for the fall but I've also worked on some certificates and a family heirloom.

It's always fun to add that final personal touch to a special certificate.

"Love is the largest of all"

This was one of my neatest projects yet.  It is a little book (3" x 4") that will go inside of a prayer book that has been carried in 13 different family weddings since 1946.  

Each bride in this family has carried the book and they wanted to have something with all the names listed.  I was honored to do it. Such a neat family heirloom!!!