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Running to the Presses

May 14, 2010

I know I said we’d do the Save the Dates last weekend, but I lied.  (Yeah, what are you gonna do about it?) THIS weekend is going to be much more productive.  I’ve been working on our wrap-around labels today, and I have four (still a bit rough) designs I’ve narrowed it down to: Notice [...]

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Setting the Tone

May 11, 2010

Today I’m thinking about the “tone” of our wedding.  I have to continually remind myself that I am not getting married in a field or vineyard like I originally planned. I’m also not getting married in a barn or a park or on a farm. I am getting married in the city, and I want [...]

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Ugh…Idiot!

May 6, 2010

Yesterday, I got my shipment of STD paper!!  It was a little lighter than I thought it would be, but it is a beautiful color! There’s only one problem: I didn’t know that A7 envelopes wouldn’t fit the paper that CAME WITH IT.  (After it was folded in half, of course) Totally my fault.  I [...]

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Epic Coworker Cake Fail

May 3, 2010

A coworker of mine is getting married this upcoming Saturday, and the office decided to throw her a little shower today at lunch to celebrate. I volunteered to make the cake since I LOVE making cakes and pride myself at being very good at it.  I try a new recipe every time  I make a [...]

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Gearing up for our STDs

April 26, 2010

Since my sister’s invites are finished, I can now turn my attention to our own paper goods! When I bought the paper for Steph’s invites, I got paper for our stds at Paper Source while we were there.  I got these: Source These were black and from Paper Source. I bought them because they were [...]

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Sister Socks’ Invitations

April 26, 2010

Before I reveal what we’re doing for our invitations, I thought I’d show you what I did for my sister’s invites!  I do a little bit of design work since I work on websites for a living, so I offered my services to Sister Socks.  I’m still learning a BUNCH in photoshop though, so I [...]

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DIY Indecision

March 29, 2010

Remember how I’m doing my own invites? Well I’ve run into a bit of a problem with them, and that problem is me. I’ve heard many designers say that they are their toughest client and it’s nearly impossible to figure out what they want to do.  Now, I can’t really lump myself into the “designer” [...]

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STDs and the City

March 1, 2010

Do you want to know where I get my my most brilliant ideas from? Source The shower!  (Side note:  do NOT google “woman showering” when at work!!) Much like this woman, I look very happy when I get a brilliant idea while I scrub down. So my brilliant shower idea came for my Save the [...]

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Paper Source Love

February 28, 2010

The first time I walked into a Paper Source store, I was in Georgetown, and it was around Halloween.  I was immediately entranced by all of the pretty pretty things they had throughout the store, and fell in love with their uber sparkly gift wrap: Source When Christmas came around that year, I promptly went [...]

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