What I’ve Been Working On…

Yes, folks, I have been working…just not on the blog!

In fact, I’ve been working more than I have in my entire life if you can imagine that!

Less than a month ago I became the sole wedding planner for a hurry-it-up-get-it-done-now wedding.  With that came invitations, decoration making, cake making, floral arranging, and just flat-out insanity.

However, this wedding insanity has stemmed the beginning of the happiest time in my career life.  I’ve really enjoyed myself.

So, since the big day is not quite here yet, I’m not going to unveil the invitations just yet, BUT I will tell you that the big day is a mere hop-skip-and-jump away and you won’t have to wait long to see how things unfold! 

Until then, here’s a sneak peek at what I designed!

For the record, that’s metallics AND linen in that box of heaven!!!

HLS: SEVEN!

Well, it’s week seven of this whole HLS adventure and today’s pick does not disappoint!

In fact, I was surprised to learn that the creator of this invitation is based in Kansas!  That’s just cool!

Anyhow, here’s her amazing work…

Ok, so it’s printed on linen paper, it has birds and trees on it, the reply card is perforated, and there are eyelets holding this amazing little paper pleaser together!  It’s just awesome.

Click here for more info!

Map Quest(ion)

I’m in the process of finishing up a round of wedding invitations for a wedding that I’m planning, and I got to thinking….

Of all the invitations you’ve received with a map (I know that might not be many, but go with it), have you found them to be helpful?

I made this map for the wedding:

It’s not intricate, but it does the job.

What do you think–map or no map?  If you could have one included in an invitation suite without extra cost, would you still want it?  Or would you pay for this if it were an extra option?

Or does your GPS/Google Map do the job just fine?

I Digress..

Have you noticed my posting has been lighter lately?  Well, in the event that you have, I’d like to explain.

I mentioned to Emily that I feel like my posts don’t have much depth.  So after our discussion, it was decided that posting would be reduced to three times per week.  So far this hasn’t really created much meaningful posting on my part (sorry!), but here’s hoping that future posts really have a message for our readers.

Ok, now that I’ve got the formalities out of the way, I’m going to digress from regular paper-talk posting today.

I want to show you another form of artwork.

Photography.

Seriously, you NEED to look at this guy’s work.  It just might take your breath away.

The photographer I’m talking about is Carl Zoch.   He’s based out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  He was the photographer for a wedding I attended this weekend and just watching him work was priceless.  I’ve never seen a photographer with such fantastic reflexes and I cannot wait to see what all he captured of the bride and groom’s big day!!

So, in case you don’t believe me, here’s some proof…

So perfect.

HLS: Six!

Since I’m getting back on schedule, how about another HLS post?! 

This little guy reminds me of my own wedding invitations…

It’s a seal-n-send!  Essentially, you fold up the invite at the creases, seal it, and drop it in the mail–easy no?  Typically seal-n-sends are cheaper in the world of pre-printed invitations.  If you really like these, you can go here to check them out!

Laura did it.

Yep, my friend Laura is getting married.

She sent out her invitations.

This might seem like a copout post (it is..I’ll explain later!  xoxo!), but I really want you to look at what SHE did!  So, click her name and go see her invitations!

Next week I’ll be showing you all about what my printer and I’ve been fighting over!  AND Miss Emily just might have a post or two to share, too!

HLS: five.

So last week I spent Thursday and Friday covered in paint (and some managed to get slopped on the walls of my former abode), and the blog posting fell off the radar.

To make up for such horrible behavior on my part, today you get an HLS.

This HLS was L-O-V-E at first sight.  There was no doubt in my mind that if this sucker landed in my mailbox, I’d be giddy and overjoyed.

I mean, look at it.  Holy moly.

I might even do a back flip over this one.

If you like it as much as I do, click here for the details!

Dafont

Dis font is nice, but dafont is better.

Ok, all joking aside, Dafont really is amazing.

If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Ugh, Times New Roman AGAIN?!” You should go to Dafont.  Now.

Dafont is a place where you can find amazingly awesome fonts for most of the time zero pennies!  That’s right–free fonts!

It’s super easy to download the fonts and put them into your word processor.  Just remember to extract the files (that part always gets me).

Right now my favorites are Freebooter Script and Scriptina….pretty!!

Which are your favorites?!

Hook, Line, & Sinker: Four

I’m on my own little invitation making mission today, so when I was hunting down some inspiration I ran across this fun invitation…

Isn’t it fun?!

Get the details here!

Denim and Diamonds

Ok, so more like just denim, but there could be diamonds….

I’m talking about denim inspired envelopes!!

I believe they are probably similar to parchment paper in texture (for comparison, most resume paper is parchment paper).

There’s also a light wash….

It just goes to show that paper products can be inspired by anything!!