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{ }	This is NOT Your Mother's Stamp
{ }	O-N-E
{ }	Real Wedding: Andrea and Kahlil
{ }	Naughty or Nice?
{ }	Real Wedding: Kirby & Jesse
{ }	"It's got gray icing, I can't even begin to think how you'd make gray icing"
{ }	Complete list of entries

"These 2 are just an incredible pair and i love them dearly (i'm their future sister-in-law). Everything about the wedding..." {read}

"Darcy, Thank you again for everything!! You were amazing to work with. From our very first meeting, I knew it..." {read}

"I just want to thank you again! It was such a pleasure working with you. We loved every single piece..." {read}

These are not your mother's stamps, which only had one purpose, but quite multifunctional.  The newest technology allows you to have one base and switch out designs or motifs to match the season, your mood or for special occasions.


In addition to changing designs, it is just as simple to change the ink cartridge to incorporate one or two ink colors.  This can also change the look and purpose of the stamp you choose.

Now that you are armed and ready to stamp, you need a surface to enhance.  In the stationery world, that could be a note card and/or envelope.  You might want to thank your aunt for your recent holiday gift or correspond with an old friend.


Stamps are great for gift giving, not to say it wouldn't be a great gift itself, but also to adorn a tag on a nice bottle of wine or to add that personal touch to the wrapping or tissue paper as well.


Teachers can joyfully stamp a student's paper for praise or encouragement.

You can personalize your library collection and keeping track of loaned books.

There are countless ways to find purpose for stamps in your wedding too!  Alert friends and family of your engagement, ask them to save the date, monogram thank you cards or labels and an endless pre-wedding and reception items to make each piece unique as well as a keepsake.

The fantastic news is that everything you can stamp, you can also emboss to add a little texture or variety to everyday life.

No matter the reason or occasion for stamping, I promise you, you will have fun and be amazed at the number of things you will find to spruce up...I know I was.

It is at the end of each year and the start of another that we all start pondering and celebrating life, which lead me to the topic of this blog.  It is a one-year birth celebration of Miss Elizabeth.
 
I have had the profound pleasure of being a part of her printed life starting with her adorable tri-fold birth announcement filled with pretty pink polka dots, stripes and scallops - oh my!

Our next project was the glittered and pink polka dot baptism invitation and napkins for the luncheon that followed. We also did the matching Thank You cards that her mom is so diligent about ordering to match and writing and sending in a timely manner.  Love that!
 
Her first year was rounded out by an adorable cupcake tree invitation with her signature pink polka dots and a stripe of green across the bottom to add a hint of green into her pink filled world.  Her dad put his mad poetry skills to the test and created a beautiful poem to include on the 1st birthday party invitation.


The bakery made the invitation come to life in the most fantastic translation of an invitation into cake and cupcakes that made the party festive and the ladybug and butterfly garden party theme carried out with every last detail.


To add more color and continue the theme, we also printed a large banner with hot pink ink; beverage and luncheon napkins in the signature pink and green along with green, pink and white balloons with the message "Happy Birthday Elizabeth" and butterflies adorning them.  Too cute!

Lastly, the fun logo we created for Elizabeth's birthday party invitation, we also screen printed onto a t-shirt for her to be able to dig into her 1st birthday cake and keep her party clothes clean.

Overall, it was a year and a party designed for a pink princess!  We can't wait to be a part of Elizabeth's next celebration!

Andrea and Kahlil are two of Central Florida's finest educators who have energy and spunk to spare.  We first met during their summer vacation to plan for their October wedding.  Kahlil was MIA for the first few minutes of our meeting because he was in line at a local electronics store to score a coveted gaming system.  When he joined us with a grin on his face, we knew he was successful in his purchase.
Andrea was a calm and no fuss kind of a bride that was very much grounded in reality and Kahlil was full of energy and excited to be a part of the design process.  I have to say, I don't always have an opportunity to meet the groom but Kahlil dove into the task at hand and I think they both enjoyed the process more then they would have expected.  They were certainly shocked by the amount of options and decisions involved, but it never phased them or their creativity.

Trying to stay within a budget, we narrowed their modern taste to a flat card with printed layers to give it a rich look in their wedding colors of espresso and sage.  The colors expertly coordinated with their outdoor ceremony under a huge shady tree at Historic Dubsdread in Orlando, Florida.  Plus the deep espresso color also complimented the richness of the wood interior of their reception space on the same property.

We paired the invitation with an equally clean and simple response postcard that included an extra personal touch beyond the standard "yes" and "no" responses by choosing "wouldn't miss it for the world" for the former and "regretfully cannot be there to share in your day" for the latter.

We included their sleek lowercase monogram on top of their seating chart for their guests to easily find their table assignments.  This is a fun replacement for traditional table cards as well as a keepsake after the wedding.
I felt like I had a good idea of the couple's personality, but I truly had no idea until I saw their wedding pictures where they shined brightly in the presence of their family, friends and each other!  Enjoy their photos provided by SNS Weddings including their getaway Mini!

That is right, the holidays are officially upon us!  Time is running out to indulge in mail-stopping adorable holiday cards and party invites.  No matter what or who you celebrate, for business or personal, we can help you to choose the perfect card or invitation to express your thoughts for the season or just give you an opportunity to say a hearty hello to friends and family.  The options are plentiful - folded, flat, photo, newsletter, gathering invite - you name it and we'll print it!

Personalizing pre-printed cards or creating a fun custom design saves you from aching hands of writing card after endless card.  Holiday cards are a great way (at least once a year) to let those near and dear to you that you enjoy having them in your life, no matter how busy life may be or how much time might pass, you are thinking of them.

If you are newly married, this is a great way to showcase a favorite wedding photo!



The gift of paper is a fantastic personalized gift that you might consider for your co-workers, teachers, family and friends.  Unlimited choices of note pads, note cards, stationery, labels, paper weights, onesies, stamps and so much more are all available from Pearl Beach Paperie.
 
Browse the website or call for a consultation.  Don't wait until it is too late!

If you miss the boat, remember there are always Happy New Year cards as well.  If you want a photographer recommendation for family photos, call or email me!

My first encounter with Kirby, the bride, was over a year before she said, "I do."  Lisa Konecny of E-Events, her planner, introduced us as we met on the sun porch of their picturesque lakefront home to start their search for the perfect save the date to announce their winter wedding.

It was clear from the start that Kirby knew what she liked (crystals, glitter and clean lines) and what she didn't like (busy patterns and floral elements) but she had her mother, Penny, there to support her and provide second opinions every step of the way and even her sister, the maid of honor, on occasion as well.  Don't worry, the groom, while not there physically, was considered with every decision, otherwise I think we would have glittered the entire card.  But we saved that for the bridal shower instead (see below).

I have to say that Kirby has been my most organized bride to date.  It must be the lesson-planning teacher in her coming through.  I'd like to think I'm pretty on top of things, but Kirby was contacting me before I was able to get to her almost every time throughout the process.

Once we chose the save the date elements of a clean monogram and printed ribbon paired with layered silver and quartz metallic papers with charcoal grey and pink inks, the other pieces easily fell into place.

For the invite, we replaced the printed ribbon with two real ones and added a layered tag with a diamond Swarovski crystal in a pocket design to house her response card and envelope. The layered look from the save the date was used again inside the pocket giving the same clean and classic feel.

The ceremony program incorporated all the same elements, but we played up the pink a little more than the other pieces.  For the reception items (table numbers, seating cards and menu cards) we utilized the monogram with their shared last name and printed ribbon look from the save the date to tie all the pieces together.

In addition to these pieces, we also incorporated the monogram into the rehearsal dinner invitation and thank you cards.  For the rehearsal dinner, we wanted to keep elements from the invite, but make a spin off of it since this is the groom's family event.  So, we took the squiggle design around their initials and enlarged it to frame the entire card and used the same 2 fonts to create the invitation contents within the frame.  The thank you card was a small white folded card with the same monogram, but we made the tone a little more casual with matte stock rather than metallic and paired it with a pale pink envelope to pull off the cutest thank you card that I would be excited to receive in the mail.

As you can see from the beautiful photographs of The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes by John Unrue Photography of an E-Events production with Flowers of Winter Park, it was a breathtaking fairytale wedding with every detail attended to including the use of the monogram mimicked on the cake as well as a gobo projecting it onto the dance floor.

Kirby and Jesse's wedding was the perfect example of how knowing the look of your wedding and incorporating the colors and details from the save the date to the table numbers and thank you cards creates a cohesive through line from start to finish.  A perfect wedding for a wonderful couple and family!