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pretty damask

Monica is the sweetest girl you'll ever meet. She emailed me a few months ago to help her make custom inserts for her bridal shower. She purchased invitations elsewhere, but wanted to include a custom Wishing Well card that coordinated with her existing invitations.

We also designed coordinating address labels that will go on the front of her hot pink envelopes.

{I'm getting so much better at making up fake names and addresses!}

The printed cards will have moss green twine wrapped around the top of the card, underneath Wishing Well and above the phrase.

Next up was her Welcome Basket Sign.

Then, her votive wraps. Her wedding is very elegant and vintage, and she wanted to add some flair to her tables by including votive wraps. We played around with different colors -- greys and shades of pinks -- but ultimately a hot pink damask design, which I printed on vellum.

{I'm a designer, not a photographer}

Monica also wanted stickers to use on her bridal shower favors, which are going to be CUPCAKES! Seriously, what an AWESOME favor.

We decided to design them using the same pattern as her votive wraps, and incorporate the font color and style as her insert card and address wraps.

She specifically wanted to include the saying, "He loves me... he loves me not... he loves me.. so we're gonna tie the knot!"

Still on the list? Her second bridal shower invitation and dessert buffet signs!

sweets & treats birthday party

I met Natalie during move-in day our freshman year of college. We were inseparable for years, but then we grew up and life happened. She was married first, and moved a few hours away. We stayed close, though, and I was so happy to have Natalie be a part of our wedding. She was one of my bridesmaids!

Shortly after Ben and I were married, Natalie found out she was pregnant! I cannot believe that Eva is turning ONE! This year has flown by, and I'm sure it's gone by even faster for my dear friend and her new little family. When she asked me to design the invitations for Eva's birthday party, I jumped at the chance! What an honor, and how exciting! I can't wait to be a guest at Eva's candy themed birthday party.

{Eva swimming this summer}

This little girl has a smile that can light up a room, and Natalie and Daun have the most beautiful daughter! She is the sweetest addition to their family, so it makes perfect sense to have a sweets themed party.

This is the second proof of the invitation that I designed. I'm waiting for Natalie's approval, but I can't wait to get these printed and in the mail! I purchased matching pink invitations, and am going to embellish them with striped wrap-around address labels.

I can't wait to be a guest at Eva's first birthday!

{freebie friday} vintage-goth party flags

This week's fabulous freebie is inspired by my Vintage Goth All Hallows Eve collection.

The collection currently includes a 5x7 invitation and 12 2.5" party circles, but I thought it would be fun to include cupcake & drink flags. They're perfect for dressing up your Halloween finger foods, cupcakes and cocktails!

To use:
1. Download the printable PDF by clicking HERE. The PDF contains 14 flags in 14 different styles.
2. Print onto card stock, and cut on solid lines. Fold in half.
4. Adhere around a toothpick, straw, or lollipop stick using double sided tape.
5. Enjoy!

As always, freebies are available for personal use only. Please leave me a comment letting me know what you think, and feel free to share this freebie & link back to Blush Printables!

xo

{new} save the date announcements

I've been hard at work on a new line of Save the Date announcement cards. With a nod towards Spencerian typography, these 5x7 announcements boast calligraphic save the date surrounded by beautiful swoops and swirls. Personalized information fills the rest of the card, with a calligraphic "formal invitation to follow" at the bottom.

As always, color matching is complimentary. These 5x7 cards are personalized with your unique information and wedding colors, and send as a hi-resolution PDF file for you to print at home or take to your favorite print specialist.

See more & order at www.blushprintables.etsy.com

let them eat cake

Please let me introduce you to one of the most exquisite bakers I have ever come across. Ever.

Maggie Austin is located in the DC Metro Area and offers a very unique representation of cakes and pastries. She treats each dessert like a peice of art, using symmetry and elegance to perfect the look of haute couture pastries.

I have never seen so much attention and detail go into dessert before, and am awestruck at the beauty of these cakes. The colors, the details, the textures... truly magnificent.

www.maggieaustincake.com

{freebie friday} love is sweet

This week's fabulous freebie are printable favor tags! These fall-inspired tags can be printed on to cardstock, then trimmed with a paper cutter. For round corners, simply use a round corner punch! At a finished size of 2x2, these tags are the perfect finishing touch on your wedding favors!

To use:
1. Download the printable PDF by clicking HERE.
2. Print onto card stock, and trim on solid lines. Use round corner punch to round the corners if desired.
4. Adhere to favor boxes using double sided tape, or punch a small hole in the top corner. Thread your favorite ribbon through and string around your favor packaging!
5. Enjoy!

As always, freebies are available for personal use only. Please leave me a comment letting me know what you think, and feel free to share this freebie & link back to Blush Printables!

xo

{real weddings} wrap around address labels

A few weeks ago, Anne contacted me through my website looking for address labels to coordinate with her save-the-dates. She and her fiance wanted something that would take care of both the mailing address and return address at the same time, and sought after wrap-around address labels in coordinating colors.

Anne chose my address design #017 based on its simplicity and teal color, although I do color match for all of my clients. It's very important for your parties and weddings to coordinate! After sending Anne the completed file, I walked her through the steps to print the labels. It's pretty easy, and she seemed excited to get started!

This morning, I woke up to the sweetest e-mail from Anne telling me that she had blogged about her experience working with me and how wonderfully her save-the-dates and envelope wraps had turned out. I'd like to share a few photos, but I'll let Anne's blog do most of the talking!

To read the full post on Annes blog, visit Seeing Design HERE.

{shop announcement}

Blush Printables will be closed on Thursday, September 16th and Friday, September 18th, while I am in Washington, D.C. visiting my sister for the weekend!

{my sisssy!}

{me & sissy!}

I'm super excited to be visiting my sister and DC. We are leaving Friday, but I will be closed on Thursday to catch up on orders placed earlier this week.

I will be accepting orders throughout this week and the weekend, but please note that work will not resume until Monday, September 20th.

All orders placed this week that are needed *before* Thursday, September 16th will be assessed a $10 rush fee.

Thank you!

Who gives a hoot? {owl themed party}

These invitations were inspired after creating custom 2.5" party circles for a dear client, Rhea. Rhea ordered these party circles a few weeks ago for her daughter's birthday. She used them as favor tags and cupcake picks!

This weekend, I designed an entire accessory suite to compliment the invitation design!

The accessory suite is $15, and includes 12 2.5" party circles, 1 pillow box, 3 3x3 folded thank you notes, and 5 7x2 water bottle labels.

Color customization is available for an additional $10.

You can see the accessory suite HERE, and the invitations HERE.

{new} custom monogram

Kristen from Signature Occasions asked me to create a custom monogram for her client. She was looking for something very traditional to use on all of their stationery.

I love the deep gold color of this design!
Here is what Kristen had to say:
"Perfect...the bride loved it! I met with her today and showed it to her. She loved the font and look of it."

monograms

Katie called me a few weeks ago to discuss wedding stationery for her April 2011 wedding. She is quite possibly the sweetest girl ever, and we completely and totally hit it off right from the start! We decided to start with her monograms, since she hadn't taken her engagement photos yet. We should be starting her save-the-dates any day now :)

Katie and Ryan's colors are plum and gold.

These monograms are simple yet chic, and are sure to offer a touch of class to their stationery, favor bags and labels.

it's (almost) halloween!

The leaves are changing, the weather is cooling down, and Halloween is on my mind!!

I teamed up with several other ladies (we call ourselves the Boo Crew!) to create an out-of-this-world Halloween themed photo shoot. Bonnie from Sadie Days Photography was kind enough to share with us this sneak-peak, and I'm dying to see the rest!

These party circles are for sale in my etsy shop, and are so versatile! They're 2.5" round and can be used as cupcake toppers, party favor tags, seals, stickers and so much more. I've even made straw medallions out of them!

{photo courtesy of Sadie Days Photography}

My cupcake toppers are on top of the BooVelvet cupcakes baked by Pam from Party Starters. The Boo Velvet cupcake kit was sent by RedVelvet Stefanie. You may recognize Stefanie from the Food Network show "Cupcake Wars". Can I just say --- my toppers were on cupcakes from RED VELVET STEFANIE! WOO!

The fabulous cookie laying on the table was created by Sandy from Sandy's Baking Memories. The spider web cupcake wrappers and candy corn favor boxes are also from Pam from Party Starters.

So many other fabulous women collaborated on this particular party, but only myself, Stefanie, Sandy and Pam are in this photo. I cannot wait to show you more!

There are also photos of the Adult Vintage-Goth party, but I'm sworn to secrecy and am bursting at the seams to be able to show you the pictures!! Trust me... they are SO worth the wait!!

{freebie friday} a perfect match

This week's fabulous freebie are printable matchbook favors! These matchbook printables can be wrapped around existing matchbooks to give them a personalized look and feel. Perfect for wedding favors, or to use with your cigar bar. You are, after all, the perfect match!

To use:
1. Download the printable PDF by clicking HERE & HERE. Each PDF has 6 matchbooks!
2. Print onto card stock, and cut on solid lines. Fold on dotted lines.
4. Adhere using double sided tape, making sure to leave the scratch part of the matchbox exposed.
5. Enjoy!

As always, freebies are available for personal use only. Please leave me a comment letting me know what you think, and feel free to share this freebie & link back to Blush Printables!

xo