Archive for December, 2009

Holiday Fun Booth!

December 29, 2009 { Posted in: events, family, friends, fun things, photography | No Comments }

I’m a little late but I hope you all had a wonderful holiday!  Mine was great despite feeling a tiny bit like Scrooge this year.  I totally wasn’t in the holiday spirits at all.  I had all these ideas for custom cards and little gifts I wanted to make.  Sadly, it’s been a busy month for me and I ran out of time.  I didn’t even have time to go buy a box of holiday cards to send out to family and friends.  I felt really sucky everytime someone asked for my address to send us a card or when someone handed over a thoughtful gift no matter how small it was.  What finally got me in the holiday spirit was when I decided to host a last minute mini holiday potluck and white elephant gift exchange.  I was pretty sure we wouldn’t have a crazy snow storm ruining everyone’s holiday plans this year.  It turned out not being that “mini”, but everyone had fun even my poor friends who were allergic to my kitties.  One even said it was worth the sacrifice, wow.  Anyway, the week leading up to our holiday event this past Saturday I had this idea to have a photobooth.  I thought it would be added fun and it was!  The next time you throw a party and there’s an empty wall available you should consider creating a backdrop for a fun photobooth.  We live in a small condo with high ceilings and we managed.  Just tape up some fabrics and ta-dah!  It’s that simple.  Check us out, hehehe:

Personalized Thank You Cards

December 12, 2009 { Posted in: designs & crafts | No Comments }

I love it when couples personalize their stuff (invitations, websites, favors, programs, thank you cards, etc).  I think the easiest and most obvious way to do that is to incorporate the use of pictures.  I received a wedding thank you card, which doubled as a holiday greetings card, from Hanh+Wing the other day and I thought it was very cute.  Their wedding was in May, but it was totally worth the wait (haha, just joking guys!).  It might take a little more time and maybe a little extra money to personalize your stuff, but it at least it won’t be a typical ”cookie cutter” and it’ll stand out.  At the end of the day it’s all about preference though.   Personally, I prefer to put a part of “me” into my stuff and I like receiving stuff from others with a part of “them”.   Trust me that your hard work won’t go unnoticed.  I promise someone notices. =)

Elisa & Steve’s Wedding Program

December 12, 2009 { Posted in: designs & crafts | No Comments }

I’m a little late posting this, but better late than never.  I finally found time to take some pictures.  This is the wedding program I designed and made for my sister.  It’s a simple and square shaped program.  The insert (ceremony/wedding party detail and message from bride and groom) is held in place with a satin ribbon.  I replicated the name emblem from the invitation and put that on the program to stick with the theme and provide some design consistency.  This is a very easy and economical DIY wedding program.