Simple and Sweet!

Simple and sweet!  This is our latest design which can be a wedding invitation or even an adorable little baby boy shower/announcement.  Either way, you've got your matching thank you notes picked out and ready to go!
Very sweet suite! {sorry.  couldn't resist}

Latest Productions

It's been a while since we posted photos of our projects.  Sometimes we get so busy creating that we forget to take photos and let you all see what we've been working on.  Well, we took a breath long enough today to get some pictures up of our latest productions.

We have been working on some baby items in preparation for our Etsy shop {coming soon!}  Here is one of our announcements that is a cutie-pie almost as cute as the baby herself.

The pocket fold holds a photo card of the sweet little lamby-pie.  C*U*T*E!
We are also working on banners, favors, favor tags, and baby shower invitations.  Very fun!

And remember that irresistible smile of young Aunt Ida?  Here is the final product!  The invitation itself slides into the scalloped pocket.  Sweet, just like Ida!
 

We've Got Perks {Oh, yes, we do!}

There we were, finishing up our Pomegranate road trip, stocking up on the most lovely paper you can imagine, when we were *audibly* reminded by our stomachs {in unison, mind you!} that we had gone four {4!} hours without eating!  Possibly a new record.

We both knew instantly that meant a business lunch was beckoning us in Old Town Pasadena!!  Old Pas, for you Southern California girls.

A favorite of ours HAPPENED to be right around the corner, Le Pain Quotidien.  We enjoyed tartines, and ordered, to go, a duo chocolate mousse *thingy* as our proverbial carrot, since our to do list is longer than our day.  And we do our best work after chocolate.  Are we alone here?

It's become a side note now, even though it was our original task, but we did find gorgeous paper.  Keep your eyes peeled for upcoming post featuring our finds!

Inspiration: Paris-to-New-York Flight Friend

So last month when I (Tammi) was on my way home from Paris, we flew on a 747.  I don't expect any of you to know anything about a 747.  The only reason I do is because I was flying with my sister-in-law who occasionally over the course of our trip let her anxiety over flying spill out into our conversation.  Worries like whether the plane was large enough or if we would have enough fuel to make it over the ocean (!) were among her concerns. 

But all that is to say that a 767 has three seats across in the row by the windows.  So I was squished between my husband, who always get the aisle, and a young woman in the window seat.

I thought about not being social and just minding my own business, but I am my father's daughter, and the genetic impulse won out and I started a conversation with my row-mate.

It turns out she is a stylist that lives in Manhattan who was returning from a photo shoot in Paris.  Oh, what fun!  Visions of Julia Ormond laying a scarf at the feet of two models in front of the Eiffel Tower filled my head.  {If you didn't see it, the movie is Sabrina, the 1995 version, one of my personal favorites, with Harrison Ford, Julia, and Greg Kinnear.}

After probably a half an hour of me picking her brain on everything from living in Manhattan to what a stylist does to what she did in Paris, we got to the subject of what I did for a living.  Aside from my un-fun job (court reporting), I told her about our invitation business.  Turns out, she spends time every day surfing the Internet looking for ideas for her wedding.  She's been dating her boyfriend for five years, and they are not engaged yet, but boy is she going to be ready!  We got my husband to bring down her computer from the overhead compartment, and she started showing me all the ideas she loves for her own wedding.  What fun!!  The photos below show one of her favorite ideas.  I hope she gets to use it someday!

We eventually exchanged email addresses, and she promised to keep me posted with any ideas for cards she thought I might like, and she certainly hasn't disappointed!  Can you believe what a stroke of luck?  I have a new interesting friend and an incredible resource for ideas who is willing to send those ideas right to my inbox for my inspiration!

All I can say is thanks, Dad, for passing down the gene that *knows no stranger*!

Ida Marie

My aunt's 80th birthday is right around the corner, and her husband and kids are giving her a party.  They asked us to do the invitations.  We thought it would be neat to go back and see if we could use any photos of her {back in the day}.

So we're browsing through the photos...

...Sweet                                                                                           ...Coy

...Brainy                                                                                                      ...Big Hair...Yikes!
                                                                        

...Fun

...Family

WAIT A MINUTE...back to *Family*

{Oh my word}  Look at that face!  Have you ever seen anyone more satisfied with themselves?!  And who wouldn't be, with a *bow* like that!

Yep.  That's the one we used.  No contest.

Invitation photos to follow:)

What We're Loving: Perfect Places

Perfect places. 

 Well, that's where we are right now, figuratively and literally.  One of us is a vintage girl that loved it long before it was all the rage. 

 

So appropriate that she's in Seattle, a hotbed for all things classically antique. 

The other, who has loved anything and everything French since learning her first "bonjour," is in Paris.  Need we say more?  But more important are the reasons we're in those cities:  our girls.  We are blessed to have two of the most amazing daughters you could ever ask for:  strong, independent, brilliant, and oh, so talented.  They are, in so many ways, our partners in creativity.  Their spot-on critiques are always welcome and they have introduced us to some of our best sources of inspiration.

So excuse us while we get a little recharge both physically and creatively.  We'll be back at our craft with new ideas and enthusiasm soon!

Wedding Wednesday

Our most recent wedding, finally packaged and ready to be delivered.  We loved seeing this one come together.  The event will be a black tie affair, and we love the way it turned out so elegant with just a pop of color.  

 

 The reply card, envelope, and directions are held in place by removable stickies on the left flap under the amethyst belly band. 

We also got really lucky on this one because the LOVE stamp this wedding season is purple!  It matched perfectly on the reply envelope.  We just LOVE (hehehe) it when things come together so perfectly!