i heart Onlinelabels.com!

So a while back i posted about Christie & Sebastien's pretty little Thank You Cards, and a few of you have asked how it was done?


Well, the bulk of it is fairly simple, it's a few pieces of metallic paper & cardstock layered together, but no — i didn't sit there with a paper punch and punch out their monogram for hours... i used Onlinelabels.com! Check it out — they have an array of sizes and colours of labels, from 0.5" circles, to rounded squares and rectangles, from clear glossy/matte to neon pink! Whenever i need a sticker of some sort, onlinelabels.com. The best part, they ship via USPS so no brokerage!!

So all you Canadian DIY-ers out there, if you're looking for a specific setup in a sticker, here's an American supplier that's Canadian friendly!!

Guns N' Roses inspired wedding?

We met Katya & Louie at the January Bridal show at the MTCC, and they were definitely a unique couple!! Their May wedding is a Guns-N-Roses inspired black & navy blue wedding that's definitely not "ordinary" by any measure. Feathers, crystals, tattoo artwork — and on top of all this, Katya wanted to incorporate her beloved toy pom, Romeo!! The result was one of the cooler invitations i've designed thus far, and my hubby's favourite :)

Check out the images below — how are you making your wedding stationery unique?









Stay tuned — there's a special surprise about this invite that ties in with another essential element of every wedding. I don't know if i can spill these beans just yet, but trust me, when i can say, i will!

Thank-You Cards

So one of our brides that rented our 5ft Manzanita tree for the purpose of a seating chart, who also had us do her ceremony programs as well as monogram stickers for her very cute favour cookies/place cards, contacted us to have us do her Thank-You Cards! Gotta love a happy customer, right? So we designed these cute little thank-yous to match her ceremony programs. (Sorry guys, the photos aren't the best, but at least it'll give you an idea!)

We used some pretty pink ribbon with the monogram stickers on the cover, as well as some great metallic champagne paper on the inside. We love them :)

Our friends over at weddzilla.com loved them so much, they've invited us to post a guest blog on how we made them! Stay tuned for that one :)

A Purple & Silver Wedding

One of our first clients, Ashleigh & Adrian, ended up being one of our biggest. We didn't mind, either, because they were so great to work with! We started off with their day-of-coordination 2 weeks after they got engaged, and then we had the privilege (i've used that word a few times today) to do their wedding invitations, favour boxes, centrepieces, wishing tree... We may not have been their full-on wedding planners, but it almost felt like it!

So we haven't seen the professional shots just yet, but we're sure that Bard over at Living Face photography will do a great job re-finishing everything expediently! We did, however, take some shots on my iPhone,and have some shots of the centrepieces, so here goes!

An aerial shot of the reception dinner setup — Atlantis Pavillion on the Lakeshore — probably somewhere between speeches.

A medium shot of the crystal tree centrepieces, our debut! Fancy crystal drop ends, coloured glass filler... we loved it, and so did the Bride & Groom!

An wider shot of the table setup... see the fun crystal charger plates? They went perfectly with the crystal strands on the centrepieces!

Rooftop photo shoot. Correction, unplanned, impromptu rooftop photo shoot. Yup, yup, pulled some strings, got them on the roof @ Atlantis at the last minute. Pretend i'm buffing my nails on my shoulder (as a gesture that you should be impressed. because really, you should).

So, there you go folks. A successful DOC gig, a happy couple, and a brand new life for Ashleigh & Adrian. Congrats guys!

We've been featured!

So yes, we've been uber-busy. It's a given, it's wedding season, but we were fortunate enough to be featured on a great blog! Elizabeth over at thefirstdance.com interviewed us at DBYT about wedding invitations, and it was so much fun answering the questions — not your typical questions, like when to send out invitations, how much postage, etc. I actually had to think about these! (even got Peter, the hubby, involved)

AAAnyhow, check it out! http://thefirstdance.com/weddinginvitationquestions.php

(i promise, i'll be posting new stuff soon. Baptism invites, save-the-dates, and pics from Ashleigh & Adrian's purple & crystal wedding!)

Our Crystal Seating-chart-tree

So a couple of weeks ago, we met with an exasperated bride: getting married in 2 weeks, and still needs her seating chart figured out as well as ceremony programs and money box. She had initially called us with her idea for her seating chart, which was a manzanita tree she wanted to hang table cards from. We added orchids, esperanza roses, candle holders, and sparkly crystal strands and came up with a gorgeous arrangement and new twist on your typical seating chart! We took pictures on Jenn's camera, but i'm impatient and i'm posting pics from my iPhone:

The tree featured 16 seating cards, 5 teardrop candle holders with votives, phalaenopsis orchids & esperanza roses, crystal strands with teardrop ends... love! :)

Here's a closeup shot (sort of) of the seating cards...

We also did her ceremony programs (which i don't have a picture of, yet) as well as her money box... a new product which we'll be adding to our site very very soon!! They'll be available in 2-tier, 3-tier, and even 4-tier arrangements, made to match your theme & colours. Check out Christy's!

Ribbons matched her colour scheme, plummy-purple and champagne, with some cute crystal accents to dress up the box a little.

Alleen & Jack's invitations! EEK! :)

So i've been racking my brain for blogging topics, and it hit me: duh, blog about what you're doing!! My latest project: Alleen & Jack's wedding invites.

My new favourites!! The turquoise and brown look really striking together, and the best part, it's got the kaleidoscope patterned paper from Envelopments!!! Jeepers, look at all those exclamation points; can you tell i'm excited about these ones? :D

k so check it out:

French roast pocketfold wrapped with platinum vellum belly band, accented with 2 swarovski crystals...


Open it up to a turquoise Kaleidoscope-patterned backing, and white linen cardstock on top; 3 inserts in the pocket, all incorporating bold colours and oversized elements of the pattern... LOVE!


Detail shot of the inserts. See, even without a metallic paper, it still looks great! Heavy ink on paper gives it a nice sheen, so you don't have to opt for the expensive thermograph printing, necessarily.

There we go. My next project is Ashley & Blake's purple invitation... those ones are using kaleidoscope patterned paper, but this time in PURPLE (which seems to be the colour of the season).