Shanna & Matt: invitations

Tonight I was faced with a decision that is becoming more and more common for me: grade papers OR blog/design/etc. The blog won again just now; at least it's going to happen first, further postponing entering grades. Part of the reason I chose to blog first though is because I'm so excited to post pictures of Shanna & Matt's invitations. Shanna is a dear friend of mine from Truman. We were suitemates together for a year and we got really close through CCF. Matt and I got to enjoy some business and accounting classes together... what a great time ;) It's been a joy to help them with their invitations. The wedding is fast approaching! How exciting!
We originally started with swirlies... but then Shanna decided she wanted something that looked lacy. So we went with it... and here's what we got! These invitations are so unique and so Shanna. So neat!

Some of the details :)

They are "matchbook" style with multiple pages. The second page is larger than the first so that the bottom page actually looks like blue cardstock. But as you'll see in the following photo... it's not! It's the edge of the directions/RSVP card. This piece is perforated so the RSVP card can be removed and returned.

Love you Shanna!

Paya & Shawn: invitations

Paya was my mentor for my full year of student teaching in Clayton last year. I could not have asked for a better mentor. She is an incredible teacher and we had so much fun. I feel so blessed to have been placed with her; I wouldn't be the teacher I am without the ideas, support, and help she gave me last year. Last February we went on a trip to a reading convention in Arizona. We had a lot of funny, crazy experiences and we came back with a lot of strategies to use in our second-grade classroom. Paya had just started dating Shawn when we went on the trip, and they talked on the phone a lot throughout the trip. I just knew she was falling in love ;)
So... last summer when they got engaged, I was more than excited to help out with the invitations. These two are adorable. We played around with a lot of different flower ideas and weren't finding the perfect thing. I knew that Paya was artsy, so I asked her if she thought she could draw the perfect flower for the design. She drew a few and I was able to scan them in and put them into the design. I LOVE that her art is part of her invitation design.

Thanks so much Paya... for everything!

Megan & Eric: invitations

When Megan emailed me a couple months ago wanting help with some purple swirly invitations, I was totally in :) I can't help but love purple swirlies! She also went with the ruby Stardream paper, which I always love!

Megan was so fun and wonderful to work with! Congratulations!