Anna & Micah

Back in the day, Anna and I had a freshman chemistry class together. We were in the same homework group, and we spent quite a lot of time together. She was also in nursing classes with most of my roommates throughout college, and she and Micah went to CCF with me. I was super excited when they asked me to do their invitations, as I was just starting to design. They chose a simple green design with a Z-folded invitation. The last section was perforated (and mine is detached in the picture), for guests to keep the reception information on the top and return the reply card on the bottom. It was a neat setup!

Megan & Lee

A couple of my good college friends Megan and Lee were in town this weekend - and I got to see them! It reminded me of the good times we had my sophomore year when Lee lived across the hall and the two of them started dating. Both of them are very special to me. I was honored when Megan asked me to design their wedding invitations and programs for their wedding last summer.

Lee read Megan this verse when he proposed to her. Cute.

Love you guys.

Heather & Andrew

The past few months have been very exciting. I've begun my teaching career and I've started to get really busy with wedding invitation design - two things I love! Because of referrals from some wonderful people, like Ellen, I've begun to work with brides-to-be that I didn't know before! Because of Ellen, I've gotten to work with Heather and her fiance, Andrew. Their wedding at the Butterfly House will surely be beautiful! Here are some photos of their invitation suite. 

I love Tiffany blue.

On the back, we did a printed band that holds the RSVP postcard in place. It's a pretty way of making sure the enclosures don't slide around inside the envelope. 

Heather is in Nebraska right now... she hasn't even seen the final product in person yet. I'm excited for her to see them!

Save-the-dates!

Save-the-dates are some of my favorite things to design for engaged couples! They are a great way to help guests plan for your wedding on their calendars, tell them your wedding website address, and show them how adorable and in love you are! Here are a couple I've done. These are both magnets, but I do postcards too. This reminds me that I need to post photos of Ali's invitations... hopefully I'll get those up soon! With school starting again tomorrow... who knows?!

Of course I love Ellen and Jay and those photos by Lisa :)

And there's my college roomie Ali and her wonderful husband Josh! She had a wonderful photographer in KC. 

Friend Cousins

I have six wonderful cousins who live in Ohio and it's always amazing when I get to see them! This year I've been spoiled by seeing them twice - at David's wedding, AND at Thanksgiving. David is my age and he married a fantastic girl, Megan. I was honored to help them out with their first Christmas card that chronicled their outrageous Christmas Tree adventure. Here's the card...

 And check out Megan's blog for the details of the tree adventure. I love you guys!

Christmas fun!

Two more days of school before Christmas break and I'm going a little crazy... but I think I'll make it! Today I spent the day making Oreo balls for some of my colleagues at school. I brought Oreo balls to the staff holiday luncheon and everyone loved them so much I thought I'd make them some more. 
I took some extra time to make them as cute as I could with some gift tags, chinese takeout boxes, and paper bags. Take a look!

I found these cute downloadable gift tags at PaperCrave.

A close-up of the goodies inside the boxes!

Mmmmm! Merry Christmas!

Ellen & Jay video

As I've already mentioned, I got to help Ellen out with all kinds of things... save-the-dates, invitations, AMAZING programs, and place cards. When she sent me the link to this teaser that her videographer did, I was so excited to see my work in it several times! The video is great... check it out.

Enjoy!

Lisa's got part 1 of Ellen's photos up on her blog... with a nice little link to me :) How could you not love her?

Kim & Ben

Kim and Ben just had their first baby on Wednesday. In honor of them, I am posting pictures of their invitations that I did 3 years ago! Their invitations were the first I ever did. We printed these on my inkjet printer and assembled them in my dorm room. Kim was my first friend to get married and the first to have a baby :)


Kim LOVES purple... can you tell? 

Kim and Ben's thumbprints make the heart. Cute, right? Their wedding was at Kim's parents' house in Virginia. Spending the week with my roomies and the Church family was one of my favorite weeks ever. VAbeach!

Thanks Kim and Ben for helping me start my dream! 

Audrey & Josh

Back in the day ... my friend Audrey married her sweetie Josh. I worked with her on her invitations for the wedding and her shower. I also got to be a bridesmaid :)
I recommended Lisa to Aud, and Audrey's beautiful wedding was the first time I met Lisa! The whole thing is a very interesting story... ask me about it sometime!


The shower invitations ...

Her wedding invitations were in a pretty black linen paper folder, with their names on the front and a band holding the RSVP and reception cards on the back. 
                  front                                     inside                                     back

Aud had a super fun wedding and reception. Thanks friend!

Ellen: bridal shower and bachelorette party

My college roomie's best friend from home, Ellen, asked me to do all her wedding stationery, from save-the-dates to place cards. I had so much fun working with Ellen, and I'll post photos of her gorgeous things whenever I get them from Lisa Hessel (great choice, Ellen!). Ellen's wonderful sister, Katie, asked me to design the shower and bachelorette party invitations. I had so much fun with these!


Shower invitations that displayed the fall theme. 

The bachelorette party invitations showed how much Ellen loves DANCING! 

Thanks Ellen and Katie!

Kelly & Jason: programs

Another BFF and roomie from college, Kelly, got married last summer. I got to help out with the programs, "calligraph" the envelopes, and read some verses at the wedding. Kelly's sweet mother cried when she saw the programs! 

I think I'll stick to design. I'm not much of a photographer . . . 
Kelly's programs were the inspiration for Elizabeth's programs. Who wouldn't love those beautiful satin bows? 

Chelsea & Kevin

This summer I got to do the invitations for one of my best friends ever! She's the other half of raCHELsea and I love her so much. I was honored to do her save-the-dates, invitations, programs, favors, and thank-yous. Her theme was so bright and fun, just like her. The wedding was gorgeous and ridiculously fun!
The invitations. She chose a lot of color and a long style. Beautiful!

I loved the wording on the reply postcards. 

Chelsea's programs. It was an outdoor wedding so we assembled them like fans. 

She included a sweet note in memory of her Dad. 

Finally, we did postcard thank-yous with a photo from the wedding. The ceremony was at the this cross behind the K-Life house where they met and fell in love :), and this is the spot where Kevin proposed. 

Thanks Chels for letting me be so involved with your day!