Be Thankful

Did everyone have a great holiday?? I have been so incredibly lazy these past couple of days. Working out this morning turned into a slow walk on the treadmill catching up on US Weekly...

I have, however, been busy working on some new wedding invitations I can't wait to share with you and lets not forget thank you cards! It's three days after Christmas so our grace period is officially over. Time to give thanks where thanks is due. Lucky for you I've added some new goods to the shop so hop on over and grab some thank you cards and get to writing!  

Southwestern Invitations

Remember when I told you 5,000 years ago about some awesome new colored pencil invitations I made? Do you also remember I kept promising and promising to share them with you? Welp, here we are and I am FINALLY showing them off. The truth is, they literally sold one day after I put them in the Etsy shop and I've been so busy I haven't had time to make another set! 

Anyways, the story behind these are pretty simple. I've been having fun playing around with my colored pencils and I was literally just doodling and came up with this fun pattern. I would say it's southwestern rustic! I think pinks, oranges and reds would look great in this pattern as well! Next time, next time...

Say Thanks!

How was everyone's weekend?? Did you brave the real world and attempt any holiday shopping? The malls are OUT OF CONTROL. I used to consider myself a mall rat but whoa. Even I've been getting a little overwhelmed...

The only shops I will endure the crazies for are the paper stores. I headed out bright and early and hit up a few of my favorites and came home with some super fun stuff! I was really gravitating towards the pinks and blacks when I was shopping...not sure why that is but I LOVE how these simple thank you cards turned out! They're funky and colorful and a great mix of patterns. I added them to the Etsy shop so go grab them if you're in the market!

I know I promised you some more colored pencil creations and I WILL get them posted! I got distracted with the acrylic paints so you know how that goes...

Have a great week and make something pretty :)

Sketched Wedding Invitations

I'm so excited to share with you a new line of wedding invitations I've been working on! A couple of weeks ago I posted a stationery set of chevron cards I made in my Etsy shop. I've been getting such positive feedback from them I wanted to explore that side of design and come up with some invitations that were hand drawn as well. 

While most of my other invite suites are heavy on cutting and assembling unique and beautiful paper, these are more focused on a funky, artsy theme where the drawings and patterns stand out, not the paper. I used color pencils and paint pens because I LOVE the look of colored pencil more than any other tool. It can be soft or vibrant but never harsh. 

I'm so excited to add to this collection! Stay tuned because I'll be posting some other colored pencil projects I've been working on later this week!  

Holiday Cards!

Well, hey there! Happy four days until Thanksgiving! I LOVE Thanksgiving because I am completely and utterly obsessed with pumpkin. And what better excuse to power through three jars of pumpkin butter than on Thanksgiving?!

The holidays crept up on me this year (don't they always?) but I've been working hard on some holiday cards for the past couple of weeks and I can't wait for you guys to see them. I have a nice little variety of Christmas and holiday designs so go check them out in my Etsy shop! 

Birthday Gift Tags

So I was working on some Christmas card ideas this weekend (I know, I'm one of THOSE people. It isn't even a week into November yet...) and I came across my little cupcake wrappers a la Martha Stewart at Michael's that I've used for some past projects. With it feeling more like spring/summer than fall in San Diego I channeled that bright energy into some colorful birthday gift tags.

I put them up on Etsy so if you don't feel like making your own, you are more than welcome to mine :)

Brittany + Joe

I bet you guys thought I got buried alive by all my paper, huh?! Wow, it's been over a month since I posted but I have a verrrrry good excuse! I have been working on a very special project for an incredibly special friend. 

A while back I showed you the three options for Joe and Brittany's wedding invites. Well, here's the final product! They ended up going with the fringe cut coral and metallic invites with a green skyline. Remember my skyline sketch? Yeah, don't. Doesn't this one look amazing though?! 

I seriously can't wait for her wedding because I know it's going to be full of personal detail and of course, great company. 

Congratulations Joe and Brittany!