short and sweet

yuko asked me to design her wedding invitation with a pair of love bird, she left the rest of the designing decisions to me and only asked for her love birds to be "short and fat".

i designed a boy bird kissing a girl bird on stems of some whimsical flowers

the invitation was letterpressed on a 4.5" x 6.25" 100% cotton cardstock

aren't these birds chubby?

to further the bird theme but to mix it up a bit, i placed the boy and the girl on the opposite side of the rsvp card, it came out adorable.

thank you cards had the same kissing love bird design

always end with my fav line

yellow sunshine girl

After all the wedding projects I have worked on, I am finally working on my own. I never really put any thoughts into what style I would have when I make my own wedding invitation, but I knew from day one that it would be YELLOW and letterpressed.

I wanted something simple, happy and a bit silly, something with ME written all over. So I picked up my pen and did a few designs with circles on my bamboo. My favorite was the one with orangic circles randomly overlapping each other. Henry, my fiance, picked the one that I arranged some polka dots into floating flowers in various sizes. My sister (and my matron of honor) picked the one I did by layering different size and thickness of circles into flowers with stems (she thought they were lollipops).

With so many different opinions swaying me, I absolutely couldnt decide which one to be the final one, so I decided to have them all (wouldnt life be so much easier if we could do that whenever we cant make up our minds?).

 

I loved the random organic circles, they looked adorable to me :) Or maybe simply because i hand drew each one of them

The polka dot flower design is simple and clean

This lollipop layout is very whimsical.

Which one is your favorite?

happy holidays

Life has been busy but wonderful since we had our little addition, kammie. She is loved and adored by friends and family, so I incorporated her into my 2009 xmas card. What could be a better way to incorporate her than put her chubby face in an ornament?

I made some paper ornaments and turned them into photo frames. They were fun xmas pattern paper layered with heavy cardstock, then punched out the center for pictures to peep through.

I even had different pictures of Kammie in each ornament.

A silver cap and a shiny hanging thread completed the ornament. Only the body of the ornament was glued to the card, the silver cap and the hanging thread were left hanging. I love how it casts shadow fromt the light.

You can clearly see the thickness of the ornament, it helps the ornament pop from the white backdrop.

To celebrate the holidays, even my sheepie dressed for the occasion :)

thank ewe

a black sheep with fluffy white fur is exactly what a sheep lover is looking for when shopping for her baby shower thank you cards

tiny irregular cubes of felt were layered on to mimic real sheep fur texture, to further bring out the cuddliness of the sheep, its face and legs were left in black.

a simple boarder was added to draw attention to the focal point - the sheep

Jojo

I enjoyed every minute of creating this thank you card for a yellow and green theme baby shower, the mother-to-be adores things simple yet elegant, so a card with a bib taking center stage couldnt be more perfect for her.

The card itself has a smooth finish, but the bib has a rough texture, which made white layered with white anything but borning

bib's trim was finished with sage green thread, hand sewned!

"thank you" written in brown ink for a softer look than black ink

name of my workshop letterpressed on the back of the cards

cards (a set of 20) with envelopes wrapped in yellow to continue the theme color and to add a little personal touch.

Camellia

What could be a better card to a gentle bride for her simple elegant wedding than a card with Camellia? I love to mix monochromatic colors with a touch of accent color, it is simple but not boring.



The flower is in cream with a dash of green, sitting on top of a pure white cotton card to bring out the softness of the cream color. To elaborate the celebration spirit yet stay within the simple elegant theme, a warmer cream card with champagne shimmer was added.
The card was as soft and sweet as the soft-spoken bride.



Greeting was pressed blank on another small piece of card to create layer and subtle statement without being too loud.



Finally, the card got a personal stamp from me.

Sweet as a cupcake

Over the weekend I had to create a birthday card to celebrate the first milestone birthday of a little girl named Chloe, she is such a sweet baby, always smiling, giggling and playful.

As I was trying to come up with a theme that would better describe her personality, I thought of a cupcake. Not only I love cupcakes personally, but I thought she is just as adorable, fun and little as a cupcake!



A little fuzzy cupcake was perfect to take center stage, it's as cuddly as the birthday girl. Bottom corners were rounded off to add a bit more fun flare.



The card itself measured 4 x 5.5, my personal favorite size for cards. It's not too small where you have limited space for creativity and not too big where it looks empty, or, often awkwardly spaced out. Plus, it's a perfect size to print on my Kelsey 5 x 8 press.