When I found out my good friend Emily Hewett from A Well Dressed Home was expecting twins AND that she was having a boy and girl, I knew I had to do something extra special for her shower.  It ended up that I not only had the privilege of designing all of the paper goods, but was also one of the hostesses and held the shower at my house too! It truly was a fun day filled with beautiful details and lovely people.

I wanted the invitation to really set the stage for our “Perfect Pair” theme, which was inspired by the lil’ twins themselves. A palette of dusty pink, grey and turquoise and the modern houndstooth pattern continued through to the signage and other paper goods for the event.

And as before any special occasion, I made a trip to LaurieAnna’s Vintage Home in Canton and selected a handful of beautiful dishes and decorative accessories to use at the shower. LOVE.

Congratulations Emily and thank you to the other hostesses for all of your help! Enjoy!

Over 75 baby booties! Grey with brown buttons for the boy and pale pink with a pink bow and button for the lil’ girl.

The invitation was boxed and wrapped with a turquoise ribbon and 2 tags

Each invitation was lined with grey striped tissue paper and included a pair of houndstooth baby booties!

Corresponding wrap around address labels to match. Super chic.

Our main table was filled with all sorts of pretties- the invitation, pairs of baby booties of course, oversized
tissue paper flowers and mercury glassware of all shapes and sizes.

Mercury glass hourglasses from LaurieAnna’s Vintage Home were the perfect touch.
When we added a ribbon and turned them on their side, they looked like rattles!

Pretty candy for guests of course!

To go candy bags with houndstooth tags matching the invitations. Pink and grey striped straws were used for the lemon
water and peach sangria which were served in small mason jars!

Vintage porcelain baby booties decorated the tables throughout and brought the theme to life.

Fruit cups galore! The galvanized tray from LaurieAnna’s was the perfect serving piece for these yummies!

The flowers arrangements consisted of blush roses, blue hydrangeas, cream roses and grey dusty miller leaves.

The cake was made by  The Cake Stand in Mckinney, Texas. They did an
amazing job of creating a design to match the invitation.

The food served was an assortment of Emily’s most craved bits and bites during her pregnancy.

Precious robins egg and white teacups from LaurieAnna’s Vintage Home.

We asked guests to bring a children’s book instead of a card to the shower. Such a cute idea!!

Wishing trees tags filled with words of wisdom and well wishes for the new parents.
A great keepsake for the baby book.

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This invitation was created for mommy to be Jamie, whose wedding invitations I designed last year! The inspiration behind the design was Alice Kennedy’s Portobello fabric collection. Fresh and sophisticated, Alice’s textiles add a beautiful pop of color to any room. LOVE. I chose to build off of the geometric dotted pattern….and about 1,000 green and white Photoshop circles later….voila!

Thank you so very much hostess with the mostess Lisa and congratulations once again Jamie! I am incredibly thankful to have clients as wonderful as the both of you.

 

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When my lovely client asked me to design shower invitations for a baby girl, I was thrilled. Then she told me the theme: “Princess Tea Party.” Yes, I was like a little kid on Christmas. My goal was to create a design that was soft, elegant and celebratory of all things baby girl, but not childish. About 150 photoshop layers later, the design was complete. A mix of typography, vintage tea cups, crowns and castles make this design fit for the lil’ princess to be.

Thank you Alex and congratulations to Deanna and Jeremy!

 

 

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Every year, my fabulous friend and client hosts a lovely “Dear Friends” holiday party.  Creating the invitations for the event is always a treat, as Lisa and I could not have a more similar taste for design. This year, the invitations were printed on 110 lb. Crane lettra and paired with a dark grey, metallic envelope. As you will see, the design is perfectly suited for the event setting….Lisa’s divine, vintage-chic cottage home.

 

Also created for the party were signs labeling all of the yummy food…

 

And so I MUST share a few photos of Lisa’s swoon worthy, make you want to melt home. Every nook and cranny is filled with unique treasures styled in a way that only Lisa knows how. It is a sight to be seen. And then dream about later.

 

A few (of many) perfectly placed focal points in the living room

The details just go on forever…even in the kitchen.

And to top it off, there is an adorable chicken coup in the backyard. Need I say more?

 

Merry Christmas everyone. Thank you so much for stopping by.

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This new invitation is quite special…being that it was designed for my amazing grandparents in celebration of their 60th wedding anniversary. SIXTY YEARS! The invitation ensemble was elegant, clean and classy with a black and metallic silver color palette. Perfect for the huge party that was filled with family and friends a few weeks ago in Fort Worth.

My grandparents are my heart. My soul. And I am so inspired by their amazing marriage. Thank you and congratulations G&G!

 

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Brand new baby shower invitation, designed with sweet Southern love. I am totally smitten by this design as the grey and yellow color palette, fonts and graphics are gorgeous mix of modern, rustic and vintage styles. It just feels warm and comfy. I totally envision mason jars, picnic tables and gingham patterned linens paired with the food tent signs created to match the invite. Thank you Miranda for the opportunity to design such adorable pieces for the event and CONGRATS to Mommy to-be Leslie!

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This kitchen shower ensemble has to be one of my most favorite designs yet! Hostess Julie started by giving me the brides color palette, which included about 6-7 very bright and bold colors. I proceeded to probe for more details (as I sometimes do…) and was informed that the bride is the “artsy-whimsy” type. My kinda gal! I knew exactly what do.

The invitation was mailed to guests with a recipe card for them to write down their favorite dish and bring to the shower for the bride. The day of paper goods included a custom coffee menu, “Recipe for a Good Marriage” advice cards and tags for the cookie mix filled mason jar favors. So precious. Thank you Julie and congrats to the bride!

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I love a great theme and this one says it all! I drew my inspiration from vintage playing cards and used a combo of Vegas and Broadway style fonts to give the invitation a true “night out on the town” feeling. Just like a real playing card, each invitation and “Sweet Nothings” card is double sided and has rounded corners. This invitation is absolutely one of my most favorite projects to date. Thank  you hostess Meghan and congrats to the lucky bride!

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When Emily of A Well Dressed Home asked me to design the baby shower invitations for her friend Tessa, also an interior designer, I was super excited….and knew it had to be extra special!

Emily provided me with one of her amazing online design boards of the nursery (how bout’ that for inspiration?!)  and I created the invitation to match. I took full advantage of the awesome grey and yellow color scheme and then also designed a graphic pattern to match her fabric for the wrap around address labels. So fun, fresh and modern. What a lucky lil guy to have such an incredible nursery!

Thank you so much Emily and Tessa for the opportunity and incredible inspiration!

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Working with Lisa on all of her wedding paper goods was such a delight.  We stayed true to her classic and elegant style throughout …with one exception: the rehearsal dinner invitation, where I was given free reign to create something fun and a little untraditional for the event. With the American Airlines Center, the Dallas Mavericks and sports lovers Lisa and Joe in mind, I was able to create something fun, fresh and modern for the event. LOVE it and thank you Lisa! You’re the best!

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Brand new, made to order invitation for a chic mommy who loves interior design, monograms, collecting antiques and most of all, her new baby girl.

I couldn’t help but pair the bright and bold invite with a matching metallic envelope….so glam and oh so classically girly. Thank you to Kerianne, the hostess with the mostess, and congratulations Martha!

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Brand new baby shower design for expecting Mommy Ashlee and hostess with the mostess Amber.  This invitation and thank you card pairing is sweet, sophisticated and simply adorable! Congratulations to Ashlee and thank you Amber- it was such a pleasure working with you again!

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LOVE this bridal shower invitation. LOVE it. I had the pleasure of designing Ashley and Louis’s save the date invitation in December and then Ashley’s sister of Laura Elyse Photography was so sweet to think of me to design paper goods for the bridal soiree taking place in Philadelphia this month. With romantic, feminine and vintage design through and through, this invitation and thank you card duo is making my heart melt.

A HUGE thank you to Laura for  so graciously sharing some of her amazing images from the shower . You definitely want to check out more of gorgeously unique work at Laura Elyse Photography!

A few of the incredible details from the Bridal Shower
images courtesy of Laura Elyse Photography

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I love this new design! Created for mommy to-be Stephany, who has chosen an amazing assortment of textiles in blues and browns for the baby nursery. I used her fabrics as the inspiration for the invitation and of course, went to town with the bird pattern! Three layers make up the invite with the top being a die cut birdcage, the middle a layer of vellum and the last the actual invitation. Each piece is held together by natural colored jute twine. Paired with the invitation is her registry card, which I printed and then die cut into a bird shape. SO adorable! Thank you hostess Kelly and congratulations Stephany!

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It took everything in me to not name this blog post “I Got 5 On It.” Okay, there. I said it.

This day has been long and I figured ending it by sharing a new baby boy shower invitation that is simply adorable would be perfect.

An extra special design for an extra special couple expecting a new addition to the family here soon! Considering the lil’ loved one will be the 5th generation Joseph P. Burchfield,  could a “5″ themed shower be any more fitting? A great mix of typography and the dye cut number five’s for the registry info steal the show on this one. Congratulations over and over Meggan and Jay!!

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How much fun is this??  I love vintage circus/carnival typography and graphics so when asked to create a baby shower invitation with this theme, I was thrilled. Oh the possibilities! We wanted the invitation to be “baby shower appropriate” but still chic with an authentic, vintage feel. I referred to some historical circus posters and advertisements for inspiration and the final product came out simply adorable. Thank you Miranda and congratulations Mommy-to-be Eleanor!

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