ban.do

Check out these oh so cute headpieces by ban.do. All items are hand made using vintage inspired pieces; most are one of a kind. These would make a great addition to any bridesmaid attire, birthday outfit, New Years outfit and even the chic, vintage inspired bride would enjoy. Below are a couple of my favorites. Check out their full line here.

Introducing... the Hand Painted Invitations

Happy Monday all! I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are ready to take on another week. We have been busy this weekend launching our new line of hand painted invitations. Below is our first collection. We are so excited to add these to our repertoire. You may think, are you really going to paint every single invitation, well the answer is yes my friends. Crazy you may think, but we believe that every invitation deserves just as much attention and detail as the next. Each invitation is painted with acrylic paints and some are embellished with rhinestones. They can be customized to reflect your wedding colors or recreated as is. Check out more images on my shop. I would love to hear what you think.

Sushi Night

Last night we had a fabulous sushi dinner in honor of my brother. He left to go back to art school in San Fran today and for his last dinner in town he wanted sushi. So sushi it was and it sure was delicious. I am still thinking of it, wishing I had more. I found this cute little photo of the dos and donts of sushi eating. Its pretty interesting. I definitely break a couple of these rules, but for me, as long as I get the sushi in my mouth and no soy sauce on my white shirt then I am good to go. :) Happy sushi eating.

Shabby Chic Baby Shower Invitations

Here are the designs from last weeks inspiration - shabby chic baby shower invitations.

The Mom-to-Be, Dana, ended up picking the invitation below.

Below are the two other invitations she had to choose from. Each client always gets to choose from three different designs and can make as many tweeks as needed. This ensures the invitation is truly perfect for the client and fully captures the theme or vibe of the party.

I had such a great time designing these for Dana. I know her shower is going to be beautiful.

All Proceeds Go to the Red Cross

I am sure all of you have heard by now about the destruction in Haiti. I would like to donate 20% of all stationery, monoLOVEgram or wedding suite purchases from now until the end of Feb to the Red Cross to help the people of Haiti in their time of need. You can purchase stationery and monoLOVEgrams on my etsy shop.

Sweet Tooth

Good Morning Lovelies,

Something sweet for you on Thursday morning. I found these when browsing through Martha Stewart Weddings. They are beautiful and look soo yummy. Cupcakes are a delicious and cheap alternative to the wedding cake and make great additions to showers. Hope you all have a sweet day!

Weekly Inspiration:: Shabby Chic Baby Shower Invitations

This week's inspiration is a Shabby Chic Baby Shower. A friend of mine is having a baby girl and needs some shower invitations. She has given me so much to find inspiration through. When we first started talking she mentioned she wanted the invitations to have a shabby chic feel with purples, pinks and greens. She then came back and said she really liked the idea of playing off the "pea in a pod" theme, she especially liked this one because her grandmother used to call her sweet pea which is a term she is going to also carry into the nursery. Another great inspiration is the baby's name. Her name will be Ella Rose... isn't that beautiful! I think we can definitely incorporate all of these inspirations into her invitations. Check back at the end of the week to see the designs I come up with.

XOXO

Happy Friday!!

I hope you all had a wonderful first week of 2010. I hope your weekend is filled with love, happiness and lots of warm kisses.

photo by Elizabeth Messina

It's the beginning of a decade, a new year and a new month - a time to make this year count, to leave all your misfortunes behind and start fresh. The beginning of each year a resolution is made and goals are set. I have already mentioned my resolutions in the previous post but probably the most important of my goals / resolutions is to appreciate every moment. Time flies by so fast and as I get older I start to see it more and more. My New Year's wish for all of you is to laugh often, smile more, see the beauty in the small things and live with your heart full of love and happiness.

XOXO

Alicia

photo by Elizabeth Messina

Happy New Year

Happy New Years all! Seaside Invitations is back from the holidays and ready to MAKE THINGS HAPPEN in 2010. Over the past couple of weeks I have done a lot of reflecting on 2009 & what's to come in 2010. 2009 will definitely go down in the record books for me. I married my best friend, travelled to some amazing destinations, enjoyed time with family & friends, ate really good food and most importantly laughed, loved & smiled a lot, I decided to stop dreaming and start doing and took that step into entrepreneurship and I haven't looked back.

2010 will be a year of adventure, renewal, awakening, amazement, excitement, hard work, inspiration, creativity, accomplishment, firsts, growth, love and truly life changing moments. All of this will be possible with the power of one, and I plan to give my all to MAKE MY GOALS A REALITY.

I put together some New Year's Resolutions to live by for 2010:

Live within my arc of creativity - I want to develop & foster my love of what's beautiful and put it all on paper.

Encourage a healthy mind, body & spirit - this involves surrounding my self with people who encourage and support me and cut ties with those who drag me down

Enjoy every moment - Life is so short and I want to make sure to appreciate every second I have with my loved ones. I want to stop and smell the roses and breathe in the air a bit more and take more time to reflect.

Be fearless and truly make things happen for Seaside Invitations

What are your resolutions for 2010? Above I put together an inspiration board of things that fire me up to make things happen. What fires you up?