Spring Color Cravings

Hello my friends, I realize I have been a sucky blogger the past two weeks. I am sorry; I promise I will be better next week. Its been a whirlwind at the studio. We have had lots of orders in production for all my May brides, putting finishes touches on the brand spanking’ new website which is coming very soon, and in the middle of all of it, Pat and I had a weekend getaway to Atlanta which was amazing and filled with lots of inspiration. More of that to come.

While I catch up on orders and get the studio reorganized, I look out the window and see cold and I can’t help daydreaming of the spring and its beautiful weather to come. I love everything about spring. The weather, the feeling it evokes, going to the beach for the first time, the start of baseball season, the beautiful patterns and bright colors. One color in particular I am really craving is green. It comes by many names; chartreuse, lime, apple green, celedon, kiwi but every year it says… Spring is here.

{1. Anthropology, 2. Anthropology}

The color seems to uplift your spirit and gives hope of warmer weather. It it’s starting to feel like winter may never end this might be the perfect time for a little color therapy.

Some of my favorite green picks are filled with all sorts of patterns and a touch of salmon complements the color perfectly and warms the spirit. I can practically feel the sun on my skin. J

{3&4. Anthropology, 5. Green orchids, 6. Paper Mojo}

Love is in the air...

I am looking forward to celebrating my first valentine’s day as a married woman with my husband this weekend. We are actually celebrating valentine’s weekend next week with a weekend getaway to Atlanta, GA. This weekend we are heading to the State Fair in hopes of milking a cow. J Yes, I know milking a cow, it’s weird but it’s one of those things that I want to do. Since I don’t have any friends who live on a farm, I figure this is my best option. On the actual V-Day, I will be snuggled up with my honey enjoying lots of yummy chocolate fondue and sipping wine.

Above are a couple things that symbolize Valentines day to me:: burning hot love, lots of color, sexy heels, flowers, yummy sugary sweets, sexy lingerie, chocolate of all sorts, and love notes. I hope you all have a beautiful weekend and get to spend it with the ones you love.

Message in a Cookie

I just came across these little treats and I had to share. How cool is this, its a message in a cookie tool from William-Sonoma. The cookie tool allows you to imprint your own message into cookie treats. You can customize the message by sliding in letters to form a name or a message and when you press it into the dough, your message is imprinted on the cookie. It's like letterpressing but for cookies - I guess that would be cookie pressing. :)

Perfect for Valentine's Day, better yet, a wedding favor with the words thank you & your names imprinted in the cookie. You could even use it as a way to ask your bridesmaids to be in your wedding party. Soo cute. Definitely on my wish list.

Changes are a coming.

I am so excited to announce that Seaside Invitations is getting a makeover. Not just any makeover but a major face lift. Yes, my friends I am happy to announce we are getting a new website & blog!!! YAY!! Over the past month or so I have been working with Synergy Web Productions, based out of Colorado on the look & feel and the direction that Seaside Invitations is going. When I first starting Seaside, I wanted the invitations to speak for themselves and not really immersing myself or my personality too much into the company, I wanted it to stand alone. After attending the amazing MTH event with Lara Casey I realized what a dumb idea that was. This company is my passion, art is my passion, colors are my passion, the beach is my passion and paper is my passion so why wouldn’t I merge the two. I decided that I want Seaside Invitations to be more of a reflection of who I am and the things I love. Who am I, you might ask, well I am a simple girl who loves beautiful colors, has a strong affinity towards fashion, loves to travel, appreciates beautiful simple photographs, loves love stories, and appreciates art in all its forms.

So I decided Seaside Invitations, needed a face lift. It needed to be more me. The first phase was redesigning the logo and business cards. I wanted my new logo to be clean, simple and chic. I love my new tag line, where art meets paper. At Seaside Invitations, everything is custom illustrated by us. Yes, I said us; I brought on my husband who is an amazing artist. You will find out more about him when the website is finished. ;)

One of the newest products Seaside Invitations offers is hand painted invitations. I wanted my business card to showcase my passions, paper and art. Each business card is printed on a textured cotton heavy stock paper, has a hand painted sea oat and is packaged in a cute little envelope. I figure a business card is an invitation for someone to contact you so if it acts as an invitation then why not have an envelope. J

Phase 1 of the face lift is complete and Phase 2 is coming to a close with the unveiling of the new website. I can’t wait to share more with you as the company and the brand grows.

New Stationery available on ETSY

Check out my Etsy shop for some of my newest stationery designs. The above is the first unveiling of our hand drawn floral collection for both stationery and invitations. I am soo excited about this collection. Each flower is designed in house by us and can be used on invitations, stationery or monograms. Here is a sneak peak of what's to come.

And remember, for the remainder of the month of February we are donating 20% of all proceeds to the Haiti Disaster Relief Fund.

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday my friends.

I hope you all had a great weekend. My weekend was a jammed packed wedding weekend. I met some really awesome local wedding professionals that I can't wait to introduce you to. I attended my first ever ABC meeting and it was awesome. It's so great to mix and mingle with other like minded professionals all working towards the same goal and that is making the bride and groom's day the best that it can be. Later in the weekend I attended a vendor show hosted by Catering by Robert and met some really fabulous brides-to-be and got to say hi to some friends in the industry. So without further ado, here are some of the other wedding vendors in the area you definitely need to check out.

Wedding Planner:: Lauren Berner with Soirees in Style

Wedding Planner:: Beth Sparks with Joyful Wedding Planning

Wedding Planner:: Heather M. Stewart with Stylish Traditions

Photographer:: Karen Harrison with Karen Harrison Photography

Event Rentals:: Shane Poston with Coast to Coast Event Rentals

Lightning Decor:: Nick with Decorating Elves

Catering:: Susan with Catering by Robert

DJ services:: Eladio with Delite Entertainment

Hair & Make Up Styling:: Michelle Renee with The Michelle Renee Hair & Makeup Artists Group

For all you brides out there I hope this helps with your wedding planning.

xoxox