Sunday, October 18, 2009

sneak peak + a freebie!

i have been busily working with my dear friend carrie paschall to plan an intimate 40th birthday celebration for her husband, danny. danny is an admirer of all things autumnal--the weather, the colors, the food, you name it. naturally this has inspired our theme for the party!


i will post a full event gallery of the party at a later time, but in the meantime i wanted to show you the invitations i designed. we took inspiration from one of danny's favorite artists, charlie harper. as you can see, i mounted a charlie harper print on a chocolate brown notecard.



i then printed the invitation copy on a piece of vellum and laid it over the print so all of the beautiful fall colors could show through. then i folded over the notecard at the top, punched a hole in each corner and threaded rustic twine through the holes to attach a twig to the top of the card. done! rustic sophistication and a "sign of things to come" for the guests at the party. what do you think?


...here's the fun part...
for the next week, if you leave a comment on this blog, i will enter you into a drawing to receive a custom invitation design! so if you have a birthday party or a holiday gathering coming up, i will design and assemble up to 25 very sophisticated invitations for free... you'll just pay for materials!
the drawing will take place next sunday, october 25 at 8:00 p.m.

hope you have a great week and, of course
...happy sophisticating...



10 comments:

Stephanie Niemeyer said...

I love love love your blog! It's Stephanie Niemeyer from Biola! I just stumbled upon your blog this morning. I think you are SUPER talented and wish you so much luck with this talent of yours. I think the invitations are so beautiful and you couldn't have done a better job with them. Hope the party is as fantastic as the invites.
Keep it up! Steph

cbpaschall said...

You are FABULOUS. xo

Katie said...

Love the invites! :) super cute! You are fabulous as always!

MarcyG said...

victoria!!!!!!! LOVE these!!! :) i REALLY miss you, so let's make a date and sharpie it in!

Jeff Hill said...

victoria. this is my comment. your invites are delicious.

Love,
Jeff Hill

Jennifer said...

Am I eligible...since I gave you LIFE! :-)
You are fab.u.lous!
Mom

The Sardines said...
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The Sardines said...

Thanks so much for your work on this Victoria...you are awesome.

Danny

Unknown said...

I love love love your blog and this invitation!! cheers!

Alyssa said...

i'd LOVE an invitation created by you, friend. you creativity never ends!!

xoxoxo aly