Throughout the summer, I’ve been revamping and adding stationery lines based on our best selling note card sets. This week: Giraffes. This sweet giraffe was drawn by my mom for a custom order and he (or she) has become our best selling item.

I offer personalized note cards, thank you note sets, shower and party invitations and new this week, photo birth announcements. Each is available in our 12 color combinations. Our giraffes are a big hit for families with twins. Each design can be customized with two giraffes.

In addition to what you see, I am happy to customize additional paper items for your celebration. The last image includes a book plate I created to accompany a recent shower invitation order. The hostess is asking her shower guests to bring a children’s book with an inscription. To avoid the issue of duplicate books and potential returns, guests were asked to write their inscription on the book plate and tuck it in their book.

Giraffe designs are available through our website and our Etsy Shop. I welcome requests for customization. Please contact me anytime.

Last week I was in a design funk. I needed to create an invitation for my daughter’s fifth birthday party and I was avoiding it like the plague. Finally, I asked Kate (an insatiable artist) to draw me a something, anything with a Sharpie. She whipped out this giraffe in under two minutes. (No joke, you should see this child in action). I scanned it into the computer, converted it to a vector image and voila! Problem solved.

Next I asked Kate to describe herself. With her descriptors I wrote the following text:

Help us celebrate the 5th birthday of everyone’s favorite
artist, swimmer, sommersaulter, snuggler and sand castle designer

The invitations arrived in mailboxes yesterday and they were are HUGE hit. Plus, Kate is beaming to see her work in “print”. Because it was so fun for everyone, I’m now offering invitations and note cards featuring children’s artwork through my Etsy Shop.

You can now feature your child’s original illustration in a customized invitation or note card. Simply have your little one create a line drawing with a black Sharpie pen on smooth white paper. You can choose to scan and email or mail the illustration to me. I will convert the art to a vector file then design a custom invitation or note card using your personalized text. If you would like to feature your child’s signature on the back of the card or invitation, please include it (also written in black Sharpie) with your artwork.

Note cards will be printed on an 80# white folding card with colored envelopes. Invitations will be printed on 80# white cover stock, mounted on a colored 5×7 inch matte with a matching colored envelope. Envelopes and mattes are available in your choice of nine colors.

Customized art invitations and note cards are available in our Etsy Shop or contact me for more details.

This week’s featured design is a moving announcement I created for dear family friends who are moving to Atlanta. So, what on earth do you do for someone special who is moving across the country? Change of address cards, of course!

This design features an art deco style frame and key printed on kraft brown paper and mounted on a colored matte. Matching envelopes are printed with a return address. It is available in nine colors through our website or our Etsy shop.

This week’s line: Baby Buggies! This line is not new, just freshened up with a new photo announcement and more color and font options. Designs are available through our Website and our Etsy Shop.

Photo Baby Announcement

Shower or Party Invitation

Thank You Notes (Set of eight)
Personalized Note Cards (Set of eight)

I’m kicking off with one of my favorites: Frogs!

1. Photo Baby Announcement 2. Shower or Party Invitation 3. Fill in Thank You Notes (Set of twelve) 4. Personalized Note Cards (Set of eight) Designs are also available via our Etsy Shop.

I’ve been keeping this custom design top secret for several weeks. It’s a photo invitation for a 40th birthday surprise party that was celebrated last weekend. The birthday boy’s wife wanted to incorporate a childhood photo. This engineer, husband and father of three was a rave DJ back in the day, so she picked a classic photo of him snoozing in a pair of headphones. The opening text read, “Greg is turning 40 and he’s still all the rave!”

The invitation is printed on white cover stock and mounted on a black matte. The photo was professionally processed and mounted on the invitation. To insure no one blew the surprise, we wrapped it all with a not-so-subtle, “Shhhhh it’s a surprise!” belly band. In addition to the original invitation, we created a decoy invitation for a fake BBQ the following weekend. It was displayed on my client’s refrigerator. As you know, a great surprise is all about the details.

If you are interested in custom invitation design, please visit our website or contact me for more information.

A few weeks ago a local client had a special request for thank you notes. Her sister is having a baby and she wanted to make thank you notes as pain free has possible. Her idea was to create a custom thank you with check boxes. The parents could mark the item box then circle the appropriate article and adverb. It was done with a laugh, but it turned out to be a fun and very useful idea.

Today I received an email from my client. She said:

Just wanted to let you know the thank you cards were a big hit at my sister’s shower. She LOVED them! Everyone thought they were fun and a great idea. We joked about filling them out as she opened presents (but we didn’t). They also loved the monkey and the layout. So, THANK YOU for helping me with those!!

Because they were such a hit, I’ve made them available for purchase through my Etsy Shop. I also created the blank note cards shown above. Both designs are available in your choice of nine colors.

Two weeks ago, I shared the Sport Party Invitation I created for my son’s seventh birthday party. The party was last weekend and it was a big success. We carried out the theme with tags for the kid’s jump rope party favors and fill in the blank thank you notes.

The thank you notes are available through our website and in our Etsy Shop. We will create matching gift tags with customized text for any of our designs upon request.

This week’s featured design is one of our original note card sets and a bestseller. The original turtle was hand drawn by my sister, Melanie. They are printed with eco friendly wax inks on sage green cover stock made from 30% Post Consumer Waste.

For every set sold, $3 is donated to the Wrightsville Beach Sea Turtle Project. This amazing North Carolina based non profit strives to facilitate and promote the protection and preservation of sea turtle populations and habitats.

Sets are available as thank you notes or personalized note cards through our website and our Etsy shop. They make a fantastic gift and help a wonderful cause. We also offer a fun customizable party invitation that is perfect for upcoming pool and beach parties.

A perk of being a stationer is creating my own event stationery. Jack, my little guy, is turning seven this month. He and his best buddy are having a joint birthday party. The boys have the same group of friends, their birthdays a month apart and our families are close. Instead of subjecting parents to two parties, we are having a single party and splitting the tasks and costs. Yeah!

Last fall there was a fundraiser at our school. We bid on and won a party package from a local gym. The package included age appropriate Parisi Speed School training and pool time. I can’t think of a better party for our boys. They both run and swim with endless energy.

The invitations are printed on white cover stock with athletic symbols and custom text, mounted on my favorite blue matte and have matching envelopes. All the party details are printed in an itinerary format:

Birthday Training Regimen :: Age 7

Workout :: Parisi Speed School
Play :: Pool Time
Refuel :: Pizza and Cake

The invitations went out yesterday. I’m looking forward to a fun party followed by a great night of sleep. If you are interested in custom invitation design, please contact me for more details.