Stephanie J Designs | Wedding Invitations & Social Stationery Blog

New } Plum & Gunmetal Dessert Buffet Tags

2011-08-26T15:43:00.000-07:00

A little seek peek of a plum & gunmetal papery suite for one of our October brides! These dessert tags were created for Heather's bridal shower last weekend ... and can you guess who did the dessert spread? Yea ... Sweet Cakes by Rebecca.

Heather has a bit of a love affair with Felur de Lis so the desserts were French theme with a touch of her favorite symbol here-and-there. Desserts included: Mini Madeleines, Molded White Chocolate Fleur de Lis, Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta, Creme Brulee Bars {ummm, I haven't tried these yet ... and Creme Brulee is my fav!!}, Vanilla Almond Cookies, Cream Puffs and Mini Lemon Cupcakes ... YUM!

The combo of Mini Banner tags & LolliStick tags helped completed the dessert buffet perfectly ... well, so I am told! Thought it was cute idea to put the little LolliStick tags in a mini votive candle holder with some shimmery silver rocks.

Will post a full feature of Heather & Rich's wedding day papery suite after the big day takes place this fall!

Request your custom dessert buffet tags & papery via email or by requesting a custom item on our Etsy Shop!!

New! } Leather Invitation Embellishments & Custom Leather Monogram Stamping

2011-08-18T09:45:00.001-07:00

Leather. Yep! Just a peek at one of the fab pieces we're putting together for what is sure to be an amazing fall wedding for Holly & Randy.

We designed a monogram turned it into a custom leather stamp ... then hand-stained leather {yes, my hands are completely stained! next time, gloves!} made into a monogram tag to adorn the front of the invitations.

Leather is such a great medium to work in! There are tons of stain colors available, tools, decorative stamps ... just some really fun stuff. I have such an appreciation for the artisans who work in this medium! Can't wait to experiment some more!!

More to share from this wedding in a few months ... keep visiting!

Weddings } Gunslinger Reception Papery & Decor

2011-07-28T09:51:00.000-07:00

Wedding papery doesn't have to be all butterflies & baroque! This fun take on reception papery for a wedding this weekend in Texas was all about Girly Gunslinging.

I recently started working with candy buffet maven The Sweetress based in the Lone Star State on candy tag, birthday and wedding papery ... {be on the lookout for a feature on her new logo coming soon - by you know who!} and I have to say it's been super-fun so far! We have some fun party projects coming up together ... can't wait to share!

Super-cute LolliSticks with the Bang! Bang! emblem will be featured on the candy buffet, as well as the Die-Cut Candy tags, menus for each of the place settings, escort cards, table cards {not pictured} and the Bang! Bang! Find Your Seat Die-Cut will be placed on a custom pin board Diana, owner of The Sweetress, will be creating for the reception.

Think out side of the traditional {unless that's your thing!} and truly make your wedding one to remember!!

Kiddos } Giraffe Baby Shower Papery & Decor

2011-07-12T11:34:00.000-07:00

Wanted to share this super-sweet Giraffe Baby Shower from May! Soft buttercream, chocolate & white color palette goes well with all the delectable desserts from Sweet Cakes by Rebecca.

By the team at SJD ... invitations, dessert tags, tissue paper pom poms {loved mixing up two-tone tissue colors instead of just solids!} and Hello Baby! pennant.

Amazing dessert spread as usual that included ... vanilla cream puffs, panna cotta, chocolate marshmallows, giraffe cookies {that were designed to match the invite to perfection!}, lemon & raspberry cupcakes, lemon bars, chocolate cake pops, chocolate cupcakes and the most adorable strawberry shortcake topped with a sculpted giraffe.

Enjoy!

Kiddos } Lil' Flyboy Airplane Baby Shower

2011-07-12T10:16:00.000-07:00

High-flying baby shower this past weekend in the Bay Area! So much fun with a bright color palette of ocean blue, sunny yellow and sky blue.

Mini flag pennants, custom name pennant, tissue pom poms, wish tree, wish tree tags, wired die-cut floral decor toppers and custom canvas framed wall art ... all by yours truly.

Billow-y hydrangea arrangements atop tall crystal clear cylinder vases filled with clear & blue water bubbles were created by Blooms by Martha Andrews.

Thank you, thank you Margaret & Rosemary for letting me be a part of Monica's special day!!!

Schedule } A Mid-Season Vacation

2011-06-17T22:36:00.001-07:00

We are soooo hitting the Happiest Place on Earth in T-Minus 48 hours!! Yipppppeee! A little mid-season siesta is definitely in order for this one happily busy designer.

The studio will be closed from Saturday, June 18th through Sunday, June 26th. I will of course keep a weather-eye out for emails and be checking my voicemail ... but will not be returning messages {both email and phone} unless there is some sort of cataclysmic paper event that needs my immediate attention. All new inquiries, sadly, will have to wait for my return.

Have a terrific week people ... and I will see you real soon!!

PHOTO VIA: DISNEYLAND PARK WEBSITE

Press } Blingtastic Private Ranch Wedding on Style Me Pretty Today

2011-06-13T13:19:00.000-07:00

Our papery from Sarah & Josh's pretty, pretty barn wedding is featured on Style Me Pretty today!! You can check out our previous papery posts on this wedding here, here and here.

Happy Monday!

PHOTOGRAPHY BY: ALEXANDRA FRANKEL

Schedule } Studio Offline Thursday

2011-06-08T11:25:00.001-07:00

Mini beach break planned for Thursday, June 9th. Yeah, I wish it was a little break to the beach - that would be amazing!! Unfortunately, PG&E services will be down in our area tomorrow and we will be MIA via email, web and online information requests until Friday, June 10th. We are available via an old antiquated method ... ya know ... the phone at 916.257.1641 should you need to reach us.

New! } Custom Name Pennants in our Etsy Shop

2011-05-07T16:08:00.001-07:00

Just a quick post on some new pennants and styles available in our Etsy shop!

And .... a little "Happy Mother's Day" tomorrow to all the amazing moms {and soon to be mommies!} that I know and love.

Kiddos } Clementine Pennant, Tissue Pom Poms & Party Papery

2011-04-14T10:36:00.000-07:00

Another great kiddo party!!! This clementine {or tangerine ... whichever you prefer!} baby shower was the inspired idea of Jessica from Jessica Giblin Photography. When it came time for Jessica's friends, Bre & Nathan, to welcome their first bundle of joy and the baby-to-be's name is Clementine ... Jessica wanted a palette of oranges, whites and fresh greens ... and of course little clementine's playing about.

Of course no party is complete without some yummy treats ... red velvet cake pops, mini apple pies, clementine sugar cookies, lemon bars, baby cake, mini caramel apples, caramel corn, oatmeal cookies and orange dream cupcakes!! All courtesy of the talented crew at {you guessed it!} Sweet Cakes by Rebecca.

The SJD team pulled together {of course!} the papery. New!!! our Tangerine PomThingy's, tags for all the delish deserts, a Clementine pennant {10 letters!! Clementine has 10 letters ... that made for one loooooong pennant!}, mini tangerine PomThingy's, cones for the candy corn, paper die-cuts {along with the hanging mini tangerines for the photo backdrop - soooo cute!} and a mommy wish tree sign complete with little coordinating leaves for all the guest's well wishes!

Also, check out Jessica's Blog for Bre & Nathan's baby bump shoot! They used the pennant I made in their photo shoot as well ... super-adorable!

Thank you Jessica for taking such great pics with your talented eye and for allowing me to share in the sweetness of Bre & Nathan's baby shower!!

Happy, Happy to Bre & Nathan!

Kiddos } Ladybug Invitations, Pennant & Tissue Pom Poms

2011-04-12T13:25:00.001-07:00

I've mentioned how much I love when previous brides call for baby shower & birthday papery for their growing families ... and Lainey's parents are no exception!!! Love them!

Ladybugs set the stage for Lainey's first birthday celebration this past weekend. I had the pleasure of creating invitations, pennant and {Yes! You see them!!!} a tissue pom pom party-pack complete with custom Ladybug poms!!!

Our Ladybug PomThingy's are up on my Etsy shop now!

These tissue ladybugs are the first of their kind and can be found only at SJD!! Yep we're the first to take tissue pom poms to the next level ... and we've got lots more PomThingy's {that's what I'm calling these little critters!} to post over the next several weeks.

Happy, Happy 1st Birthday Lainey!!

Kiddos } Rainbow & Cupcakes Pennant - Part II

2011-04-12T09:28:00.000-07:00

As promised cute little pics of Miss Mila with her cute Rainbow & Cupcakes pennant ... courtesy of the all awesomeness Jacqueline Photography. Pennants are such a fun way to bring some whimsy to any adorable little photoshoot!

Happy, Happy 1st Birthday Mila!

Press } We're on Style Me Pretty's LIttle Black Book Blog

2011-04-07T09:40:00.000-07:00

We were on Style Me Pretty's Little Black Blog yesterday!! Yipppeeee us. :) View the feature here.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY: TINYWATER PHOTOGRAPHY

Kiddos } Rainbow & Cupcakes Pennant

2011-03-24T08:00:00.000-07:00

Just in time to brighten up this rainy Northern California weather! Last week, had the pleasure of creating a name pennant for Mila's First Birthday.

The pennant was going to be used at Mila's party and then again in a photoshoot with Jacqueline Photography. Can't wait to share pics from Jackie! I'm sure the shoot with Mila & her doting parents will be super-cute.

The pennant was inspired by Mila's birthday outfit ... an adorable tutu with rainbow & cupcake accessories by Hannah's Tutu's on Etsy.

Thanks bunches Kaci for allowing me to be part of Mila's special day!!

Decor } Tissue Pom Poms in the Stephanie J Designs Etsy Shop!

2011-03-23T14:16:00.000-07:00

If you liked the Tissue Pom Poms in the post below ... well the wait is over! Poms are now available in the SJD Etsy Shop! Currently, I have one item for 7 poms available in the shop ... but you can convo us via Etsy or email us directly for custom orders any time.

We'll be loading full-color pics of each solid matte color all fluffed out and looking fab over the next several days. We have bunches of orders already for client baby showers, first birthdays, etc. ... and can't wait to share what we've been working on! Some really fun & creative takes on the tissue pom.

Making all these sample Poms to photograph for the shop sure is gunna take a while!!! You can't even imagine how much room all this tissue takes up either. When the order of came in yesterday it was a tad overwhelming to say the least. We're talking approximately 6000 sheets of premium tissue!

And ... coming in next weeks order ... patterns!!! Aaaaaa, I can't wait! :)

Kiddos } Roller Skate Birthday Sweets & Papery

2011-03-23T13:18:00.000-07:00

Here's another fun kids birthday party I worked on a few weeks ago! This bright and girly roller skate themed party was for Hailee's 10th birthday. Hailee is the niece of my bud Rebecca at Sweet Cakes by Rebecca. {Catching a common thread in my posts? Rebecca and I really dig working on parties together!!}

Rebecca {of course} did all the desserts, including ... roller skate cake, a personal mini cupcake-cake tower especially for Hailee, mini cupcakes in two flavors, green apple marshmallows, roller skate sugar cookies, lemon bars, chocolate cake pops and mini panna cotta. She also added fun touches like green & orange gum balls, popcorn and {Hailee's favorite} Cheetos Spiral Puffs!

I handled the paper finery ... found a cool pattern paper to play off of {Rebecca took elements of the paper pattern and incorporated it into the cakes design} and we took off from there! Papery included ... tissue pom poms, name pennant, dessert tags, confetti and tagged snack/goodie bags.

As always ... complete party packages {including desserts by Sweet Cakes by Rebecca} are available. Give us a ring!

Kiddos } Green Army Man Birthday Sweets & Papery

2011-02-27T08:43:00.001-08:00

It's all snails and puppy dog tails around here most of the time since I have a son. For my little guy's 6th birthday bash it was all about the green. Green Army Men that is!!

With, of course, my buds at Sweet Cakes by Rebecca we created a table that was the envy of every boy at Golfland Sunsplash in Roseville two weekends ago. Lasertag and all ... the boys had an absolute blast!

The cake! Can I just begin with the cake? Is that cake not amazing??? Our birthday inspiration began with the little green Lego army men from Toy Story 3 and their jeep. And in true Sweet Cakes fashion they took it to a whole new level. Jeep Cake, Chocolate Cake Pops, Medallion Sugar Cookies, Gummy Army Guys ... ummmm, awesome!!

And it wouldn't be a SJD party without papery & all the little details! I accessorized the sweets with star medallion tags, green army men, table decor, balloons, dog tags at each place setting, cracker jack bags, favor bags, paratroopers, camouflage details ... and more! Came up with theme inspired names for the sweets ... like Cracker Bullets for the Cracker Jacks, Chocolate Cake Grenades for the cake pops, Atomic Sugar Cookies for the cookies ... those were fun to think up!

The invite was really fun ... we actually hand delivered them to all the guests! I stuffed little camo canteens with draft notices that gave all the party particulars. Finished off the canteens with a little dog tag ... complete with each guest's name.

Complete theme party packages are available!!! Give us a ring!

Inspired } Valentine's Day Papery - Custom Accordion Hearts, Pennant, Soda Labels, Dessert Flags

2011-02-03T08:00:00.000-08:00

What a fun inspired Valentine's Day shoot I worked on with 2 Chic Events & Design, Jacqueline Photography and Sweet Cakes by Rebecca last week! Check out Jacqueline's Blog for all the photo fabulousness.

Yours truly created the soda labels/tags, paper accordion hearts {these were sooooo cute! - will post more pics of what I did with them after the shoot}, "Be Mine" pennant/banner, paper heart medallions on the pinwheels, paper pom poms and dessert flags & confetti.

I was inspired by little Emily's argyle tights! Wanted to coordinate with those but not in a matchy-matchy way by brining in argyle again. Soooo, I went for a black and white damask pattern accented by bright red and a harlequin dark red on red pattern.

Besides loving those accordion hearts ... the tags for the soda bottles were my next fav! Thought it was just the icing on the cake pop! :) {Side note on the cake pops ... heaven on a stick!}

All the papery items shown are customizable and available to order for your event! Email us at stephanie@stephaniejdesigns.com for pricing and details.

Tonight } The Citizen Hotel Bridal Open House & Looking Glass Table Cards

2011-01-28T13:36:00.000-08:00

Project 1 of a million to finish today was a set of table cards {that I'm calling Looking Glass Table cards} for my office mate & good friend Martha with Blooms by Martha Andrews. Martha will be at The Citizen Hotel Bridal Open House tonight, along with other great wedding pros. See other fab vendor & SJD faves like ... Kate Miller Events, Flourish, True Love Photo and more!

The Citizen Hotel

926 J Street

Sacramento, California

January 28th from

5:30 to 7:30pm

If I wasn't smack dab in the middle of a loong day of designing & creating papery fabulousness ... I'd soooo pop-in to say HI!

Press } We're on Style Me Pretty's LIttle Black Book Blog

2011-01-25T12:13:00.001-08:00

OMG. OMG. OMG. Yep! We're on the Style Me Pretty Little Black Book Blog. Yippeeee! Check out all the deliciousness here!

Press } Sacramento Magazine's Our Wedding Feature

2011-01-24T14:21:00.001-08:00

Ummmm, yea. The latest issue of Sacramento Magazine's Our Wedding hit stands about a month ago, but in the hustle and bustle of our recent move I just haven't had a chance to post a pic from the mag. Finally, a little moment and voila! here it is.

The two invites featured by Stephanie J Designs are top left {black and fuchsia} and bottom right {champagne and fuchsia}. Absolutely adored both invites and the inspirations behind them. The Barn Chic Papery {bottom right} has been featured on the blog previously. And I have yet to do a little post on the black and fuchsia one ... still thinking of what to name it!! Lol!

Side note: papery is not easy to shoot and Gabriel Teague {the Our Wedding photographer responsible for the layout & photo} did a fantastic job of capturing the details!!

Lots o' love to Sacramento Magazine's Our Wedding for thinking we're fab!!

New! } Custom Paper Pomanders

2011-01-18T14:13:00.000-08:00

A little something new for this fine Tuesday afternoon!!!! Finally got a chance to photograph my new handcrafted paper pomanders in a controlled lighting environment {yea ... the new studio/office!!}.

I made these little super-fun paper pomanders along with the Manzanita branch tree they hung by for the open house last Thursday at Granite Bay Golf Club. Wanted to do something bright and spring-y since the weather here in Northern California has been dismal. I also added my business cards as a cute way to showcase how you could use a little tree like this at your event as an escort/place card or wishing tree. Love! And a cute little coordinating butterfly paper-wrapped invitation box to house my business cards topped off the whole look.

These paper pomanders come in custom sizes if you need them, however, our most popular sizes of Mini, Small {shown}, Medium {shown} and Grande are usually enough variation in size for most events. Papers are all customizable to coordinate with your event decor.

Use paper poms for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, baby & bridal showers, candy buffet displays, dessert displays, cake displays and more!

PAPER POMANDER PRICING

3" Minis $5 each

4" Small $10 each

8" Medium $15 each

12" Large $20 each

DIY pricing is available if you would like to fold & assemble the paper poms yourself!

Pics and pricing coming soon of our folded flower and tissue pomanders!!!

New Year ... New Diggs!

2011-01-18T14:02:00.001-08:00

Yep! We're on the move! Our new studio/office space located at 448 G Street, Suite 203 in Historic Downtown Lincoln. We're in the beautiful brick building that housed Lincoln Brand Feeds back in the day.

Our new building neighbors include: Old Town Pizza, Awful Annies, and Anew Salon & Spa to name a few.

Our new space is three times the size of our old diggs and boasts oodles more design and decor potential!!! My office-mate {Blooms by Martha Andrews} and I have got our new decor direction down and starting with a little painting & signage this week. Look for mini teaser posts on our progress over the next several weeks.

Cheers to 2011!!

Granite Bay Golf Club } Wedding & Reception Open House

2011-01-12T10:49:00.000-08:00

I'll be at the Granite Bay Golf Club Bridal Open House tomorrow evening! Join an intimate gathering of the clubs favorite vendors as you sip wine & champagne, taste savory & sweet delights and view luxurious tablescapes.

Thursday, January 13th

Five o'clock to Eight o'clock in the evening

Granite Bay Golf Club

9600 Golf Club Drive

Granite Bay, California

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Granite Bay Golf Club

Heidi Robinson

916.791.7578 ext. 110

Hope to see you there!

Schedule } Ready for the New Year!

2011-01-10T10:02:00.000-08:00

I'm back from holiday break and super-excited for what Twenty Eleven has in store! New clients, new projects ... and a fresh new outlook is all a paper girl could ask for.

A few photos to share this morning! I created some super-cute tags over the weekend for our good friends Rebecca & Hector over at Sweet Cakes by Rebecca for her sweet-tastic candy & dessert buffet at the Premier Wedding Show at Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa yesterday January 9th.

Cheers to a New Year!

Schedule } Email and Web Inquiry Blackout Planned

2010-12-28T11:20:00.000-08:00

Hope your holidays are everything merry & bright!!! We have a planned email and web inquiry blackout scheduled for 12/28 thru 12/31. We will respond to messages as soon as we're back up and running on the first of the New Year!

Cheers to 2011!

IMAGE COURTESY OF: MARTHASTEWART.COM

Press } Blogged by Sweet Cakes by Rebecca

2010-12-21T10:42:00.000-08:00

Today our good friends over at Sweet Cakes by Rebecca featured their fab cake creation based on our papery for Sarah and Josh's glam ranch wedding. See the full post over on the Sweet Cakes by Rebecca blog.

One of the really fun pieces for this wedding was the cake topper! Custom made by us to coordinate with Sarah & Josh's monogram and wedding suite. Super glittery and a fun unique creation to your wedding day sweets!!

Call for your custom cake topper today!

CAKE PHOTOS BY: ALEXANDRA FRANKEL PHOTOGRAPHY

Schedule } Holiday Break

2010-12-20T10:31:00.000-08:00

Stephanie J Designs is on Holiday break until the New Year!!! We are returning calls and emails during our break, however consultations will be scheduled after January 10th. Cheers to everyone who has supported SJD this year and years of old!!! Without you our little bespoke paperie would not have enjoyed it's continued success!!!!

Events } More Lavish and Fabulous Pics!

2010-11-24T13:15:00.000-08:00

Fab Fearon with Fearon May Events sent over some pics of my goods to post on my site!! Hope you enjoyed checking out all the pics from Lavish and Fabulous. :)

Photos Courtesy of:

Moulin Rouge by Sharpe Photographers

All You Need Is Love by Carmen Salazar Photography

Heavy Metal by XSIGHT Photography

Schedule } Thanksgiving Holiday

2010-11-24T13:12:00.000-08:00

A quick note to mention our studio will be closed Wednesday, November 24th 2010 through Sunday, November 28th celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with our family and friends. We will return to the studio Monday, November 29th.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Recent Creations } Celebrating Love Abroad

2010-11-23T11:40:00.000-08:00

Sometimes ... I have to wait a whole year before I can share what I've been working on!! And that can be realllllly difficult for someone who isn't all that great with waiting to share my day-to-day design projects. Don't want to give away dates, details & locations before my clients big days take place!

That brings us to this little invitation! When Marianne contacted me from {literally!} the other side of the world to create her wedding day invitations I was thrilled! She was referred to me by one of my clients from 2009 that had nuptials in India. Love, love, love working with clients abroad! Definitely gives you some perspective when you're working on a map detailing the Indian Ocean, Paris, Madagascar to name a few - the world is much, much grander than my little bubble of Northern California.

For Marianne and Olivier it was a merging of France & Egypt ... they were looking for something to bring together their origins and how they got to where they are today. Thus, an emotional map of sorts! Taking guests on a little tour of where they were each born, grew up, went off to school, where they met, where Olivier proposed, etc. ... all the way to where the wedding would be held.

And ... I got to stretch my 4 years of high school French {with a lot of help from Olivier}!! Because the invitations were made in English and French. Soooo much fun!

Congrats Marianne & Olivier!!

Events } Lavish and Fabulous - Moulin Rouge

2010-11-23T11:17:00.000-08:00

The pics for the final table I worked on at Lavish and Fabulous are up on the website! I can't grab pics to post here on my blog for some reason ... sooooo you'll have to hop on over here to view.

Items created by SJD included an invitation, banner and place cards.

The front of the boxed invitation was designed with a feathered boa, taffeta ribbon bow and gold filagree heart pendant with a Swarovski Rivioli crystal. Inside, the invitation was mounted on a layer of black and antiqued ivory paper. The interior top and bottom of the box was tailored with a luxurious pin-tucked taffeta fabric.

The little banner shouted, "CAN! CAN! CAN!" with feather boas and ribbon tying the individual panels together. Came out super-cute!

Place cards were set beneath an acrylic table top and set down into the floral table ... really an awesome effect! Each place card had a giant golden shadow Swarovski Rivioli crystal set atop a ribbon sash.

Below are the amazing vendors that made this vignette come together ...

Creative Designer: Fearon May Events
Place Setting: Tableaux Event Rentals
Drapery: Studio B Event Designs
Lighting: BP Productions
Linen: Mimi & Co.
Invitation & Place cards: Stephanie J Designs
Florist: Bella Bloom
Cake: Shelton's Wedding Cake Designs
Designer Gown: Miosa Couture
Hair & Makeup: Salon Cabochon
Photographed By: Sharpe Photographers

PHOTOTGRAPHY COURTESY OF: SHARPE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Hot off the Press! } Real Weddings Magazine

2010-11-23T10:53:00.001-08:00

The latest issue of Real Weddings Magazine is out!! We have a new goth-y vamp-y sorta pic featured in our ad. Yummy. Aimee & Jarrod's Malibu wedding was featured inside and yours truly handled the save the dates, invites and dessert tags {see original post here}. And ... we're tickled to have several product shots in the Style Files - Paper. Lolli-stick Dessert Tags, Wedding Invites, Custom Coloring Book & Crayon Pack, Table Cards and a Bridal Shower Invite!!

AIMEE & JARROD'S WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF: SARAH MAREN PHOTOTGRAPHY

Recent Creations } Baby Shower Banner

2010-11-20T11:45:00.000-08:00

Here's a little banner just whipped up this past week for one of my brides from 2007! She is throwing a baby shower for one of her girlfriends this weekend.

Super-cute banner for baby Carson! Nell gave me complete freedom within the color palette of chocolate & blues. I had some fun mixing solids and patterns of stripes, polka dots and plaid. Added in some fun shapes between the letters of ovals, squares and some chunky stars.

I hope it's a hit at the shower!!

Banner Pricing

$45 for the first 5 letters, additional $3.50 per letter thereafter

Custom letter shapes, papers, colors are available!

Events } Lavish and Fabulous - Heavy Metal

2010-11-20T10:42:00.000-08:00

Next up from the Lavish and Fabulous event held on November 11th Twenty Ten ... the Heavy Metal Vignette.

Think industrial meets Rock ‘N’ Roll! A touch of glamor, lots of metal and a wild dress makes this vignette ROCK!

Items created by SJD included an invitation, monogram, place cards and table card.

The front of the boxed invitation was finished off with a a pleated satin ribbon, studded leather and a heavy chain for a truly rocker inspired look. Inside, the invitation was mounted on layers of a vibrant purple, gunmetal gray and finished off with a transparent black text printed overlay.

The guitar place cards were fabricated by Fearon's {of Fearon May Events} family business, O'Hara Metal Products. I chained clear name plates to the metal guitars as to not distract from the appeal of the raw metal. Super-cool ... I think! And added a little leather strap to the napkin to finish off the look with a little more black.

To see all the rockin' shots by XSIGHT Photography visit the Lavish and Fabulous website!

Below are the amazing vendors that made this vignette come together ...

Creative Designer: Fearon May Events
Place Setting: Tableaux Event Rentals
Drapery: Studio B Event Designs
Lighting & Cake Display: Extreme Production Entertainment
Linen: Mimi & Co .
Invitation & Place cards: Stephanie J Designs
Florist: Botanica Floral Designs
Metal Products: O’Hara Metal Products
Catering: Lounge on 20
Cake: Village Cake Shoppe
Designer Gown: Miosa Couture
Hair & Makeup: Salon Cabochon
Get Flipped!: San Francisco Photo Booth
Metal Picture Frame Box: Created by Fearon May Events
Photographed By: XSIGHT Photography

PHOTOTGRAPHY COURTESY OF: XSIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

Events } Lavish and Fabulous -All You Need Is Love Vignette

2010-11-19T06:36:00.000-08:00

Remember that glam event I mentioned a week or so ago?? Pics are rolling in!!! First up ... the All You Need Is Love Vignette.

This space is inspired by the TV show Mad Men on AMC. The design for this room started with the daisy theme chandelier that was found at Ikea and really took over from there. Combining the fab era’s of the 50′s and 60′s and a twist of 2010 into one amazing retro chic vignette.

I had such a blast creating the invitation, menus, place cards, poster, dessert bar tags and hand-sewn fabric flower pom-poms for this spread!!!

The boxed invitation was hand-finished in a modern-yet-retro black and white fabric, inside was finished with a yellow and white polka-dot fabric with the paper part of the invitation in matte black and white. The front of the invitation was finished off with a thick black double-faced satin ribbon and a little yellow and white polka-dot fabric flower pom-pom.

The menu's were affixed to each one of the individual floral arrangements placed at each place setting. Fab idea from Katie with Ambience!

Place card - slash - snazzy soda-pop beverage! Oh, yeah. Super-cute floral fabric pom-poms were attached to each of the soda pop bottles in alternating black/white and yellow combinations. The actual little place card flag was attached to the vintage green and white paper straws. You know I am a huge fan of those little straws!!

Poster! What can I say? Measures 24x36 affixed to foamcore for stability on a matte bright white paper. I am such a fan of pop-art and this added just a little touch of whimsy to Rebecca's {with Sweet Cakes by Rebecca} aaaaamazing dessert bar. The dessert bar tags came out super cute too - I created those in alternating yellow/white and black/white to mix it all up a bit. Rebecca and I were emailing into the wee hours making sure no detail was overlooked - hello!! the couples monogram is even on the sugar cookies!!! Love.

My absolute favorite ... would have to be those little fabric flower pom-poms!! Soooo, much fun to make ... look for them soon in the SJD Shop!! We're planning on making 4 different sizes to choose from.

To see all the grand shots by Carmen Salazar Photography ... visit the Lavish and Fabulous website!

Below are the amazing vendors that made this vignette come together ...

Creative Designer: Fearon May Events
Furniture & Place Settings: Tableaux Event Rentals
Draping: Studio B Event Designs
Designer Gown: Miosa Bridal Couture
Invitation & Place cards: Stephanie J Designs
Linens: Mimi & Co.
Catering: Scott’s Seafood
Cake & Desserts: Sweet Cakes by Rebecca
Lighting: BP Productions
Florist: Ambience Floral Design
Beverage: Johnny Walker & Tanqueray
Hair & Makeup: Salon Cabochon
Photo Booth: San Francisco Photo Booth
Photographer by: Carmen Salazar Photography

PHOTOTGRAPHY COURTESY OF: CARMEN SALAZAR PHOTOGRAPHY

Recent Creations } Barn Chic Papery | Part 1

2010-11-02T15:51:00.000-07:00

Loved how this invitation turned out! Sarah and Josh were super-fun to work with and were open to anything and that made my job as designer a dream. Their wedding planner Michaela with PLUSH is super-sweet and a workhorse on wedding day!

This post is all about the invite {their save the date was featured previously here} and Part 2 will feature the reception paper and a cake topper that was sooooo much fun to create.

The invitation was pink, pink, pink and touches of antique and champagne gold. Little custom heart monogram to coordinate with the brand of the family ranch. LOVE that. The map had to be my favorite part with a little layout of the entire wedding location - complete with little pink barn animals here and there.

We used mainly metallic finish papers, because Sarah was all about the sparkle! Soooo much fun ... can't wait to share reception details.

Congrats {again!}, Sarah and Josh!!!

Events } Lavish and Fabulous - A Couture Bridal Event

2010-10-30T14:59:00.000-07:00

Do not miss this event! This is like no other bridal showcase in the greater Sacramento area. It is a carefully crafted display of true event artistry by the best and the brightest of the area's wedding professionals. It is all about eye candy for the wedding decor & services obsessed.

Come taste some delicious food, sip on some cocktails, dance to a great band, and view amazing wedding gowns while strolling through some glamorous decor vignettes.

Guys you are not left out on this one! There's ... a grooms lounge! Complete with a cigar lounge, whisky & rum tasting and fire pit.

Lavish and Fabulous takes place on Thursday, November 11th at 6PM, until 9:30PM. Tickets are on sale for $15 online {$20 at the door} at www.lavishandfabulous.com. The party is located at Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa - 1220 Arden Hills Lane, Sacramento, California. Must be 21 to attend and Cocktail Attire is requested.

Yours truly is one of the sponsors and participating in three vignettes. Hush, hush on the vignette themes! Wish I could share. :)

Guests will receive SWAG bags with goodies from participating vendors, too!

Don’t miss out on the last bridal show of 2010!

AND ... I have a few tickets left to give away! If you are interested in going email me at stephanie@stephaniejdesigns.com with the subject "Tickets to Lavish and Fabulous".

Recent Creations } Haunted Mansion Wedding

2010-10-30T10:50:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to Lori & Tony on their wedding yesterday at Grand Island Mansion!! Such a great theme for their end of October nuptials - A Haunted Mansion Wedding. Love. Trick was not to make the invites look too cartoony and Trick-or-Treatish while keeping a spirit of whimsy. After all, this is still a wedding People! :)

Lori chose a stone gray, burnt orange and dash of wine for her color palette. Since she didn't have too many additional enclosures she went with our 5x7 panel with band-wrapped back enclosures invite. There were little extra touches, too, like hand-glittering on the lamp posts that made them seem to glow.

Love, love, love Halloween and this was a super-fun invitation to work on with the creative couple! They added little spooky touches to the wedding decor too - like table names based on famous haunts.

Perfect for a Halloween Eve post - Congrats again you two!!

Recent Creations } Providence Bridal Shower Invites

2010-10-04T09:06:00.001-07:00

Quickie Post! Bridal shower invitations from September ... black, white, red and champagne color palette works perfectly for fall or winter wedding ... switch up the colors to a brighter palette for spring and summer. Two sided invites share the luncheon menu and registry details on the back.

On a little side note ... if you haven't been to La Provence in Roseville ... their Hamburger Provencal is to die for!!

Recent Creations } Estate Table Cards

2010-10-03T10:40:00.001-07:00

Quickie post! Table cards from Nicole & Ron's wedding yesterday at Scribner Bend Vineyards. These table cards came out super-cute with a big fat golden Swarovski Rivoli crystal for a touch of sparkle.

Congratulations Nicole & Ron!!

New! } Custom 4-Color Crayon Packs

2010-09-27T13:44:00.001-07:00

New custom 4-color crayon packs are available in 135 individual matte and/or metallic colors to choose from. Match your wedding, event or theme colors - sooooo cute!

Packs are available in sets of 16 {e.g. 16, 32, 48, 64, etc.}. Crayon packs arrive to you pre-wrapped in a clear bag with a knotted ribbon in a color of your choice. Tons of ribbon options are available ... just let us know what you are coordinating with and we can offer suggestions.

The 4-color custom crayon packs are 3.25 each. Add a favor tag and a custom coloring book to make a complete set to keep those kiddos busy!

A link to purchase directly from the SJD store is coming soon, for now email us at stephanie@stephaniejdesigns.com to complete orders.

New! } Custom Coloring Books

2010-09-27T13:34:00.000-07:00

A super little addition to your wedding or event festivities is our new custom coloring books & 4-color custom crayon packs. Coloring books and crayon colors tailored to your events theme and style are the perfect touch for little guests!

Psst! And they'll keep 'em busy - for a little while at least!

Custom 4-color crayon packs are available to order in multiples of 16 at 3.25 per pack. There are 135 matte and/or metallic colors to choose from! Pricing on custom coloring books vary depending on size, customization and number of coloring pages.

Email us at stephanie@stephaniejdesigns.com for more details.

Kiddos } News-worthy Christening Invitation in PINK!

2010-09-27T13:16:00.000-07:00

The News-worthy Christening Invitation in pink, pink and pink! Previously I posted this invitation style in champagne and brown for baby Mason {read original post here}. I think it's interesting to see how color can really alter the tone & overall feeling of the invitation.

This one was for baby Isabella who is the daughter of one of my previous wedding invitation clients. And if memory serves me right ... we did pinks for mama Manuela's wedding invite! :)

Congratulations {again!} Reina Family!!

Recent Creations } Fall Candy Buffet Tags

2010-09-26T17:16:00.000-07:00

Dropped these little beauties off to Shelley Larkin with Pizzazz Event Planning earlier today at the Elk Grove Bridal Show.

Hard to miss these adorable Lolli-Stick candy buffet tags if I do say so myself! New twist on these Lolli-Sticks ... little lace leaf appliqués to add a little touch of fall.

Kiddos } Hardware Baby Announcement

2010-09-25T09:07:00.000-07:00

Love, love, love how this baby announcement for the Hammar family came together!! Mama Hammar wanted an announcement for their latest addition that took a whimsical play on their last name.

We kept the materials simple with a thin single matte announcement layered on a metallic champagne cardstock, a little hand-glittering in gold on the "H" for just a touch of sparkle and some bold graphics to set it all off.

Love how they feel a touch circus-y with a dash of old town hardware store tossed in there.

Ohhh, happy weekend ... more eye candy tomorrow!

Branding } Sugar and Spice Specialty Desserts

2010-09-24T06:34:00.001-07:00

Yep! Another fun branding project and logo project from earlier in the year for my friend and wedding peer, Carissa, with Sugar and Spice Specialty Desserts.

Carissa's desserts are a must see. Carefully crafted dessert bars and buffets with meticulously crafted mini treats like salted caramel tartlets, trifles and cookies. She creates cakes and all kinds of pastry fabulousness. Carissa makes this chocolate sandwich cookies that I can't stop thinking about since last she dropped off a little treat box ... my mouth is watering thinking about them!!

Carissa and her staff are known for their clean line designed dessert bars and buffets and visually the sweet presentation does not disappoint! Carissa and I wanted to take that same clean lined approach with her logo. She already had a color palette of black, white and fuchsia and just wanted something clean that could translate into future projects. Can't share the surprises just yet!

Looking forward to the next round of design work with Carissa as she takes her special desserts to the next level! Watch her blog for event posts and upcoming news.

News } Style Me Pretty Little Black Book

2010-09-23T07:41:00.000-07:00

Thrilled to announce that we have landed a coveted spot in Style Me Pretty's Little Black Book!

Style Me Pretty editors hand-select vendors to be showcased and you must be recommended by other Black Book vendors to even be considered - it is such an honor to be a part of such a wonderful blog and community of amazingly talented artisans.

Yay, Us!!!

Style Me Pretty Resources

Little Black Book

Little Black Book Blog

Real Weddings

Wedding Inspiration

Style Circle

And soooo much more!

Branding } Fancy Pants Weddings

2010-09-22T09:12:00.000-07:00

Super-fun logo project to share from earlier this year! My friend and wedding peer, Shannon with Flourish, started a new wedding blog for the oh-so-sassy Northern California bride called Fancy Pants Weddings.

Shannon is a {beyond} talented floral designer with, like, a billion years of experience and trillions of weddings & events behind her {a little exaggeration couldn't hurt} .... so a chick like her has seen and heard it all! Top that off with a splash of Journalism experience and Fancy Pants Weddings is definitely a fun read.

Shannon wanted a fun, flirty and bright palette for her branding style and logo. We created her alter-ego Judy to be the voice of Fancy Pants. A funny tidbit ... Judy got her name because the first drawing I did of her ... according to Shannon the hair looked a little "Judy Jetson" ... LOL! ... she was right and the name {not the hair} stuck!

Looking forward to watching Shannon's new baby grow and well ... Flourish!!

Monograms } How to Build Initials

2010-09-21T16:15:00.000-07:00

Quickie post! Lot's of questions pour in here about monograms. What is traditional? What is modern? What initials go where?

Here's a few tips that I hope will help!

Wedding Traditional Approach:

Use only your single first initials on pre-ceremony stationery

Use your new married single initial or 3 letter initials in post-ceremony stationery

Wedding Modern Approach:

Anything goes!

Use your new 3 initial married monogram

Use your new single married last name initial

Use your first initials

What goes where?

Unmarried Stationery

Jill Anne Smith = J, JAS, JS -or- JSA

Eve Marie DuPont = E, EMDP -or- EDPM

Rob Michael Davis = R, RMD -or- RDM

Married Stationery

Jill Anne Smith Davis = J, JSD -or- JDA

Rob Michael Davis = R, RMD, RDM

Jill and Rob Davis = D, JR -or- JDR

Hyphenated names get tricky ... if you have questions on those feel free to email us at stephanie@stephaniejdesigns.com!

Happy Monogramming ...

Branding } District 605 - A Hair Boutique

2010-09-21T09:48:00.000-07:00

Realized this morning that I have never shared any of our branding projects on the SJD blog! Oh, so sad too ... since there were quite a few fun branding projects this year.

So an inaugural post on branding it is ... hot off the digital design presses!

What makes this project so much fun is that it is for one of my high school friends from back in the day, Jamee. Jamee just completed renovations and opened her fab new salon in Historic Folsom {returning back to the city of our Bulldog days at FHS!!}.

Think Anthropologie, monochromatics, vintage bottle labels and a twist of whimsy and you've got the District 605 branding concept. Can't wait to work with Jamee on biz cards and collateral pieces!!

Need yourself glam-a-fied ... visit the chics at District 605 on Facebook!

District 605

605 Sutter Street

Folsom, California

916.985.3606

Donate } Cupcakes for a Cause

2010-09-20T12:46:00.001-07:00

I love a good cupcake! And a cupcake for a cause??! Even sweeter! Join Sweet Cakes by Rebecca this week {9/20/2010 thru 9/26/2010} raise funds and awareness by purchasing cupcakes to benefit CancerCare for Kids.

Sweet Cakes will donate the following:

For each cupcake sold at $2.50 Sweet Cakes will donate $1.50

For each half dozen sold at $13 Sweet Cakes will donate $10.00

For every dozen sold at $25 Sweet Cakes will donate $20.00

Visit the Sweet Cakes blog for this weeks cupcake Menu and further details!

Sweet Cakes by Rebecca

7601 Sunrise Boulevard, Suite 5

Citrus Heights, California

916.370.7760

Features: Dynamite Weddings } Tasty Name Tags

2010-09-18T10:03:00.001-07:00

Yet another little tid-bit from the Our Wedding Magazine photoshoot! Little name tags pinned tastefully onto a personal fruit cup at each guest's place setting.

View the post here at Dynamite Weddings.

Photo Courtesy of: Memory Journalists via Dynamite Weddings
Floral Design by: Blooms by Martha Andrews

Features: Dynamite Weddings } Kitchy Chair Banners

2010-09-18T09:39:00.000-07:00

One of the fab creations from that Our Wedding Magazine photoshoot I have been hinting at featuring - locating photos! Feature forthcoming!! See the chair banner feature at Dynamite Weddings.

Loved the idea of doing individual little banners for each of the chair backs ... hello, bombshell!; hello, hunk!; hello, handsome! and hello, gorgeous!. They came out super cute. The "hello" was flat printed and the bombshell, hunk, handsome and gorgeous were glitta-fied with hand glittering.

Martha did a fab job with the little floral chair swags ... really brought everything together!

Photo Courtesy of: Memory Journalists via Dynamite Weddings

Floral Design by: Blooms by Martha Andrews

Recent Creations } Malibu Inspired Invites

2010-09-09T09:51:00.001-07:00

Aimee's Mailbu Beach Club West wedding invites were inspired by the black and white stripped cabana that was crafted for their wedding ceremony. See more pictures from Aimee's wedding here on the Sarah Maren Photography blog.

Pictured above {from top}: 1. Save the Dates {Aimee was a lifeguard for most of her youth and wanted to bring that in somehow, so we created a little life preserver ring for the front and inside there is an illustration of a lifeguard tower}, 2. Invitation Outside with Guest Addressed Digital Calligraphy Outside Envelope, 3. Inside View, 4. Inside view Showing Enclosure Details, 5. Inside View Showing Map Details and 6. Dessert Buffet Lolli-Sticks.

Soooo much fun!! Love the color palette with the bold use of black and white with little pops of turquoise here and there.

Congratulations Aimee & Jarrod!

Pssst! Aimee's invites were featured in the Style Files of the Summer 2010 issue of Real Weddings Magazine.

Etcetera } Soda Pop Labels

2010-09-07T10:06:00.000-07:00

A stylish way to keep your event branding going is to custom label your refreshments! These labels were done for a photo shoot I participated in for Our Wedding Magazine {more pics from this shoot to come!} with Blooms by Martha Andrews.

I used brightly colored Jones Soda bottles and coordinated each label color with the color of the soda. Labels suggested to "Enjoy a Fizzy soda pop!" and included a little description of the flavor around the bottle. Topped off with vintage paper straws. Paper straws are available in gray, green, blue, red, fuchsia or orange and white stripes. Aaaa-stinkin' adorable!

Paper straws will soon be available in the SJD Store!

Paper Drinking Straws

$15.00 per 50 pack

Soda Bottle Labels

$1.75 per Label {Straight Cut | Square or Rectangle}

$2.45 per Label {Die Cut | In-stock Shapes}

Bulk Savings Apply*

{just pick-up, adhere & enjoy!}

$55.00 Print Ready Digital File

{includes: Digital File}

*Bulk Savings {50-100=5%, 101-150=10%, 151-200=15%, 200+=20%}

Recent Creations } 50's Inspired Invite | Part 2

2010-09-05T12:41:00.001-07:00

And now Part 2 of the 50's Inspired 60th Birthday Bash ...

Party was held at La Provence in Roseville, Ca. I cannot say enough good things about the staff there or their onsite event planner Raquel! Food, beverages, service, atmosphere - perfect.

I wish I could have grabbed a few pics of the food - mini everything! Corn dogs, sliders, fries, onion rings, milkshakes, pot pies all reminiscent of a 50's diner. We had made little tags for all of them similar to the ones pictured above for the candy tags. Delish cupcakes from Cupcake Craving where a hit.

Balloons everywhere with 50's tunes playing in the background. Costumed guests in their best 50's get-ups. From poodle skirts, to greasers ... so much fun! The decor: a fab candy buffet, life-size cut-outs of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe, giant strawberry milkshake out of balloons, a balloon canopy and pictures from the first 60 years of the guest of honor papered the room.

Ooooh and there was a photobooth too! Guests took pictures and put them in a guest book with well wishes for the birthday girl. Adorable idea.

Pictured from top: 1. James and I share a moment, 2. The candy buffet with selections like Mike & Ikes, Pixie Stix, Bit O' Honey, Candy Cigarettes, Lemonheads, Abba Zabba and more, 3. Take home paper bags for treats, 4. Sample Candy Buffet Tags, 5. Pixie Sticks, 6. Balloon Decor, 7. The Uber-Surprised Guest of Honor, and 8. Favor CD's with hit tunes of the 50's.

A great time was had by all!

Recent Creations } 50's Inspired Invite | Part 1

2010-09-05T12:03:00.000-07:00

I have been waiting to share this invite forever!! Since it was a surprise party and all ... I had to wait until after the party to share it's fabulousness. I had the pleasure of being a guest at the party, soooo in Part 2 of this post I'll share some pics from the event. :)

This 50's inspired invite, with an actual vinyl 45 included, has to be one of my all time favorite invitations to date. Inspired by the 50's themed event put on to celebrate a 60th birthday party by two of my long time friends & loyal clients.

The 45's can actually be ordered silent with no music or with music on them!! How sweet is that?? Like, any music!!!

In keeping with the theme and era, our color palette was red, pink, turquoise ... with touches of black and white.

We created a custom addressing band for the outside of the envelope. The addressing band wrapped around to the back where the return address was located. Sometimes addressing on dark color envelopes is tricky and a band like this is a fun alternative. I use addressing bands like this a lot on mailer box invitations, too!

One of my fav parts of this invite has to be the little peep-hole center where you can see through to the little label on the 45 - love how it worked as part of the whole design and apart. Divine!

Now that things are slowing down just a little here at SJD, we're getting back to sharing the amazing projects that have been keeping us up burning the midnight oil.

SJD Messages > Schedule

2010-08-08T18:50:00.001-07:00

As you can see from the lack of blog posts that it has been wedding, baby and party mayhem here at SJD. We promise to get back to blogging upon our return from an end of summer break.

Yep, that's right! We are taking a much needed end of summer break. Our studio will be closed from 8/9 to 8/15 - we'll be back to work bright-eyed and bushy-tailed on 8/16. We will be checking messages once per day and returning non-urgent messages upon our return.

New! } Ultimate DIY Invitation Survival Kit

2010-06-01T18:49:00.000-07:00

Oh, yeah ... Oh, yeah! It is here ... the Ultimate DIY Invitation Survival Kit!!!! Really excited to be launching this professional DIY Survival Kit. It contains all my top of the line {absolute fav!} products for invitation and papery assembly. These are the very same tools I use in the studio to assemble my papery creations!

I soooo often hear of DIY invitation & papery projects going haywire and brides/party planners/crafty chicks extraordinaire ending up with a complete mess of a papery project. While you are likely trying to save a few bucks by putting your event papery together yourself, my guess is you are still looking for papery that is memorable for all the right reasons. I'm finding, more often than not, that it's due to the substandard products being used during assembly ... and combining that with no instruction from your stationery designer/supplier on how exactly it all fits together = a papertastrophe.

So whether you are ordering your DIY papery from us here at SJD -or- {big sigh} elsewhere, you can find pure self-assembly happiness in our new ToolKit - it's soooo designed to take the edge off your DIY papery project!

What's in the Ultimate DIY Survival Kit?

Tools include: {1} professional adhesive dispenser, {6} rolls of mounting adhesive, {1} tube of crystal glue, {2} crystal glue applicators, {2} ceramic glue & crystal cups and {1} pair of professional ribbon & fabric scissors. Instructions include: {1} ToolBox contents, descriptions & usage, {1} how to professionally mount paper layers, {1} how to professionally mount Swarovski flatback crystals and {1} ribbon style guide.

Use the Ultimate DIY Survival Kit to professionally assemble your save the dates, invitations, announcements, greetings, menus, programs, place cards, escort cards, favor tags and every little papery need for your special event.

Ultimate DIY Invitation Survival Kit

$275.00 plus shipping and 8.25% sales tax for CA residents

Kits ship within 72 hours, delivered in 2-7 business days

Rush processing is available

BUY THE TOOLBOX HERE

Refill Adhesive

$7.70 per roll, plus shipping and 8.25% sales tax for CA residents

One roll equals 36 feet of adhesive, allow roughly 1 roll per mounted layer of 100

Adhesive ships within 72 hours, delivered in 2-7 business days

Rush processing is available

BUY ADHESIVE HERE

Oh, happy day ... let's get assembling!

Events } Glitz and Glamour at Scribner Bend

2010-05-10T18:34:00.003-07:00

Oh, where ... Oh, where has Stephanie J been? Oh, where ... Oh, where has she been? It has been forever since my last post. Busy, busy. Designing, printing, assembling and delivering orders that is what has been keeping us super-busy around here!

Good things, very good things. Soooo, many things in the works ... my head is spinning.

Wanted to share one of the fun projects I have been working on ... an exclusive wedding showcase at Scribner Bend Vineyards. Aptly titled, Glitz and Glamour! I was delightfully tasked with creating the invitation artwork and logo design for the big event and could not be more pleased with the outcome. It is soooo my style. Mairi, the event coordinator at Scribner let me do whatever I wanted with the art ... so long as I kept the color palette in theme ... black, gray, gold and white. Love it! Think it turned out ... simply yummy.

Event Details ...

Sunday, May 23rd

Noon to 5PM

$15 Per Person

Refreshments & Bites

Fashion Shows

Door Prizes & Giveaways

Fabulous Vendors

Register Online and Save!

www.glitzandglamourweddingshow.com

Hope to see ya there!

Kiddos } Baby Mania!

2010-03-30T15:01:00.000-07:00

Just have to say that I am loving all my past brides calling to order baby shower invites, announcements and party supplies!!! Love, love, love it!! Not just single babies out there either! Quite a few multiples ... twins, triplets.

Thank you, Girls! Thank you for thinking of my little bespoke papery, thank you for sharing your amazing news and thank you for letting me to take part in the sheer excitement of your impending arrivals.

I am eagerly looking forward to designing announcements & invitations for the next biggest celebration of your lives!

PHOTO BY: THE MEMORY JOURNALISTS

Press } San Francisco Style Unveiled Feature

2010-03-17T11:33:00.000-07:00

Yay!! Stephanie J Designs featured on SF Style Unveiled along with Blooms by Martha Andrews, Sugar and Spice and The Memory Journalists.

Last Minute Orders } June 2010 Weddings

2010-03-17T10:40:00.000-07:00

Last call for June invitation orders! Engaged couples, your invitations should be mailed 6-8 weeks before your big day. June Weddings, means April Mailings. July couples, you're right behind June ... get your papery orders in today to avoid rush charges.

And now ... a little ordering and mailing review for you!

It is recommended to order your announcement papery {save the dates, invitations, announcements} 2 months prior to your desired mailing date.

Ceremony & reception papery {programs, menus, escort cards, table cards, favor tags, decor items, etc.} if not ordered at the same time as your announcement papery {recommended} should be ordered 4 weeks prior to the big day. At the 4 week mark you should have your replies back and a firm guest count so as to not over -or- under order your day of papery.

When do I mail my wedding announcement papery, you ask??

Engagement Announcements -or- Save the Dates

Mail 4-6 months before the big day

Engagement Party