New! } Ultimate DIY Invitation Survival Kit

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

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!

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

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

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

Mail 4-6 weeks prior to the event

Bridal Showers

Mail 4-6 weeks prior to the event

Bachelorette and Bachelor Parties

Mail 4-6 weeks prior to the event

Add 4 weeks for destination events

Rehearsal Dinner

Mail 4-6 weeks prior to the event

Other Celebratory Events

Mail 4-6 weeks prior to the event

Invitations

Mail 6-8 weeks before the big day

Add 4 weeks for destination weddings

Thank You Notes

Mail within 2 weeks of gift receipt -or-

within 4 week of returning from your honeymoon

Post Wedding Announcements

Mail 2-4 weeks following the big day

PHOTO BY: PENNY SYLVIA PHOTOGRAPHY

Film Inspired } Bollywood Birthday Invites

Since it's becoming ever more challenging to find time to shoot pics of my finished invites, I thought I would be able to share them a little faster by posting digital images of the fabulousness I have the pleasure of working on day-to-day! Although, you can't really see all the fine details {like crystals, hand glittering, etc.} of each invitation ... at least it's a little eye-candy to get your papery & design imagination flowin'.

One of my fav {and repeat!} clients, Karrianna, celebrated her 30th birthday in true Georgia style this past January. Nothing but an amazing Bollywood event would do for the always exuberant, Karri. I had the pleasure of creating an invitation for her closest group of girlfriends for a pre-birthday celebration brunch. Love, love.

Bright, gilded and over the top! Metallic papers, return & guest addressed envelope, folded card design, menu panel, again text inspired {it's soooo my thing!}, heavily embellished with gold hand-glittering, Swarovski crystals {I think we topped out at 14!}, double layered ribbon sash - it is a sight to behold.

Bollywood Invitations

Starting at $10 Each Full-Assembly

Return Addressing Included

Bulk Savings Apply*

{just pick-up, stamp & send}

Starting at $7.50 Each DIY-Assembly

{includes: Paper, Printing & Any Embellishments}

$125.00 Print Ready Digital File

{includes: Digital File}

Digital Calligraphy Guest Addressing

Starting at $1.25 per Envelope

{just pick 'em up & mail 'em}

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

Recent Creations } Fanciful Baby Shower Invites

Love, love, love. I am really into text. I have mentioned that? I mean really. Love it.

My friends, and fellow wedding collegue, The Puleo Family { America's Party Rental } has adopted the most angelic little baby girl. I was, to say the least, overjoyed that Heather wanted me to create the baby shower invitations!

Soft metallic papers, single matte invitation panel, metallic envelopes {return and guest addressed!} - oh, so lovely for a girly March shower.

Umbrella Baby Shower Invitations

Starting at $5 Each Full-Assembly

Return Addressing Included

Bulk Discounts Apply

{just pick-up, stamp & send}

Starting at $3.75 Each DIY-Assembly

{includes: Paper, Printing & Any Embellishments}

$125.00 Print Ready Digital File

{includes: Digital File}

Digital Calligraphy Guest Addressing

Starting at $1.25 per Envelope

{just pick 'em up & mail 'em}

Recent Creations } Alice in Wonderland Inspired Papery

T-Minus about 48 hours and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland opens nationwide!! I am {to say the least} verrrrrry excited! Huge, huge, huge Burton fan and Alice is my favorite Disney movie of all time. The combination of the two makes me absolutely giddy!

By now you realize I am also a fan of Sweet Cakes by Rebecca. Our mutual admiration and trust in each other's design work is the perfect foundation to any working friendship. I'm excited to say I have another Sweet Cakes creation on it's way this weekend for my sis-in-law's baby shower cake and I cannot wait to see what the team at Sweet Cakes conjures up!

I was feeling a little like the White Rabbit getting these little Alice in Wonderland candy buffet tags and cake sign done for Sweet Cakes in time for last night's AFWPI Mixer at Winchester Country Club. Just a little last minute sample of what SJD can do with little more than a few hours notice!