The Blog

  • Customizing a Stock Design – Dina

    Customizing a Stock Design – Dina

    August 13th, 2009 | Miscellaneous Paper Goods | thecheshirekat | No Comments

    I really need to catch up on my blogging!  I’ve been meaning to post this design for a couple weeks now and haven’t had the opportunity.  In my defense, my husband and I finally closed escrow on our new home on July 31st and have been busy tearing it to pieces every day, so I [...]

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  • Save the Dates – Amber and Chris

    Save the Dates – Amber and Chris

    July 27th, 2009 | Save The Dates | thecheshirekat | 1 Comment

    I was so excited about this project!  Amber contacted me to create a completely custom save-the-date card inspired by a vintage fruit crate label.  She and Chris are getting married in an orchard and wanted to incorporate their venue, Oz Farm, as a focal point in the design.
    Amber and Chris decided to go with a [...]

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  • I’m famous!

    I’m famous!

    July 17th, 2009 | Uncategorized | thecheshirekat | 2 Comments

    My awesome friend Melissa of Bling Divas has started doing a “Feature Friday” segment on her personal blog, and she chose me to be this week’s feature!  How awesome is that?
    Check it out, and don’t forget to look at some of the awesome sparkly crystal goodies in the Bling Divas shop while you’re at it.

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  • Kate & Chris – The Invitations

    Kate & Chris – The Invitations

    July 13th, 2009 | Invitations, Labels and Stickers, Monograms and Logos | thecheshirekat | 3 Comments

    I am so excited to blog this invitation suite!  You may recall Kate and Chris’s Save the Dates from a few posts ago. . . well, the invitations are finished and sent, and I am super proud of how they came out.
    Since Kate’s wedding colors are apple green and chocolate brown, I used a vintage [...]

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  • Logo Design – Gardena High School

    Logo Design – Gardena High School

    June 22nd, 2009 | Monograms and Logos | thecheshirekat | 2 Comments

    Here’s an interesting change of pace for you!  This week, I was commissioned to design a series of logos for Gardena High School.  The comprehensive high school is dividing itself into four Small Learning Communities , or SLCs (the big trend in secondary education today!), and one of the requirements is that each school find [...]

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  • Kelly and Jeff – The Design Process

    Kelly and Jeff – The Design Process

    June 18th, 2009 | Labels and Stickers, Monograms and Logos | thecheshirekat | 2 Comments

    Long time,  no post!  I’m in the middle of a couple of projects that I hope to show off next week, but for now I wanted to tell you about the process of creating a custom design, and my recent client Kelly gave me permission to blog about her .
    Kelly contacted me on Etsy [...]

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  • Kate & Chris – Save the Dates

    Kate & Chris – Save the Dates

    June 6th, 2009 | Save The Dates | thecheshirekat | 5 Comments

    I am currently in the process of printing and assembling the invitation suite for Kate and Chris’s wedding, and I wanted to share the Save the Date that I created for them.
    Kate did some research and decided that she liked the current trend of the photobooth strip-style pictures for a Save the Date card.  I [...]

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  • A Rock ‘n Roll Birthday!

    A Rock ‘n Roll Birthday!

    May 29th, 2009 | Invitations, Miscellaneous Paper Goods | thecheshirekat | 3 Comments

    Both of my parents turned 60 recently, and my mother decided it was time to throw a giant party to celebrate!  She rented out The Hop in Lakewood, hired the Taco Man to set up an awesome taco bar, and got everyone out on the dance floor for a rockin’ good time.
    My birthday gift to [...]

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  • Our Wedding – Rehearsal Dinner Invitations

    Our Wedding – Rehearsal Dinner Invitations

    May 25th, 2009 | Invitations, Labels and Stickers | thecheshirekat | 3 Comments

    We had our rehearsal dinner in the “Show Room” at Dave and Buster’s, and I decided to play off of that theme and create a non-traditional invitation for the evening’s activities.
    I used a high-resolution photo of a Broadway Playbill and Photoshopped it to include one of our engagement pictures and our own custom text.  The [...]

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  • Our Wedding – The Invitations

    Our Wedding – The Invitations

    May 22nd, 2009 | Invitations, Monograms and Logos | thecheshirekat | No Comments

    The second installment of “stuff from my own wedding” – our invitations!
    I put some serious blood/sweat/tears into the invitations for our wedding, and the response from our guests was overwhelmingly positive.  People wrote notes on our RSVP cards raving about how gorgeous they were, and I had a number of friends ask if I could [...]

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