Posts Tagged ‘Brown’

  • I added an orange ribbon accent to the invitation panel and a seal with the baby's initials in the middle.

    Baby Showers Galore! – Part Three

    September 10th, 2010 | Baby Showers, Invitations | thecheshirekat | 1 Comment

    So far you’ve seen Katie’s lovely pink and gray shower suite and Building a Nest in a bright new shade of gold.  Today, for Part Three, I have a fabulously preppy and formal invitation welcoming a baby BOY!  That’s a fun change of pace!
    Melissa and her friends are throwing a shower for their friend Nicole, [...]

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  • I used the monogram I'd created previously on the oval seal for the tucked-ribbon belly band.

    Stacy and Shannon – Invitation Suite

    July 7th, 2010 | Invitations, Weddings | thecheshirekat | 1 Comment

    Still catching up on the blog!  I posted Stacy and Shannon’s save-the-dates and monograms back in December, and now I’m revealing their full invitation suite.
    I knew that Stacy wanted some sparkle in her invites, so we paired up three gorgeous metallic cardstocks and a handful of crystal embellishments for these lovely gatefolds.  Take a look [...]

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  • Stacy and Shannon – Monograms and Save-the-Dates

    Stacy and Shannon – Monograms and Save-the-Dates

    December 1st, 2009 | Monograms and Logos, Save The Dates | thecheshirekat | 7 Comments

    Stacy contacted me after finding my bio on The Knot.  She’s planning a beautiful wedding in June and is using pink, ivory, and tan, with some gold accents.  We talked briefly about some ideas for monograms, save-the-dates, and invitations, and she told me she loves metallic paper, ribbon, and rhinestones.  This is clearly a woman [...]

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  • Building a Nest – in blue!

    Building a Nest – in blue!

    November 5th, 2009 | Invitations | thecheshirekat | 1 Comment

    Quickie blog update for you here!  Rachel found my Building a Nest shower invitations on Etsy and asked for them in a robin’s egg blue.  I was happy to oblige and found a lovely light blue metallic cardstock with matching envelope.
    It was pretty in pink for Erin’s shower… but it’s beautiful in blue as well:
    The [...]

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  • Kate and Chris – Wedding Programs

    Kate and Chris – Wedding Programs

    October 22nd, 2009 | Programs | thecheshirekat | No Comments

    This is an unbelievably overdue blog entry!  Kate and Chris (you may remember their Save the Dates and Invitations from earlier posts) had their beautiful wedding on September 5th, 2009, and I was absolutely thrilled to be a part of it.  Kate asked me a couple weeks before the big day if I would design [...]

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  • Erin – The Baby Shower

    Erin – The Baby Shower

    September 26th, 2009 | Invitations | thecheshirekat | 3 Comments

    I promised I’d update soon, and here it is!  My husband gave in and unearthed the camera from the piles of boxes in the garage, and I’m excited to show off this invitation.
    Erin is a dear friend of mine whose daughter Sophia is due in December.  I was so thrilled to be able to do [...]

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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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  • 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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  • 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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