Baby Showers Galore! – Part One

thecheshirekat — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:05:53 +0000

I can barely keep up with all of the baby showers that have been coming my way lately! Since I finally got a chance to snap some pictures of a few recent shower designs, I figured I’d better show them off on the blog.

This invitation was designed for my dear friend Katie, who asked me if I would create a shower invitation with a coordinating thank-you note. I usually like to take inspiration from the expectant mother’s nursery design ideas to create baby stationery, and I knew she was putting together a beautiful room for her baby girl with crystals, white wrought iron, and delicate shades of gray and blue. We shifted from blue to pink for the shower invite but kept the gray, and the end result was stunning!

The invitation, a triple-layered panel with a ribbon detail and embellishment.

A closer look at the belly band and embellishment, which is a vintage-inspired button. I broke the loop off the back so it would lay flat.

The coordinating thank-you note, with a printed gray and pink stripe across the front and a simple Swarovski crystal embellishment in the middle.

The whole suite looks gorgeous all together! Both the invite and the thank-you were paired with pink metallic envelopes for an extra little bit of sparkle.

It was a joy creating these custom pieces for Katie and her sweet little girl Abby, who made her appearance on September 4th! Stay tuned for Part Two – more baby showers tomorrow!

Shades of Grayson – Birth Announcements

thecheshirekat — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:14:12 +0000

I am so excited to share this project with you! Grayson is the first baby born to my group of dear friends, and as you might imagine, all of us love him to pieces already. We knew as soon as Ramona announced her pregnancy that this would be one of the most fashionable babies the world has ever seen, so when the time came to design his birth announcements, I wanted to create something other than the typical pale-blue-teddy-bear-or-alphabet-blocks-in-the-corner that you see on so many baby items. I wanted something that was more masculine, more vibrant… something that could reflect his family’s awesome sense of taste and style.

For this announcement, I took my inspiration from the gorgeous modern nursery that Ramona designed – everything is Texas Burnt Orange and gray, with a circular motif. Ramona asked for something that was modern, yet classic, and she gave me complete creative freedom with the design.

Here it is!

Isn't he adorable? We had such a hard time choosing just three photos!

A closer look - I love that retro '50s font!

The announcement is a 5.5" square; it's mounted onto a gorgeous matte gray cardstock and paired with an orange square envelope.

The photos of Grayson were taken by the lovely and talented Emmycube Photography.

I’m so excited about this one that I decided to add it to the Etsy store! It is currently available in four different color combinations – the original orange/gray, of course, and green/gray, blue/gray, and violet/gray. Each one is mounted to the matte gray cardstock as pictured (because I just love it so much!), and each will be paired with a colored envelope.

Ramona, Nik, and Grayson – thanks so much for the opportunity to create these for you!

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Baby Showers Galore! – Part One

Shades of Grayson – Birth Announcements