Allie's 1st Birthday

Allie's mommy, Bonnie contacted me about some items for a gnome-themed birthday party. I loved this theme so much! Check out what we came up with:

Wraparound address labels. It's all printed onto one strip of adhesive paper and the return address wraps around to the back of the envelope. And yes, the return address totally said "Allie's Gnomies"!

Favor tags.

Napkin rings.

Using the gnome characters and the mushrooms, I created a pattern that Bonnie printed onto a few pennant flags for a simple and cute banner.

If you'd like to read more details about Allie's 1st birthday, check out this post on Mama Say What?!

Happy birthday Allie!!

Nathan's 3rd Birthday

I've had the pleasure of working with Nathan's mommy, Cari on the birthday items for his birthday every year. You can see past birthdays here: 1st birthday, 2nd birthday.

His favorite movie this year is Monsters Inc and he wanted a monsters theme to his birthday. I was oh so happy to oblige.

These monsters were so fun to create!

We made a sign for the party favors too:

And a fun coloring book for the kids in attendance:

It was simple, just an 8.5x11 page folded in half and printed on both sides.

I love how everything turned out. Happy Birthday Nathan!

Our Holiday Card - 2013

Even though we took some great family photos in July of 2013 with my dear friend Cari Hollis, it took me forever to design a holiday card and get them printed and mailed. I was newly pregnant and dealing with all of the "fun" that comes with the first trimester. Knowing I wouldn't get them out before Christmas, I turned them into a Happy New Year card instead of a Christmas card. I thought they turned out pretty awesome.

VistaPrint continues to wow me with their print quality and affordability.

This design is one of the ones I have listed for sale in my Etsy shop. Check it out!

Happy New Year!!

Georgia's First Birthday

When Georgia's mom Sarah explained that she wanted to do an Alice in Wonderland theme for her daughter's first birthday, we spent some time brainstorming how it was going to work. Georgia's birthday is in the middle of winter and they live in Canada, where they have REAL winter. 

From there it became and Alice in WINTER Wonderland theme and we had a blast with it.

Invitation:

We also created little tags and sign for just about everything at Georgia's party. Sarah set up a hot chocolate buffet with snacks.

Guests were asked to write some well wishes and "growing up" advice on a card and put it inside the teapot. It was packed away for Georgia to read on her 18th birthday.

Yummy candy buffet favors.

Happy Birthday Georgia!!!

Tommy's Holiday Card

I had already designed and printed our family's holiday cards when we discovered the awesomeness of Santa photos with FotoFly; a photography studio local to us in Salt Lake City. They have one of the parents dress up in the Santa costume and then do more unique poses that don't show Santa's face. Doing this means the kids (especially babies & toddlers) are more likely to be more comfortable in front of the camera when they're in the arms of a parent... and the parent is more likely to get a few awesome photos. 

Because I wanted to share the photos we got of our son, I printed a dozen of "his" Christmas card to send to grandparents and some of his friends.

Merry Christmas!