Category — paper

A few card prototypes… Nothing like the end of maternity leave to light a fire under my ‘work from home selling my cards’ idea. Vintage fabric + textured paper + thread = love

Now the question is, Etsy or Big Cartel? Do you have a store on one of these? What is your opinion of it? I would love to hear your feedback on why you love/hate either one!

I have had google reader for over a year now (I know, I was totally late to that party) and all the while I star things I like so that I can go back in later to either blog about them or use them for myself. Well it is of no surprise that this once wedding-centered blog has morphed into more of a baby blog as that is what is on my mind most of the time (btw, I am due in 4 days! yikes!!) Sooooo, I went through all of my starred posts and took out the wedding ones and have compiled them all into one big wedding extravaganza for you! I know, very exciting. Although my wedding was a year and a half ago my very good friend Natalie is getting married in June, and on top of that, well, weddings are just fun to look at. Here are some images that I found fun to look at over the last year:

(fun table assignments)

(fun table numbers)

(fun cakes)

(fun dress)

(fun menu idea)

(fun bridal style)

(fun food cart action)

(fun dessert table)

(super fun altar)

(fun signage)

(fun {more like gorgeous} table scape)

Recently I designed these Save the Dates for my lovely friend Natalie. I love how they turned out and can’t wait to do the invitations!!

The best part: my little sister hand drew the succulents and peonies for me, then I imported them into Illustrator and digitized them. Thanks Megan!!

Some wedding details that I have had starred in my google reader for a while now…

(flying hearts, via)

(bike notes, via)

(a cake I would like a piece of, via)

(mismatched but perfect bridesmaid dresses, via)

(frame worthy fans, via)

In honor of the sunshine that has finally decided to say hello to this little beach town, I wanted to post these gorgeous sunshiny business cards. You have probably seen them elsewhere, but don’t they just make you happy?!

(via)

How cute are these little baby shower invitations?! But then again, I love all things sewing and paper so…

(Check out the rest of this super cute shower here!)

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you amazing moms out there!

I have (finally) put up a free download of my activity books for those who are interested!  You can find it by visiting my downloads page, located on the left.  I created a generic color palette and pages for the free download, but would be happy to customize it with your name and wedding date on the cover as well as your colors and for the less DIY brides I can create, print and finish them all for you.  Please contact me at heather {at} wemetinabar {dot} com for pricing and more information.

Enjoy!

Has anyone seen/bought one of these? I am intrigued… but it may just be because of the ink packaging.

Since most of the recipients have found these in their mailboxes, I am excited to show them to you! A quick funny side note: You will notice that my name is no where on the invite. It wasn’t photoshopped out, I just didn’t feel the need to have it on there. Neither is a phone number to RSVP, since everyone invited knows how to contact me.  However, I also decided last minute (a day later) not to put return address labels on them…  Which led to this facebook message: Did you send Cindy and I something in the mail? It looks like it could be from you but it doesn’t have a name on it. Lucky for me not many of our friends sew their invitations!  A few minutes later I had facebooked the entire guest list to let them know that yes, the invite to a birthday party? That was from me.

Anyways, on to the invites.  I first saw this idea for sewing two-toned ruffled crepe paper on a blog… but it was a while ago and I don’t remember where. I figured I would incorporate it with the invites and voila! I wish it were that easy. I went through 2 broken needles before deciding to just sew the crepe paper and glue it on. I was super disappointed, and still need to google “How to sew on paper,” but I went with it and produced something I was proud of.