The Vincent Family

Remember these cute kiddos, and their brave mom Hayley who gave me my very first shot at a "real photo shoot session"? Well, they're back and I'm excited to share a few of the photos on here!

When I arrived for their photo session Hayley informed me that they had never had family photos since having all three of their children, so this was way overdue and I was excited that she had asked me to take them! I really love their choice of outfits & colors. I think she did a great job at coordinating, but not being too "matchy matchy" by throwing a few different patters into the mix--compiling a wardrobe for photos is a tough and she totally pulled it off. Check out some of my faves from the shoot below:



And of course, what better way to show off your family photos than sending out a holiday card? Below is the design I did for the Vincent's, I really love the cherry blossom branch that coordinates with the colors in their photo.


Hayley & Family: Thanks so much for allowing me to take the your "first" family photos, I hope you enjoy them!

Christmas Card Templates $15

Looking for a personalized holiday card that's quick and easy? Check out the Christmas Card templates! All designs $15. Simply send me your photos to be inserted in the design & the your personalized file will be sent back to you to have printed as you wish!

Tis' the Season: Custom Christmas/Holiday Cards

That's right folks, it's that time of year again! What better way to greet and wish those you love a wonderful holiday season, than a custom greeting card? I am currently taking requests/orders, feel free to contact me to personalize your own this year!

Contest Winners: Picaboo Holiday Cards II

Holy smokes, I cannot tell you how excited I am! Since my last contest win (previous post) I have won FOUR more design contests for holiday cards, hosted by Picaboo.

This has been really fun and exciting for me as I feel it is confirmation, for myself only, that I am capable of doing great things in regards to something I love so much! These 4 designs, out of 185 total entries, were chosen by Picaboo to be made available to their customers this holiday season! Check out the latest 4 design wins below! (insert giddy giggles here :)

Feel free to click on images for a larger view--just don't mind the pixelation

Contest Winner: Picaboo Holiday Card Design

Somehow I have managed to pull off another contest winning design! This design was created for a holiday card template contest held by Picaboo (an online photo product company, check them out here ). The winning designs will be made available to their customers to purchase from them via their website. My design was one of 1 of 18 winners, out of a total of 304 designs submitted! Woo hoo!

Pratt Family Christmas Card

This is the 2010 Christmas card I designed by request from my mom. She wanted a "vintage" feel too it, which means you can never go wrong using a damask print (which I still love, even now that it's been around for quite a while). We stuck with traditional Christmas colors but kept them rich and added a bit of brown--which I feel helped hold together the vintage feel.

2010 Christmas Card

Yes, we are fully aware that we are "those" types of weirdos who include our dog in our Christmas card photo. But really...how can you not with a face like that? This year I suppose I wanted something a little less-traditional and more playful as far as colors, wording and graphics went. (Last year's can be seen here). I really liked how "clean" it turned out and the red and turquoise gave the suggestion of the holiday season, w/o having to scream "IT'S CHRISTMAS!"

Hailey + Justin : Thank You Note

As a follow up to Hailey and Justin's wedding, I was asked to design a thank you card, including a photo of them on their wedding day, that they could send to their guests who attended. We again, like the wedding invitation, used their colors and made their wedding photo their main element.

May

Another raffle reminder for my department at work. I realize these "reminders" aren't super exciting and rather simple, but I really loved the colors in this one & thought they appropriately fit the "anything summer" theme. Besides, I enjoy any excuse to design. Big or small, extravagant or simple!

The Lost Art

It seems the only thing I get in the mail now-days is junk, making a trip to the mailbox less exciting than it's probably ever been. Not that I ever got anything super exciting in mail before now, aside from Christmas time when making a trip to the mailbox is a bit more enjoyable with the anticipation of perhaps a Christmas card from friends or family. I decided I wanted to try to bring back the "lost art" of traditional, old-school communication via mail. Our lives are so busy and technology has became so convenient that we rarely make a sincere and thoughtful attempt to communicate with those we love. So I've designed a few "just because" cards that I am going print, HAND-write a note in, and send to those who I rarely get a chance to catch up with but cross my mind throughout the busy days. Besides, wouldn't it be such a fun surprise to find something bright and cheery like this pop up in your mailbox one day!? When was the last time you received a handwritten note, aside from the holidays, from someone who just wanted to say 'hello'? I bet it's been a LONG time.

Thank You Card

I thought this was a great idea, although I can't take all of the credit for it. Once I delivered the shower invites (seen in last post) the lady who is throwing the party asked if I could created a thank you card based on the shower invite that she could give to the bride-to-be as a gift. What a great idea! It can be very tedious writing thank you notes and I loved the idea of having them coordinate with the original shower invite. We left some space below the type where the bride can sign her name to give it a little more personal touch.

Valentine's 2010

I love any excuse to make "pretty" treats and give to people, and Valentine's Day happens to be one of those excuses. Not only do I love making the treat itself look cute, I especially love packaging, tagging, and adding my own special details to them. (Luckily I work with a whole office full of women who can appreciate this obsession). This year my mom and I chocolate-dipped and pink-sprinkled Oreo cookies, put them in bags, tied them with an appropriate "red lipstick kiss" ribbon and finished it off with a tag I designed. I loved the typography used for the tag, I thought it looked clean and simple yet still created the Valentine day theme using words and colors reminiscent of the holiday .

2009 Christmas Card

I love sending and receiving Christmas cards in the mail. I love it because it seems so "old fashioned" with all the technology today (blogging, email, facebook). How often do you really get a good, old, straight from the heart, piece of mail in your mailbox? Not often enough! I love the surprise of it all and it's become such a rare occasion. Here is the Christmas card I designed to send out this year for Brad and I.