Jill + Shane

Here is yet another in my latest wedding invitation designs. A few months ago I did an invitation for Shelly's daughter Alicia (seen here), and I was so excited when she called me up again to design another invitation, this time for her daughter Jill. Returning customers are always such a great compliment!

Jill and Shane knew exactly what they wanted when I met with them and I loved the design they had in mind. They chose a z-fold layout (seen below) & their wedding colors were turquoise and a tangerine-like orange. The cover and inside spread of the invitation was all about the photos, which I thought was fun and unique from what I've done in the past. The "back cover" and spread consisted of the balloon photo and a fun dot design I put together including their names and wedding date. Best wishes to Jill & Shane in the future!


Cover (left panel) which opens up into the front side spread:

"Back cover" which opens up into the design, wedding colors, names & date:



Z-Fold layout


Ceremony insert:

Shaylee + Krieg

This is one of the few wedding invites I've been working on lately.

Shaylee requested the layout I did for Kellie & Brian's announcement, (seen printed here), and incorporated their colors which were a really dark purple, baby blue, & chocolate brown. I love when people have unique color schemes for their wedding to include in the announcement, it makes my part a lot of fun and helps bring about some creativity.

I think they turned out great and both Shaylee & Krieg were wonderful to work with, especially considering the whole design & printing process was done through long distance communication as they live down in Blanding. As always I was grateful for the designing opportunity and want wish them the best on their wedding day!
Outside spread:

Inside spread:

Cristie & Kole Photos

Although I'm no pro, after the Vincent kids' photo shoot my friend Cristie asked if I would take some photos of her and her son Kole, so we loaded up and headed to the farm and got these adorable pics. Isn't he a cutie with that grin & his mom so photogenic? Sure helps an amateur like myself.

Vincent Kids

Takin' a shot at photography. (Pun intended).

Vincent Kids: Preview

This cutie belongs to a friend who was persistent in her request that I take some photographs of her kids (she has two other cuties who we got great shots of as well).
Although I tried to explain to her that most of my photography thus far, as little as it is, has consisted mostly of stationary, pre-posed objects (such as trees, buildings, etc), she still wanted me to give it a try.

Here is just a taste from the shoot. I must say, I think I even surprised myself....it does help though to have great kids (who are stinkin' cute) to take photos of....so I can't take full credit. :0) (Stay tuned! More to come soon!)

"Proclamation" Designs: Temples

I've had a lot of compliments on these "Proclamation to the World" designs and decided I'd make a couple generic ones that include a pic of temples in place of photos of individuals. When framed these make wonderful wedding gifts! The first designs are Provo & Salt Lake. More to come!

Susan's Bridal Shower Invite = Hello Nebraska!

I was super excited when I received a call from Gayle, a woman who had attended the last bridal shower that I designed an invite for, who wanted me to design an invite for a bridal shower that is to be held in Nebraska. That's right folks, Purple Paisley has ventured to Nebraska! Who would've thought? My most recent projects have all came about via word of mouth & I'm very grateful for those who are out there spreading the word!

Gayle told me the bride was using an aqua blue and Gerber daisies along with the colors associated with them & she wanted the invite to reflect that theme. I LOVE the way these turned out! I have had so much fun with bright & vivid colors lately.