Went to a wedding today....it was awesome!

Meet Mr. & Mrs. Javier Martinez!

They were married today in a very nice ceremony with close family in attendance.

Congratulations to them.

They are having a reception celebration on the roof top of a natural history museum.  Should be a great fun time.  Dia de los Muertos theme. I'll post photos.

 

Mr & Mrs Javier Martinez
(skull image source internet)

 

An added bonus was hanging out with this little guy! He was adorable today!

 

Me & Kalen

 

Javier & Anne's reception invites...all done.

This is the drawing I came up with after talking to Javi & Anne.  I touched it up some and rearranged them so they were standing more evenly.  The paper is cream puff shade from Cards & Pockets.  I love the texture of their card stock.

 

I added a red border design and a banner.  I really really like the outcome.  I used my drawing and found the Brain Flower font that was perfect for their invites.  I'm digging the font.  I was able to get two invites to a card stock sheet.  I love my printer Canon Pro 9000, makes printing easy.

 

printing

 

cutting

scoring

 

final score with bone folder

They like the Mexican papel picado banners.  I found one on the internet I was able to use on their envelops.  I finished with printing their return addresses on the back.

 

 printed envelopes

 

Congratulations of Javi & Anne.  Now on to reception decorating ideas and projects....heading to venue this week.  They're having their event on a rooftop!

 

Tip - using the right tools makes the job easy, but investing in the best right tools is smart.

On to the next project

I'm working on wedding invitations with the Day of the Dead theme.   I did some research and there are a million skeleton images.  It's endless the designs out there.  I took different parts from different on line clipart/images.  I plan to add a three dimensional embellishments to the final invite.  I'm liking what I have so far.

 

Wedding gift full of hearts

As you may remember I've been helping with a library themed wedding reception.  Their wedding was yesterday and it was wonderful.

 

Beautiful couple

I decided to make them a gift using hearts stamped out of their love paper.  The colors were ivory and navy.

Punched hearts out of their love paper and navy card stock.

Added two hearts with their names and wedding dates.

 

I mounted the hearts on a piece of beautiful ivory card stock that has a metallic sheen to it. 

 

I had seen these types of framed heart artwork on line and they can be pricey, but I found the white square shadow box frame on sale at a good price.  I had all the card stock, heart punch and glue dots, so the gift mainly took time.  I was really pleased with it.  I wrapped it in brown grocery style paper and used more hearts to write our names on it.  I forgot to get a photo!