Travel Themed Wedding Program and Cards

I very much enjoyed making some travel themed collateral for Riz and Elliot's wedding this past weekend.  I do love to embrace a theme!

Wedding Totebags

So my bag making has been on a roll and I might buy the rights to the fonts and open an Etsy store in time for wedding season - thoughts?

Bachelorette Treat Bags!

I bought these super cute canvas drawstring bags from Paper Mart to make treat bags for my friend's Bachelorette party this past weekend!  When I moved I sent my Yudu to go live with my mother and was kicking myself because I wanted to personalize the bags.  Luckily I found a couple of packs of Avery Iron On Transfers just lying around the apartment and they seemed to work nicely.

 I created and printed my design (don't forget to flip the image)

Then I cut it on and placed it on the bags.

Directions said to iron the transfer for 3 minutes and then I let it sit before peeling off.

The finished products!

I filled them with some candy and random games + props that I found at Urban Outfitters

People seemed to enjoy them (including myself!)

Double Birthday Invites!

I can't believe that my daughter will be one year old next month!  Wow, time really does move quickly!  We're in the midst of planning the birthday and Audrey is lucky enough to share her Birthday month with her best cousin Avery!  Below is the dual Birthday invite that I created for my two favorite ladies!

Bridal Shower - I failed at my DIY Giant Balloons With Tassels

Who isn't obsessed with Geronimo Giant Balloons with the tassels?  I think I've been talking about them for years.. Well, I thought now would be a nice time to try them out and found a DIY Tutorial on Sweet Thing's Blog.

I went bonkers buying tissue paper, ribbon and silver mylar from Jam Paper and Paper Source and then waited until my husband was away on business and baby was asleep to start making my tassels!

I had purchased 3 foot balloons from Balloonmaniacs.com and had them blown up at clothing store on the Upper West Side for $5 a balloon.  So excited a rushed home to attach my tassels and you know what? It weighed the ballooon down.  Complete failure!  Why hasn't anyone addressed this before?  Am I the only one that has failed?

Here is my husband holding up the balloon in an effort to make me feel better - it didn't work.. Does anyone have any feedback?

Bridal Shower - The Flowers

I found the picture below that would serve as my flower inspiration.

 

  

I ordered white roses and green hydrangeas from Global Rose and they were just beautiful!  I live in a NYC apartment with a toddler so had to store them in my bathroom!

 

I made small tight arraignments in my glittered rose bowls.

 

And added Air Plants that I found at Plant Shed on 96th Street to add a masculine touch!

The finished product!

Bridal Shower - Glitter Vases

In December I saw this picture on Daily Candy and pinned it for a future event, not knowing what that would be..

Always of fan of decoupage, I took to glittering some rose bowls that I found at my mother's house for my friend's bridal shower!

I just painted on the decoupage and used some thick silver glitter that I bought at Michaels.

The finished product!

Bridal Shower Invites - Some other options!

Before we decided on a travel theme, below are some of the invites that I made for my friend's bridal shower but that we didn't use!

Travel Themed Bridal Shower - Invites

Sorry for the delay!  The travel themed invite that I went with is below! I lined aubergine envelopes from Paper Source with their Cavallini World Map Wrapping Paper.  What do you think?

Travel Themed Bridal Shower Invites

I'm a nutcase and spent hours working up different travel themed invites for my friend's co-ed travel themed shower.. Which one do you like best?  I'll reveal the one that we choose tomorrow.

Version 1: Bon Voyage

Version 2: Suitcases

Version3:  NY State of Mind

 Version 4:  Airline Ticket

Version 5: Passport Stamps

Version 6: Air Mail

Version 7: Airplane  + Calligraphy