New Years Resolutions (A month late)

With every new year comes new resolutions. Last year we really didn't have any, we just knew we wanted to get our business up and running and prayed that things would run smoothly. But since we are one year older (and wiser) we thought it best to at least make a list of promises to ourselves and our clients to help us stay on track for 2010.

1. We promise to update, update, update. The last 2 months have been a bit hectic. Our Jingle and Mingle event was a success, we have had more orders come in for custom wedding suites, and of course, we have been working diligently to get my Save the Dates out the door for my wedding in May. With all that going on, we've been kinda slack in the updating department, so we promise more updates come in the near future. Stay tuned for my Save the Dates and other fun custom work that we have been working on.

2. We promise more social networking. Tweeting, face-booking, blogging and all that is like a second job! (I guess this kinda goes back to number 1, so we'll keep on top of that.) Jen just got a beautiful camera for her birthday from her dad, so we know we'll have great pictures to show of our work soon. She just needs to figure out how to work the dang thing. ha ha.

3. We promise to get more of our retail cards into stores this year. The Jingle and Mingle event gave us the taste of the boutique retail world and we loved it. We cannot wait to get started on our very own line of cards. We have so many ideas floating around in our heads and so many scribbled pieces of notebook paper full of sketches that we know our new work will be enjoyed by everyone... at least we hope so! We'll keep documentation of what is going on with that part of our business as well, so I guess that goes back to number 1 and 2 of our list... again.

There are some big things happening with Farewell and I guess the main point of this whole blog is to let everyone know that we'll do our very best to keep updating. I mean, we are making our resolutions and throwing them out into cyberspace, so we have to be accountable for what we say on here, right?

We just wanted to add a quick note of thanks our friends, family, and fans. We totally appreciate the endless love and support and we can't wait to see what happens in 2010.

-LG

Jingling & Mingling

Thanks everybody, for coming to our Jingle & Mingle event that was held last Thursday evening at Urban Cottage. It was such a fun night and it was truly heartwarming to see all of our friends and family supporting us. The ladies at Urban Cottage did an amazing job as well. They not only made our card display look awesome, but they made great food and cocktails that kept the party going well after the event was scheduled to be over. Here are a few pictures of our Farewell display in the store, along with some snapshots of us with the lovely co-owner, Jessica.

New work: Baby Shower Invites

Another baby shower! This was a fun invite to create since the mom-to-be doesn't know if she's having a baby boy or girl. Green and yellow were the colors chosen by our client, but we wanted to add a unique twist to the pieces, so we used chocolate brown accents and stitching. The mom is a very classy lady and has a great sense of humor, so the damask pattern combined with the "Baby Whitaker" line made this invite perfect for the occasion.

Fun little stitching details

Jingle & Mingle

Thursday, December 3rd, we are having our first ever trunk show at Urban Cottage in the Virginia Highlands. Urban Cottage is lovely store filled with everything we would ever want to put in our houses. From the furniture, to the linens, to the candles and soaps they offer, every time we go in, it's hard not to leave empty handed. Over the past few months we have become good friends with the owner, Jessica, and some of the ladies that work there. We tossed around the idea of selling holiday cards and Jessica was nice enough to host an event at her store. Here are the details:

December 3rd
6:30-9:30pm

• Store wide discounts at Urban Cottage

• Holy Vino will also have their jelly wine for sampling (yum)

• Festive drinks ;)
  

• Tasty snacks

• Holiday music

• Event give-aways

It will be a fun time and a great way to kick off the shopping season. Think about it, no malls, no lines, no fighting for a parking spot... So please come out if you can and support local businesses. If you can't make it, be sure to check out some of our holiday cards that will be posted on Etsy shortly after the event.

-LG

300

Finally! A quick break to blog to everyone about the newest work that is coming out of our studio. Today we are featuring programs for an Indian wedding that is coming up in a few short weeks. These have been quite the labor of love, but we are so pleased with how they turned out. The gold paper is a fun touch that really makes these programs pop. These pictures were taken during the beginning stage of the process. At the time we were cutting, scoring, folding, and gluing beads to 300 programs. More to post with the second half later this week.

-LG

Our bad.

It's been very busy lately. And that's a good thing! Between weddings, Bar Mitzvah's, baby showers and working on our hoilday cards, things have been a bit hectic and we've been slacking in the social networking department. Our apologies. We'll try harder. We promise. We'll have lots to talk about, too, especially since we'll be working on my wedding invitations, but I vow not to bore everyone with all the details in the planning process.

Anywho, please be patient with us. We'll keep in touch.

Baby Love

We absolutely love this new baby shower invitation we made for a dear and near friend of ours. She wanted something with two little birds in the color scheme of chocolate brown and pink. We couldn't have been happier with the results and our client loved them too!