Mexico here we come!

So I finally made it to the honeymoon. Those couple of months in between our wedding and honeymoon felt like years in my world. Though I have to admit to Jen, and everyone else there that told me to wait for the honeymoon, that they were right. It was nice to look forward to something after the wedding.

Our trip to Mexico was lovely. We stayed in a cabana on the beach and literally drank the best mojitos and ate the best guacamole I ever had in my life. Our eco-chic cabana (aka: no AC no TV) was literally 20 steps from the beach. If you ever go to Tulum, Mexico, I recommend to stay at La Zebra. It was beautiful; pristine beaches, friendly staff, and amazing food. Keep in mind though, Tulum is not very large town and therefore it seems rather sleepy. If you want to get away from it all, then by all means, go here.

I'm just going to post a few pictures from the trip. We figured we owed you a new post, since it's been a few weeks since our last one. Jen has had family in town and our honeymoon took a good chunk of July, so we'll be back on track by next week. On a good note, we have been pretty busy w/ an upcoming wedding, so we'll get those pics out soon.

Until then, imagine you are on the beach and you can feel the cool wind coming off the Mexican Caribbean and the soft, white sand between your toes. Have a Corona to get in the mood if you have to!

~LG(T)

Going Green.

Just when you thought we had done all we could do with green-on-green, we've taken it even further. For Lisa and Justin's July 4th weekend post-wedding celebration in her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA, we wanted the invitations to have the same personality of the Savannah invitations, but not quite as formal. Maybe, just the chiller, laxer cousin of the originals? With a little P-Burgh flair, of course.So we called in the fabric troops once again, and recycled the placemats from Lisa's wedding to make some awesummerific Pittsburgh invitations. I tell ya, we've gotten some major mileage on these bad boys—literally: they've gone from Atl--> SF--> Atl--> Sav--> Atl-->SF --> Pitt. Whew.

The way I figure, they'll carry all the good times and fun memories from Lisa's wedding with them to the reception in Pittsburgh. :)

} jp-c

Guacamole, Mojitos and Margaritas. Oh my.

Only one more month until Justin and I leave for our honeymoon. If anyone ever asks your opinion about taking a honeymoon right after the wedding or waiting, tell them to go right after the wedding. Jen and her husband had a month between their wedding and honeymoon and loved the idea of having something to look forward to. They totally suggested we do the same and others agreed. Don't get me wrong, I like having a little motivation to make the weeks pass by quickly, but I'm the kind of person who hates to wait. I can't stand waiting in lines, at a traffic light, or even for the end of a movie sometimes. I always read the first and last page of a book when I'm deciding to buy it. (I can tell many of you are cringing at that thought right now.) But the point is, this past month and this upcoming month are DRAGGING. July cannot come soon enough. I can't wait to get my toes in that soft, white Mexican, eat guacamole till my heart's content, and drink my worries away with mojitos and margaritas. Until then, I'll just have to live vicariously through the travel channel and the YouTube videos of Tulum that Justin keeps making watch before we fall asleep every night.

A current client we are working on, has me definitely thinking about travel as well. Her wedding is next year on the beaches of Florida, but she wanted to have a travel theme for her invites since she and her fiance both love to travel and have lived in numerous countries. (Her fiance is from England, she's from the States.) We already created her Save the Dates, and are working on her actual invitations right now. She wanted something fun to symbolize their love of travel, so we thought a plane ticket would be a cute tie-in to their theme.

We actually used one of her old plane tickets as a model for the Save the Date.

Our client also wanted a little logo for her theme, so we created this "Love is in the air" logo.

This side actually was perforated like a real ticket.

So, if anyone has some good suggestions on how to make time go a little faster for me, I'd truly appreciate it. Normally I can't believe how fast the months fly by, but I guess I really need a vacation!

~LG(T)

The Big Debut

So the big day came and went. It was a hot, steamy day in May but it was soooo much fun and was such an amazing time that I wish I could get married every month (minus the planning headaches and money issue). Everyone commented on how great the decorations looked and even my wedding planner said she absolutely loved them and thought our ideas were very unique. (Score for Farewell!) So, here are the pics. I have yet to get photos back from my photographer, but he just had a baby boy about two weeks ago, so he's been kinda busy.... Enjoy!

Set up for the wedding. Green fans and cute, little green puffs.

The guys before the wedding.


Me and my dad.


This is where we had the reception. It's an amazing organic restaurant. If you are in Savannah, GO here!! You won't regret it.

Set up at Cha Bella.

Our arrival at the reception.

Our menu board.



Our amazing desserts, thanks to tsp. bakery.





Paying homage to our dog, Harley, who couldn't be there.

Finally, all the vintage glass in action!

More overall decorations.

Take out boxes and Cupcake stands

So I promised to post about the cupcake stands that I created for my wedding desserts. And while I was at it, I thought I would also talk about the cute little take out boxes I created for all the cookies I made for my wedding as well. (Being that this blog is about paper and not plates). So, I wanted quite the large dessert table, and instead of just having one large cupcake tier, I decided to make several stands of various heights to put all my little desserts on. The take out boxes were an added touch, so that guests could take home the left overs. I just put our little logo on the boxes (which I printed out on my epson using regular sticker paper) and made the boxes pretty quickly. They turned out to be pretty cute! Oh, and I got the boxes from uline in case anyone wants to order them. They were very cheap! Here are the boxes:

The cupcake stands were also easy to make. It was just a matter of finding the right plates. I scoured many thrift stores and yard sales for the perfect plates. Low and behold, Ikea had these plates and they were under $8 a piece! I just bought several sizes and colors that coordinated w/ my decor. While I was looking for the plates, I was also keeping my eye out for any kind of "stand" that I could spray paint. The stand part needed to be thicker on the bottom, so the whole piece wouldn't tip over, and I found that vases and candle holders were the best candidates for this job. If you are going to try this yourself, just be sure the candle holders are flush w/ the ground and aren't too curvy on either end. If it is, the plate will be wobbly.


I was going to glue the bases to the plates, but after realizing I had to ship most of this stuff to Savannah, I thought it best to just tape the two pieces together with painters tape. I did a trial run to see if the stand would hold up and they did! So, use tape. It's way easier and less messy than glue and you don't have to wait for anything to dry. Once I taped all the pieces together and turned them over, the stands were complete. Easy Peasy!

So, some of you may be wondering why I'm not posting pics yet from my wedding (since it was last weekend). I'll do that next post. Especially since I want to showcase all of the little paper details of the wedding. I felt like there were a ton, but that's probably because I was working on it for so long! Stay tuned.

-LG