Projects I will try....

sometime in my life.

I have a binder where I keep all my things that inspire me. I haven't been to this binder in a while, but every so often i see something that I love and have to catalog to do next year or so...

here is one of those items


I am on plan to continue this posting whenever I can, so it should be a feature :)

HateMail

Who knew hate mail could be SO FUN!

I love this girl!  She is hilarious!  Such a great sense of humor!!  Too funny!!

carolleedesigns.etsy.com

What do you do when you can't sleep?

Apparently.

I blog and design. Not like I don't have a full-time job and a family or anything. I just can't sleep... oh and I've been on the dang computer all day... you'd think I'd have enough! But we don't have tv... so this will have to do...

I've been wanting to put together a punky kind of invitations for more of the offbeat bride... but I'm not really liking what I've got... I need more inspiration and a better hand at freehand illustrator!

Here's a sneak peak at my unhappiness...
(ps I never put something up for the sake of it...)

Work in Progress

I've just joined an awesome new Street Team, Etsy Paper.

I've also been working on this layout. It wasn't what I started with AT ALL and it might not be what I end up with, but let me tell you I'm in love...

Something about the tiffany-esque blue and white. It always gets me.

I also printed out an item just to make sure print quality was up to par, and let me tell you my dears, my little HP did great! But I definitely need a new blade on my paper slicer!
It worked so well, I had a sit down with the husband and asked what he thought about offering printing services too. He reminded me that the whole point of offering digital files was to keep costs down.

I agree. I want brides and grooms to pay a lot for the parts of the wedding they really want to remember like the great photos and the wonderful foods and the fantastic band they could hire. It is bad enough when invitations are incredibly expensive too! Sometimes who you know can get them for you cheaper and even get you to a printer cheaper. Plus, if you use a local shop you are supporting your local economy and that always makes me happy :)

I *am* however getting my screen printing kit. Either my gocco or a temporary unit for my gift tags. The printer doesn't like to handle some of my vintage finds... oh well :)

Ciao!!

Custom Design

I wanted to share this custom design I just did for my one of my best friends and her fiance'. She is a total DIY Bride!!
This is an idea for their Save the Date card that I created for them. It is different from their invitations because I believe they wanted to share with their friends and family how John proposed, can you guess?? It was a great story, Cheers to you guys!

Newly Listed!!

Wedding Stationary! For the DIY Bride!! Well, not completely do it yourself, but close enough.

My hope is to be able to deliver a quality product to brides that they can then take to a print house, maybe a family friend or a local shop and get their invitations and the lot printed off - saving them bookoo bucks!

Take a look see!!
not shown is the personalized stationary

Where the heck have I been?

I am actually team leader for the Florida Etsy Street Team, aka FEST, and have been incredibly busy, but I am actually starting to get back to my stuff!!

I'm rearranging the store a bit though! Paper Scissors Art was meant to be a found objects and cool things store. I have another store called Girlhysterical that I used to sell jewelry on, but haven't had ANYTIME for that. Now that I am getting moved into my tiny shared studio space I am trying to reorganize a bit.

That means that my shops are going to need to be reorganized as well! But that probably won't happen until the end of the year or beginning of 2008!

Some things I've listed, but will be shifted are my Urban, Experiential, style photos.
This one will be a Christmas present to my brother.