Blush + mauve + cream + white inspiration board

We just recently worked with jade on her custom nautical invitation. Her initial idea was all white and cream but later on told us she had hints of pink in her flowers. After some research, we found some beautiful inspirational images from the theknot.com, eluckme.com, kellyoshiroevents.com and of course jade's nautical sand dollar invitations using blush, mauve, some cream and white wedding colors. These colors are hot, hot, hot this season, according to the knot! Enjoy!

Earth Day ~ Part I ~ Life

Besides Passion Paper, I wanted to introduce to you that we also have 2 adorable children, a 3 month old and a 3 year old. Honestly, besides recycling and trying not to be as wasteful as possible at our home and studio (that's another post), I, as an individual, haven't really been doing my research on sustainable, eco-friendly or organic products out there until now.
I guess it all started off when my husband and I started looking for a new mattress a couple of weeks ago. Honestly, I was just concerned about how comfortable the mattress would be. My husband, my ever loving one who is so much more aware about these things, started telling me about Keetsa. I just shrugged and didn't really care too much about it because I haven't heard about this company before. So off we went to San Francisco, almost going through a one way street the other way and finally found the place at ninth street. When I came in, it was a totally different experience from the Mancini's or sleep trains. Although the place was small and smelling of green tea, there were more people in there than any place we've been to.



As posted on their site, "A Better Matresss for You and the Environment" A third of your life is spent in bed trying to achieve renewal for tomorrow. Keetsa brings you eco-friendly sleep products designed to help you get the rest you need while not taking a bite out of your wallet or the environment."

I did some research on traditional mattresses and can you believe that we are inhaling carcinogenic substances such as benzene, methylene chloride, and formaldehyde from traditional mattresses out there? Also found in searchwarp.com, "Toxic substances in mattresses could also come from the fire-retardant component of the mattress. Some brands use generic fire retardants that have been found to consist of potentially inhalable carcinogenic agents such as antimony and boric acid."

So after much research, we are going with keetsa. The whole bed was even transported in a box that you can easily take home in your car or truck, no delivery trucks or anything! So what happened to our old mattress and bed? We sold it at Craigslist. Another couple wanted it for their guestroom. Thank goodness it's not in the dump somewhere and instead is being reused again :-)!

So after all this, I've been purchasing organic materials for our little babies. As for Passion Paper, we do limit coated/metallic papers and use either lokta, mulberry or banana papers...papers that are natural and recyclable. More on that in our next postings - Earth Day - Part II - Passion Paper Materials

Happy Earth Day/Week!

Fantastic Day!

Yay! we just received an email from Kara, from Bridal Crate Wedding News Magazine,
"Just a quick note to let you know that we consider your company Wedding Newsworthy! Congratulations...we love your work! We also gave you a 4 Crate Star, which means your website is Excellent-Outstanding! Here is the link to your personal article:

http://www.bridalcratemagazine.com/the-vendors-news/2010/4/13/passion-paper.html

We also just received a rave review from Diwata and Eric. We created their coral pink Coral themed invitations and save the dates.
Here's their review:

Hi Raquel,

We received our wedding invitations yesterday. We just want to say "THANK YOU!" We love how the inviations turned out. They are so beautiful and unique. The custom coral image you did was amazing. It puts a smile on my face everytime I open the invitation.

Thanks again Raquel! So glad I found you! I'll definately recommend you to all my family and friends.

Your happy customers,

Diwata & Erik


Have a fantastic day everyone!

What are we up to?

We've been quite busy these past couple of months. With the new addition to our family and the wedding season in full gear, life and business has been hectic. More than usual, people are requesting for more customized work. I am so happy and excited about these new creations! Here are a couple of ones that we just finished and shipped. I've included the client's inspirational images to give us a better view of their dream invitation. I've also included some other ones from our portfolio that's customized with their colors in mind. Enjoy!

Debbie's Palm Tree Inspired Invitations. Images on the left are ones she has sent us for inspiration.



Elise's Modern Tropical Stargazer Lily Invitations. Some of the images she has sent us for inspiration:


Loren's Simply Romantic Invitations. Her flowers were our inspiration for colors



Teresa's beautiful white and aqua with starfish invitations



Carol's 25th anniversary invitation - Palm Tree artwork inspired