Veronica and Veronica - Quinceanera

Hi Veronicas, Here are your final invitations. 70 of them are in English with the blue turquoise petal and 30 of them are in Spanish with the lighter teal turquoise petal. I can't get a great color photo of the lighter turquoise so it might look a little more green than turquoise.

What are we working on this week?

We haven't posted for a while! Yes, it's been a while since we have the other blog http://passionpaper-creation.blogspot.com/ for all our current projects. I guess this blog could be things that we're currently thinking of that's not part of our passionpaper client projects.

I've been thinking alot about 2017, mostly that it's coming up soon! We've been so busy with our current designs and with the help of clients creating custom wedding invitations , there hasn't been time to actually create new designs for our invitation shop. Now, I'm at it again. Looking at different places for inspiration, ideas etc. Interior design and home living are places I look at for inspiration. My home decoration changes constantly and that should also reflect my invitation designs. My husband is baffled at times when I'm redoing the pillow covers or artwork. Currently we just repainted our bathroom wall color to a grey blue color, inspiration from our trip to Portland.

But, if you have suggestions, please feel free to comment! I would love to get your ideas on what inspires you and what you think will be good trend setter for 2017. 

As of now, I'll post back on some artwork I'll be working on and the invitation suites that will become our invitation collection for 2017! Come back soon. Thanks for reading!

Beth

Beth's whimsical tropical invitations

Rebecca

Final Invitation of Vibrant Watercolor Flowers

Alexis

Hi Alexis,

Here's your Mexico Invitation with Natural starfish with Indigo petal pochette and also the inside of it.

New Inspiration!

We've been busy lately with new and exciting projects here at Passion Paper! Our extensive collection of Beach and Tropical invitations are always an inspiration for destination brides from California to Thailand! Here are a couple of things we've been working on, Patricia's daughter's Sweet Sixteenth Tiffany and Ocean Union Inspired. I love her quote that they have placed on the outside tag:


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Life is Like Dance, You learn as you go, Sometimes you lead, Sometimes you follow, But Always, Always Dance!"

We are also on the works of creating some new and exciting artwork this coming year, one of which are elegant abstract paintings. We've also included some new detailing such as hand painted gold details along with our artwork. Here's a sample of Lyndsey's invitations. I really really love how these are coming out!

We're also creating a new baby line,  called "Nest". This artwork I created for my very close friend Emmy. I think it came out super sweet!

Vibrant Colors

A popular trend in the studio is vibrant colors! Check out Andrea's St. Thomas Invitations - Vibrant yellow cover with fuchsia wax seal!

Ordering Invitations

In Passion Paper, when should you start your invitation process?

You should mail your invites 6-8 weeks prior to your event date.

So here's a quick sheet for you:

Gothic Fun!

Halloween! This reminded me of an invitation for Christian's Haunted House Celebration. Enjoy! We had a lot of of fun working on these!

Color Trends for Spring and Summer 2011

2011 is approaching fast! Many of you have started your process on ordering and having us create custom and unique invitations! We are so very excited! 

Just a little about my design philosophy...I am a designer by trade (went to a university with a visual emphasize, studied the appropriate design apps, went to work as a designer then an art director and now this...) and although I look at design, print and interior/architecture magazines and books, I try not to be "trendy". As a designer I go with my own design instincts, base things on color wheels (can you believe we actually used this to analyze emotions at some point), and my emotions.

I rely on the brides and grooms to choose their colors for their wedding because it is their day. So far, I've noticed  a huge range of color choices, from deeply natural (ivory, coral, browns and greens) to vibrant rich colors (turquoise, yellow, dark orange)...a broader range from our usual....so I'm wondering why is that?


According to Sherwin-Williams for 2011 color thread "Status is no longer about consumption, it is about personal identity and ColorMix 2011 evokes that sense of uniqueness."..."celebrate individualism-a trend toward not being trendy at all." Well said.


I've actually heard a similar notion from Benjamin Moore as well...


Here are some of the colors from Sherwin Williams. I've included not the title, but mostly the "emotion" that's tied to the colors. Some of these colors are already showing up on our 2011 client list. I honestly love all these color choices. They are all so unique and individual and evoke so much emotion.

Enjoy,


-r.










Please also view the site:
http://www.sherwin-williams.com/pro/paint_colors/explore/paint_color_trends/2011/


And these links for more info.
http://designholeonline.com/2009/balanced-color-benjamin-moores-color-forecast-for-2011/
http://thedecorologist.com/wp/sherwin-williams-2011-color-forecast


Some content were taking directly from some of these blogs and site. Thank you.