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.

Asher's Baptism Decorations

After a couple of months looking at the web and finally deciding I wanted a rustic (country) feel for Asher's baptism with mason jars, burlap, wild flowers etc, we, after looking at home decorations, we decided to do modern country instead. Hubby really wanted brown table clothes instead of white ones and after going to IKEA yesterday, I found these lime green table runners. They were a bit bright, but with a baby event rather than a wedding, I thought it looked really nice with the brown. Andrés thought it was rather woodsy feeling (which I really liked since that went along with our tree and owl theme). I just needed to add a pop of blue around the tables. I was going to wrap these owl fabrics round our seedlings favors and place them inside the pots, double duty as a favor and as decorations! Any suggestions, let me know. Send pictures to me via email and I can post them up!

Hand Pressed Wax Seals, really?

Yes, that's true! We individually hand press each of our wax seals to our invitations. No need for you to do it! It all started on our wedding invitations back in 2003. We love love love the interactivity of our invitations and the anticipation each one brought to our guests. We brought this feeling to our passionpaper invitations as well, adding texture, pattern, beauty and balance. ~ Enjoy and Happy Tuesday!

Asher's Baptism Event - Bird Houses

So with the theme of woodland/nature for our son's baptismal event, we wanted some decorations in the backyard. Initially, I wanted white paper lanterns, but it seems way too off on our theme. We finally thought about birdhouses--owls live in owl houses or barns, right? We know the birdhouses that we buy in craft stores are birdhouses, but we think people will get it, plus they are super cute.

Our redwood trees out back:

We added red roofs for a "barn like" look:

Asher's Baptism Invitations - Final!

Hello,

So after our first attempt on Asher's baptismal artwork, I created another one with a subtle cross hanging from the tree. I also have a new technique, hand painting each card for each of our guests. Each guests will also receive a unique and different handmade paper pocketfold that contains an rsvp set, godparents, and direction card.  Enjoy! I sure did!