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!

Asher's Baptism Artwork - First Attempt

Here's my first attempt at Asher's baptism artwork. We wanted a woodland/forest theme. I had a cross on the branch, but A (my husband) didn't get it :-(. Oh well. I will have to redo and see what I come up with. I do like my little owl. We actually have an owl living in our redwood tree so that's what triggered the idea. My little boy's eyes are also huge! I'll be doing a pen and ink, as shown, and when printed I'll be doing a watercolor splash...a new technique for us! Stay tuned...

Studio Works this week (August 9-13)

It's been a very busy week. So many bottles, so many ribbons! Jodi's light pink stargazer lily petal pochette invitations with triple ribbons! Nicole and David's custom beach initials with a new! white shell necklace. I really adore this idea! This shell necklace is like jewelry for this bottle! Hue and Adams custom tropical palm tree with vatican artwork bottles and down below, Kim and Jim's Botanical Love Birds of Paradise invitations. Off to the post office tomorrow to send some of the invitations to their guests! Whew! What a week!

Asher's Baptism - Part I

Hello! So with the studio working hard, we're also planning our son's baptism that's coming up this October. We've decided to do a whisical, woodland theme with trees, natural elements, flowers and owls. Colors would be white, light blue and some yellow. Our little baby will be wearing a traditional barong tagalog outfit from the Philippines and food would be Mexican. We're combining both filipino and mexican/american traditions into his event. The reception will be at our background that's very forest like with 2 huge redwood trees! Here's my inspiration board for some images I found. I just finished his drawing for his invitations. That image is coming up soon! I wanted a tree, an owl in a sketch feel like the tree with birdhouses. Decorations filled with flowers in mason or glass jars found around the house and baby food jars filled with candles. Our linens will be white with probably a burlap accent, like shown below and some bunting decorations and flowy banners...

Studio Works

Hello, here's what's brewing today at Passion Paper!

Kimberli's grapeleaf invitations. She decided on the sisel ribbon. It really gives it that natural look!

Stephanie's sketch of her and Donald:

Finishing up Amanda's Ocean Union II invitations. Also on the works Hue's palm tree small bottle invites and Nicole's large beach initials bottle invites. 

Enjoy!

Retro...vintage...modern...

Hello! I just wanted to share a board with you of something Rose and I are creating. I keep thinking it's a concoction of retro/vintage/modern feel to this board. I created this 3-d red poppy/flower (any color may be substituted) and used metallic papers and textured papers to give it that simple yet modern look with a touch of shabby whimsiness...is that even a word? For the inside, stay tuned. I'm thinking more simple, but still stylized.

enjoy!
~r.

Monday...Monday!

Happy Monday! I recently received two fabulous reviews from our clients this weekend, one from Sabrina who bought a custom Ocean Union Petal Pochette invitation and one from the bride's mother, Ileana, a custom white calla lilies and tulip beach inspired invitations. I enjoyed both of them very much. Here are the reviews:
From Sabrina:

"Thanks, Raquel!

They arrived on Friday, and my parents say that they look beautiful! What a special way to announce our wedding! I can't wait to see them myself!!

best wishes,

Sabrina"

And her invitation:

And from Ileana:

"We opened the box with the invitations yesterday. They are beautiful! You did excellent work and we are very happy.

Thank you!

Ileana"

And their invitation here:

 

For Ileana's invitation, they wanted something beach inspired with calla lilies, sand dollars, mums and tulips. All flowers will be in her bouquet. I made this mixture of flowers with sand dollar tucked inside. Coral was also a big color for them and after seeing some invitations in our projects and gallery pages, they found Lydia's invite with coral stripe band. We ended up using that and matched with light blue ribbon and gold palm wax seal. I used a light blue metallic crinkle paper for the hand lined envelope and to match their ribbon. I think this custom invitation came out so beautiful with all the textures and soft beach colors! 

What are we working on this week? We're working on Abbe's watercolor, Kim's grapeleaf invitations, Amanda's Ocean Union II Box invitations, Lynn's Nautical Sand Dollar box invitations... and others... Have a great rest of the week. I will try to blog as much as I can each day so you'll be updated on what we're up to.

~r.