My nephew is adorable...

and for Christmas he had a bunch of art stuff on his wish list (mind you he's ten and a half months old...but you can never start them too young!), so obviously I had to get it for him. But no kid's art supply collection is complete without a smock. Que a trip to the craft store for a blank smock, some acrylic pain and some fabric puff paint. What did I paint on the smock you ask? His name...duh!

Merry Christmas!

For your viewing pleasure: my 2012 Christmas card!

Hand lettered and totally my style. I kind of really love them. And if you love them as much as I do, good news: you can buy them from my Etsy Shop!

(inside sentiment: May the magic of Christmas be with you the whole year through)

Christmas Wrapping

One of my favorite things to do during the holidays is wrap presents. I love to combine greens with ribbon and other Christmasy type things. So when it came time to wrap some zucchini bread and macaroons I couldn't resist. (ps, the greens may or may not have come off of my Christmas tree)

Macaroons...omnomnomnommm

Ok, so I know this technically isn't design, but I just made these macaroons for a Christmas party and they looked too fantastically amazing not to take pictures of. And they taste just as good as they look!

Bridal Mugs

I wanted to make fun mugs for the morning of my friend's wedding while we got ready. Along with the mugs I decided to make a fun little basket-o-treats.

Wine tasting notes

My friend had a wine and cheese party, so I decided to make little note cards to write down which wines we liked.

Nothing says thank you like a cupcake

My friend's bridal shower was this past weekend, and she asked me to make thank you cards for it. The shower was a pink and green cupcake theme, so of course the thank you cards had to match. A little touch of fabric paint for the sprinkles and we were in business. I kind of love these, and think I might need to make some more for myself!

To get your own pack of super cute cupcake cards, visit my Etsy Shop!

Andy Warhol and Tomato Soup

Saw this at Target today. Had to buy it.
Here's the rest of the series and an article about the 50th anniversary.

Nicole & Noel : 11.24.12

One of my absolute favorite things to design are wedding invitations, so when one of my best friends got engaged I was so excited and honored that she asked me to design hers. Her wedding is right after Thanksgiving, and their reception is at the historic Hotel Bethlehem, which will be decorated for Christmas by then, so as not to clash with the hotel's decor, she chose to go with a silver and red crystal theme. The invitation sets the tone for the whole wedding, so it had to be something spectacular. After about a million hours of beading and rhinestoning I am absolutely in love and obsessed. And I'd like to think Nicole feels the same way.