Wedding Thank You Notecards

The thank you notes I ordered as a shower gift for Erin just arrived! See her invites here.

It's fun to use a wedding invite design as a springboard for other wedding projects (thank yous, programs, table numbers, name plates, the list goes on...)

Quark Monster

Today I was working in Quark and using some keyboard shortcuts. I must have pushed the wrong combination (shift + option + command + K, if you want to meet the monster yourself). A small monster/robot appeared and marched across my screen. He then proceeded to attack my image box and delete it. Weirdest thing ever.

Photo Failure

I failed yet again at getting a "final product" photo. The day of the Lakes Run I was so busy getting everything organized and working the registration table and the Fun Run that I forgot to get some action shots to the shirts. Here is a shot of Tony modeling this shirt this morning though... again, I need some work!

 

Overall, I was happy with how the shirts turned out and I did hear quite a few people comment about how nice they were. Now it's time to start pondering the animal for next year's shirt; both a frog and a porcupine have been requested.

They've Arrived!

The Lakes Run 8K shirts are here. It's so fun to see the finished product. I will share more photos (from the event) after the weekend.

Happy 80th Grandpa!

This weekend I was in Illinois celebrating my Grandpa's 80th birthday.  He had a huge party and my uncle (who works for a water bottling company) and I worked together to make custom water bottles for him! Unfortunately, I forgot to get a photo of the actual water bottles—too busy eating yummy picnic food. Luckily my aunt had her camera out and I was able to find a few photos with the bottles in them. So here is a shot with my hand and one of the bottles ...

 

Let this be a lesson to me to remember to photograph more "final products."  I will share a photo of the finished Lakes Run shirts later this week when they arrive.

Minneapolis Map

I finally found a Minneapolis map that I love... now if only I had a place to put it!

From Ork posters

Read more about my map love here.

It's Wedding Season!

I have another wedding invitation that I have been dying to share. I got my hard copy in the mail this weekend, so I think it's safe to do a post. Here it is (with some blurring to protect the identity of the innocent :) — No, we just don't want any wedding crashers at what is sure to be a fantastic day!

 

This invitation was so fun to work on because the Erin (the bride) is a close friend, and she is on the opposite end of the spectrum from a Bridezilla—honestly, nothing has gone to this girl's head. 

You might notice the art from this post. I like to reuse and repurpose designs and when Erin mentioned that she was going to use purple wildflowers for her bouquet, I thought immediately of the design from the Spring Social, so I thought, why not?

I even got to do a Spanish version of this invite because the groom is from Venezuela. I've done multiple versions before and it is a great perk of printing your own invites. Read more about the process here.