Update

Well once again it has been a month since I've posted.  I apologize for not keeping up as much as I would like to but I'm currently waiting to hear back from several potential new customers and since it is so close to the holidays things have just been slow.  I did however finish one parent album.  I mainly reduced the size of my album pages and swapped out a few pictures but I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.  My in-laws will be receiving it on Christmas so I sure hope they like it!  Here's a preview of what they are getting.

I've also been working on the new logo for the hair salon I mentioned before.  Looks like we have a logo selected and now I'm just waiting for a few items to start moving onto the business cards.  As soon as I can I'll get some pictures posted. 

Outside of the wedding category I also would like to start doing peices that can be used for artwork.  This isn't quite what I mean but a friend asked me to make a little design to fit in a picture frame for a collage she was doing for her husband's christmas present.  Here is what I did.

A fun little design that will fit in one frame of a collage frame for his desk.  I thought she had a cute idea.  I just used the colors from their babies room to keep with the theme.  Working on this has got my wheels turning on what I could do for my own babies room for decorations.  I hope to make a few different designs to frame once we decide on what color to paint the room and pick out some bedding.  I'm really looking forward to bringing my own touch to his or her room!

Well that's all for now.  In the mean time I hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas and New Year and please check back after the holidays for some new posts.  Merry Christmas!!

Kathy & Matt

Hi Everyone!  It's been entirely way too long since my last post but that's the story of my life right now.  I've been busy traveling to my little sister's highschool volleball games.  They just won the State Championship this past weekend so that was really exciting to watch!  Now that's over with so I have more time to dedicate to invitations.  I finally have some pictures to post too which I am really excited about it.  I just finished a save the date for Kathy & Matt and I also have their invitation done as well so I'm very excited to share them with you.  Up first is the save the date.  Kathy said she wanted someting fun so here's what I came up with.

Front

Back

And here is their invitation.  Kathy wanted something more elegant and formal than the save the date.

Hope you like them!  I also am really hoping to get some pictures up of the last two programs that I did so hopefully those will be up soon.  Have a great week!

Where Does the Time Go

Well once again it's been a week since I've lasted posted.  There just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day.  I am excited to say though that the programs for Janelle & Michael and Kelly & Eric are finally done.  I will post pictures as soon as I can.  Now I am moving back to Kathy & Matt's invitation, just need to make a few improvements and start on a save the date for them.  I am also moving forward with the new logo I mentioned way back when for a local hair salon.  So I will be busy these next couple of weeks putting that together as well.  Might I throw out there too that there are only 52 days until Christmas!!  That's insanity!  I can't believe how quickly that snuck up.  I haven't even begun to think of a list for myself or others.  I love putting up the Christmas tree though so I hope Thanksgiving flies by so I can get to that!  Well I will post pictures of the programs hopefully this week yet.  Have a great week! 

Business Card

Happy Monday Everyone...yep that doesn't even sound right because who likes Mondays??  Well anyway I hope you had a great weekend.  Mine was good and the weather was beautiful which always helps.  Today I am posting the redesign of my sister's business card, the chiropractor I talked about in a previous post.  She also recently got married and since her name is changing she decided it was also time for a new business card.  So she called me!  I am posting a before and after so you can see the changes. 

Previous Card

New Card

Well that's all I have for now.  Have a good week!

Worst to Best Day

Good Morning Everyone!  Well it's my least favorite day of the week again, Monday...why do they always seem to come so fast.  But I am hoping this week goes better than last.  This past Thursday I plugged my external hard drive into my computer to make some changes to a program and while the power came on and it was running like normal, it would not connect to my computer.  After a phone call to my brother-in-law who informed me that since it wouldn't work on multiple computers it was probably shot the panic and devastation began to set in.  This hard drive holds ALL my files from previous invites, programs, etc. and current.  This would also include my wedding album that I had just finished and was supposed to order on Friday.  My husband tried to keep me calm until we could find out if there was a way to atleast get the files back but let's face it, that would have been a huge loss so there was no being calm for me.  Luckily god was on my side though and it turns out just the enclosure wiring wasn't working, the hard drive inside was perfectly fine.  So thanks to my IT department at work I have my files back and just need a new enclosure.  Whew!!  That was the best news!  Now I know what you're thinking, didn't you have them saved on your computer also...No, I didn't.  The files can be rather large and therefore take up too much memory and slow down my computer.  So I will be buying another external hard drive to back up everything!  I don't ever want to feel as helpless as I did that night.  Lesson learned.  Well I hope everyone has a good week!

Almost Friday

Hello Everyone!  Sorry it's been awhile, but I have been distracted.  Last weekend we got our patio poured and it looks awesome!  We found a great deal on patio furniture so we've already broken it in by having dinner out there the first night it was dry.  It's so nice to actually be able to enjoy our backyard now.  On the design front things have been pretty stagnant.  It's been a waiting game for Janelle & Michael, and Kelly & Eric's programs.  The designs are set just waiting for their weddings to get closer to finalize everything.  I'm very excited about both designs so I can't wait to be able to post them.  I am also currently redesigning my sister's business card.  Her name is changing so she thought it was time for an update as well.  I hope to have this completed in the next couple of days because I know she's anxious.  While I'm on the subject of my sister I mine as well give her a shout out.  Amber, aka Dr. P for Pritchard, is a Chiropractor in Fairview Heights.  And an amazing one at that!  Sure I may be a little biased, but I say it because I believe in her and what she does.  Most of you probably think you have no need for her because your back and neck are fine, but Dr. P is helpful for a lot more reasons.  At Faulkner Wellness Center, they focus on wellness and helping you to keep your body feeling and working at it's best.  I can attest to this because I'm a patient and I feel better than I have in years!  Allergies, loss of energy, tired no matter how many hours you slept...Stop avoiding the symptoms and taking yet another antibiotic the Dr. has prescribed.  See Dr. P and find out how to feel better naturally without putting all those toxins in your body!


Ok moving on...Fall is coming and I'm so excited.  Our yard is already full of leaves so I'm not so excited about raking those up but it's still soooo pretty!  We have yet another wedding this weekend and then I'm happy to say only one more towards the end of November.  I never thought I would say that I'm tired of going to weddings, but lately they have taken over my life.  While they are fun I'm looking forward to having my weekends back and  more time to design!  My next goal is to start making artwork to decorate our house.  My husband thinks I have too many wedding pics up so I thought I would appease him by trying to get some of those switched out.  We will see how that goes. :)   


Has anyone checked out A Side of Peaches lately or purchased anything??  Today's deal is this Red Tweed Boxer Hat.  Sooo cute!  If I looked good in hats I would totally get it.  It's going for a fabulous price of $9.99!

Alright well back to work it is.  I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! 

Need Your Help

Hello Everyone!  I am so excited to say that I'm finally finished with my wedding album! :-)  I need your help though.  There are two pages I just couldn't decide on so now I have two of each so if anyone has a suggestion I would greatly appreciate your input.  So of the two below which do you like better?




A

B

and then which two of these?

C



D












here are the other two pages you haven't seen yet.

Please let me know your input.  Thanks!