Should I DIY????

Weeelll, Let's talk about that. Should you? Is it worth it? Hmmm...Stay tuned to find out if you should DIY. I will help you to decide if you should or not. And if so, I can point you in the direction that will be best suited to meet your needs.

Birthday Party Invite

Ok I know im late with getting this up for you to see. Well I finally made it. Here is the invitation I sent out to our guest for my son's birthday party. It was the Scorpio National Convention. It was a collaborative effort with a good friend of mine and her daughter. We thought it was perfect.

Vaughn's Birthday

Here is Vaughn. I have put a slide show of the pics on here. Because were were in an election year we used that as the theme of the birthday party. A friend of ours had there little girl 3 days after I had Vaughn, and we knew we would be inviting the same people so we opted to do their first party together. And viola... Scorpio National Convention... (it was my husbands perfect idea)

The invite for this event were really cute. I designed a logo to bring all the elements of a campaign. We even gave as favors to the guest a bag filled with campaign goodies and treats. The cake was deliciously from Sam's Wholesale Bakery. They were able to put logo on the cake which of course was perfect! Enjoy the pics, feel fee to comment.

Wow a whole month....

Wow, I can't believe it's been an entire month since my last post. I know.... I have to do much better than that. There has been a lot happening in the month of November. I will just make a little list as a recap.

• My son turned 1 on November 4! That's right on the day our country elected Barack Obama as our president. I like to tell people.. Vaughn turned One when Obama Won!... (that's so cute). Van and I had him standing in line with us as we cast our ballots. Check out my next post and i will have pics of it all including pics from his duet birthday party.
• November is the month of birthdays in my family. Not only was my son born on November 4, but my birthday is November 5, and my husband's birthday is November 21. (he barely made it into the Scorpio crew...LOL) and to top it all off, all of our names begin with "V"... how sweet.
• Of course we celebrated the Thanksgiving holidays with our family. This year we went to Savannah, GA which is my hometown. We will do Christmas in Chicago, IL which is Van's hometown. Thanksgiving was a much needed break for the both of us and we are looking forward to Christmas.
• Lastly..... my awesome Black Friday Purchase! No it was not a plasma (which i really want), not a digital camera (I already have 3 of them), not a GPS system (that was my husband's toy, really awesome too)..... It was a "Cricut Personal Cutting System" I was really excited about this, my mom was just as excited because she purchased one as well. So I will be doing another posting on this machine.

AIDS Atlanta Walk

Yesterday (Sunday October 19) Van and I participated the AIDS Atlanta Walk. We collectively raised money from our family and friends to donate to this good cause. A few of Van's classmates from Proviso East participated with us. Hey Wanda and Vanessa!!! It was a 3 mile walk through midtown Atlanta. We had a good time. It really felt good doing something that will benefit others. We will be doing more community service of this nature in the future so please check back!!!

The King and Queen

This ensemble was a wonderful set to work on. The best part about this ensemble was the use of the gold embossed swirls for the mounting layer of the invitation. It was an unexpected surprise to the wedding guest that received them. These pocketfold style invites were delivered in and antique gold metallic envelope, so there were sure to stand out amongst the other mail.

A Tiffany Blue Wedding

Tiffany and L'Kardos chose this elegant suite for their special day. The invitation was a pocket folio with an adornment of handmade embossed silver paper. There was also a rhinestone buckle to embellish the embossed paper on the front. Their program was a new design that we have created especially for Tiffany. It is a flat panel cover with two pages that ware staggered with their event information. This program was topped off with classic bow in silver double faced satin ribbon.

I hope you enjoy this set as much as i did designing it. Tiffany and L'Kardos guests were thouroughly satisfide and impressed with their invite to their wedding.