Seeing Green (Helllllo Spring!)

Happy Spring! I had intended to get this post out for last week, but it's May wedding invitation production time in the studio so it's been incredibly busy! Everywhere you look there is paper - glorious, wonderful paper!

As the flowers and leaves are popping out, I started thinking about the change of seasons and thought back to my college days when I'd drive from my hometown to college after weekend visits... Spring was fabulous because going down the mountain, there would be a billion shades and tints of green all popping out. So as Spring comes to you - look up and out and see all those shades of green. And then... think of other color combinations that are really great with green these days. I made up a few color combinations that I've played around with lately... Think of purples/pinks/reds as complimentary to green giving it warmth and contrast. The blues give it a calming, more relaxed scheme and then of course the basic colors of black, grey, and brown... All of which green is fabulous with!

Seeing Red (ie, Happy Valentine's Day!)

We were thinking of Valentine's Day this week and all of the color combinations that red works great with. It's an amazing versatile color ( remember the fall season that everyone was talking about red being the new black? ) So, we thought we'd put together a few samples of red with some color combinations you might not immediately think of - that are a little more impulsive, bright, and contemporary as well as some classic samples to show off red since it's the color of February for so many reasons.
Happy Valentine's Day - make sure you tell all the people you love how much you love them and give them a hug (either in person or virtually!)

2009 Trends

In the last couple of weeks, we've had the pleasure of getting to see sneak peaks of a variety of products, companies, etc. all eagerly getting products to market for 2009. So we thought we'd do a re-cap of trends we've been noticing on the web and through the sneak peaks.

Color - We've already posted the Pantone Color of the Year and we saw it with combined with a number of colors very similar to our swatches we put together. Another really big color for the year is gray... Gray and just about every color! Here's some of our samples..


Gray with lime green for a late afternoon wedding... or with lime green and sunshine orange for a fun birthday party invitation..


Or gray with a deep eggplant or purple accent for a more formal event...

Along with the color trends, there is a continuing trend of doodles or hand-drawn elements across the board from notecards, scrapbook papers, wedding invitations, etc.


Some of the elements are still fairly consistent looking like our flourish sample...

While others are more random, looking more freehand as our lingerie shower invitation..



Regardless of the type, they are definitely going to be popping up all over the design scene this year!

2009 Color Trend Alert, Pantone's Mimosa

Okay ladies!!! This one is for all of you who are still trying to figure out your colors for your wedding. Pantone, the name in all things colored, has announced its color of the year. Mimosa!

What a stunning color! This may look to just be a spring or summer color but by mixing it up a little we believe that you could take this all the way through winter. Check out the color pallets we came up with for each season below. We came up with some traditional selections for the brides who want classic and elegant choices as well as some non-traditional for those brides who are more interested in contemporary, modern, and fun. After all, your day should reflect you and your soon to be husband’s personalities because your big day IS all about YOU.
Now obviously we are not suggesting you put your whole color scheme on your stationary, but knowing what your major colors are and then using really neat accent colors on the big day to pull the theme together is a great idea. We hope we have got those wheels turning!

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Color Trend Alert!

One of my favorite things to do around the time the seasons change is to try to figure out what the color of the season will be. This fall, grey and purple are everywhere and they make a beautiful combination. Have you ever wondered who comes up with the it colors that everyone in the design industry use? Well the company who decided what colors will be in your fall wardrobe is Pantone. I thought we might give you girls who are still trying to decide on your colors a sneak peek into what trends 2009 will bring us.

Spring/Summer 2009

We hope this helps you decide!