Using Creative Printing Techniques for a Mission Impossible Themed Invitation

One of my favorite clients I work with is the Southwest Ohio Chapter of JDRF. The JDRF Gala is the number one gala in Cincinnati and it is orchestrated and organized by the most incredible group of volunteers I have ever seen. I truly feel honored to be a part of such a great group of people and to be working for such an important issue as Type 1 Diabetes.

This year's gala theme is full of excitement and intrigue with the Mission Impossible concept turned "Mission Possible". High tech gadgets, secret codes and explosive entertainment will be a part of the evening. I thought it was the perfect opportunity to try out lenticular prints for part of the invitation. Lenticular printing allows for 2 or 3 changes in image on one surface. I played up the code breaking idea with the invitation to the after party.

I've never used lenticular printing before so after sweating bullets before opening the box of invitations, I was very happy to see the results. And I was even more impressed that I was able to capture the video and load it onto my blog. Will wonders never cease? ;o)

Surprise Party Invitations for Men

I've been doing some fun surprise birthday party invitations lately. Of course, I can't share some invitations until the actual event happens but this one is safely behind us. It is always entertaining to use an old photo of the birthday boy. Happy Birthday Bob!

Lord help me! There are only 22 more days until my 40th birthday party

Since I have so much planning to do, I thought I'd distract myself and share my birthday invitation. I so enjoyed creating this invitation! As my own customer, I found myself very open to new designs and quite agreeable--a dream client, really! I loved being able to do exactly what I wanted and revise until my creative heart was content. I wanted it to reflect everything I love about invitations, and it does.

The invitation is letterpress printed with an inkless impression mandala and hot pink text that combined flourished calligraphy (Aphrodite) and clean modern san serif (Century Modern Sans). The card is a super thick Crane's cotton stock with beautiful texture and luxurious weight. I designed and printed the custom liners especially for the invitation (after searching for too long on-line to find something just right, I realized that I was the person to create that very thing--duh!). I'm going to use the extra liner papers for the party details later. On the hot pink envelopes, I printed the mandala in a dark pink which was extended to the back flap where my return address was. Then I printed the guest's names stylized with the same fonts as the invitation. I'm quite pleased with the results, thank goodness. It is my job afterall, to please even my most discriminating customers! The invitations were a big part of my budget and I think they were worth every penny. Plus, I'm pretty sure I'm not going to throw myself another birthday party for another 40 years.

And on the title prayer, don't get me wrong, I'm SUPER excited for it. It's just, well 22 days doesn't seem like a lot to get everything together. I've been thinking about it for so long and planning for so long that the thought it will be real is daunting. While I was entering into panic mode last week, we had some cheap chinese food for dinner and THIS was my fortune. FOR REAL! Is that not the Universe giving me a wink or what??? I love it that when the "holy crap I'm not going to get everything done in time" feeling creeps up on me (like today) I think of that fortune and relax. If my friends and family are there with me, all will be perfect.

New Invitation designs

We've just created this design and it's available through the retail store and here at the etsy store. This is a wonderfully flexible design. We have a huge variety of decorative papers at the store if you would like a different color scheme. It works as a great invitation for a rehearsal dinner, birthday party, engagement party or wedding!

Mod Boy Elephant Birth Annoucement

I've been adding the Margot Madison Stationery BabyCakes line on our etsy store. Here is the latest addition with the Mod Boy Elephant. I've added photos to the birth announcements and the invitations and stationery are adorable for birthdays.

This is a cute invitation we do as an imprintable. Of course, perfect for a little boy named Daniel! These are printed in-house on our superthick cardstock and cost $2.30 for the first 25 qty, $1.90 each additional card. We also have matching address stickers and thank you notes. Everything is available in my etsy store.