I love it when clients plan fun events that require unique invitations. Krissy came to me planning a really fun party to design for: a combination bridal shower and bachelorette party for her sister. All the festivities were happening in one day, so the afternoon shower was named "sugar" and the evening party was called "spice." Sugar & Spice: now that is fun! Krissy was thinking of just having guests email her for an rsvp and answer if they would be attending the shower, the party and/or staying with the group overnight at a local hotel. She was a little concerned that guests would absentmindedly omit one or more of the questions, so I suggested doing a response postcard and creating a tiered invitation with each event getting its own page. The set was stitched together with a zig-zag to hold it all together.

The invitation was mailed in a chocolate brown envelope. We created a white label so that the addresses could be written on the front in dark ink.

The stitching added a unique detail to the top in matching hot pink.

The bride wants all the guests to wear wigs to the bachelorette party - too fun.

I thought the perfect sugary graphic was this delicious looking cupcake.

The response postcard. This should make it easy for Krissy to keep track of the guests attending.

This summer has been quite busy at the inkery and at home. In June, my twin sister, Jenn, and her husband, Justin, brought home their daughter from Ethiopia! I must say, I am quite the proud aunt to my adorable niece, Samara. We have had such a fun time getting to know her. It's been especially fun for my son Urban, who is just a week younger than Samara. A few of Jenn's close friends and I threw a shower/party for them two weeks before they left for Africa. (International adoption is tricky - even though the process lasted over 2 years, their travel date popped up fast and we had to plan a shower very quickly!) Nevertheless, it gave me a great opportunity to create a fabulous invitation for them! I may have gone a little overboard, but I had lots of fun. We went with an African animal print theme for obvious reasons, so I used four different animal prints on the four different elements of the invitation - giraffe for the invitation, zebra for the envelope liner, tiger for the gift registry card, and leopard for the response postcard.

I am especially proud of the zebra liner. I just have a thing these days for zebra print!

I created a "registry" card to give guests an idea of their daughter's age so they could appropriately buy gifts.

I created an address label for the black envelope that allowed for hand addressing in black ink.

I loved receiving these little postcards back in the mail.

Close up of the registry card - love those little animals marching along.

Tracy Bellman of Tres Belle Cakes expertly matched the cake to the invitation!

Close up of the response card