Friday, May 20, 2011

Monogrammed Madness!!

Happy Friday, crafty friends!

Today I'm gonna do something a little differently around here...I mean, I'm the boss of this blog and I can tell it to do whatever I want!

Today, instead of one project...I'm sharing a bunch of fun, simple projects that are super easy to execute!

The theme: Monogrammed Stationery.

The reason: I just completed a TON of handmade stationery sets for a client's wedding. She'll be gifting a set to each of her bridesmaids.

The other reason: I posted yesterday and my post went missing! I really don't have the energy to retype all my blabby blab, so I'll just save that little tarjeta (that's "card" in spanish) for another day.

The other other reason: Nothing makes me happier than an orderly queue of colorful, coordinated cards.  (How's that for some awesome alliteration!?)


The background: I was recently contacted, oops, I mean, commissioned ("commissioned" sounds way fancier, right?!)  by a local blog reader to design a slew of thank you cards and stationery for her wedding party. She let me know the individual styles of each bridesmaid - and she let me know that the sets should be simple. Other than that, I had free reign, oops I mean carte blanche (another fancy word:-) to design the look of each set. A crafter's dream come true!

So, today, I'm going to share with you the sets that I made and the "feel" I was going for with each (brace yourself for a million-bajillion photos!)

First up:  
Mod Whimsy



 a trio of monogrammed cards - kinda like a little singing group or something! 




Next:  
Simple with a touch of vintage
 




Third:
Strikingly Modern
 




Last:
Sweet & Fun





This last set is my personal fave, because nothing make my heart go pitter-patter like a clean white card with a single, bright focal image!

I hope this tour through my Monogrammed Madness has added a bit of fun to your day!

Thanks for stopping by for some Damask Love!

10 comments:

  1. These are all great! I love love the bicycle card!!!

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  2. Absolutely terrific! These are all terrific but I think the first one is my favourite! I love flowers...

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  3. I like the stems best, then again there's the bird cages, not forgetting the chevrons, oh but then how about the bike. Dear me, I love them all! Each speaks in a different language but all equally fab!

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  4. I love all of these, maybe I need to get my hiney cracking on some of these for the teachers this year!

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  5. So wonderfully varied! A crafter's dream. ;)
    Do you use the Martha Stewart or Fiskars grass punch? Thx!

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  6. Awesome, they're all beautiful, and gorgeous gifts for bridesmaids! I love the touch of vintage ones (as I am a vintage-y kind of girl!) :)

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  7. Lovely sets! I love that they are all so different.

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  8. Those are great, love how each set is a bit different.

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  9. Love your cards! I especially thought the I bicycle was sooo cute! So I am wondering what stamp that is?? :-)

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  10. The stamp is by Hero Arts. It's red rubber mounted on wood. I got mine at Joann's but I'm sure you could find it on the Hero Arts site! HTH!

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