Crazy Couple Months!

It's always a blessing when my shop is busy, but every now and again I get so busy in my personal life that I have to close down the shop just to keep up with everything.  Late August through the present has been like that, and as a result, my shop has been a bit unpredictable!  I apologize for the inconsistency with my opening / closing, but thought I'd post a blog to show you what I've been up to!

First, my best friend's baby "sprinkle."  Being obsessed with both lions AND her and her husband's (and thus, their children's) heritage, the "Scottish Lion Prince" theme was a no-brainer :)  I made the invitations, a banner ("Welcome Lachlan!" with the "welcome" in Scottish Gaelic), a door sign, food table label cards, and miscellaneous items for the various games.  I ordered a custom tutu in the colors of the family tartan from The Spoiled Peanut for the big sister, and it couldn't have been more perfect!

    

While I was working on all that (and still currently in progress) is a fantastic set of favor boxes for an upcoming Doctor Who-themed wedding.  The order was placed through my shop months ago, and these boxes have been underway for nearly as long-- the final push is happening right now, and they are due to be shipped out at the beginning of November.  In addition to my Tardis favor boxes, I've also created custom 4th and 5th Doctor favor boxes at the customer's suggestion, and they couldn't be cuter, if I do say so myself :)  (**note-- the photo is of the mock-up boxes I did for the customer's pre-approval-- the final boxes will have smoother color on the scarves, as well as the bride and groom's names and the wedding date on the top flaps).

As I'm turning 30 at the end of the year, and my best friend is turning 30 before me (HA!), we are having a joint 30th birthday party in November (we keep calling it a 30-ish birthday, since we have a 3rd guest of honor who is *slightly* older than 30...)  The theme is going to be Edgar Allen Poe, we are all going to be in costume, and it's going to be fabulous.  The invitations were my first project for this event, and they turned out better than expected!





Lastly, as many of you know, I designed the cover of a book (and companion notebook) for a very close friend-- the book is called "Heaven Has No Regrets" and you can buy it here!  For the book launch party, I created VIP invitations which were mailed out at the beginning of October, as well as bookmarks that became favors for the event itself.


Things *should* slow down for me by mid-November, at which point I'll be bringing back the party supplies to the shop-- for now, for the sake of my own productivity and to keep turn-around times short, I'm only offering my cards for purchase in my shop.  I'm hoping to add a couple of pillow box-style gift card holders ahead of Christmas this year (including one Doctor Who-themed and one Sherlock-themed, of course!) and would welcome any requests for custom Christmas cards!