Lions, Tigers, and Bears! Oh My! July 13, 2008

When my best friend, and maid of honor, was in need of invitations for her baby shower, I jumped at the opportunity to help. She lives on the east coast with her new husband, and now new baby boy, so I was excited to do every little thing I could to help her plan this bash. I didn’t have too many limitations on designing her invitations, so that made it even more fun. Here’s what we came up with for her shower invitations.

photo by Sheri Wade Photography

 

Here are some other fun things she did to tie in the jungle theme at the party.

photo by Paper Monkey

photo by Paper Monkey

Brown & Orange July 9, 2008

Just because you’re having a beach wedding doesn’t mean you have to use “beachy” colors. I did these invitations for Sheri Hansen (now Sheri Wade) who was the photographer at my wedding. She had her wedding on the beach in San Clemente, but her colors were not the typical beach wedding colors. I loved that. I’m all about thinking outside the box and doing something a little off the traditional path.

I love how Sheri’s invitations look so crisp. Using chocolate brown with a hint of cream really makes your accent color(s) pop. I’m partial to using chocolate brown as a base color and then adding whatever accent colors. Brown is such an inviting color and definitely translates that to the atmosphere of your wedding for your guests.

photo by Sheri Wade Photography

photo by Sheri Wade Photography

photo by Sheri Wade Photography

Where do I sit? July 9, 2008

Sometimes getting your guests to send in their RSVP is like pulling teeth. It’s not until they actually have to plan a large party that they start to understand the importance of RSVPs. So once you receive your RSVPs, make the grueling phone calls to your lovely guests that have not responded, and figure out which table to sit your crazy aunt at, you’re now down to the wire to either get placecards or get a seating chart made.

I love how placecards look on a table with gorgeous linens when they’re all set up in neat rows at the reception, but there’s something so easy and simplistic about a seating chart. I’ve done quite a few, and each time there’s something a little therapeutic about working on them. That’s probably just my Monica Gellar side (you know…Monica from Friends that likes to organize everything and anything), but I like organizing it and making sure all of the pieces line up. Really, I think they’re fun! Ok. I guess maybe that’s just me… Anyways, here are some of my favorites that I’ve done:

photo by Dru Chen

photo by Paper Monkey

photo by Sheri Wade Photography

photo by Paper Monkey

 

 

Testing, Testing, 1 – 2 – 3 … July 7, 2008

Here is my first blog. It’s nothing special quite yet, just something to get me started. I have several friends that have been on my case about getting a website up or at the very least, starting a blog to showcase my Paper Monkey work. So here you go world, here’s my blog. I hope we can share a few laughs and that our relationship will be mutually beneficial.