Design: Lucas' Birthday Invitations

It's that time of year again -- Lucas will be a year older and I get to plan his birthday party. Yay and holy crap at the same time! First of all, I can't even believe he's going to be four in April. Where did the time go? I clearly remember all the details on the day he arrived and now he's going to be four?

One of my favorite parts of party planning is designing the invitations (naturally). Here are the last three invitations I designed for Lucas' birthday parties. Stay tuned for this year's party details. Let's just say it's going to be super.

// 1st birthday - modern circus theme
I have received numerous requests for customization of this invitation. Please email me if you'd like a quote.

// 2nd birthday - round theme
Lucas really liked balls and round things at the time.

// 3rd birthday - letters and numbers theme
I had the most fun styling this invitation using PB&J sandwich cut outs.

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Good on Paper Redesign

Hello everyone! Welcome to the new Good on Paper site. The site and logo redesign are long overdue -- between having two kids, another design job, household chores, and freelance work, the redesign took a backseat. Working for months at night and weekends after the kids were down, I am so happy to finally share this with you. I love how simple and clean the new site is. Thanks to Squarespace and their exceptional 24/7 support team who answered my numerous questions in the wee hours of the night, I was able to get through it all. I also want to say a huge thank you to Deko Design who programmed my last site. They have been phenomenal to work with over the years and if you ever need programming, I highly recommend them.

I'm happy to say that I'm also working on a ready made wedding collection that will come out in late Fall 2014. And I also started this little blog here. I never thought I would start a blog but I'm just going to do it. Nothing fancy, just some snippets of my work, my family, inspiration, and things I love and want to share.

Take a look around and let me know if you see any errors or glitches. Thank you all for the love and support.

LEE Magazine - Japan

I'm so honored to have my home and family featured in Japan's LEE Magazine. It was such a fun photo shoot with minimal styling (a.k.a. keepin' it real = stuff everywhere!). Thanks to friend Lena Corwin for suggestion my home. Everything is in Japanese so I have no idea what it says. If anyone wants to translate, let me know! I must admit I was a little sad not to see Pixel in our family shot. Not sure what he was up to when we took that photo, but I'd like to think he was basking in the sun by our front window. And that thought makes me feel happy.

// Photos by Kikuko Usuyama

How to Hang a Picture

I am so proud of my talented and hard working friends, Suzanne Lagasa and Jay Sacher who designed and illustrated their new book, How to Hang a Picture (And Other Essentials for the Stylish Home). The foreword was written by the lovely Anh-Minh Le of Anthology magazine. It features step-by-step instructions, tips and tricks, and beautiful watercolor illustrations of real spaces -- including our home. We were so honored and appreciative to have a few little nooks from our home illustrated by Jay. The one of Lucas' room is my favorite. I especially love how the clutter magically disappeared in the illustrated versions.

Free Wedding Menu/Escort Card Printables on 100 Layer Cake

Remember that wedding invitation suite I designed for Libbie and Jesse? Well, now you can download (for free!) wedding menu and escort card printables from the gorgeous wedding blog, 100 Layer Cake. Use them for weddings or other celebrations. Get them in three beautiful colorways. Which one is your favorite colorway?

// Photo by Gary Ashley of the Wedding Artists Collective

Theo's party details on 100 Layer Cakelet

Some of Theo's smile themed 1st birthday party photos are featured on one of my favorite blogs, 100 Layer Cakelet. Donut holes, Theo-faces-on-a-stick, and carrot cake with sprinkles.. what's not to smile about?

// Photos by Good on Paper

BBQ Party Invitations

The custom 5th wedding anniversary BBQ party invitation set I designed for longtime clients, Adrienne and Dillon Rogers, is featured on Oh So Beautiful Paper. I feel so incredibly lucky to have designed their wedding collateral, birth announcements for both kids, housewarming invitations, a holiday card for every year, birthday party invitations, and the list goes on.

// Photo by Good on Paper