100 Years Young!!!!

Happiest of Birthday Celebrations to this lovely young lady today!!!!!

Earlier this summer I had the amazing opportunity to take some photos with the birthday girl in preparation for her 100th Birthday celebration held over the summer. And TODAY is finally the big day!

100 YEARS!!!!!! Wow! Facing each day with beauty, grace, spunk and a twinkle in here eye, this lovely lady has lived a lifetime and is still going strong! Truly inspiring!

I am so blessed and honored to know this amazing woman and I wish her the very Happiest of Birthdays!!! I hope your family is spoiling you rotten today Louise!!!!!

ENJOY!

- Birthday Party Invite - 

He who will soon be named....

    “In Dreams we enter a world that’s entirely our own. 
    Let them swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud!”

                                                                      - Albus Dumbledore -

Yep, I am in a Harry Potter mood today!!! But it's mostly because I am gonna share with you one of my favorite projects from this summer. A Harry Potter themed Baby Shower invite and matching "bring a book" card!!!
I have to admit I had so much fun designing these cards. I am a total HP fan and these invites absolutely brought out the literature nerd in me, and I love it!!!

These adorable invites were for a dear family friend who is welcoming her 1st born in just a few months. A little BOY!!! The nursery is Owls and Harry Potter, so naturally the baby shower was theme fitting as well. So cute, and so special for this little precious baby on the way!

ENJOY and congrats Megan and Aaron on your little one on the way!!

- Baby Shower Invite - 

- "Bring a Book" card - 

...And I had so much fun with this cute design I decided to put the quote up on my ETSY store.
You can check it out here!!!

Christmas Countdown # 5 - A Winter Wedding!

Today was a beautiful winter day. The sky was a clear bright blue, the new snow on the mountains showed off their wonderful majesty, and the air was full of excitement. Yes, indeed it was a beautiful day for a Winter Wedding!!!!

Our Christmas Countdown #5 is this cute little custom Wedding Invitation. They wanted a simple yet unique invite with a quaint country look. I just love how they turned out and I wish them many wonderful years of happiness together. What better Christmas gift than to marry the one you love!!!

ENJOY and I hope the wedding was perfect!!!!

Christmas Countdown #9 - A Very Groovy Holiday!

Happy Snow Day!!!

We are enjoying a beautiful, yet cold, snow day today and it is time to party like it's 1975...

Oh wait. No, not really. It is just Christmas Countdown #9!

But I do have a fun retro Holiday Poster to share with you all today. The annual Garfield & Hecht Holiday Party theme this year was a throwback to 40 years ago when the company first started. I love how fun and colorful this poster turned out and hope the party was super groovy!!! Congrats on 40 years of business!!!

ENJOY and stay warm out there everyone!

Happy Birthday to my Littlest Lady!

Happy Tuesday!!!! Hope you all are enjoying the beautiful crisp fall day!! I know I am!!

Just had to take a moment to share a fun little design I did recently. Cutie-patootie Birthday Invites for my littlest love's 3rd Birthday!!! (YIKES I can not believe that she is 3 already!)

I love being able to look back at the cards from each year of my kids lives and see how much they have grown and changed. I may not be the best when it comes to home made meals for my family, but I like to think that at least their childhood will be well documented with photos, cute cards, smiles and tons of laughter!!!

Love you baby girl and I am so blessed to be your mommy!!!

ENJOY!

Happily Ever After!

Hello and Happy Tuesday!!!!

I am so excited to finally be able to share todays design with you all!!!

This weekend we welcomed a new member to the family as my beautiful Sister-in-Law got married!!! I am so excited for them and I love how much they love each other!!!

They had the most amazing backyard wedding and I was blessed to be a part of it all by getting to design their invites and favor cards. Designs like these are so fun to create!!! Full of personality, style and even a hidden surprise or two created just for the groom. (Yes they are there.. can you spot them??) Everything turned out so beautiful and I am beyond happy for them!!!

K & JR, wishing you both a wonderful life of LOVE and Blessings!!!!!!

ENJOY!

 - Wedding Invite - 

 - Wedding Favor Card - 

 - Invite Address Label - 

Sweet, Sassy, SEVEN!

Happy Tuesday!!!

I am finally recovering from the whirlwind of a weekend celebrating my eldest turning 7!!! What a fun card this was to design. She wanted a Summer Luau party this year and I simply love how colorful these invites turned out!!!

Yes, we do birthdays big at our house.

Yes, I am always exhausted afterwards.

Yes, it is totally worth it!!!

This year I am learning the hard lesson over and over again that life is precious and every day we have with our loved ones is a gift. So what better way to enjoy this gift of life than to make every occasion an opportunity to celebrate BIG!!!

I am so proud of this little girl and they young lady she is growing up to be. Even on the days that I can only see the rough edges of myself that this "mini me" displays, she still melts my heart in ways that only a child can do.

Love you little one and Happy 7th Birthday!!!

ENJOY!

Who's Turning 2??

Happy Tuesday!!!

Just wanted to pop in and share a fun little design to help brighten up this, once again, rainy afternoon.

I mean seriously How CUTE is this little lady????

One of the best parts of my job is designing fun things for special little ones and I am super honored to have been asked to help design these fun colorful cards for this precious girl's 2nd birthday. Her life is just one beautiful example of HOPE defying the odds. And that alone is worthy of celebration!

Happy Birthday little lady!!! May this year be wonderful for you and your sweet parents!!!

ENJOY!

Thankful For Family...

Happy Thanksgiving Week!!!  I love having the opportunity every year to really dig deep and find those things which I am most thankful for. It is easy to be grateful during the easy times in our lives, but even in the midst of pain, injury, loss or other tough times - there is always something we can be thankful for.

One of the things I am truly thankful for this year is Family!! True family does not have to consist of flesh-and-blood relatives, but those who can share and celebrate in the big (and little) joys in your life, those who know your weakest points, have seen you dry your tears, and yet still stick with you through it all!! For these things, Friends and Family, I am truly thankful!!!

It has been a hard year for both my family, and my hubby's family. But in all that has happened I know that God is in control and I am beyond blessed to have such an amazing group of people to walk this crazy road with. So in honor of family I thought I would share a fun little invitation I designed for our annual Imhof Family Reunion this year.

ENJOY and may you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

Turning Two!!!

Happy Tuesday!!!

The past few months have been full of countless fun, crazy, challenging, and life changing adventures for our family. And one of these fun adventures was that my littlest lady turned TWO!!!

She is a miracle baby from the start. A brave little soul who is already wise beyond her years. I am beyond blessed with her little life, courage, spunk and hilarious personality.

So without further ado, Happy Birthday sweet princess!!! We love you to the moon and back!

ENJOY!

The BIG 60!

What a wonderful long weekend this has been. I am exhausted but happy! There is nothing better than the opportunity to celebrate the birth of a wonderful woman with a bunch of family and friends. Especially when that woman is your Mother!

This past week my dear Mommy turned the BIG 60! So we threw her an all out Birthday Bash at one of her favorite places, Anderson Farms!!!! This year has been one for the books for my family and I think we all needed a party to look forward to, even in the midst of struggle and change. Celebrating the wonderful years God has blessed my mother with was the perfect opportunity to dwell on JOY and the HAPPY things in life instead of the harsher things that have come our way. It is safe to say that my mom is the glue that holds us all together. She is so much stronger than she will ever know and yet she can still approach every situation with gentle grace and patience. She is a woman of God, a youthful spirit, a faithful friend, a loving wife and a very caring mother.

Sunflowers were the main theme for the event and I had so much fun designing not only the Invites, Map, and Thank You's, but getting to coordinate them to the party decor as well. Yes, it was a bright and colorful, sunflower-filled, summer-on-the-farm party and I enjoyed every minute of it!

Happy Birthday Mommy and know that you are very Loved and very Precious!!

ENJOY!

 - Birthday Party Invite - 

 - Birthday Party Map/Directions - 

 - Birthday Party Address Labels - 

 - Birthday Party Thank You Cards - 

No PINK Allowed!

I have been so excited to share this fun design with you and today is FINALLY the day!!! I love it when clients come to me with a fun and wild idea in their heads that I get to play off of and create something new and unique. This project was definitely one of those!!

Everything from the bold Spray Paint for a Baby Shower to using the Chinese Year of the Horse symbol which will be the theme for the baby room. I LOVE it!! Move over soft pastels and flowery lettering, this baby boy is gonna make his grand entrance in BOLD, BLUE, all BOY, style!!!

ENJOY and Happy Tuesday!!

- Baby Shower Invite - 

 - Coordinating Thank You Card - 

Frozen... in SUMMER!!!

Happy Tuesday! The first Tuesday of Summer to be exact. Yes indeed, this past weekend brought us officially into summertime! YAY!!! Days at the pool, library reading programs, VBS and summer camps, longer days to spend with family and friends... oh yes, and lets not forget Birthday Parties!!!!

Last week my daughter turned 6! She loves having a summer birthday and she tells us all the time that she is a "Summer Girl" because she was born in June and she just LOVES all things summery. Except one of her favorite things right now, which in fact, is NOT summery and warm is the new hit movie Frozen.

So of course, months and months ago, she started planning a "Frozen in Summer" birthday party for her big day. I love that she likes to plan and create and imagine all sorts of fun ideas for her friends to enjoy at her party. My little girl is growing up into such an amazing young lady!!!

So without further ado, here are a few glimpses into her Frozen in Summer party!!!

ENJOY!

- Invites -

- Wrap-around Address Labels -

- Themed Party Food, and WONDERFUL cupcakes a friend of mine made!!! -

 - And of course costumes!!! E is on the right in her Elsa dress with her little friend M who came in an Anna dress. Total Cuteness!!! -

 - "Coronation Day Crowns" and "Do you wanna build a Snowman?" craft tables were also set up but due to camera issues I don't have any photos of these to share -

Happy 6th Birthday beautiful girl. We love you to the moon and back!!

A Beautiful Day for a Beach Wedding....

Happy, Happy Wedding Day to my Beautiful Cousin!!!!!

Today in paradise my lovely cousin is getting ready to walk the sand covered aisle and say her "I Do's". I could not be happier for her and her husband-to-be. So in celebration of today, I want to share with you a little something fun.

I was honored to be asked to design the invites for their BIG day and I just LOVE how they turned out!!! Simple, fun, and perfect for a destination wedding in paradise... I can almost feel the sand in my toes and the ocean breeze on my face. I have been so excited to show these to you and today is the day!!!

Congrats Lauren and Todd on your big day!!! I hope it is everything you have ever dreamed of and I wish you both a lifetime of blessings as you start this new adventure together!!!

ENJOY!

 - Wedding Invite - 

 - Reception Invite - 

 - Thank You Card - 

Christmas Showcase #10 - All in the Family...

Hello and Happy Tuesday!!! I hope you are enjoying our fun little Shop Small Christmas Showcase we have going on this month. I know I have been having fun planning on which fun item to share with you all each day!

Today I wanted to bring things a little closer to home. Working for myself I truly enjoy the everyday opportunities to create something pretty for those around me. Even if the project does not need to be spectacular.... I like making it so. Enter our annual Family Reunion flyer. Just a little FYI for the family about locations and times and things everyone already knows. But I get the opportunity to dress it up and get my creativity on. YAY!

I just LOVE how this years Reunion flyer turned out. Simple, Black, White and Fun all over!!!!

ENJOY!!!!

Christmas Showcase #2 - Happy Birthday little ONE!!!

Happy Monday everyone!!! I thought I would share a little something close to my heart to start the week off wonderfully.

One of the best things about being a designer and working for myself is getting to design fun little things for ME!!! This is not as easy as it sounds however, you see, I am a perfectionist and so getting what I want exactly as I think I want/need it.. can sometimes take forever. Yes, I am my worst critic. But I keep on working towards my own standards and I usually end up with something that I LOVE!

Or as I tell my friends, I may not be able to cook a fabulous meal to save my life but I can make a mean Birthday Card!!!

So without further ado I present to you my latest little creation for my Adorable, Squishy, Tiny, Miracle of a Baby Girl. She turned ONE a few weeks ago and I am just now getting around to sharing her Birthday Invite. I love this little face and these piercing eyes. Happy First Birthday baby girl!!!!

ENJOY!

The BIG 5!!!

Hello and Happy Tuesday!!! I am so excited to share a few fun things with you today. We have been busy all last week celebrating my eldest daughter turning The BIG 5! I love being able to create fun designs for my kids and birthday cards are high on my top 5 favorites list!! This year, however, I had a little help with the cards. I recruited my budding artist/writer to assist me in designing her birthday invite. I took her sketches and her name and digitized them to use with the design layout I created. I LOVE it!!! And it ads a super fun personal touch from my little lady!

ENJOY and Happy 5th Birthday to my dearest Emelia Rose. I love you to the moon and back!!!

AND I thought I would also share with you a few of my favorites from her 5 Year Photo session. This lady knows how to work the camera.. and when to run away from it. Yes, she must be the daughter of a photographer! But I just love her to bits and I can not get enough of the silly photos she takes!!!

ENJOY!

Women For JOY!!!

Last week I had the amazing opportunity to meet and work with an inspirational, unique, individual who is fighting for the freedom of so many children around the world through JOY International. This man has actually gone barefoot (Yes, even here in Colorado) for THREE years to help raise awareness about children being sold into slavery. WOW!

I was honored to be asked to design their upcoming "Women For JOY Conference" Logo as well as other promotional items needed. I love how the designs turned out, the image of a bird being set free is a wonderful picture of what needs to be done for these suffering children all around the world.

ENJOY and if you want to learn more about this incredible ministry you can learn more HERE.

- Women For JOY Conference - Logo

- Women For JOY Conference - Save-the-Date Postcard

- Women For JOY Conference - Registration Form

- Women For JOY Conference - Sponsorship Packet

Little bit of Summertime...

Today was such a beautiful day!!! Almost felt like Spring was on its way... maybe... or we could have another dumping of snow on our doorstep in the morning. Either way I am loving the warmth of today. And since I am in the mood for Summer, I thought I would just jump right in and share with you a cute little invite I designed recently.

It is not everyday I get to design a Pool Party Birthday invite in the middle of winter. BUT that is the beauty of this wonderful world we live in and although we might have snow here in Colorado, a dear friend of mine Down Under is just finishing up with their Summer!!!

A few weeks ago, this dear friend asked me to design a 2nd Birthday Party Invite for her little princess and I just LOVE how it turned out. What a perfect way to get through the winter blues by designing a super colorful, full of sunshine and smiles, barefooted, girly birthday card!!!

Eva, cutie, I hope your Birthday was amazing!!!!! One of these days I hope to finally get to meet you in person!! Love ya!

ENJOY!

A Mountain Top "I DO"...

Happy, Happy Tuesday!!!! I have been waiting, what seems like forever, to show todays designs to you. A very dear friend of mine, whom I have known since college days, asked me months and months ago to design her Wedding Invites... and Save-the-Dates.. and a bunch of other printed stuff to go with. Of course I was thrilled to be a part of her big day! I love weddings and I love the color green and I love designing fun matchy-matchy stuff so this project was just a perfect mix of all three. We have had such a fun time creating these cards and I am so excited that I can finally show them off!! YAY!!!!

Heather and Cameron, I am soooo beyond excited for you guys and your new life together. May you be forever blessed and continue to love each other more and more as each year goes by!

ENJOY!

- Save-the-Date Postcards -

- Rehearsal Dinner Small Invites -

- Wedding Invitations -

- Informal Lunch Small Invites -

- Table Menu's -