design – pantone’s fall 2010 palatte
My career as a designer has been spent eating, breathing and sleeping PANTONE. I can still remember when I started out in the industry, I thought it was weird that designers were always talking about PMS (pantone matching system). I thought it was awfully inappropriate conversation for the workplace. So I am always excited to see what pantone calls out for the home and fashion color trends. I am really loving several of these colors for this fall. In case you were curious what the color of year for 2010 is….its turquoise.
In case you were curious what the color of year for 2010 is….its turquoise.
invitations – elizabeth & mathew
I am so excited to showcase this invitation project because it was our first order from a client out of state who found us on Style Me Pretty. We were able to successfully and smoothly communicate through email with an inspiration board that Eilzabeth put together. Elizabeth works for Google in Chicago and had her fabulous kelly green and black celebration in a beautiful church in California with a reception following at Mountain Winery in Saratoga.
kelly green & black
marketing – the wedding party studio
I absolutely love The Wedding Party Studio. “They are one of my fav clients.” They communicated early in their branding process that they want to achieve an Anthropologie-feel with a modern edge. So each time I am presented with a project, I filter it through just that. A few recent projects include a button design for the studio vendors to include on their websites or blogs to show their elite affiliation with TWPS. The studio also wanted to provide brides with a VIB {very important bride} card that they can use with participating vendors who offer discounts, incentives or gifts with purchase. And for an ad in the next Texas Wedding Guide, we created an simple, but eye catching design. Our goal was create something that the bride would take a second look at, intrigued in way. TWPS is truly a library, free to the bride, where she can research the best of the best vendors in Dallas. Definitely “check it out”.
PAGES magazine
Summer 2010
The Wedding Party Studio quarterly publishes a mini-mag called PAGES that profiles weddings and vendors that are part of the exclusive studio. This last issue gave us invitationers the opportunity to each design a piece of a wedding ensemble using Navy and Fuschia – I am loving this palette! Waxpaper was chosen to design the menu – I think the group turned out fab. I am also a contributing writer to their Do’s and Don’ts section. I try to keep them witty, but believe it or not I am running out of good material. Anyone out there have some good suggestions?
Waxpaper
“Show & Tell” { The Forgotton Paper }
Jenn Sprinkle
“I Do’s & Don’ts” { Witty Words of Wisdom }
grey & pruple
design inspiration – new york stationery show
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I leave today for New York…did I mention I love what I do. This is my favorite time of the year! Some might find it boring to walk the halls of the Javits Center looking at cards, paper and notebooks….i say it is close to heaven. I get weak in the knees. I will spend a couple of days walking the stationery show and then will hit the International Contemporary Furniture Fair as well next door. This is where I get inspired…color, pattern, ideas galore. Hopefully I can sneak some pics and bring the show to those that wouldn’t find it boring! I will also be looking for manufacturers to partner with. I “heart” NY!
-Jenn
living the dream: a day in the life
Above right to left: Jenn, Colin, Robinyou’re invited.
We’re not the kind to leave anyone out.
Don’t forget to RSVP.
GRAND OPENING of ‘the print room’
What is “the print room” you ask? Well, as you know I love paper and I love marketing, so why not bring them together. ‘the print room’ was launched to provide my clients with affordable prices and easy access to printing.
There are 3 ways to use it:
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- Upload your own designs for business cards, flyers, postcards, tags, just about anything you need for marketing and GET GREAT PRICES.
- Use our design services to design your marketing materials, then we will send you the files and you can upload and place your orders to be shipped directly to you as needed and GET GREAT PRICES.
- Keep your eye out for our free templates. Periodically we will send out templates for calling cards, thank you notes, and other things that you can download, then go to the site, upload them to our site, and customize with your own wording – and of course – GET GREAT PRICES.
‘The print room’ is open to ANYONE, so share it with your friends and especially businesses! Make sure you become a fan on facebook, follow us on twitter and sign up for our newsletter, because we will be sending out coupons and templates for ‘the print room’.