Announcing new Etsy shop!

I have been a fan of Etsy for a long time because it encourages craftiness and features awesome handmade stuff from clothes, to jewels, to purses etc. from all over the world. I love browsing the site. Something about looking at the items and imagining crafters (much like myself) staying up late gluing, trimming, designing and stamping that makes me feel at home :)

Well, I finally joined in the fun and opened up a shop of my own! Check me out at LizzyJDesign's Etsy Shop. I am starting off with some cards and my paper flowers for now but will be adding more soon!

Fresh cut paper flowers



Note set with envelope packaging

Happy, Happy card can be used for different ocassions

Thought this would be a nice child's birthday invitaiton or birth announcement, but it can also be a cute bridal shower or bachelorette invitation!

And a sneak peek of things to come...

Bridesmaid cards

Birth announcements

Curious?? Read on right here...

Finally! Handmade Wedding Invitations

I have been planning my wedding and I was absolutely excited about designing and making my own invitations. They are FINALLY done and sent out. Actually, the RSVPs are in, I just am FINALLY posting the pics :)

The invitation card

I used a wax seal "J" (it's the first letter of my new and maiden name!) and mounted on gorgeous paper from PaperSource (luxe creme, text) and printed on an inkjet printer. The luxe creme paper was then mounted on antique gold cardstock (also PaperSource), rounded the corners with a punch and voila!

The inserts

We included a map, directions, additional information (directing to our website) and and RSVP card all cut from 8 x 11 luxe creme text. For out of town guests, we included a travel and accommodation card and put the map on the back of the direction card. All were printed on an inkjet printer. The map was designed in powerpoint. Inserts were tiered (one inch apart). For RSVP envelopes, we used 4-bar antique gold.

All packaged up in half moon luxe creme enclosures.

Inserts were placed behind the invitation card. Tissue paper protected each invitation and a gold elastic cord from held all invitation components together.

For the outer envelope we used A7 envelopes in luxe creme.

Curious?? Read on right here...