a buzzin' 1st birthday! - fort smith, arkansas invitation designer

First of all, I just have to say how lucky I am to have such wonderful friends from high school and college alike, that have thought of me when special events have come up in their lives.
This next design is for a pledge sister from my college sorority and her sweet daughter who just turned one!  Sarah's sister-in-law found the precious picture below and used it as inspiration for their party theme...

via thesweetestoccasion

Thus, the inspiration for the party invitation :)...

Sarah loved this party theme but wanted to add in some soft pink as well as the yellow. The honeycomb detail in the background pulled this in.

 

I hope you had a wonderful first birthday, sweet Adeline - you're a doll! And thank you again "Queen Bee Sarah" for contacting me for your little one's special day. Look forward to more milestones :)

double delight, a baby shower! - tulsa, oklahoma invitation designer

I've never been more excited that I was to get to design the last two invitations I've shown you (this one and the last).
My best friend since 2nd grade is having TWINS - any day now, btw! - and I was thrilled to design the invitation for her amazing shower!  The invitation really needs no explanation, but was inspired by the twin's nursery, and I must say is absolutely fabulous! You can read more about Megan and her twin babes by clicking and going on over to In This Wonderful Life :)
Enjoy!!

Megan you're doing amazing - your strength both emotionally AND physically is truly inspiring!  Can't wait to meet little Miss Sloane and that handsome little boy Knox!  EEEEEEK!!!!

announcement flashback

My first post back in 2009 was for the first darling addition to my "best friend family."  Today, sweet Molly Jane is TWO years old!  Can't believe how time flies! 

First meeting with Aunt Shuggie and Molly :)

You can see the details of her birth announcement HERE, and for more precious pictures of Molly and her new little sister Chloe, check out Modern Day Family.

Molly, today, on her 2nd birthday! {photo swiped from her dad's facebook;)}

Happy birthday Molly!!

sneak peek sunday

I was excited when two of my sorority sisters came to me wanting an invitation to celebrate the recent engagement of yet another sister! They're planning an entire weekend of fun starting with floating and then camping out that night. Here's a little glimpse of the invite - more to come later...

baby inspiration!

There are tons of things out there on a daily basis that provide creative inspiration for a designer - but what could be more inspiring than precious new life!  I'm so excited to have two precious new "nieces"in my life, introduced into the world in just the last two months! 

The first being Amy's sweet Zoe Elizabeth, who's shower I posted about here.   Here is teeny, tiny Z, weighing in at less that 6 lbs...

photo by Whitney Kelly Photography

And secondly, Katie welcomed her second baby girl, Miss Chloe Beth, into this world just last Sunday! She's beautiful, just like her big sister Molly - who's announcement from almost two years ago you can see here!  Here's sweet C, all 9 pounds and 22 inches of her....

photo by Mom, Katie

All these babies inspire me with soft colors and images, and get me excited for all the milestones to come in the future in their lives and that of my own being able to play with these sweet babes! It goes without saying, but I'm so thrilled for my best friends, their healthy beautiful babies, and their ever growing families. Next up on the baby front: Megan's perfect twins - and even better - one of each! Can't wait to meet baby girl and baby boy Marshall!

If you're needing inspiration for a unique baby shower invite, birth announcement or birthday party invitation, please let me know by emailing sylviarosedesign@gmail.com!

Cute as a Button!

One of my best friends just had her precious baby girl at the end of February. I was honored to help host a shower for her and was looked at to design the shower invite. After perusing the internet for ideas, Katie suggested the theme of "cute as a button" and we ran with it. Amy planned to use many colors in little Zoe's nursery, but told us to focus on chocolate brown, lime green and a splash of blue (we later added in pink to the decor, of course!)


I printed food labels to for the tables, designed to match the invitation...


A close up of the invitation, framed for decor beside the guest book.


I couldn't talk about the shower without highlighting some more of the food and decor...

Everyone out-did themselves and the shower was a huge success, with Amy and baby Zoe being showered beyond belief!

Welcome to the world baby Zoe, we love you so much already!

Ole' for babies!

Well, I didn't get any mercy on this one!

Assignment: Design an invitation for...

Baby Shower - check!

Couples Baby Shower - check check!

FIESTA Couples Baby Shower - whaaat???

I started with the background to give it a festive look. Then on to the couple, blonde daddy and cute ginger mommy. Liven up the packages with some bright colors and fun patterns. Finally, add a sombrero and some maracas at their feet and we're done! I hope this invite had the couple saying Ole! for baby!








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Ooh La La!

A friend of mine, Rebecca, contacted me to design a shower invitation for a multitude of things for her best friend, Amber. Combining a spa shower with a lingerie shower started out as quite a task! We chose a simple, girly design for the invite because there were going to be grandmothers on the guest list and decided it would be best not to paste bras and panties all over for them to see! I think it turned out super cute and appropriate for the occasion. Enjoy!





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The Tassel was worth the Hassle!

Recently, a former sorority sister of mine contacted me to design a one-of-a-kind graduation announcement for her as well as an invitation for a graduation party. She basically left it up to me but said she wanted something fun and cute with the university's colors (red, white and black). I decided to draw a cute pig to incorporate at the top of the announcement, as I can't use the official razorback because of licensing. Caroline seemed super pleased and we only made one revision from the first draft - that makes for a happy designer!

5 x 7, printed on standard semi-gloss cardstock

For the party invite, they were having a fiesta theme, so I played off that with bright colors and some modern margarita glasses. Hopefully, it was fitting for the evening's festivities!

5 x 5, printed on standard semi-gloss cardstock

Congrats to my Zeta sister, Caroline! Can't wait to see what beautiful interior design creations she comes up with!

I'm also suuuuuper excited and chomping at the bits to unveil a party invite that I just dropped in the mail today. My fiancé and I are helping host an engagement party for some friends of ours were engaged about a week before we were and are getting married in September. Stay tuned for Stephanie and BA's Shrimp Boil Engagement Party invite (wow, say that 5 times fast)!

Please contact sylviarosedesign@gmail.com if you have any custom design needs!

Be My Valentine...

The last time we saw this face was about 7 months ago when we were designing her birth announcement.

The proud mother of Molly came to me with the idea of a customized Valentine card to send to friends and family. With help from photographer Cookie (Molly's grandmother) we had some great shots to work with and "play off of" as you will see on the back of the card.

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back

Molly's parents deserve the credit for the very clever saying. I didn't know butts could be so cute!

Happy Hearts Day to all my family and friends. I love you all so much!

Christmas at the Movies

The Arkansas Figure Skating Association had their annual Christmas program this past weekend. The T-shirt design is below - they wanted "Christmas at the Movies"


and here's a close up of the front pocket art.

Merry Christmas y'all!

Ice Ice Baby!

The Arkansas Figure Skating Association was searching for some fresh new t-shirt designs for their summer camp and fall program.

The first is for their Stars & Stripes summer figure skating camp. The girls loved it!

Everyone loved the design so much, they contacted me for the next one.

Below is the design for the Ozark Invitational that took place in early October. They wanted the essence of fall with an ice skating twist... Mission: Accomplished!

This was the front pocket "logo" I designed for the event. The AFSA usually puts their logo on the front pocket, and they decided to put this on the front of the program.

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Check back soon for the Christmas show design!

molly jane

Katie and Erik welcomed their first born in late June and I was lucky enough to design sweet Molly's birth announcement. Katie wanted the colors of pink, green and yellow to compliment Molly's nursery decor.

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Congrats to the Mentzels!