Beach Walk

This invitation suite was designed for my internship roommate, Jana, and her fiance, Tom. They are planning a beach-front wedding later this summer. In their effort to 'go green', we worked to creatively eliminate envelopes or additional paper inserts where we could. Below is what was printed on the reverse of their invitations, allowing for less paper to be used throughout the printing process.


We even designed response post cards instead of traditional cards with envelopes:

Paper used for all of their Save the Date and Invitations is Pearl White Metallic. The Invitation Envelopes are also Pearl White Metallic. The Invitation Envelopes are lined in Aqua Lagoon Metallic to coordinate with the flip flop detailing on their paper suite.

Calling Cards - Brides Collection

As we've posted before, calling cards are making a comeback in a big way. Perfect for enclosing with a gift when you don't need a full greeting card, or sending with a note or document, they are a great social correspondence piece for your collection!

These are both designed with brides in mind in two different styles. Many brides who order these styles enclose their new address or contact information on the back of them and include them with shower and wedding thank you notes, or when giving gifts to their attendants.

The can double as a 'calling card' with your new contact information and (of course!) you new name! Over 80 paper colors are available to customize these cards. They are shown on Bright White Solid.

Tutti Fruitti

I love bright colors!!

This was an invitation sample created for a recent women's club fundraiser called "The Fruit of the Spirit" -- hence the tangarine and lime detail.

The paper used (bottom to top) was Orange Metallic with Bright White Solid cardstock. The lime green border drim is printed on the white layer.

Labels - Round Wedding Rings Seals

Envelope Seals! These little labels are just under 2" across and perfect for sealing your Save the Date envelopes. Colors, fonts, font colors, and ring tones (white gold or yellow gold) are custom to your specifications. Here, they are shown (from top to bottom) in Navy with white gold rings, Brown with yellow gold rings, and Black with white gold rings.

Get creative and thinking about what would be perfect for your seals -- they're the first part of your Save the Date your guests will see!

At only $3 per sheet of 18 labels, these are an affordable highlight to any wedding mailing. They are also great to seal

Champagne Wishes

These invitations were created for my good friend, Katina's, couples shower with her fiance (soon to be husband!), Seth. With a delicate color champagne glass duo at the top, the invitation lets your guests know a celebration is in store.

The paper used (from bottom to top) was Black Solid with Pearl White Metallic, setting a great tone for this elegant event. You can customize this to make it yours with over 80 paper color and finish options.

A big congratulations to Seth and Katina, who were married April 4! The wedding was spectacular and Katina was a gorgeous bride. Many happy years to you both!

Hula Hoop Hula

The Hula Hoop Hula invitations made their debut last month for my grandmother's surprise 80th birthday party. The hoop scroll design is featured on both sides of the invitation with the details down the center.

It was printed on while linen card stock with a black linen back card. The final invitation measures 4" x 8" and is available for $2 per invitation. Additional directions, enclosure and response cards are available for $.75 each.

Bridesmaids Bogata

This was created for a Bridesmaids Brunch the day before my cousin's wedding. The event was a nice morning affair for her bridesmaids, moms, grandmothers, aunts and close friends to get together and spoil the bride a little before the wedding weekend commenced.

I worked with the bride's colors of light orange and pink to customize the dresses on the invitation. Your wedding colors can just as easily be featured when you use this invitation for a shower or bridesmaids luncheon.

The invitation is printed on white linen paper with a light orange back card. The final size of the invitations is 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" and are $2 each. Additional directions, enclosure and response cards are available for $.75 each.

Garden Party

These invitations were created for an upcoming engagement party later this spring. For a springtime, backyard event, the grass detail on the bottom of the card is a perfectly simple touch.

The cards are printed on white cardstock and backed with a deep green back card. The final size is 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 and they are $2 per invitation, including the envelope printed with the return address. Additional directions, enclosure and response cards are available for $.75 each.

Perfect Packages

These were designed for a birthday party, when the host wanted something simple, but a little different. The sierra white cardstock is tied with a 1/4" red satin ribbon. The ribbon is secure only in the manner of tying. It is not other wise taped onto the cardstock.

This also a great look for a holiday party invitation. Instead of the flourish at the bottom, the custom design could be a small Christmas tree, star or other holiday symbol. Ribbon color, of course, is custom to your event. Hosting a baby shower? A delicate pastel ribbon would be perfect around this invitation.

Pricing is $1.75 per invitation, including ribbon and return address printed on the outer envelope. Enclosure cards are $.75 each. The size shown is a 5" square and the envelope measures 5.5" square.

Fantasy Land

These were invitations created for a summer wedding reception. The couple had been together for some time, and after a courthouse wedding, they wanted a fun afternoon reception to celebrate making their union 'official'.

We went with a bright color scheme of a coral orange and kelly green, which was inspired by the floral centerpieces the bride envisioned her their special day. The scroll work on the invitations was all a custom design, created to make a more formal occasion a bit whimsical.

The coral orange cardstock is printed in kelly green and mounted on a kelly green back card. The enclosure postcards were in the coral cardstock and there was a second enclosure card, not pictured, that included a message reading "In lieu of gifts, the bride and groom would like you to bring donations to be made to the local SPCA" and some specific foods and items were listed. The couple's lifelong commitment to their animals was something they were able to bring into their reception through these donations.

Dimensions for the invitations were 5.5" square with the enclosure postcard at 4.25" x 5.5" and the gift enclosure card at 3.5" x 2.5". All were sent together in a sierra white 6" square envelope. The Summer Wedding suite runs $2 per invitations and $.75 per enclosure card, including return address printing on the outer envelope.

It's 5 o'clock somewhere....

I was called up by a sorority sister on the East Coast to design some invitations for her company's spring cocktail mixer -- my pleasure!!

She selected my Cocktail Stripe invitation, featuring vertical stripes on each side in a celidan green with a cute wine glass and martini glass at the top. They are 5" x 7" and were printed on matte white cardstock and come with coordinating envelopes, complete with a return address in fonts to match the invitation.

These are also great for housewarmings, couples showers/stock the bar parties, cocktail parties, bachelorette parties, evening bridal showers, and birthday parties!!


A couple of other fabulous invitations when throwing a cocktail or bachelorette party:

Sally-Anne and Michael's Wedding Labels

First off, congratulations to Sally-Anne and Michael, who are getting married this weekend! I had the pleasure of designing not only their address labels when they recently moved, but the seals on their wedding invitations as well.

Sally-Anne has fabulous taste and her wedding colors are kelly green and hot pink. Her invitations were designed by Holland Photo Arts and my Grosgrain Round Labels finished off her ensemble perfectly!

Her invitations designers blogged about their invitations as well. Check it out HERE.

These, and any other round labels, are available for $5 per sheet of 20 labels.

Congratulations again, you two!

Wedding Monograms

A new client asked me to design some wedding monograms for them to use on their invitations, programs, place cards and thank you notes. I am more than honored to design and print them all for them.

These are all available in any colors and are $35 per monogram. You will receive in in 4 format, both in color and black & white. After the one time purchase of a monogram, you have full rights to use and reproduce the monogram as you'd like. If you order paper products featuring the monogram at the time of monogram purchase, the monogram is $10 off!

I finally have a blog!

That's right folks -- I finally broke down and decided to start blogging about my adventures in paper! Don't stress -- I've changed the names, addresses and locations in my sample work on here to protect my clients.

I live in the western suburbs of Chicago with my husband (who is a pilot and can't get far away enough from the paper business) and our three-year-old Lhasa Cocker mix, Reagan. We were married two years ago, and after making all of the paper products for my own wedding, and guests constantly asking who did my printing, it just made sense to channel my creative energies into my own business, and Bliss Papers was born.

Everything on my site is custom made, allowing all designs to be tailored to EXACTLY what you want. Nothing is pre-printed cardstock that I just add your information to.

I feature a full line of:

• Invitations - weddings, showers, birthdays, holiday parties and more!
  
• Wedding & Birth Announcements
• Correspondence & Note Cards - everyone should have a little stash of these at home
  
• Mommy cards - think business cards, but without a business on it, and with a little more personality
• Recipe Cards - Great for shower and housewarming gifts
• We've Moved Cards
• Monograms - Custom monograms for your child, the bride & groom, or just the sassy lady in your life
  
• Labels - Address labels, envelope seals, book labels and more!
• Place Cards - Because no bride wants to write them out when they can be custom printed
• Menu Cards - Let your guests know what is on tonight's menu - be it a dinner party for 10 or a wedding for 400
  
• Calligraphy services - they're more affordable than you think

I hope you will enjoy this blog, and I'll keep everyone updated with current jobs as they come along. We are working on the new web site, which will hopefully be up and running sometime this summer.