For the next two weeks the blog will be mostly quiet because I’m heading off to Oahu! I’m so excited. I have a list a mile long of fun things I want to do, see or eat. I might need to move there to get everything done. In reality, I’ll probably only...
Since tomorrow is the 4th of July, I thought we should try to remember what our country is founded on. There has been a lot of fighting lately about guns, abortion, religion, gay marriage, etc. but even though we may all have different opinions, they are just...
I’ve been working on some new greeting cards this week. We also have some partyware designs that we are working on and I think I will definitely design a Halloween set with the skull. Next week we start our Christmas designs for our online custom stationery...
We have a lot of new custom cards coming out in the next couple of months. We just finished baby announcements, baby showers and baptism. Those should be available on SimplytoImpress.com soon. But in the meantime here are some baby shower invites that we just...
I just ordered my dad’s Father’s Day gift, so excited that I can check it off my list early. My sister and I tend to buy him funny shirts. This year I found the perfect one and I am guessing it could work for a lot of dads out there. 🙂 Here are a few other...
We have a new collection on Frecklebox just in time for July 4th or anytime you want to be patriotic. It is based on our fireworks design collection. We’ve also used it on paper partyware. Who doesn’t love a red, white and blue party theme! Besides the...
The end of school and start of summer is so close! This last month of madness when every school play, soccer tournament, finals and reports are all due gives way to the relaxing, lazy days of summer. I can’t wait. I know there are parents that love when their...
Silhouettes and animal prints are totally on trend and we combined them in this sassy holiday collection, Wild Holiday. It was licensed for greeting cards by Design, Design but it has a lot of potential for holiday decor as well. Here are a few of the items we thought...
We always get together for Mother’s Day – we have to squeeze it in between soccer games, lacrosse games and life in general and it may not always be the exact day, but you always have to celebrate mom! I have a few favorite recipes that I make that are...
One of our clients is Frecklebox.com. Besides designing a lot of licensed products for their site we also do all of their marketing. That includes all of their email blasts. This one is live today and it was one of our favorites to work on. Hurry up and head on over...
As an artist and designer, color is one of my favorite things. The right color combinations make all the difference in a design collection, a room in your house and even your clothing. Today is Holi, the festival of colors. It is mostly celebrated in India and Nepal...
Have plans for Sunday, besides wearing green? When I was younger (many moons ago) and lived at home, my mom always made corn beef and cabbage, yum! And we are not even Irish. We are Russian, Italian and Hungarian. I sure do miss me some corned beef. I think I’ll...
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and if you are looking for a fun activity for your kids we’ve designed some free Valentine’s cards for Frecklebox.com. You can personalize them with your child’s name and either print out a color version or black and...
I’ve always loved doing cute personalized Valentine’s for my kids. I always included their picture and then attached it to a glassine envelope with candy inside to hand out at school. Now that my kids are out of elementary school it’s no longer cool...
Happy Friday! Hope you had a fabulous Holiday and got everything you wanted! I got lots of fun goodies and a trip to Hawaii for our whole family from my parents. Lucky us, but we have to wait until July to go. I guess in the meantime we can just day dream about that...
Getting ready for our annual Cookie Exchange next week. Checking out some fun recipes I might try. Right now I am addicted to the Trader Joes white chocolate peppermint pretzels (thank god they only sell them at Christmas). I plan on making a version of those with...
Personalized Gifts for everyone on your list. Some of my favorite gifts are personalized. Since we are designers here at S+K, we’ve been giving personalized gifts for years! But now it is pretty easy for anyone to personalize something special. Almost anything...
This year my Christmas decor is all about glittery, vintage-y, sparkly stuff. It started in October when I saw this sparkly silver reindeer that’s the size of my dog on display at Z Gallerie. While my judgmental self was thinking it’s way too early for...
Looking for some fun homemade gifts for the holidays this year? I am hoping to head over to the Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco next weekend. I’ve never been but it looks awesome! It is December 15-16 at the San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center. There...
Need some stocking stuffer ideas or gifts for your kids friends? I like to try and keep these types of gifts under $10. Turns out it is pretty easy to do. Here are a bunch of ideas in the $10 price range. There are lots of online options, you just have to add in a few...
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. -W. T. Purkiser Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. For those crazy enough to brave Black Friday shopping, Good...
It’s that time of the year again! Time to wrangle your kids into half-way decent outfits so you can drag them to the park and take your holiday pictures for Christmas cards. My kids hate this day and grumble the whole time. Last year I let them wear mustaches in...
Here at Simon+Kabuki we’ve just finalized our holiday designs. We usually finish up our holiday stationery designs for some clients in May, but others are due in July and August. Above is just a small sampling of the many cards we did this year. There were well over...
