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We have some exciting news to share! We’ve just launched personalized art prints with Frecklebox.com. If you are looking for an awesome quality personalized print on archival paper Frecklebox.com is the place to go. You can easily preview your print before ordering and you can order an 8 x 10 or 11 x 14 print. We had a lot of fun with these, lots of new illustrations and watercolors. They make a perfect gift for the upcoming holidays and any gifting needs you have coming up. Use code YAY! at checkout to get 35% off art prints. Available in 8 x 10 or 11 x 14, printed on high quality paper, frame not included. We still have our downloadable digital art prints on Etsy. These are not personalized or printed but are great for a last minute gift. Check out our holiday collection perfect for easy, low-cost decorating over the holidays. Check back often as we add more products to our store. Here are some coupons for ordering at our Etsy Store: Coupon code: BUY2GET1FREE Simply add 3 items (priced at $5.50 USD each) to your cart and enter the code for your free print. Coupon code: BUY4GET2FREE Simply add 6 items (priced at $5.50 USD each) to your cart and enter the code for your free...
Have you ever heard of a Sip and See Baby Shower? I had never heard of one before being asked for designs by one of our online retailers. A Sip and See is a party mom and dad throw after the baby’s birth. Friends can come and meet the new baby, eat snacks and hang out. Kind of like an open house. Another shower card we’ve been asked to design is the Gender Reveal. With a Gender Reveal shower, the guests and sometimes the host learn at the party what the sex of the baby will be. It’s a fun theme to decorate and plan games around. Check out some of these fun ideas for Gender Reveal Showers on Pinterest. Check out some of our cards below on...
Getting ready to announce your new bundle of joy? We are thrilled to have partnered with FineStationery.com to offer the Simon+Kabuki line of stationery, including some new birth announcements. I love the different paper and envelope choices they offer and adding an envelope liner adds a sweet pop of color. Do you have a favorite announcement for your new...
We have some new Baby Announcements debuting this week at Picaboo.com. These are a few of my favorites. We’ve also been hard at work on new holiday cards and can’t wait to show you! Our agent will be at the Licensing Expo next week. If you are in Las Vegas and going to the show, stop by and say hi. You can check out our new collections and pick up a Simon+Kabuki notepad. Our agent, Jewel Branding, will be at Booth...
We recently finished designing some new personalized stationery for InvitationBox.com. We have a great selection of invitations and custom photo cards. We added lots of new birthday cards, baby shower invites and even a slumber party invitation. Here are a few of our new cards. To see these cards and more click here. Hope you like...
Guess what? We just entered our first design challenge on Minted.com. We entered late so we only have 3 entries, plus we are testing the waters first. Minted has beautiful cards and lots of paper, die cut and envelope options. We’ve never done the crowd sourcing/contest format and not sure if it works, we’ll see! In order to win you need to get the most votes from other designers, customers or anyone that makes an account. We’d love your votes and likes!! You can vote, like, comment and pin the designs. Let us know what you think by clicking on the links below each card to take you to Minted.com to vote. Thanks!! Hello Baby Girl – http://www.minted.com/design-rating/137471 Sweet Princess – http://www.minted.com/design-rating/137679 Floral Scallop –...
Celebrate your little cutie’s first birthday with a fun invitation and lots of pink for her special day! Invitation, Cake Bunting, Party Hat, Drink Bottles, Goodie Bags, Macarons, Pom...
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 finished. Up next is Christmas cards. Always strange to design for the holidays during the heat of the summer. By the time Christmas does roll around we are already over it! Any suggestions for what would make a great holiday...
Right now I am loving all of the vintage looks that are in home decor. Mixing burlap and lots of white is beautiful and really brightens the room. Since I always design my kids birthdays around a theme, I thought it would be fun to decorate a baby room in similar fashion, starting with the announcement. There are no babies on the horizon for me but just thinking up decorating projects makes me happy! Make sure to use lots of vintage white frames and soft pastel colors. Keep the bedding simple. A burlap or linen ruffle would look great on the crib. Vintage toys and metal buckets for storage fit in nicely. I also love the look of the tissue paper pom poms hung from the ceiling. Burlap Baby Announcement – LookLoveSend.com Vintage Buckets – Etsy Pom Poms – Etsy, various Crib – Posh Tots Blocks – Etsy...
My hubby and I were shopping in Honolulu a few months ago and came across the cutest little store front. He was going to run into the video game store (yes, really) so I poked my head into this place and said, “I’m going to check out this candy shop” because it was too cute to pass up. As I stood in front of the glass cases, it took me several minutes before I realized I wasn’t looking at things I could eat — it was jewelry! Turns out I was inside of Q-Pot, the brain child of Japanese designer Tadaaki Wakamatsu. Q-Pot is known as the “mysterious pot” because “no one knows what will jump out of it”. And once you go inside, you’ll truly understand this concept. Q-Pot designs are incredibly cute, sweet and very much about fantasy. Wakamatsu takes ordinary food items like chocolate bars and hamburgers and turns them into dreamy, wearable works of art. The burger and ice cream accessories come in layers, so you can add items to your stack as you wish. Don’t like tomatoes? Then just opt for lettuce and cheese instead! Q-Pot even makes baby clothes and bags… I ended up buying a pair of earrings that look like frosting shells. They’re a pretty pinky-coral, super girly and prefect for me since I’m a baking queen who works wonders with buttercream!...
If you have kids and haven’t visited ohdeedoh you must-go-now! It is a super informative site for the latest and greatest ideas in kids room decorating. Plus ideas on how to live with kids in a small space without feeling like you live in a daycare – golden! It is a part of the apartment therapy site – which speaks for itself. They have great tips for renters or owners of small spaces, or just people like me who have a house with smaller than life bedrooms. Do your kids share a room? There are tips for 2 kids, 3 kids, and girl and boy shared rooms. There are oodles of pictures to go through in their kids room tours section. (Heh, I used the word oodles and now I am all distracted)....
Coordinating a baby shower isn’t as hard as you think. The Simon+Kabuki “Goo Goo” Shower Kit helped a bunch for my baby shower (a while ago). Set up for 24 people, it comes with plates, cups, napkins, games, coasters, clear boxes, basket grass, and stickers. Invitations and thank you notes are included as well. There is even an instruction packet for how to throw an awesome baby shower! Here is some of what my mom and sister came up with using the goodies from this kit. They were nervous to throw a shower for a crazy graphic designer (me?). This took the pressure off and I think they did a great job. My pictures don’t do it justice (I was in dire need of a decent camera back then). The stickers were used to decorate the party prize bags and they added coordinating flower pots and ribbon. The cake was done to match the invitations and the little clear boxes were filled with blue and white m&ms and used as party favors. It turned out so great! You can even get creative and use the coasters as decorations. These kits are still available in Boy, Girl, and Neutral color schemes. If you are interested, please contact...
I procrastinated on getting my first baby’s nursery ready. Not the wisest plan, since he could have come early (he was late) or I could have been too big (I was fine), but I think I work best under pressure. And I lean towards a state of denial sometimes (baby? What baby?). But I’d been reading enough about having a baby that I knew I’d be sleep-deprived and potentially cranky, so I wanted the room to be colorful and cheery for the 3 a.m. feedings. I wanted a sleek, modern crib and became obsessed with the Netto line. These are pretty spendy (and now owned by Maclaren), but luckily a local boutique was selling a floor sample of a discontinued model, so we got a good price on it (and I didn’t put too much thought into the fact it cost more than the headboardless metal frame my husband and I sleep on). I wanted crib sheets in my favorite color of orange, and the pattern along the edge seemed like it might interest my son when I put him down for a nap (this was before I knew he would end up napping on me every day for 5 months). IKEA has a lot of fun baby furniture, and I loved the bright pop of cobalt blue and peephole pulls in these dresser drawers. And I could put all the stuffed animals I’d been buying for the baby (okay, for me) on the shelves. I figured I had a good eight months to keep things organized on the shelves before he started tearing everything apart. I also wanted...
