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Friday
Aug272010
DateAugust 27, 2010

Bridal Beauty Contest Alert!

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Attention NYC area brides, this contest is too good to pass up on.

The ladies at Merci New York and Facetime Beatuy Concierge have teamed up to give away one prize package of free wedding day hair, make-up and fashion styling for the lucky bride and up to five bridesmaids!

Here's more information on the contest, including rules and how to enter:

To enter, readers must visit the Facetime Beauty Concierge website for inspiration, and comment below, describing their ideal wedding day look for the bride and bridesmaids, along with the confirmed date and location of the respective wedding {dates will not be transferable, so please only enter if the wedding date and venue are solidified}.

To increase your chances of winning the complete NYC Bridal Styling Package {valued at over $2,000}, there are four additional ways to enter this contest:

  1. Tweet this: I entered to win wedding day hair, make-up + fashion styling via the @FacetimeBeauty #BridalGiveaway on @MerciNYC http://su.pr/1yPQoN. Then leave a second comment once you’ve tweeted, along with your Twitter name.
  2. Blog about the Facetime Beauty Bridal Giveaway {feel free to use our oh-so-pretty giveaway graphic!} and comment with your blog link.
  3. Post about the giveaway on a message board and comment with your link.
  4. Share the Facetime Beauty Bridal Giveaway on Facebook and let us know via a comment.

Remember, in order to qualify:

  • The wedding must take place in the New York City area {no more than a one hour drive outside Manhattan}.
  • The wedding date must take place in 2010 or 2011. Dates are non-transferable, and must be included in your entry, along with your venue.
  • Facetime Beauty Concierge and Merci New York must both available for the wedding date.

The giveaway winner will be chosen at random and announced via the Merci New York blog on Friday, September 10th at 8:00 PM EST. Good luck!

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Thursday
Aug192010
DateAugust 19, 2010

think sweet nyc: logo + biz cards

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A couple of months ago, I was contacted by Hazel, a coworker of my husband, to help work on a super secret project for her sister, Taylor. Just finishing up her pastry arts program and having an internship with Ron Ben Israel, Taylor was ready for to start showcasing her own work to clients. Hazel's plan was to name, brand and print business cards for Taylor all as a surprise to help get the business off the ground.

Here's some original logos I designed - based on using a cupcake as a featured image:

After a few rounds of edits, we decided to move forward with a 'think bubble' graphic and a beautiful pale pink and grey color palette. Here's the final business cards:

I had a lot of fun working with Hazel on these cards and thought her support and encouragement for Taylor was incredible sweet! To see Taylors work, visit Think Sweet NYC's facebook page.

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Tuesday
Aug172010
DateAugust 17, 2010

Real Invitations: Shira + Loren

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After just celebrating their first wedding anniversary, I'm finally getting a chance to showcase theses invitations (and some other paper goods) designed for Shira and Loren's wedding day last September.

Channeling the glory days of New York's 1930s, the invites focused on a single Art Deco pattern paired with a striking purple and silver color palette.

Here's the entire suite, including: invitation, reception card, rsvp set and outer envelope and envelope liner

The suite was printed on Crane's Lettra which beautifully reproduced the letterpress type and blind embossed pattern. My biggest challenge was finding just the right color envelopes. These are made by Eames.

Calligraphy by Tara Jones

This top graphic shows the reception card. The pattern shown in grey was blind embossed onto the paper. On the bottom is the RSVP envelope - which I totally fell in love with. I took the dots from the pattern and used them to florish the address.

The image for the liner came from a few conversations I had with the couple, who were both were extremely close to their family. We decided upom making a family tree, which became an important element in the ceremony programs and the reception. Trees are symbolic in the jewish culture and the design really gavethe final suite an extremely personal feeling.

For a tutorial on how to make custom envelope liners, click here.

At the reception, I picked up the color palette and 1930s vibe in these cocktail napkins and signature cocktail signs.

And for the Rehearsal Dinner and Sunday Brunch, the palette and design was reinvented again, but this time digitally printed onto metallic paper.

Other images of this event can be found here / here / here and here.

Photography by Jen Huang

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Tuesday
Aug102010
DateAugust 10, 2010

DIY Tutorial: Tissue Paper Garlands

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It's been a busy week or so preparing for Marquina + Dan's wedding at the end of the month. Our décor plan is focused on color, geometric shapes and natural materials. Nothing too serious or over the top, but by bringing in pops of their wedding colors to compliment the natural raw loft space, we're making some great progress!

One project I just completed is garlands made from squares of tissue paper. You may remember this stuff from kindergarten craft-time. Back in the day, we would dip the squares in glue, scrunch them and use to color a simple shape - like this heart for Valentine's Day.

In all, I sewed 6 garlands - ranging in 25' - 40'. The squares are available in various prepackaged sets and it only takes a small amount to make a big impact. I used three colors, white, lavender and lime and ended up using only one package, which kept the project under $8 - talk about budget-savvy!

Materials:

  • Tissue Paper Squares: Oriental Trading Company had the best selections I found. Their price for a set of 8 colors (625 squares of each color) is just $4.99.
  • Thread: I used standard white sewing thread. Originally I purchased clear thread, but it kept breaking in the sewing machine. The white worked perfectly and I used less than 1 full spool (including the thread for the bobbin).
  • Sewing Machine: I had to do some tests first with the tension since tissue paper is very brittle to sew. A chain stitch worked perfectly to hold the pieces just right.

Here's a little step-by-step recreation:

  1. I started by separating the squares of tissue paper and organizing them by color. This took a little more time then expected, but it makes sewing a breeze.
  2. My sewing machine was threaded with white thread and with some gentle pressure on my foot petal, I kept a slow, constant pace, alternating the three colors.
  3. Close-up detail of the spacing used for the squares. Some were layered on top of each other and others we're spaced out a little wider, as in this example.
  4. Detail of the finished garland

Prudent Baby has a a cute modified version of this project using petal shaped tissue paper. This Martha Stewart Weddings feature was the original inspiration behind this project!

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Friday
Aug062010
DateAugust 6, 2010

Crafty Mirror

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Spotted on Craftzine.com today. Check out the tutorial on how to make this fun fixture for your creative space.

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