Inspired Goodness Bloghttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/Custom invitations and paper goods studio located in Brooklyn, New Yorken-US2012-02-07T23:08:42ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)real wedding: Jillian + Joshhttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/9/16/real-wedding-jillian-josh.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-09-16T16:06:36ZFlowers NYC Wedding Press Real Weddings

So excited to announce our latest wedding is up on Green Wedding Shoes today! The bride, Jillian actually found me after emailing Jenny, the editor there for Event Designers in the NYC area and I'm so glad she did.


From the moment I met Jillian, planning and bringing her ideas to life was truely one of my favorite events ever. She was obsessed with everything vintage, especially when it came to garden accents and Anthropologie! Were we destined to meet or what??

Here's just a few of the amazing photos - I promised to post some more in the coming weeks! Special thanks to my partners in this event, the floral team at Quatre Coeur. Ruth and Amanda were instrumental in planning all the beautiful details of this event from day one. It was a true collaboration between their team and mine!

all photos ©Susan Stripling

]]>birth announcements: gingerhttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/5/24/birth-announcements-ginger.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-05-24T13:24:01ZBaby + Kids Baby C Behind the Scenes Paper Goods birth announcement ginger letterpressI just got Ginger's Birth Announcements back from our printer and am so excited to get them out in the mail. I love, love, LOVE how they turned out.

Letterpress printed on 660gsm Crane Lettra Pearl White Stock in 3 PMS colors. I paired the final announcements with coordinating color envelopes from Paper-Source. Half of our address list is getting Poppy Envelopes and the other half is getting Pool Envelopes.

Especially in love with how the overlap turned out! Hoping to have the opportunity to do more 3-color jobs in the future. These were so much fun to work on and a great way to welcome our little lady into the world!

 

P.S. Since so many people have asked, here's the font we used for her name. It's called Breathe Pro.

]]>Welcome Ginger Lucia Canalehttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/5/17/welcome-ginger-lucia-canale.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-05-17T15:31:07ZBaby C Behind the Scenes gingerWow, this post is way overdue. Or should I say any post is way overdue. Sorry to drop out the past month but things have been very busy in our world. Our daughter, Ginger Lucia Canale, was born on April 25th and it's been amazing ever since.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that John and I are parents and responsible for this angel. She's completely perfect and we're both so smitten. It's amazing to know how much having a child will not only test your limits as an individual but also strengthen you as a couple. I love the fact that I have a family of my own - actually I can't get over how amazing and cool that part is.

I can't wait for Ginger to get a little bit bigger so I can start teaching her things but I'm loving how tiny and small she is right now. It's bliss being a mom and definitely one of the hardest jobs I've ever had.

Feel free to follow Ginger's Tumblr page for updates and daily discoveries. She's 3 weeks and 1 day old today and I can't believe how much time is flying by already.

Hope to be around a little more but will keep posting pretty light until I'm 100% back up and running in late August / early September.

]]>springtime at nine cakeshttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/4/5/springtime-at-nine-cakes.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-04-05T18:37:55ZFood + Drinks Nine Cakes spring sugar flowers wedding cakeI'm utterly in love with everything that comes out of Betsy Thorleifson's shop, Nine Cakes and had to post this amazing work in process picture from her twitter feed.


Looks like something magical is in the works at the shop this week! So reminds me of SPRINGTIME!!

]]>japanese masking tape table numbershttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/3/29/japanese-masking-tape-table-numbers.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-03-29T15:15:48ZDIY Paper Goods table numbersLoving this simple idea for a DIY table number. Crafty brides, this has your name written all over it!!

image via Papermash Store

Happy Tape has a great selection of masking tapes in various colors, styles and motifs.

]]>Daily Candy Feature!http://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/3/28/daily-candy-feature.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-03-28T23:54:32ZPress daily candyThanks so much to the lovely editors at Daily Candy for including Inspired Goodness in today's New York City Spring 2011 Weddings Guide. 

We're thrilled to be included!

(click image to enlarge)

]]>2 great ideas for vintage wood spools at your weddinghttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/3/17/2-great-ideas-for-vintage-wood-spools-at-your-wedding.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-03-17T16:45:28ZBehind the Scenes DIY DIY project Details Wedding Crashers vintageWith just about 5 and a half weeks left until Baby C is born, my nights are filled with lots and lots and lots of sleeplessness. I've been obsessed with looking for cool ideas and projects on Etsy via PicClick, which if you don't know about it yet, need to stop reading right this second and click on over.

For those of us "in the know" PicClick offers a hyped up search engine for Etsy (and eBay and a host of other sites). I'm obsessed with it.

Anyhow, last night I feel like I stumbled upon something really unique, these Embroidered Spool Escort Cards by Etsy seller Lelise

I'm really into vintage spools right now - I bought a large lot a month or so back and used them to display my paper goods at the Wedding Crashers Show.

Figured to share a little DIY Tutorial on how to make these small beauties into card holders. They are perfect to use for place cards or even table number signs. Just remember that they can be top heavy so if you intend to use heavy paper stock, go for larger spools or just weigh them down.

 

Vintage Wooden Spool Card Holders

Materials:

  • Assorted vintage spools
  • Memo pins
  • Hot glue gun + glue sticks
  • Coins

Directions:

  1. Assemble your materials: wooden spool lots can be found inexpensively on Etsy and eBay.
  2. The memo pins come very tightly wound so if you are using heavy weight paper, you may need to loosen them up a little. I used an old credit card / gift card inserted into the top wire and it worked like a charm.
  3. Prep your spools: clean up loose ends and use a small piece of masking tape on the bottom to stop the glue from oozing out
  4. Pop a bit of glue into the top of the spool and insert the memo pin. They work best when they are left slightly above the spool. (I used golf pencils to hold the pins in place).
  5. When glue is dry, turn each spool over and glue on a coin that fits to the bottom. No need to worry, you can easily remove the coins later. I found nickels and quarters worked best!
  6. Enjoy!

 

]]>illustrated invites by Liam Stevenshttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/3/10/illustrated-invites-by-liam-stevens.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-03-10T21:18:07ZBlogs Paper Goods illustration invitations

Can't tell you how gaga I went after seeing Liam Stevens work on Once Wed.

These invites were designed especially for designer Anya Hindmarch's London Fashion Week Show. Sheer insanity on how beautiful they are, right!?!

]]>Well Wed Wedding Fair Ticket Giveawayhttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/3/7/well-wed-wedding-fair-ticket-giveaway.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-03-07T17:35:39ZBooks + Magazines Contests + Giveaways Events

Hello lovelies,

I got an email last week about a really exciting event just around the corner - perfect for all of you Cape Cod area / Martha Vinyard area brides still on the hunt for wedding vendors! WellWed Magazine is hosting their 3rd Annual Cape & Islands Wedding Affair at the Chatham Bars Inn on March 12th.

This year the theme is Vintage Carnival, so you can expect to see some really remarkable ideas and have a chance to nibble on some carnival-related goodies like candy apples and cotton candy!!

For a chance to win TWO SETS of COUPLES TICKETS, be sure to leave your comment on the WellWed site starting today! Best of luck to all who enter and hope you enjoy the show!!

More images from last year's event can be found here and here.

 

]]>Wedding Crashers 2011 Recaphttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/2/28/wedding-crashers-2011-recap.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-02-28T21:27:53ZBehind the Scenes Events Wedding Crashers brooklyn based the bell house wedding eventsIn case you didn't make it out this weekend to the Wedding Crashers Show at The Bell House, you're in for some beautiful eye candy. There were so many cool Brooklyn couples in attendance - we enjoyed meeting lots of great brides and grooms to be!

photos by Kristina Hill Photography / top photo is from Tammy Golson's table which was designed by Poppies and Posies / entry decorations by Rock Paper Scissors

For my table display, I used a mixture of old books, containers and wooden spools to prop up my work.

photos above from Sarah Brysk Cohen of Blossom and Branch

details of my table from courtesy of Kristina Hill Photography

I totally heart all of Nine Cakes work, it's so approachable and understated, just the way I think wedding cakes should be!!

From left to right: the guest program from the event / the lovely girls from Nine Cakes in the photo booth along with some of their amazing goodies. All photos by Kristina Hill Photography

All photos by Kristina Hill Photography

For a complete list of all the vendors, visit Brooklyn Based. More recaps can be found on Metromix and on Kristina Hill's blog.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hello. I had a wonderful day!!

]]>design*sponge Sneak Peek!http://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/2/21/designsponge-sneak-peek.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-02-21T18:59:17ZBehind the Scenes Blogs Brooklyn Decor Home Decor Press design sponge interiors new apartment

Somebody needs to pinch me really hard because we were lucky enough to be asked to share some photos of our apartment on Design*Sponge today. The post went live a couple of hours ago and we've been overwhelmed with the great responses and comments so far!

John and I are pretty excited (to say the least!) Thanks to the amazing Sneak Peek editor, Anne and Grace for featuring our home. It's an honor!!

]]>studio closed 2/14 - 2/20http://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/2/13/studio-closed-214-220.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-02-13T15:16:38ZUncategorizedHi there everyone! Just wanted to spread the word the studio will be closed this week. We're heading out to Turks & Caicos for a nice relaxing Babymoon holiday and I can't wait to sink my feet into the sand!!

chalkboard "closed sign" by Mary Kate McDevitt

All emails and inquiries will be responded when we return next Monday, 2/21/11. Hope you have a wonderful week and to all you lovebirds, Happy Valentine's Day!!

xx.

]]>Real Wedding featured on Broke Ass Bridehttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/2/10/real-wedding-featured-on-broke-ass-bride.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-02-10T17:09:56ZBehind the Scenes Blogs Brooklyn Decor Details Lucky in Love Challenge Press Real WeddingsIf you don't follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you might have missed my announcement earlier in the week. Dana La Rue, the adorable and funny editor of The Broke Ass Bride is featuring a full week of recaps from our Lucky in Love Wedding of Marquina & Dan. We spend months working with the couple to create a carefully laid out plan of decorations and paper goods that needed to be economical but still beautiful.

In the end, all the decor cost a little under $500 (minus flowers and the centerpieces) and their paper goods came in just around $550.

Post 1 covers the ceremony and has a great DIY Tutorial on how to make your own Chuppah or Wedding Canopy for under $200!

Post 2 covers the reception, which was primarily decorated with rolls and rolls and rolls of ribbon plus the Tissue Paper Garlands I featured a few months back.

Stay tuned to the Broke Ass Bride all week for more of Inspired DIY Goodness recaps!

Photos by Casey Fatchett Photography

]]>the baby nook planhttp://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/2/2/the-baby-nook-plan-1.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-02-02T23:24:36ZBaby C Behind the ScenesCan you say awesome?!? I worked on about 14 different items and was on location day of to make sure everything came along as planned. Still waiting on pro-pics to share with you those details, but needless to say it was a huge success! So in my free time, I've been trying to do some research and planning in my head for what we hope to do with the space that currently houses the Inspired Goodness workspace. It's going to become modified for the little one to have it's own dedicated space in our home. I think this really makes sense for our particular needs since I'll be taking some time off in the beginning and want to make sure that the apartment we love and have worked so hard to make our own is still a place we look forward to remaining in for as long as we can. I've come up with this plan for the 'nook' which measures a little under 80" wide by 15" deep. It's tiny and a very spacially challenged, but I'm in love with the crib we've decided on and hope in actuality this works out to be a fun little addition to our home. For furniture, we plan on purchasing the Oeuf Sparrow Crib in Walnut Finish and possibly doing a tall Ikea Billy Bookcase with a door that's glass on top and solid on the bottom. We have a set of large PAX wall units on the opposite wall in the same white color and think that would match nicely. I'm hoping to try to rig up a tension rod on the glass top half of the bookcase interior to store some of the baby's cute clothes. If that doesn't work, we'll put books and toys on display. For Christmas, I got John the Brooklyn print shown in the center, designed by Jim Datz Actually I got him a different print of Brooklyn but this one was rolled up with that as a gift for the little one. We just got it framed and it's been the inspiration point for the nook in general. The only other piece we already own is the Ship in a Bottle pillow by Coral & Tusk. Decorations would include some vintage wood crates, some owls (we have a large collection and need to include the baby in on those, don't ya think?). I loved the ones shown in my montage - a tutorial for them can be found here. And we're on the lookout for some matching storage boxes like the red and teal one's I have in my sketch. Maybe these from Ikea will do the trick. Lastly, I'm hoping to narrow down from the following fabrics to make crib sheets and a crib skirt. Top row: Jim Datz's Brooklyn / Pep A by Liberty / Eiffel Tower Keys / Elefete in Sky / Memories of Rain by Akira Minagawa for Liberty / Notebook Zakka / Parrot Stripe by Liberty / more shots of Memories of Rain]]>holiday cards 2010http://www.inspiredgoodness.com/blog/2011/1/18/holiday-cards-2010.htmlKimberly @ Inspired Goodness2011-01-18T18:26:56ZBehind the Scenes Paper Goods custom stationery holiday cardsDon't the holidays seem so long ago? I can't believe how many weeks it's been and that I've yet to post these!

For this year's holiday cards, I decided to do a digital printed card with a tone-on-tone letterpress envelope. I loved how they turned out so much that I used them for our personal cards as well.

I used Red A2 envelopes from Paper Source and 110# white uncoated stock for the cards.

 

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