what's on your wish list?

My wish list was small this year; I've been feeling completely overwhelmed by all the joy and happiness in my life that I really can't imagine needing anything else.

But because my family drops a a few goodies into each stocking, I gave this little list:

* Luxe City Guides for New York, Chicago, Melbourne and Sydney (all places I'm headed in 2011!)

* Glue refills for my ATG 700 (I can't live without this thing, it makes magic!)

* Anything fromThe Paper Place on Queen West.

What's on your list?!

* photo from here.

{signed, sealed, delivered!...}

After a furious weekend of invitation creating, I received word this morning that this wedding suite arrived safe and sound to the bride in Colorado Springs! I know this design is getting repetitive here on lovelyvélo, but the sweet little heart detail has proven quite popular this year. I have some new designs in the works that I look forward to sharing with you soon.

{a wedding booklet...}

At last, some shots of the booklet invite interior! I hand stitched and bound each of these invitatons and am thrilled about how they turned out. The bride and groom chose a beautiful deep green cover and I then experimented with a few varieties including this gorgeous carta verese Italian paper. Visit my etsy shop for more details!

{invitation sneak peek...}

Remember those maps and hard-cover invitations I was telling you about? Well, all 65 are done! I'll have more to share from the interiors soon (once all the guests have received them), but I just couldn't wait to show you a few shots of the covers!

I'll have something similar available on my Etsy Store soon.

{map madness...}

For weeks I have been working on the final details of a wedding map for the center of a 10 page, hardcover wedding invite that I'm designing for some friends (yes, 10 pages! hard cover!). As my first genuine foray into map design, I can tell you there have been a few tears and many-a-hair pulled. But alas, it is complete and I'm pretty tickled with the final product. They are of course, nothing like these gorgeous creations by Stephanie Barba, but not bad for a first attempt ;)
Once all the invitees have received their copy, I look forward to sharing the full booklet and process with you here!

{an australian wedding...}

I am just tickled today to have made my first wedding invitation sale on etsy!!!
They will be making their way to Australia next month and I hope they bring as much joy to the bride and groom as I had making them.

{pedals & paper...}

I just delivered wedding invitations to my friend Shannon and couldn't resist snapping a photo of them in my bike basket. Shannon is getting married at a vineyard in Niagara, so I wrapped her invitations in a wine box. Once she's sent them out to her guests, I'll post a few pictures.