HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I just wanted to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR and I hope you had a great holiday! As the New Year approaches I will be posting some of the work that I've created in 2011. There is A LOT so bear with me. :)

The SMD Etsy Shop will also be replenished with a NEW collection of designs created especially for the upcoming 2012 wedding season!

Cheers!

Just a few of my favorites things...

There are so many great artists on Etsy I find myself "hearting" a variety of shops. These are a few that I come back to on a regular basis:

Store Name: KcSoapsNMore
Products: Handmade soaps in adorable shapes
Use for: Bridal Shower Favors, Wedding Party Gifts




Store Name: OwlSay Designs
Products: Modish Passport Covers, Checkbook Covers, Travel Wallets, Luggage Tags, Business Card Cases and more!
Use for: Bridal Shower Favors, Wedding Party Gifts, Use for your Honeymoon




Store Name: tyrahandmadejewelry
Products: Modern, Bridal & Personalized Initial Stamped Jewelry
Use For: Bridal Party Gifts, Wedding Day Jewelry

Fabulous Etsy Find: Elegant Edible Designs

These awesome edible decorations had me thinking all afternoon, what kind of party should I throw just to use these?? Great for bridal showers or baby showers these edible decorations are sure to have your guest's talking! Place them on cakes, cupcakes, cake pops or on wine glasses.

These little cuties are made from rice paper and they are easy to adhere, just dab a little bit of corn syrup and stick.

So what kind of party should I throw with these??

Check out Elegant Edible Designs on Etsy!

20% OFF ALL SMD orders!

After Thanksgiving sale at the Sheila Mari Design ETSY store.
20% Off everything until Dec. 1!

Shop now!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/sheilamaridesign

Custom Wedding Invitations

Gloria and her fiancé, Cole are getting married next Saturday and she came to me in need of wedding invitations. Her concept was cute and simple, which is what I love about how the invitations came out! She wanted simple character illustrations that would represent her and her groom. Along with the characters, I also designed a custom logo of two birds sitting on a branch that she was able to use on her programs and wedding signs.

Gloria and Cole's Invitation Suite: Invitation Card with Information Insert that is then wrapped with a belly band.



Custom Map on back of Information Insert:




Custom Logo: Two birds sitting in a tree.... K-I-S-S-I-N-G ;)



To get more use out of their cutest little characters, I also helped them create little magnets for their party favors. Gloria was able to find little yellow organza bags that will be used to hold these 3 adorable little magnets for her guests. I was not able to take a photo of it but I am telling you that they are just the cutest little things!

Gloria found her magnet and button favor vendor on Etsy, check out her Etsy store called MINEPRESS for more cute ideas!

Character Magnet Party Favors:

A Perfect Pair - Fuchsia & Navy

One of my invitation suites has made it into it's first Treasury on Etsy! Not familiar with Treasuries? Treasuries are Etsy's ever-changing, member-curated shopping gallery to help cunsumers find coordinates for specific colors they are looking for.

Check out "A Perfect Pair - Fuchsia & Navy" now for coordinating pieces in fuchsia and navy.

Birth Announcements!

So what happens after a wedding?? Babies of course!! So naturally I have started designing birth announcements. :)

I designed a few last year after a couple friends of mine had babies and I have finally gotten around to designing my own to sell in my Etsy store. This one is my favorite so far, I think the owl is so cute!

View this in my Etsy store

A co-worker of mine also turned me to an awesome website while she was looking for things to decorate her son's room with, called Blik Wall Decals. I LOVE their stuff! It's funny because some of their wall decals match a lot of what is in my Etsy store. I believe you can also create your own customized wall decals... pretty sweeet.

Cute nature-inspired jewelry from Etsy

I recently bought a necklace from Etsy from a seller named "Sweetmini". I LOVE LOVE all of her cute ultra feminine jewelry... I bought myself the necklace below and got so many compliments when I wore it to work today. I wanted to share with you some of her pieces because I thought they would make great gifts for bridesmaids or for bridal shower party favors!

My necklace: