Hunting with my gift scope...

Right now I don't have any invitations I'm working on but I have been pretty busy Christmas shopping. A present that has been really fun to look for is a record player for my sister. If I had all the money in the world, this is the record player I would get her:


It's by Audiowood, I saw it while I was browsing through Anthropologie's 'to him, from you' section.

I would also get her this ring so that she looks a like she knows what she's doing when she's spinning her records (If only I had 20 G's):


Mathamatiks Turntable Ring | Found here

I'll continue my search for the perfect record player. If I had more time and a woodshop I would totally construct one... there are so many objects I keep envisioning that would make amazing turntables. I'm hoping to find something like this at local thrift store, but I probably won't be that lucky.

Sneaky Peek...

So I want to post more consistently and record the process of the projects I'm working on. Here is what the announcement's are looking like for Jessica... There will be coordinating thank you's, inserts and special little 'touches' that will tie it all together. I don't want to show it all at once so here's my sneaky peek.

Beautiful Palette!

It's been a while... I have a new job which has completely taken over my free time for Felizitations. My sister came to me with a new project though... She's getting married! Jessica, my husband's sister, has a wedding date set for January 7th. And I get to design her wedding invitations.

I gave Jessica a stack of the wedding magazines I had. After a long weekend she told me that she had decided on her color palette... GREEN & WHITE. I was a little thrown off at first, but then I remembered the beautiful images I had seen in Martha Stewart Weddings:


I remember when I first saw this palette I couldn't figure out if I liked it or not. The more I started to find trends, the more I fell in love. I guess Jessica has a more sophisticated eye than me. Now, I can't think of a better winter wedding palette. The colors are all the one's mother nature has left us during that time of year anyways! So here are some trends that I started to piece together:


It's gorgeous! Now I'm starting to piece together the final touches for her invitations. I'm loving them! I'll post more later this week and show you the process as they come together.

Baby Knight

My friend Keisha is having a baby and so with babies come showers! I had some help from my husband in coming up with the concept. With their last name being Knight, it gave us an easy direction. I wanted it to feel sweet and vintage so I found some different inspiration that helped me in designing the invitation. I'll have to post the inspiration boards sometime soon.

Elisha's Little Beauties

I just finished some wonderful invitations for Elisha & Dustin. They took the Stephanie and added a little bit of their personal flair. Elisha likes to scrapbook so in order to group her announcement and inserts she used brads. I thought they turned out wonderful! (I blurred some of their personal information.)

She also added a few custom pieces. The first item Elisha wanted was a personalized stamp. They wanted this to use on their thank you envelopes, in place of a return address & napkins. It included their custom logo and names:


Rather than just having a traditional lined guest book, we customized an album. We silk screened their logo and names onto the cover of an album. Inside there are alternating blank pages for the guests to sign and sheets in page protectors that contain photos. It's all in the details...

Thanks Elisha for opening up to some new ideas! It was great working with you.

Mindless Colors

Sometimes I have days that I can feel all my creative juices have been drained. My mind feels dehydrated and I feel like if a have a new idea it might just drop onto my brain and fizzle out. Today is one of those days, and on days like this there is a therapy that allows for me to see pretty.

found via flikr

Nail polish, the mindless color therapy that I love. When I feel that I can't give anything more there's always an ounce of energy left to paint my nails. Kind of like an ice cream tank... you know when you've stuffed your face beyond exhaustion but somebody mentions ice cream? All of a sudden you can feel a little inverted dimple in your belly that needs to be filled with ice creamy goodness. Well nail polish is to my brain what ice cream is to my belly. Not to mention the myriad of colors available that, when spread out before you, your mood just automatically knows what color you need. What's your mood today?

Feminine, alive, energized?
try Digital Diva

Serene, content, soft-spoken?
try Mermaid in the Shade

anemone's = beauty

For so long my favorite flowers have been poppies & ranunculus's (is plural ranunculi?, weird) . I'm originally from Las Vegas and so when I moved up to Logan, UT I was amazed by how wild poppies sprang up everywhere naturally. I think I have a new love though... it's not a love that will replace the spot for my poppies and ranunculi but I might have to add it to the top of my top 3 favorites, ; ). Anemone's! They are just radiant. I know that they can appear to be a flower that applied a little too much mascara, but they are lovely. Here are some bouquets that feature my little anemone. I found them at the Vintage Design Co..

The bouquet in the bottom right doesn't have any anenome's but I couldn't stop wondering what the pink flower was. It looks like a handsome sea creature. Anybody out there know?

The final 3

Our final 3 lines are here: Sarah, Sophia & Stephanie. I hope that you like these as much as I have. They were so fun to make and now they just need a good home. Remember, click to enlarge the images below.

Sarah

Sophia

Stephanie

I also wanted to let you know the winner of the drawing. The invitation design goes to, Julie Christensen. I'll be contacting Julie later today to let her know! Thanks to everyone for entering. Have a wonderful day.

Some eye candy...

This morning I'll start with 3 of the collections. The other collections I'll post later today. I'll be announcing the giveaway winner from the bridal fair today, so check back to see if you're the lucky bride. Click on the images below to enlarge. Introducing:

Patricia

Heather

Chloe

Contact me

To place an order, contact me at dortheab@felizitations.com or call me 435.512.4235. We'll set up a consultation and get the ball rolling. New clients are one of my favorite things, it's exciting to get to know new people. Hope to hear from you soon!

-Dorthea Brundage

La Caille Bridal Fair

cake topper from etsy

Thanks to everyone that I was able to meet with at the La Caille Bridal Fair. It was so much fun. It was my first bridal fair and all the brides definetly made it worth my while.

All the invitations that were featured at the bridal fair will be posted here on our blog Monday, so be sure to check back. If you have any questions at all, contact me at dortheab@felizitations.com.