Leigh Ellen and Cranston's Save the Date

Leigh Ellen contacted me through Etsy requesting a Save the Date based on an image she had found online. With some tweaking of the color and fonts to match her personality and style, we came up with this lovely 5x7 card:


I am so excited about how it came out that I'll be adding it to both my Zazzle and Etsy shops later in the week!

WIMI in China

A friend offered me a great design challenge to come up with a logo for her organization's interactive media conference in China in October, 2010. While they didn't end up going with any logo at all, it was helpful to me to try new things in Illustrator and Photoshop and use online tutorials to hone my design skills. Here are a few of the non-selected logos.

Design: Conference name superimposed on map of China with logos from popular social networking sites

Design: Coordinator was looking for a more abstract piece. Random shapes and colors scattered together.

Design: Another abstract, colorful piece using arrows to evoke a mouse pointer.

Design: Demonstrating the ripple effect of social networking and click-throughs.


Design: Demonstrating the web of networking and interactivity.

Zazzle coupon

Good Monday, everyone, and happy 28th birthday to my brother, Allen! Thought I'd share with you a Zazzle coupon for a whopping 40% off all posters and prints through August 22. In honor of this promotion, I'm offering basic seating charts at only $40 through the end of the offer. Contact me at valerie@customprintablesonline.com for more info on how to place your order, get your finished print, upload it to Zazzle, and have it professionally made at this amazing discount rate!

(Order must be placed through Custom Printables' Zazzle site in order to qualify for the $40 rate.)

Turquoise escort/place cards

Amber requested the Traditional place cards in all turquoise to match the Custom Printables Free Invitation Suite 2. I'm happy to offer this download for free at the Custom Printables website. Each card has two lines of text in the font BlackJack, which is available for download here.

Oh, the possibilities!

Can you imagine what you could create with one of these babies?

Although I totally love my day job, I would have the teensy-weensiest inkling to quit and make pretty things all day long!



As you might guess, Dollar Store Crafts is giving away a Silhouette, so I figured I would give it a shot! Check out the giveaway info here.