I had a pleasure to work with a very talented and sweet Emma Delf through one of my good photographer friend Henry Chen of Henry Chen Photography. Emma hired Peach Mailbox {Design Studio} to design her whole branding for her photography business which includes logo design, colors, and her website which will be launch real soon. So everyone stay tuned!

For our first meeting, I met Emma at her lovely home. We went over the colors that she absolutely love and things that inspired her. Then I came up with a few logo designs, color combinations and the icon designs. Above is the final logo design and branding colors. If you noticed the swirly icon above her logo, you will see the hidden of  Emma’s initial “ED”. I really enjoy working with Emma and I can’t wait until her website design are done and launch soon! Thanks so much Emma for this awesome opportunity and also special thanks to Henry Chen for recommended Peach Mailbox. Please contact Emma directly at 213.925.4280.

(I will be working with Emma on my new photoshoot for my new greeting cards collection. I can’t wait!)

It is such an honor to have an opportunity to blog about one of my favorite stores in Long Beach, Blue Windows. Without Blue Windows, Peach Mailbox wouldn’t even be here today. I first found this amazing boutique shop when I used to work in Long Beach. I used to go there on my lunch break and walk around the store when I had a creative block (for a lack of a better word) and needed some inspiration. Then one day I had an opportunity to meet the owner of the store Heather, who is truly brilliant, creative and sweet. She has wonderful taste for style and as you can see below, her store displays are absolutely outstanding. Since I also used be a visual merchandiser for Restoration Hardware way back when (another retail store I worked at while looking for a full-time graphic design job). I really appreciated the work that she put into her store display and all the way down to signage.  It starts with the window displays, each and every corner of the store has its own theme and even customize ceilings displays. Five Stars in my book!!! I just can’t get enough of how creative Heather and her team is.

when I first designed my scented cupcake card, I went to Blue Windows and met with Heather. Back then, I only had 1 card! Now Peach Mailbox has over 100 greeting cards both scented and non-scented. If you have a chance to visit my website, under the about us page, it was Heather at Blue Windows who gave me my first opportunity and I will never ever forget that.

At Blue Windows, you will find all kinds of unique items that you never thought you needed until you see them and then you say to yourself “I got to have this”. Her jewelry sections are awesome blossom. I bought most of my jewelry pieces from Blue Windows. Let’s just say, I never walked out from the store empty handed. I found a lot of cute little items that made such perfect gifts for special occasions and/or just because. When I was there to take pictures of her store yesterday, I came home with a note book and heart shape hair clips. Confession, I would probably buy one of each item in the store if I could.

One of the things that Heather is doing right now that totally caught my attention are her monthly charitable donations. Each month, she picks an organization for her donation. I am all for that! I think that it is such a wonderful thing to give back to the community. For her January 2010 charity, Blue Windows donated 10% of the store’s profits to The Long Beach Rescue Mission and the month of February, 10% of jewelry sales will be donated to Hearts Without Boundaries. For more information about the orgazination and to follow Blue Windows’ monthly charitable donations, please visit http://bluewindows.net/journal/.

Thank you so much Heather for giving Peach Mailbox a chance and believing in my work. I’m so glad I had a chance to meet you and I’m so grateful everyday for this opportunity. Most of all, thank you so much for your generosity and for being who you are. we need more people like you in this world.

I designed this wedding invitation suite set for Circle The Date at the end of last year. This was my first custom wedding invitations that was done in letterpress. All of my custom invitations prior to this were flat print. After I saw this piece in person, I wanted to have all my designs done in letterpress. I always have been a huge fan of letterpress but I have never seen my designs as such until now.

Love the details on the invite, patterns on the back and the matching color edging around the invite was the icing on the cake. All the pieces were hold together by the belly band. It was simple, elegant and sweet and I have to say (in my honest opinion), it will not have the same look and feel if this invitation was done in flat print. This may cost more than usual but when you see the piece in person, I promised…it was worthed! Thanks Amy from Circle The Date for having me designed this piece.

I can’t tell you how excited I am to have an opportunity to blog about a design I did for a company that I very much respect and give kudos to everything that they do. While working on growing my greeting cards business I also do freelancing on the side. The one thing that I’ve learned from my previous experience working at an ad agency as a graphic designer was that you need to be able to put your feet (both feet) in your client’s shoes and learn about their company and adapt to it. There are times that I can design projects in 1-2 hrs and wah lah…it’s done. There are also times where I find myself reading, reseaching and the project may end up taking 8-20 hrs or more. I compare myself to a camelion when I work on freelance graphic design projects because not everyone is going to want cupcakes or girly things.

AP consulting LA was looking for a tri-fold brochure, the invitation to the ATF Event insert, and also a spot for their business card. Knowing their branding from meeting with Josh and Stephanie (they are the core of the company), I had an idea of what they were looking for. So I put on a different thinking hat and start working. This project had a very tight deadline but we made it anyways. Team work, team work, team work. I love working for AP consulting LA. Always full of creative ideas, organize yet laid back, and most important thing they make it happens! It was such great pleasure to know them and to even working with them was just absolutely priceless. I hope everyone enjoy a different side of my graphic design work (besides cupcakes, flowers, and wedding invites). Thank you so much Josh and Stephanie at AP Consulting LA/Loft Seven for this awesome opportunity. The sky is the limit for both of you!

I had an amazing sweet friend who needed a custom invite for a surprise party. I can’t tell who, what, when and where until the project is completed. I am dying to blog about it. I just dropped off the Save the Date set and the invitation will be the next project. Since this is a surprise thing, I will not post the images until the invitations are all sent out or even after the party. Stay tuned for pictures!

 
From the top:
1 & 2:Jeanine Payer(the second one reminded me of my cupcake stitch)
3.iosselliani-silver-feather-ring
4. Bunny Logic Creations
5: liza shtromberg
6: Amy Peters (left)
7. Anthropologie (right)
8. Erica Weiner
9. Me & Ro
10. Silverwoods

What I learned from my wonderful host family when I first moved to Nebraska (to learn English) was sending thank you notes. Growing up in Thailand, we never really send out thank you cards. It was a new concept for me to adapt to in the beginning.  Boy oh boy…now I am all about sending out thank you cards. I am not going to lie and say that I keep up with my thank you notes regularly and never miss sending one out, we’re all human. That’s about to change, this year it is one of my New Year Resolutions to keep up with sending thank you notes right away. It is the best way to show how much you appreciate what other people have done for you. Trust me, when someone opens their mailbox and for once it’s not bills or junk mail and they see a nice envelope that stands out from others, addressed in their name, then they decide to open up the card, they will think of you! Below are some of my thank you cards from one of my collections. Enjoy and start writing! Happy Friday everyone!