Here is part 2 of the wonderful and beautiful 50th birthday surprise party for my friend Leah’s mother. This is a bit backwards…my apologies. This should have been part 1 because it is the custom design for the SAVE THE DATE that was sent out to all the guest a month before the invitations. I wanted to get a new display for this blog post with the same colors scheme and something I could eat after. wah lah…I thought of the colorful and sweet macaroons.

The SAVE THE DATE was done in the same colors as the invite I blogged about earlier today. I created a fold over backing and the top said “Shhhh…it’s a surprise”. With the SAVE THE DATE, there is a small note card & envelope for the guest to write a little message for their mother and also for the guest to include photos, mail back to the girls and which they would put them all in a big scrapbook full of memories. Leah and her sister came up with this idea which I thought it was so adorable.What a thoughtful gift! I just love it!

(photos and styling by peach mailbox…and yes…yummy macaroons as my reward)

It was such an honor to design a custom surprise 50th birthday party invitation for my wonderful friend Leah. Her mom is turning 50 and her whole family planned a secret party for her, inviting family and friends to celebrate this very special occasion. Right when Leah picked the rananculus flowers as the invitation theme. I knew that this will be one of my favorite invitation sets because rananculus is one of my all time favorite flowers. Then we started to pick out the colors together…something fun, spring, and girly. The colors are Papaya, Poppy, Strawberry and light brown. The invite has 4 layers all together (papaya at the bottom layer, white, strawberry and then the top layer is the invite), matching printed envelope, and a small direction card. Stayed tuned for part 2! (photo & style by peach mailbox)

I had an opportunity to work on the wedding programs and place cards for a 1930’s theme wedding. The classic pencil drawing of the peacock  for the front was provided by the couple. The theme is very classic and elegant with a little of art deco style. For place cards, the couple decided to use 14 great 1930’s movie stars for each table. Peach Mailbox had 2 days to put together the design of the programs and place cards plus produce all the pieces for 125 guests. It was a cruch time but I am so happy to be a part of the wedding.

Everytime I received an order from one store, it felt like I stepped up one step on a REALLY REALLY TALL ladder. It is a joyful feelings and it made most of my 22 hrs work day worthed. It felt so warm and fuzzy inside when there is a chance that someone may stumble across my greeting cards, buy it and give it to someone very special. That is what I strive for each day and one of Peach Mailbox big goals! Now next month, my cards will be available at 8 new stores. Which means 8 more steps up the tall ladder for me. I am not scared of height as some of my readers may already knows from my bungee jumping experience. Below are a list of stores that gives me an opportunity to see the higher view so I can see the beautiful horizon. Peach Mailbox cards will be availble at these stores in April!!! Peach mailbox’s readers…if you are in the area, stop by the shops and check out my cards and other amzing talented artist out there. You will love it! You can also check out Peach Mailbox Website under “Stores” page for all the locations that carries our greeting cards! Happy Friday!

March (available 03.07.10)
Mindfulnest: Burbank, CA
April
Cloud nine: Claremont, CA
Big Sugar Bake Shop: Studio City, CA
Rock Paper Scissors: Franklin, TN
Fred Segal – Zero Minus Plus: Santa Monica, CA
Brenda Hemmel: Santa Monica, CA
Petals: Marina Del Ray, CA
Yolk-LA: Los Angeles, CA

I can’t even begin to tell you all how much I love Dots Cupcakes. I still remember the first time I spoke to Hailey (the owner) on the phone, sending my card samples, the very first order, the first time I visited the shop, also the largest order of the holiday scented cupcake cards and many more things along the way.

I finally had a chance to design and mail/drop off a few invites for my dog toy making party. I used the same theme design from the Save The Date (but slightly different colors). I also created a little dog tag that said “Made with love by family & friends from Peach Mailbox”. 

When the dog toys are done and ready to be shipped out to Nebraska. I will wrap them up in a box, tie the ribbon around and put my little dog tag that I created on there. My husband, myself, Rascal and Darla will host this little party. Yummy desserts, fresh fruit, coffee and tea will be served. We will have all the kits for making dog toys ready for each person. This is a monthly occasion, so if you like to join Peach Mailbox, please contact Gamie at gamie@peachmailbox.com. We will send you a Save the date card and the invitation will follow with all the information. Hope to see more people come together, hang out, eat, and create dog toys for dogs that are waiting to be adopted. I am very excited!

I can’t even begin to express how I feel about Rock Paper Scissors when I first had an opportunity to speak with Lauren the founder of this amazing stationery shop in Franklin, TN. Lauren was just absolutely sweet and made me wish I could just jump on a plane and go give her a big huge hug and say thank you. She gave me an opportunity to send her some samples and then she contacted me right away when she got the package. Most of you may know that I have done a lot of cold calling to stores or walk-ins, either asking store owners or buyers for a chance to carry my cards. I’m not going to sugar coat it, it can be a big disappointment and many times it made me question myself and if whether or not this is what I should be doing. In this case, Rock Paper Scissors turned all my frowns upside down!

Rock Paper Scissors carries adorable and elegant stationery lines, such as Jack and lulu, Wiley Valentine, West Side Kate Stationery, Dabney Lee, just to name a few. I encourage you all to visit the website and shop online or even better yet, stop in and check out the shop if you are in the area. I am also a big fan of her blog.  I love the catchy titles, great content and just all the cool things Lauren finds.

Also today is Rock Paper Scissors 7 year Anniversary and Lauren blogged about my scented cupcake cards on this very special day! I am so honored. Congratulations to Rock Paper Scissors, wishing you a happy 7th birthday and many many more! CHEERS!

Since I’m sure that everyone probably know how much I love cupcakes. I’ve traded my must have cappuccinos each day to cupcakes. Not sure if that’s a good thing but you only live once…so why not. Since I started Peach Mailbox : the original scented cupcake cards , I wanted to also wear my own art as well. Sadly, I don’t  know anything about jewelry making what-so-ever. So after a lot of of fail experiment and research to figure out a way to create a little charms so I can wear my art with me. I finally nailed it down. So I eat cupcake, hand-stitched cupcake cards, now I get to wear cupcake!

The tiny little charm dimensions are 0.25″ wide (at the middle) by 0.5″ tall (including the loop part), Sterling silver, the chain is 16″ long and displayed on the canvas, hand-stitched border as shown for my DIY photo shoot. I got the tiny canvas from an art store (yes…I bought it because it is small and cute). I also inserted the 2 pins at the top so I can hang the necklace on there. All about love, eat cupcake and then you’ll have peace! I hope you all enjoy my little charms.

For custom art and questions, please contact gamie@peachmailbox.com. Have a wonderful weekend everyone. I have a special feature store blog on Monday. Stay tuned, I’m serious!!! Next week, I have lots to blog about.