Changes to suit your theme - Nicole

I'm slowly working on some new designs, as I have mentioned before.

"Changes" is going to show you how my designs currently on Ebay can be changed to suit your style/theme and colours of your wedding.

Firstly I will start with Nicole. As mentioned on most of my Ebay items, I say some of the patterned paper cannot be changed. 'Nicole' however (which is named after my sister in law) pictured with Oriental Bloom Cinnamon, also comes in green, blue & pink!

Here is Nicole pictured as the original, with a dark brown backing card and quartz (ivory) overlay, with cinnamon.

Some people have decided they don't want to use the buckle. Of course! This is easy to remove and also decreases the cost of the invitation slighty.

I recently completed 3 samples of 'Nicole' however these Brides to Be wanted different colourings. Once again, a very simple process! Of course we can use your colours. A lovely B2B is having a blue wedding. Easy! I created 2 samples for her, using blue colourings and both Cinnamon, and this time we tried 'Sky' which is a lovely blue. This B2B decided to stick with all blue colourings, I'm currently in the process of creating her custom order!

The other bride to be loved the Nicole design, however she wanted pink and silver to suit her wedding colours. Another easy process! I used 'Rose' and a metallic silver backing. I also used Pearla Baby Pink for the overlay, however we both agreed it did look a lot nicer with the quartz overlay.

As I mentioned this also come in a green, called Meadow.

If you are interested in any of these colourings, or have some ideas of your own please feel free to email me stacey_lacey_lou@hotmail.com

Well looks like another busy weekend creating your custom orders. I have my fingers crossed that I will receive a stock order today, giving me a great head start on the latest orders to complete.

Until then, happy planning! :)

Wow!

Firstly, let me apologise for taking so long with an update.

I am so thankful for my clients! They have all been an absolute pleasure to deal with. I am overwhelmed with the enquiries that I have received and I'm working hard to complete all your orders within a reasonable time frame.

My brain is also ticking over with some fantastic new ideas. I have drawn up how I want these to look and I have purchased some gorgeous little charms that I believe will add just that little something extra to make the invitation look amazing, beautiful and unique. It's just finding the time to get these going. My custom orders are my highest priority.

Working with fantastic suppliers is a huge thing for me. I'm after fast turnarounds and great service. I am actually even considering changing my own wedding invitations after working with an amazing supplier. Let's just say my fiance isn't too keen on the idea ;)

I also must apologise for the lack of photos. Believe me, I have taken photos of all the custom orders I have completed, hopefully I will post these up in the next week or two.

Now an update :) My clients are updated personally via email, however it's also great for me to write it down to know where everything is at.

lilchels_22 - Invitations are completed! I'm waiting on some more stock to arrive to complete your info cards. Hopefully these will be ready to post by the end of the week. Placecards to be sent at a later date :)

kimmarree12302 - Just waiting on your guest list so I can start printing

kitti2828 - Waiting on some more stock to complete extra invitations. Everything else is completed and will be sent off ASAP.

vms6375 - Map inserts and envelopes are completed. Waiting on some more cardstock to complete invitations. Should hopefully be ready to be sent by the end of the week.

tank355 - Waiting to hear from you regarding wording options. Stock has arrived and ready to go when you are.

aussierowswell - Invitations have been cut and ready to assemble. Just waiting on your buckle to arrive.

ekateb2 - Parcel is ready to be sent via registered post today.

2000mp - Printing is completed, waiting on your cardstock to arrive. Should be ready to send early next week.

paizley872008 - Holding off to print for a couple of months. Will work on your wording today (Monday)

bodoms_child81 - Payment received, will complete your sample this evening.

bekk1981 - Waiting for your wording so I can create your sample wording


As you can see, I am quite busy. However I'm really enjoying every minute of it! :)

Until next time....

Updates

An update for you all :)

Welwong - Samples completed and sent in Tuesday's post
snowy_rox - Samples completed and sent in Tuesday's post
bluepunkey - Waiting for some stock, samples will be completed and sent early next week

Custom orders
kitti2828 - Invitations and RSVPs completed. Just waiting on your envelopes

stubbzie32 - Invitations completed, waiting on your envelopes

monamitchell_84 - Wishing well and RSVPs completed, waiting on your buckles to complete invitations. All printing/cutting has been done.

lil_chels22 - Thank you cardss completed, all pockets now attached to card. Will be starting the printing of you invitations in the next day or two.

xxxreneexo - All stock has been received, just waiting for ceremony approval.

kimmaree12302 - All stock has been received, waiting for go ahead on printing.

meg.mike123 - Inviations completed, waiting for payment for envelopes.

cizzza - Stock has arrived, including frangipanis, waiting for approval of wording.

vms6375 - Stock has been ordered, waiting for event information.

PaperGlitz

I am now working with a fantastic new supplier. Paperglitz have some fantastic products! You can check out their website here! http://www.paperglitz.com.au

Currently I am working on a custom order using the Paperglitz products, I am also creating a sample for another client. These are both using the glamour 'add-a-pocket'. If you find anything on this website you are interested in, please contact me, I will be willing to help you. And hopefully I will have some photos up of these shortly.

Once again I have had quite a busy week. Not so much in the creative part, but more answering your enquiries and getting the quanitities together for lots of custom orders! Orders have been placed, the stock is on its way and I'm ready for a busy weekend doing the part I love, the invitations themselves!
I'm really looking forward to these as I will be using some of my usual designs, however with different colourings. I will take photos of each for your information :)

Over the weekend I created a very rush order for a bride-to-be, using the 'Lucy' design. Unfortunately, the prices were higher than usual, as by the time I would have received the stock from my suppliers it would have been too late. It didn't stop me! I spent most of the weekend completing this order and they did come up fantastic! It pays to give yourself plenty of time for your order :)

Speaking of, I'm having quite a few enquiries regarding 2010 weddings. A quick note to let you know that I will be out of action for most of Feb/Mar 2010 for my own wedding and well deserved Honeymoon! I suggest if you are having a wedding around this time (March/April) that we have your orders ready by the end of January. I will be back on deck around the middle of March so any weddings after April will be fine :)



As mentioned before, materials are on their way and here are the orders I will be working on over the weekend and most of next week.

Welwong - Samples
Kitti2828 - Custom Order
lil_chels22 - Custom Order
monamitchell_84 - Custom Order
xxxreneexo - Custom Order
stubbzie32 - Custom Order
kimmaree12302 - Custom Order

As you can see I will be busy! I will work in order of the closest date first. This will be stubbzie32, followed by monamitchell_84, lil_chels22 and so on.

I will keep each of you updated :)

Wow! Busy week

Well it's was a busy week for me last week!

Currently I am a full time worker, I work within the family business. Sometimes I do have it a little easy, such as being able to disappear for a little while to work on some of my own things. Such as these invitations!

I come home usually to my fantastic fiance cooking a lovely meal for us. Usually this is the time I try and answer all the enquiries I had that day, if I didn't get a chance during the day. After dinner it's straight into the orders.

I believe communication is the vital tool in helping brides-to-be organise their wedding invitations. There is so many suppliers out there, not just in stationery, anything to do with a wedding, who take days, sometimes weeks to reply to an enquiry. I should know! I've been through plenty myself!

We contacted a celebrant who took over 2 weeks to reply. In this time we had a meeting with another and booked them. The other celebrant finally replied and got quite aggresive with us saying he had been 'busy', not good for business at all!

Communication is very important to me. I make every effort to reply to emails as soon as I possibly can!

Here are some lovely words I have received from clients.

- Man, you're quick on the replies, I love that!!!

- Awesome, thanks so much for doing this so quickly, I am so impressed!!!

- 'Its been great dealing with such a wonderful person such as yourself! Ebay should be priveledged to have you!'

It's great being able to share the excitement with my clients!

So over the last week, I worked on an order for an engagement party. This client decided to go with 'Nicole' the frangipani invitation. The look amazing! I will be posting photos of these soon.

I also worked on Save the Date and Thank You cards, similar to my 'Lucy' design. However this client decided to go with a black ribbon and 'iceberg' shimmer paper. It was very easy and no increased price for these changes.

This client is amazing! Such a pleasure to work with. Her wedding isn't until March 2011, but we are doing what we can now to save all that stress later.

Remember wedding invitations should be sent out at least 6-8 weeks before your wedding, with your RSVP usually a month before the day. I would recommend if you are having interstate/overseas guests to get them out even earlier. Or you can even send out a Save the Date card, just as the mention client is. This gives your guests plenty of time to arrange travel arangements.

This would mean, if you wish myself to create these invitations for you, we should get started on these at least 4 months before your wedding, if possible even longer than that!

For my ebay clients -

caboolture_bel - Custom order completed, will be sent in Tuesday's post.

addicted*2*lv - Thank you tags completed, will be working on Save the Date cards throughout the week.

scannell1985 - 'Fern' invitation completed, still sourcing other materials.

tank355 - Sample sent in Monday's post.

kimmaree12302 - Once payment received, stock for custom listing will be ordered.

stubbzie32 - Once payment received, stock for invitations will be ordered.

tara87a - Payment received, will work on your custom sample and sent in Tuesday's post.

maxishopper01 - Payment received, will work on custom samples and sent in Tuesday's post.

Sourcing the perfect materials...

Over the weekend I answered numerous enquires from Brides-to-be (B2B) about creating custom wedding invitations to match their requirements.

I must say, sourcing materials is one of my favourite things to do! I spent a while over the weekend, helping a B2B find the perfect patterned paper to match her theme. We came up with the top 2 designs, and I will soon be working on these samples. I can't wait!

So please, if you can't find exactly what you are looking for on my Ebay items, please contact me. I'll be happy to source the perfect materials for you! I created a 'microsoft paint' version of how the invitation will look to give these B2B a visual idea, this is extremely helpful as sometimes dealing over emails can be hard to really get the idea on what you are after.

I also spent time with another B2B helping her create her dream Black and White wedding stationery. We've found a beautiful black lace to use in place of a patterned paper and will look stunning! Even more exciting that the lace is very cost friendly.

Once these samples are completed I will show you how this was achieved...stay tuned!

Here is an update for my Ebay clients.

hopgroove2004 - 3 samples, will be completed and sent off in Tuesday's post.
xxxreneexo - Sample will be sent in Tuesday's post.
caboolture_bel - Materials have arrived for your custom order, will commence when approved.
ekateb2 - Once payment has cleared, your sample will be sent.

Completed!

Yesterday I completed my first custom order. I must say I'm extremely happy with what I produced, and I hope my client feels the same way.

As promised, I will be sharing a lot of photos!!!

Of course, for privacy purposes, the details have been 'erased'. I am now working on the finer details ready for my next 2 custom orders.

I must say, I have been extremely proud of the amount of enquiries I have been receiving. It was actually my wonderful fiance who suggested I share my invitations with others. It has proved so far to be worth the effort I have put into my designs.

I have now added a new design to my range, after a few enquiries about butterflies, let me introduce you to 'Nicky'

I actually use this beautiful Cristina Re paper for my future sister in law's wedding. It's absolutely gorgeous! You just can't appreciate without actually looking yourself. I just wish it came in different colours!!

It would look amazing with a pearl shimmer paper and I think even a nice purple shimmer. However I just had to use the pink!!

Let me know what you think?