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2009-02-03T10:08:00.002-06:00

That's right! I've got a new and improved Blog! Come see & make note of the new address! serendipitydesignco.com/blog

Holiday Cards

2009-01-23T09:23:00.006-06:00

This year I ran a special offering my clients Holiday cards at a discount price. The orders flew in - thank you so much! Here are a few of my favorites.

Brian, Jessica, Olivia and Owen

Here are my boys. I designed 2 different cards to hand out this past year. As you can see in the picture - I had our Christmas letter on the back.

Rob, Jen and Logan

Nai and Dana

Jeremy, Jody and Ainsley

I did post one of my designs early in December that ended up being my top seller. Click here to view.
I will be offering my discount again next year! And anyone of these templates will be available or I can custom make one for your family.
Happy New Year!

Monograms

2009-01-15T07:11:00.004-06:00

I have never really advertised that I do monograms, but I do! Here is a look at some I have created for my clients. Contact me for information if you are interested in a monogram for your wedding.

Nai and Dana

2009-01-09T13:09:00.004-06:00

Nai and Dana were a delight work with. Nai comes from a Welsh background and it was very important to include his heritage in their wedding. I designed their invitation with an English invitation and Welsh Invitation (pictures to come). Their monogram was designed by Nai (a nice personal touch) and I used a heather flower (know in the Welsh community) in the design. The material of the stationery was made up of printed metallic paper mounted on burgundy and mustard linen cardstock. Overall, simply stunning!
Photos By: Andrea Bricco

Kristin and Steve

2009-01-07T07:57:00.003-06:00

I just love the use of hot pink in weddings. I feel it gives a wedding a kick of color to the elegant wedding the bride provides for her wonderful day.
I created the invitations for Kristin and Steve back in the Fall of 2008. They asked me to provide the stationery for the wedding and incorporate the design from their invitations. Everything flowed well together and made their day even more special!
Photos By: Bella Pictures

Surprise, Surprise!

2009-01-07T07:53:00.002-06:00

Surprise parties are the best. Especially when you can keep it a secret and see the guest of honor's reaction!
Here I created an invitation suitable for a surprise 60th birthday. I brought a little punch of teal to brighten up the invitation and bring everything together.

Holiday Party Celebration

2009-01-07T07:48:00.002-06:00

Every year I host a Tapas Holiday Party for my girlfriends. It's a delight to get out of the house and have a fun evening with your closest friends.
The invitation is regular Business #10 envelope size. I used the metallic paper and mounted them on gold cardstock for the back side.
The invitation also had an insert for additional information.

Nicole and Mike ~ Save the Date

2008-11-25T07:21:00.005-06:00

Nicole is great to work with. She new exactly what she wanted. Her venue is decorated with gorgeous chandeliers, so she wanted to incorporate that into her stationery. Along with elegance, sophistication and simplicity, I help her dream become a reality.
The save the date is an A7 card printed on shimmer metallic paper with a magnet attached so her guest's can put the reminder on their fridge.

Rebecca and Gregory

2008-11-19T07:18:00.003-06:00

Rebecca was a delight to work with. Her wedding colors were great to work with as well: golds and creams with a touch of brown and fuschia.
Her invitation was made of a deep chocolate brown matte pocketfolder and the inserts mounted on the same color cardstock. The invitation and inserts were printed on ivory metallic paper. She wanted gold printing and with the right color, I was able to make the ink look like gold printing on the ivory metallic paper.
The overall look was gorgeous and classy.

I love Fall colors

2008-11-03T12:38:00.003-06:00

Here is designed an invite using the rich warm colors of Fall. The invite is 6x9 and printed on smooth white cardstock.

Christmas Cards

2008-10-31T07:45:00.003-05:00

First Christmas Card of the season!
Remember - receive 15% off if you get your order in by November 1st! One day left!
Click Here to find out more.

Nina and Derek

2008-10-20T07:51:00.005-05:00

I love the use of brown and green. The colors are rich, natural and just look good together!
Here I incorporated a metallic pocketfold with matte printed materials. The green cardstock bordering the inserts was also matte. To tie the metallic together with the invite - I used a white sheer, organza ribbon to seal the invite closed.

15% off Christmas Cards

2008-10-15T07:44:00.003-05:00

For a limited time only - Serendipity Design is offering 15% off Christmas Cards.
Their are 3 different card styles to choose from: Flat Photo Card, Flat Postcard Card, and Folded Card.
Click here and fill out the form. Make sure you put 15% off Christmas Cards in the Interested In box.
Hurry, offer ends November 1st!

Baby, Baby

2008-10-15T07:39:00.004-05:00

I belong to a mom's group and we decided to send a special present to the moms to be. I designed the greeting card for the gifts. I had a lot of fun designing this card - I did a gatefold card style with a belly band wrap. I also incorporated the design with an envelope liner.

Snips 'n Snails and Puppy Dog Tails…

2008-10-08T06:53:00.006-05:00

I had so much fun creating these invites for Jen. Jen wanted to incorporate the cute bedding the mom-to-be picked out which consist of puppies. I love how I incorporated the puppy paw prints with the envelope liner....pulling everything together.

My niece turned 16!

2008-10-03T06:48:00.005-05:00

Happy Birthday Mariah!
I can't believe my niece is 16 - I remember her being born like is was yesterday.
I had the joy to design and make her party invitations. She decided to have a black and white Sweet 16 party. I designed the invites with elegance, yet fun! I used white metallic paper for the printing and mounted on a black matte cardstock.
Have fun Saturday!!!!! Love you

Serenidipity Design Request

2008-10-02T06:17:00.005-05:00

It is now working - thank you for your patience.
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It has come to my attention that I have not been receiving my work requests. If you have been trying to reach me, I do apologize.
I am having the problem looked at and will hopefully be up and running soon.
In the meantime, please email at serendipity-design@hotmail.com
Thank you

Jackson Charles

2008-10-01T10:51:00.006-05:00

Birth Announcements
My good friend from High School, Mandy, gave birth to a beautiful son on July 8th of this year. I am so proud to be able to design his birth announcements.
She provided the picture (which is so cute) and I pulled some of the color elements from it. The overall look and feel of the announcement is fun and exciting and contrasts well with the picture.
Congrats Mandy and John!!!!

Baptism
Mandy and John will also be celebrating the christening of their son next month. I decided to use the metallic paper to give the invite an overall feeling of fresh, new and innocence. I forgot to take a picture, but the back of the invite is solid blue metallic (like what I did with the fan programs click here).

Jennifer and Casey

2008-09-26T07:21:00.004-05:00

Here is one of my save the date styles with a magnet attached. The magnet is a standard business card size - perfect for the refrigerator (doesn't take up too much room!).

For Jennifer and Casey, they wanted an elegant, yet tasteful design. I decided to do a damask pattern. Jennifer than decided to upgrade to the metallic paper after seeing a sample of it. They take your breath away in person… Great choice Jennifer!

Fan Programs

2008-09-26T07:17:00.004-05:00

I did a different twist with my fan program design this time around. I found out that working with metallic cardstock for fan programs is very tricky - cutting, fanning out, etc... So I decided to print on the metallic text and than glue to a different color for the back side.
They turned out GORGEOUS!!!
I also tied them together with ribbon instead of a grommet - gives them more of a flair!

Baby elephants, Oh my!

2008-09-15T12:14:00.002-05:00

My good friend Carin is expecting her first child with her husband Dustin. I was so excited when I found out and one of the first things that went to mind, was creating all her stationery she will need for the baby.
Her friends decided to do an elephant theme for her shower since the baby's room will be done in elephants. I chose warm earth tones since she doesn't know what she is having.
I love the way they turned out and incorporating the envelope liner made the finishing touch!

It's a BAY-BEE shower!

2008-09-15T12:06:00.005-05:00

Jennifer from OC's Finest Weddings contacted me to help her come up with a bee shower invitation that would go with her bee theme. She didn't want to go too childish with Winnie the Pooh, but nothing too modern as well. What I designed was perfect! I just love the way they turned out!

Jen and Neil

2008-09-15T11:48:00.008-05:00

I had a lot of fun working with Jen and Neil. I worked with them from the very beginning with their save the dates.

She choose vibrant colors: orange, fuchsia, deep red, antique golds. Since they cherished each others family routes, the invitation was done in English and Indian (I currently do not have a picture, but will soon).
Jennifer from OC's Finest Weddings did a fabulous job bringing it all together!

Shiek!

2008-08-27T11:51:00.002-05:00

Mari and Richard

2008-08-26T13:53:00.005-05:00

Here I designed an invitation using a matte pocketfold with printed metallic invitation and inserts. I love the contrast of the two. I feel it adds more dimension and texture to the invitation.

Featured Again!

2008-08-25T12:00:00.003-05:00

The Wedding Chicks are featuring Jill and Harry's wedding. Click here to view the entry on their blog.
Courtney from Joyful Wedding and Events did amazing job with the decor of this wedding. So modern and sheik! I am very proud to be part of their special day.

Sarah and Joey

2008-08-25T10:47:00.007-05:00

Can I say WOW?! These invitations came out beautiful. Chocolate and Tiffany Blue are becoming a huge color theme in weddings today and boy do they compliment each other so well. I used all metallic paper to bring an elegant feeling to the invitation.

Featured!

2008-08-19T08:36:00.004-05:00

I just found out Jennifer & Michael's wedding, shot by Chenin Boutwell, has been featured on Southern Weddings Magazine Blog!
Click here for the direct link.

Jill and Harry

2008-08-19T08:29:00.003-05:00

Courtney from Joyful Weddings and Events contacted me to help a bride with her wedding stationery. Jill contacted me and filled me in the style and insight of her wedding. She provided the monogram she created and ideas of the 20's/30's Bauhaus artwork to help inspire the stationery items needed for her gorgeous day.
And here is how it all turned out - a very modern, stylish wedding!

Baby Showers Galore!

2008-08-14T09:25:00.006-05:00

It seems that I all have been doing is baby shower invitations!
Here are some that I have recently done.

Couple Baby Shower Invite on Metallic Paper

Twin Baby Shower Invite

It's a Boy Baby Shower Invite with Sheer Overlay

Happy 1st Birthday Brayden!

2008-08-14T09:22:00.003-05:00

Hot Pink!

2008-08-14T09:18:00.004-05:00

I just love using matte and metallic together for formal wedding invitations. The look is so classic and elegant. Here I designed an invitation for Kristin and Steve - their colors are hot pink and black! I decided to do a metallic pocketfold with matte cardstock - overall...HOT!

A BIG Thank You

2008-08-11T07:40:00.003-05:00

Kristin contacted me to create a thank you sign for her wedding. It's amazing how one small detail can make a big impression!
Thanks again Kristin for letting me a part of your wedding!

Jen and Mike

2008-08-11T06:54:00.004-05:00

I was so excited to be part of this wedding. Jen and Mike were great to work with and I just loved their color scheme and ideas for everything. Once I saw the pictures from their beautiful day - I wish I was there!
Jen picked tiffany blue and a deep wine red for her colors. With the use of spanish roses and damask pattern - the wedding created an overall romantic feel in the lush venue of Rancho Las Lamos.
And thanks to Boutwell Studios for capturing every detail! Also to Courtney from Joyful Weddings and Events to make sure it was perfect!

Sara and Shane

2008-07-29T15:34:00.006-05:00

Sara was a delight to work with! She was married at a beautiful site called Rancho Las Lamos. Her wedding was beautiful! You can view more at Jim Kennedy's Blog.
I did many stationery items as you can see below - everything was created from the design on here invitations - to pull everything together. My favorite were her table numbers - I just love incorporating the couple into the stationery.

Lela and Arlo

2008-06-28T23:09:00.005-05:00

I had an enjoyable time designing the stationery for Lela and Arlo's wedding. She was married at a beautiful venue called Casa Romantica in San Clemente, California (even the name sounds beautiful). To go along with the venue, she decided to plan her wedding with a spanish flair, using the colors of terracota orange and a deep chocolate brown.
As you view the images below, you can see how I brought her thoughts to life through her wedding stationery. It's amazing how small details can add so much more!

Serendipity Design goes World Wide!

2008-05-07T10:49:00.006-05:00

That's right - our website has been launched!

serendipitydesignco.com

Go check it out!
For a limited time, we are offering 25% off your first order (one per client).
Click on the Contact Us page and fill out the form.
Make sure you put 25% off in the "Interested In" line.

Please pass this along to anyone you may think would be interested!

Business Identity

2008-05-07T10:19:00.013-05:00

If you didn't know, I also do business identity design. If you just starting out and need a whole new identity or if you have been accomplished and looking for some new age design for your ads, catalogs, or brochures — I can definitely help you promote your business. Contact me for further pricing and information.

Below are featured clients of mine.

Spellbound Photography
spellboundportraits.com

Logo Identity

Business Card Design
Front

Back

Charming Occasions LLC
charmingoccasionsllc.com

Logo Identity
Jen had me create 2 different logos for her company. One was more detailed and the other a little more simple, but reflecting the same qualities. This way she is able to use one or the other for certain elements in her business.

Business Card Design
Front A

Front B

Back

Brochure Design
Tri-fold Brochure: Outside

Tri-fold Brochure: Inside

Magazine Advertisement

LotusMoon Yoga Center
lotusmoonyoga.com

AD Design and Flyer Mailings

Envision General Contracting

Logo Identity

Flyer Mailings

Vanessa and Eric

2008-01-14T11:44:00.001-06:00

Vanessa was great to work. And her wedding was amazing - she was a gorgeous bride. Here are a few things I designed for the wedding. I also did the invitations for her wedding (pics to come).
Her colors were chocolate brown and orange - a nice combination for a November wedding. And boy did she do it right! When I saw her pictures, she pulled everything all together nicely.

Seating Chart

Menu Tucked in Napkin

Menu

Schedule for Reception Tucked in Napkin

Schedule of Reception

Seating Chart

Kerrie & Greg

2008-01-03T07:52:00.001-06:00

Kerrie was a joy to work with and I just loved her colors. Teal and silver - very original. Here are some pictures of the stationery I created from her gorgeous wedding day.

Reserved Seating

Misc Cards

Table Numbers

A little taste of what I have been busy doing

2008-01-03T07:31:00.003-06:00

It was joy to work with Jen on the announcement of her baby girl Sidney Rose. Isn't she precious?!

Here you can see a sign I created for a bridal couple to put on their old fashion get away car. The design matched their invites and the rest of the stationery I created for the wedding.

This was my first movie poster and it turned out awesome! Amy was a joy to work with. And her vintage flair wedding was great to work into as well!

Simple table setting stationery for a bride and groom I work with last summer. I did many other stationery items for them as well.

New Year's Resolution!

2008-01-03T07:28:00.001-06:00

To update my blog more frequently! I am so sorry about my delay in posting new projects I have done. I have been really busy and with the holidays, it went a little crazy! Was it me, or did this holiday come and go in a blink of the eye?
anyways...
My goal is to post each project and it is finished. In the meantime, here are some projects I have done.

SUGAR ME SWEET!

2007-08-21T12:36:00.001-05:00

I was so happy to be a part of Wendi and Dustin's special day. Wendi choose pink and green for her wedding colors and did a fabulous job incorporating everything into the wedding...even her dress was pink! Dustin is a huge baseball fan and was able to incorporate his likes into the wedding as well - the table numbers were baseball teams.
Besides using pink and green, sweets and desserts were also a major part of the wedding. Lollipops as the escort cards, a candy buffet, and a never ending supply of cupcakes - who would want to eat dinner!!!

Red Lovin'

2007-08-07T09:46:00.001-05:00

Clara was so much fun to work with. She incorporated red and lavender, that turned out beautiful. Along with a starfish/ocean feel. You can see in the pics below of how beautiful her wedding looked.

Cherry Blossom Fever

2007-08-07T09:36:00.001-05:00

Linda was a joy to work with. She requested some unique wedding stationery for her wedding. She had quotes taken from love letters between her and her husband and had them displayed on tables, along with Vietnamese poems. Her wedding was simply stunning. Here are some shots from her wedding, courtesy of Sarah her friend.

Truly blessed to be part of this wedding.

2007-08-07T09:26:00.001-05:00

This project was an exciting experience for me. Jemie's vision for her and Jeff's wedding allowed me to tie a modern, edgy feel together with a traditional ocean style. I was able to customize her stationery down to the tiniest detail, which pulled the entire vision together. Jemie and Jeff have a great sense of style which can be seen in what I helped them to achieve.
Here are some photos from the wedding.

So Sorry!

2007-08-07T09:24:00.000-05:00

It as been a busy 2 months! When they summer is the Wedding Season, it certainly is. I have been really busy and can't wait to show my work. I apologize for not updating my log in 2 months and hope you will continue to view it in the future. I do promise to update more.
Thank You!

Looking into the Past — Part II

2007-05-18T13:47:00.002-05:00

A look at more work I have done in the past...

Julie and Brad's wedding at the Balboa Inn. Julie came to me with the idea of taking her engagement pictures and using them as table numbers. She than incorporated writing in the sand the numbers of the table - such a clever idea! They turned out great!

Classic invite for a night of fun!

I designed this invite for our Open House back in October. Our home town has a festival every year called the Pumplin Festival and we held our open house on that weekend. It was great to tie in the season of the year and the festivities into the invite.
(please feel to click on them for a larger view)

Simply Beautiful!

2007-05-09T14:06:00.001-05:00

This is my first photo invitation and I love how it turned out. The invitation details part was printed on glossy paper while the rest was matte - great contrast! Another note, Leslie had a lot information to provide her guests, and doing 5 inserts work out perfectly.
These invites turned out great and I love the colors - perfect with each other. Best wishes to Leslie and Roy :)

Elegance

2007-05-09T09:07:00.001-05:00

I just love how this invitation turned out. I wasn't so sure about the layout at first, but after I made a mock up, it seemed to work great! Leslie was great to work with and I wish the best for her and her future husband! (Please click on each image for a closer look)

Happy 30th Birthday!

2007-05-09T09:03:00.001-05:00

I love taking a turn and designing outside of my comfort zone. Of course, the majority of my clients are female and to be able to design something for a male is great! One of my clients threw her husband a 30th birthday poker party. She had no idea of what she would like to do - so I got to let my imagination run wild and above shows the outcome. I love it!

Looking into the Past — Part I

2007-05-01T07:55:00.001-05:00

Here is some of my work I have done in the past year for my clients.

An identity I created for a personal concierge service. My client wanted something fun, spunky, and professional! She just loved with what I created.

My son just loves Jack from Disney's Nightmare Before Christmas. He wanted his 11th birthday party to be just that! For the life of me, I had the hardest time finding all the party supplies (the movie was released in 1993), thank goodness we have ebay! But I didn't care for the invites, so I created mine own. I cannot take credit for the wording, friend of mine wrote that - Thanks MelBel!

Isn't he the cutest! I created my friend's son's first birthday party invites. I just love them!

Leslie is a great person to work with. She has such bright ideas and I am happy to help plan her special day! One of the first pieces I created were her save the dates. I love the elongated card and I used glossy paper for the front and matte for the back.

It's a Girl!

2007-04-27T08:47:00.001-05:00

I came upon the privilege to design a personalized Thank You card for a client. She is planning a shower for her cousin and wanted to have Thank You cards made for her. The soon-to-be parents knew they are having a girl and wanted a pink footprint with their colors of pink and green on a thank you card - Stacia to the rescue! The bonus of my work! They also requested to have Thank you and their names printed on the inside and room for them to personalized the card. Such a clever idea!

Congrats Carin and Dustin!

2007-04-27T08:38:00.001-05:00

Our (my husband and I) two really good friends are getting married June 2nd in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada. We can't wait to go!
I am designing all of Carin's stationery for her wedding and I am having so much fun! Carin was so cute - she changed her mind about her wedding theme many time, but finally came to the right choice! Chocolate and Pink with a vintage winery feel. I first started with the creation of her monogram.

From there I designed the save the dates and now come the invitations. They turned out simply beautiful!

I <3 Baby Showers!

2007-04-27T08:32:00.001-05:00

I recently helped host a baby shower for one of my good friends. Of course I got the responsibility to make the invitations. I had so much fun making these! Adding the 3D embellishments pulled the whole invite together.
The shower was a huge success - a lot fun, girl talk, and great baby gifts. She is due in just 2 weeks - I can't wait to say "hi" to the little guy!

Something frilly...Something sweet...

2007-04-27T06:53:00.001-05:00

This was a fun invite to design! Very simple, but screams "FUN"! Gotta love an invite to a lingerie/bachelorette party. Can I come?!

Cooking for a Cause

2007-04-27T06:51:00.001-05:00

My friend Allison is a great person. She is so into the well being of our Earth, People and the love of God. She came to me asking to create an invitation to help others in need. She hopes this turns into something bi-annual or annually. Her main audience is women in the twenties and thirties and I felt I needed to make the invite as trendy as the fashion world today! I also incorporated a little bit of retro art noting the fact of women back in the kitchen (of course for a good cause!).

Simple = Elegance

2007-04-26T21:51:00.001-05:00

To my surprise,this program turned out more than what I expected. A simple 4 page program with sheer elegance! Perfect for a bride on a budget!

Simply Gorgeous, Misskatiee!

2007-04-26T21:43:00.001-05:00

Chocolate and teal have become a popular color choice in the wedding industry and you can simply tell how well they compliment each other. Another popular item is metallic paper. The picture does do justice on how beautiful the paper is. The shimmer is stunning.
I really enjoyed working with Misskatiee. It feels great when I know I have reached the top with my client and they are so pleased with the outcome.
Misskatiee also saved on her budget by having me design and print the invitation. She decided to cut and assemble the invites herself. I do offer all service, but this is a great choice to offer brides on a budget!

Flowing with the theme

2007-04-26T21:24:00.002-05:00

Kim was great to work with. Her wedding is this Saturday, April 28th!
:::All my blessing to you!:::
I studied her ideas and invitations and designed what I felt flowed with her wedding theme. And to her, it was perfect! The one project that I created that I did not get to see in it's final print, was the seating chart - my first one! I created a pdf printable file of which she took to Kinkos to be printed on poster paper. She told me it turned out great - but I can't wait to see pics of it!

Here are some of the other items I created for her:
Wedding Dinner Menu

Rehearsal Dinner Menu

Table Numbers

Introducing Myself!

2007-04-25T10:21:00.000-05:00

My name is Stacia and I love stationery! It never occured to me how much until I got married last June. I became a graphic designer when I graduate with a BFA at the Illinois Institute of Art in 2002. It's been a bumpy road since than, but I feel I found my true calling.
Designing stationery is awesome! It may be something that not everyone can understand, but I feel it makes such a huge impression of who you are when you can't!
When I started planning my wedding, I realized how much you can incorporate into wedding with stationery. I did Save the Dates, invitations, rehearsal dinner invitations, table numbers, place cards — Oh my! — the list goes on an on! Once my wedding was over, I didn't want to stop. So I starting offering my services. I couldn't be happier!