Jessica Alba Hosted Baby Shower

I am so honored to have been chosen as the graphic designer for the Austin baby shower event, hosted by celebrity Jessica Alba. Alba's The Honest Company picked four “deserving moms-to-be” nationwide with the baby showers taking plan in Austin, New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. For the Austin party, The Simplifiers designed the entire baby shower around the “vintage garden party” theme and the “bloom” Honest Company diaper pattern. It was exciting to be a part of the event but with only 11 days notice, and changes to the stationery occurring up until 2 days before the event, it was a whirlwind.

To go with the vintage garden party vibe, I designed custom-printed lace handkerchiefs with the menu printed on it. Each handkerchief was folded in a diagonal style with satin blue ribbon tied around and place card affixed with a mini silver clothespin. Each guest received a "Well Wishes for the Baby" activity card as well...something Chelsee could take home with her and read at a later date (maybe during midnight baby feedings!). Finally, I designed a welcome sign for the shower and menu tent cards.

What a fun event to participate in. Congrats to Chelsee and John! I'm sure they can't wait to meet baby Harper.





































Jessica Alba with the guests of honor, Chelsee & John (their story is here: http://blog.honest.com/honestly-ultimate-baby-shower-austin/#.UZqGZbWsiSo)

















































Graphic design by The Inviting Pear (www.theinvitingpear.com)
To see past designs, please visit http://www.theinvitingpear.blogspot.com
The Inviting Pear is a graphic design and stationery studio, specializing in custom, made-to-order wedding invitations & stationery, birth announcements, holiday cards, and corporate logos & branding.

Photographer: Melanie Grizzel Photography
Event Planner + Designer: The Simplifiers
Venue: Whole Foods Culinary Center
Videographer: Mishnoon Films
Tiered Cake: Sweets by Suzi
Catering: Whole Foods Catering
Rentals + Tent: Premiere Party Central
Lounge + Vintage Rentals (china, glassware, etc): LOOT Vintage Rentals
String Trio: Arundel Ensemble
Floral: STEMS Floral

Labels: Austin, baby, baby shower, celebrity baby shower, garden shower, Graphic design, jessica alba, Shannon Ferguson, Texas, the honest company, the inviting pear, The Simplifiers, vintage garden party

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Superhero Wedding

Every month, Marquee Event Group invites event planners to design a space in their warehouse to give clients some inspiration. This month, The Simplifiers did an amazing job transforming it into a cool, hip superhero themed wedding! I was so happy to be invited to participate by creating all of the stationery. Talk about a dream come true. Every designer wants to work on a wedding as unique as this. Hope you enjoy the ideas for your next party!

Follow my wedding inspiration board on all things Superhero at http://pinterest.com/skretrum/superhero-comic-wedding/

To purchase this printable save the date (can be used for any party/event as an invitation too), please visit http://www.etsy.com/listing/82802848/comic-superhero-save-the-date-printable?ref=v1_other_2



The Head Table for the Wedding Party:


The Cake Table:
Wedding Planner: The Simplifiers (http://thesimplifiers.com/)
Linen & Rentals: Marquee Event Group (http://www.marqueerents.com/)

The Inviting Pear is a graphic design and stationery studio, specializing in custom, made-to-order wedding invitations & stationery, birth announcements, holiday cards, and corporate logos & branding.

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Labels: comic book wedding, Custom wedding invitations, marquee event group, Shannon Ferguson, superhero save the dates, superhero stationery, superhero wedding, the inviting pear, The Simplifiers

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Holiday Cards

We just received The Simplifiers holiday cards in the mail. It was so fun to see as they purchased the design from our new Etsy storefront at  http://www.etsy.com/shop/theinvitingpear. We customized the design slightly by including The Simplifiers wording and logo.

Did the holidays sneak up on you this year? If you ran out of time and didn't get your holiday cards in the mail, consider purchasing one from us and customizing it to say "Happy New Year's!". Or contact us if you'd like a custom-designed card. We'd love to help you out. It's fun to send at least one piece of snail mail every year (although, we encourage you to send lots more...isn't it nice to get a real note in the mail rather than another bill?!).

Happy holidays to all!


Design by The Inviting Pear

Labels: Christmas, Corporate Holiday Cards, custom designed, Shannon Ferguson, the inviting pear, The Simplifiers

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