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.
The sign I created for the entrance:
Jessica Alba with the guests of honor, Chelsee & John (their story is here: http://blog.honest.com/honestly-ultimate-baby-shower-austin/#.UZqGZbWsiSo)
Jessica Alba and Mary with The Simplifiers of Austin:
The custom designed handkerchief menu, placecard and activity card:
Activity card I designed:
Menu tent cards I created:
Graphic design by The Inviting Pear (
www.theinvitingpear.com)
To see past designs, please visit
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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
Posted by invitingpear at 11:37 AM
Baby Announcement
When my friend, Paula, hired me to design her baby announcements for her third child (finally a boy!), I was extremely excited. You see, Paula is also a graphic designer. But with three kids, she didn't have time to create something custom. Talk about pressure for me! But it was also a wonderful compliment that she trusted me to design it. As a graphic designer, Paula definitely knew what she wanted so this was 100% a collaboration. Congratulations to Paula and John...what a beautiful family.
Front cover of the trifold baby announcement:
Unfolded to show 2 panels of the trifold to create one image:
Inside:
Back:
Design by The Inviting PearLabels: baby, baby announcement, black and white, custom designed, monogram, Shannon Ferguson, Texas, the inviting pear, tiffany blue
Posted by invitingpear at 11:33 AM
First Birthday Party!
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I can't resist posting my baby's first birthday party! We had so much fun planning and celebrating. I decided on a circus theme because we call Porter our "chunky monkey" and I had to incorporate monkeys in some way. I designed a vintage looking circus poster for his invitation (complete with a juggling monkey). I rolled up the invitation into a scroll and placed it into a mailing tube, which I customized by wrapping vintage circus paper around and affixing a kraft label for the mailing addresses.
On the day of the party, I used the same design to create food tent cards that announced "Popcorn, Get Your Popcorn" and "Get Your Fresh Squeezed Lemonade". I had a sign announcing the party on our door..."Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth...Porter is one!". We served popcorn, corn dogs, mac n cheese, lemonade and a veggie pizza that was decorated to look like a clown (oh and Purple Haze beer, which is a play on Porter's name). For added fun, we had a bouncy house, ring toss, clown noses, and "Welcome to the Carnival" banner (to put your face in for photo ops). The kiddos took home fun animal sunglasses and animal crackers (with a tag that said "Thanks for Monkeying Around with Porter!"). We had a blast, but more importantly, we were able to celebrate with family and friends. Happy birthday, Porter. I can't believe you're one already!
Design by The Inviting Pear
Photography by Vanessa
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.
Labels: addressing, baby, birthday, custom designed, design, first birthday, invitations, the inviting pear
Posted by invitingpear at 11:38 AM
I was lucky enough to work with Holly again designing her daughter's first birthday party invitations! I worked with Holly in 2008 on her wedding invitations (they got married in Mexico so we put the beautiful ornate doors of the venue on the gatefold invitation...http://www.theinvitingpear.com/images/Holly_lg.jpg). Based on Maddy's adorable polka dot birthday outfit, her invitations were born. Sounds like the party is going to be a blast. Happy Birthday, Maddy!
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Design by The Inviting Pear
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.Labels: Austin, baby, birthday, invitations, polka dot, Texas, the inviting pear
Posted by invitingpear at 10:37 AM
