My cousin Johanna is in town for three weeks visiting from Germany and has been a great help with my business. She has been giving me great ideas and as soon as I get office space I’m hiring her! She has helped me fill a baby shower order and design a wedding invitation sample.
Categories: House of Papier
Tagged: Johanna
I received great news this weekend. First, I got an email from my cousin Shelly announcing that she got engaged on Friday evening. Then early this morning, my two best friends Nikki and Tyra called me on three-way to tell me that Tyra’s boyfriend proposed this weekend too! I’m so excited for both of them, and of course my creative juices started flowing thinking about wedding invitations. I’m so happy for both of them!
Categories: Wedded Bliss
Tagged: Engagement, Tyra, Wedding
The House of Papier is excited to announce that we now offer “Gatefold” and “Folio”silk boxes for your invitation needs. Both styles come in a number of colors and can be adorned with ribbons and jewelled embellishments. The House of Papier does not sell individual items. Silk boxes are for invitation customers only.
7×7 Gatefold (Inside)
4×7 Folio Gatefold
Categories: Silk boxes
Tagged: Gatefold
This is the invitation that will go inside the box:
I am also doing her wedding programs. The programs will double as fans since they are having an outdoor wedding in Jamaica.
Categories: Embellishments · Invitations · Wedded Bliss
Tagged: Carribean, Silk Box, Wedding
Now that Spring has sprung I really want to redecorate my home office. The room is a decent size for a small office (it’s definitely not big enough for a bedroom) and since my desktop computer crashed a couple of months ago (back your files up people!) I now have extra room. I put my display table in its place and I’d like to see if I can fit a small two-seater couch in there as well. The former owner took out the door and knocked out part of the wall to open the space that leads into the living room. I’m thinking about adding a nice curtain partition. Maybe I’ll make a trip to IKEA this weekend to see what they have. Let’s just say I got big plans for my Economic Stimulus Check from the government. When did they say we should expect it?
Categories: House of Papier
Tagged: Home Office
Finally, my new silk fabric swatch has arrived! It came today along with my new silk box samples. I can’t wait to get started on this order. I’ll meet with Ade this weekend to finalize the invitation designs and also to show her the wedding program I created for her. Since she’s getting married outdoors in Jamaica she would like a program that doubles as a fan. They’re going to be so beautiful!
Categories: Color Swatch
Okay, so I never found my swatch. The new one is on its way. I ordered it this morning along with some new invitation boxes and holders. I can’t wait for my package to get here. It should take about 3-5 business days (with the amount I paid for international shipping, it needs to be here tomorrow!). I decided to wait to meet with Ade until the swatch gets here. We won’t be able to get much accomplished without it anyway. In the meantime, I’m creating the invitation inserts and the wedding programs. Instead of having a rhinestone buckle on the front of the silk box, Ade requested a palm tree and Swarovski crystals. I found a palm tree embellishment (Google is a wonderful thing!). I think I am going to incorporate ribbon and use the palm tree embellishments as a clasp. I’ll have to think about the Swarovski crystals, because I don’t want the outside of the invitation to look tacky.
Categories: Embellishments · House of Papier · Invitations · Wedded Bliss
Tagged: Embellishments, Wedding invitations
I met with Ade and her fiance’ on Sunday in my home office. This is the first time I’ve invited my clients to my house for a consultation. I reorganized my office space (the small second bedroom) to include a decorative display table and chairs for my guests. The consultation went great. I had all my samples set up including paper swatches, ribbon swatches and a potpourri of embellishments and Swarovski crystals. The one thing I forgot was the silk fabric swatches for the invitation boxes. So when my client asked to see it, I said “sure”. What I failed to realize is that it was no where to be found. About three weeks ago I did a little ”Spring” cleaning, which included buying a whole bunch of bins and plastic containers that have the little compartments so that you can keep everything nicely organized. I could have sworn I put it in the container with all my ribbon spools. So after looking in all the obvious places I told my client that I will have to look for it and show it to her when we meet for our second consultation. That night I tore up my entire office looking for the silk fabric swatch. I looked EVERYWHERE and still could not find it. I wanted to pull my hair out. Then I thought, “Oh no, what if I accidentally threw it out when I did my Spring cleaning!” It’s driving me crazy, so this morning I emailed my supplier to order another swatch. The only problem is the supplier is in Thailand and it will take more than just a couple of days for it to be delivered. Plus, with the 12 hour time difference it usually takes a full day before he e-mails me back. When I’m getting up in the morning, he’s going to bed. Talk about international business. I haven’t heard back from him yet, but I’ll probably hear back from him tonight at around 10 pm EST, when it’s 10 am in Thailand. When I get home, I’m going to look for the swatch one more time. I hope midnight didn’t eat it (my dog)!! It wouldn’t be the first time he’s gotten a hold of my supplies.
Mommy, I promise I didn’t eat your fabric swatch:
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Tagged: Color Swatch, midnight
