Chalkboard Mural-ing

My Husband and I have been finishing up our kitchen remodel and on one of the walls we have added a chalkboard wall, using chalkboard paint. We wanted to have a few more permanent features on the wall including kitchen measurement conversions that we are constantly finding ourselves looking up online. We also keep a running list of things we need to get when we run errands. Its very helpful to keep it all in one place.
I decided to look up a few fonts for inspiration as well as make up my own along the way. What do you think?



If you're in the Austin area, don't forget that Bloom does mural work too!

A Bloom Favorite: Essence Photography

A relative new comer to the professional photography business, Betsy Erickson, owner and photographer of Essence Photography based in Northern California, has an amazing eye for catching the emotion and intimate moments between people.

Betsy blew me away with her gorgeous photos of a new born baby girl and her mother. How perfect would these shots be on a crisp clean custom designed baby announcement?















Or this shot on a first birthday invitation?




















Essence Photography is also available for wedding photography. Check out her website, and think about all the brilliant and beautiful cards that can be made to show off your loved ones!

Texas Themed Birthday BBQ

A friend of mine was feeling a little nostalgic for the time she lived here in Austin and decided to throw herself a Texas Themed Birthday party...in Chicago! She asked for a little help with the invite and sent them out electronically. No printing or postage necessary.
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Holiday Cards & Invitations

Bloom is now accepting holiday card & invitation orders, as well as other projects. The holiday season will be quickly approaching now that school is back in session around the country. This summer flew by, and though it seems crazy to already be thinking about the holiday season, it will be here before we know it. Get your order in today and lets start designing your perfect holiday card!

A Bloom Favorite: Inspiration

Every wedding seems to have its one element of inspiration, wether its a feel, an object, a color, or maybe all of those things. Ive noticed lately when scanning the blogs, wedding websites and message boards that brides are finding that one element of inspiration and building absolutely amazing weddings. I know when I work with brides on their design concepts I love to find out what those inspirations are, and its so fun to help a bride build her vision.

This wedding was built around lemons and the color yellow. Stunning! Absolutely stunning. I may be biased because of my own love of yellow, but I think this couple incorporated the lemon flawlessly. (All image rights attributed to ivy-weddings.com, and taken from StyleMePretty.com) You can find this complete story here.





















This wedding was created with a book theme. Love the card catalog for the escort cards.(All image rights attributed to MAP Events, and taken from StyleMePretty.com) you can see the whole write up here.

Children's Book Sneak Peek.

I am really excited to show this tiny little preview of a project Ive been busily working on the past few months. I've been working with a couple of local Austin area authors to illustrate this fantastic christmas story. We hope to have it available for purchase this holiday season. For now, this is all I can share with you. More to come...


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Sage Green and Black Wedding Concept

Many of my customers are interested in my hand sewn wedding booklets. This is a concept that was put together for a sage green and black wedding. Each booklet contains all the pieces that are normally separate cards in a traditional wedding invitation: An Invitation, a Directional, an Informational (Details) and an RSVP card. The RSVP in this invitation was a tear off postcard in the back of the booklet. Each invitation would be sent in a white number 10 envelope.

Bloom Favorite- DIY Weddings and Style Me Pretty

I know I have mentioned before how much I love the Style Me Pretty blog. I have been reading this blog since after my own wedding way back when, ok so it will only be 4 years in August, but feels like a long long time ago. The blog is great and Im completely addicted! So props to them, and to this post that I was reading today. This wedding has so many personal touches I just had to bring light to them. Ping Pong...AWESOME! Chalkboard signs, even better! And custom portraits! I LOVE IT! Style Me Pretty is a great resource for anyone planning their wedding. You can create style guides, and check out dress designers. The inspiration abounds! I may be gushing, but honestly I check this blog almost every day, and if you're planning a wedding, you should too.

Purple and Green Bachelorette Party

Purple satin ribbon is the perfect addition to this elegant but girly bachelorette party invitation. Printed on white premium matte paper and sent with A7 solar white envelopes, this invitation was a small run project of 15. The design uses several font types together that work to highlight locations and times for the three day affair. I think they turned out nicely, comments are welcome.

Again information is blurred at the clients request.

Safari Baby Shower

This invitation was a request by a client for a baby shower invite that wasnt too masculine but with a green and brown safari theme. I really had fun creating the baby safari animals. I based them off of the owl that I had created previously for a baby announcement. I think these turned out great! Printed on Premium Matte 5"x7" and A7 solar white envelopes.



Info blurred out at clients request.