Posted by Amanda on October 5th, 2009
I have been spending a lot of time looking for interesting papers to use on new invitation designs. It started when I was designing my friend Laurie’s invitation. She gave me the challenge of designing with the theme to trees but not in the literal sense. She didn’t want a tree on the invites so [...]
Posted by Amanda on August 9th, 2009
I spend a lot of time doing various things for design inspiration. So many different things spark my creativity and send my wind whirling.
Daily walks are a great source of inspiration. There are so many different things in my surrounding neighborhood that trigger my senses. I may see beautiful flowers in someones garden, hear [...]
Posted by Amanda on August 2nd, 2009
My friend Erin is getting married next July and she asked me to help her on her invitations and Save-the-date cards. Well I guess it was half her asking half me volunteering.
She is going for a beach-themed wedding but I decided I wouldn’t take it too literal because I find that when things are too [...]
Posted by Amanda on July 30th, 2009
Inspired by…
Entrepreneurship is in my blood. Growing up, both of my parents worked from home running Wood That Works. Which, suffice to say, is still going strong almost 35 years after starting business in 1975.
I decided a long time ago that I wanted to own my own business. I knew that it would be hard [...]