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10 Apr |
Introducing Sandra Roth, Designer of Delightful Birth Announcements |
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11:30 pm Posted by Nicola |
We are pleased to introduce designer, Sandra Roth and her many beautiful card designs available at LookLoveSend.com. Sandra is an award-winning artist whose creative outlets include print design, product design, illustration, animation and sculpture.
Sandra has created unique fantastic collections of wedding invitations, birth announcements, and party invitations to celebrate special life moments with those you love. Her designs exhibit a wonderful combination of beautiful images, stylish text, and an overall composition that is very well-balanced and harmonious. Here is one of Sandra’s lovely birth announcement cards “Baby Border“, available in pink, blue and yellow and also with the option of adding a baby photo for further personalization.
Sandra lives in New York City where she enjoys yoga, row boating, biking, dance performances and Knicks games.
Check LookLoveSend.com to see the fantastic work of Sandra Roth and our other talented designers, select your desired card type and query by designer for Sandra Roth!
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9 Apr |
Graduation Announcements Mail Soon: 5 Great Gifts for the Grad |
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4:00 pm Posted by Kristy |
Graduation season looms large for millions of exhausted but excited high school and college seniors across the country. When the graduation party invitations and graduation announcements start arriving, be ready with original and useful gifts.
Consider steering away from traditional showpieces, like a fancy watch or gold-plated ball point pen. Practicality and utility hold great value these days - things a grad can put to use as soon as the party clears out and friends scatter. Here are 5 practical and useful gift ideas:
- Money. Cash is still king. But to keep cold cash from feeling…well…cold, deliver those crisp bills in anengraved money clip or security lockbox.
- Gift cards. A favorite store or restaurant are good choices if you know where the grad shops and eats. If not, give a pre-paid gas card.
- GPS navigational device. Good brands include TomTom or Garmin.
- Shares of stock. Include abook along with the stock certificatebyarespected and readable financial writer like Suzie Orman or Dave Ramsey.Check http://amzn.to/f5j76K for reviews on the latest titles and reviews.
- Themed gift basket.Have somefun and package items together with a theme. Stuff a new laundry basket with fresh towels, detergent, fabric softener and a roll of quarters. Fill a giant popcorn bowl with candy, microwave popcorn, and Netflix giftcards. Set up a new toolbox with a hammer, tape measure, picture hangers, and more.
This graduation gift list would not be complete without also mentioning that thank-you cards are a very useful gift for a grad. High quality graduation thank you notes are available at LookLoveSend.com.
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8 Apr |
Birthday Party Planning Made Easy with Online “How-to” Videos |
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4:00 pm Posted by Kristy |
In a previous birthday party planning post, I shared some laughable details about being an overzealous do-it-all-myself party planning mom. Now I know better, and I really do believe in outsourcing the things I don’t need (or want) to spend time on.
My son’s sixth birthday is around the corner. I’;m getting ready with birthday party invitations from LookLoveSend.com, party favors from http://www.orientaltrading.com/, and a video that will make baking a spaceshuttle cake make me look like a rocket scientist:
Their high quality, professionally produced video web site is so helpful that I am taking a confident leap into uncharted territory: baking. This is the one nagging do-it-yourself party item that still hangs over me. I have never baked a single birthday cake. My daughter is 8, my son is 5… that’s 13 chances! I have let this slide despite the universal understanding that the birthday cake is usually the climactic moment (debatable if a pinata is involved).
So I will turn to my trusty computer foryet another great online resource–step-by-step “how-to” video for baking a cake. Lots of other great tips and ideas for your birthday party planning are available on this same website, http://www.bettycrocker.com/menus-holidays-parties/birthdays.
For your birthday party invitations, subscribe to our mailing list for 20% off your first order on a wide selection of exciting and playful designs.
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7 Apr |
Introducing Amanda Zoss, Designer of Memorable Graduation Invitations |
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4:30 pm Posted by Nicola |
LookLoveSend.com is thrilled to have Amanda Zoss as part of its talented design team. Amanda has created beautiful card and stationery designs that are truly eye-catching and memorable.
Amanda has been painting and designing and creating since an early age, with a particular love of fine art. This appreciation of fine art is evident in the flowing curvilinear forms and plant-inspired motifs that appear in her designs and offer a modern, elegant feeling to her work.
Amanda is also inspired by nature. She currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota and enjoys hiking and camping as an opportunity to relax, recharge and gather design influences for her future work. See below for one of Amanda’s beautiful graduation party invitation designs, “Blue Banner Grad“.
The amazing work of Amanda Zoss is available at LookLoveSend.com. Subscribe now for 20% off your first order with us.
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6 Apr |
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4:00 pm Posted by Kristy |
When I was a mom with kids in the pre-school set, I would get butterflies in my stomach several weeks ahead of their birthdays. It’s true – birthday party planning made me want to scream! At the time, I thought that coming up with a memorable, fun and original birthday party meant I had to produce everything myself.
I guess I fell victim to “motherhood in the age of anxiety” syndrome. How else to explain antics like homemade birthday party invitations - handcut, stamped, and painstakingly rhymed? Or party favors calligraphied with each guest’s name? Then there was the timeI stayed uptil 2 a.m. stuffing newspaper into plastic, orange jack-o-lantern Halloween trash bags in a quest to recreate a pumpkin patch in my backyard. I went to bed only because I ran out of newspaper.
Now that I’m older and “wiser”, I’ve learned to cut myself a little slack. Outsourcing certain things allows me to actually enjoy planning. I’ve become a big fan of a single party favor, like a beach ball or sand bucket forsummertime birthdays, or a small pumpkin or take-home craft for fall birthdays. I also leave my calligraphy pen in the drawer – kids read their names more easily when written with a big black sharpie!
Most of all, I save a great deal of time now by ordering birthday party invitations online because there are so many fun, colorful designs from which to choose. Originality and customization still count, and so I love the invitations that are available at LookLoveSend.com. They have original, beautifuldesigns for boys’ and girls’ parties, I can still make up my silly rhymes, and they’ll print on the highest quality paper. Now if I can just find some help with the cake….
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5 Apr |
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4:00 pm Posted by Kristy |
The official stamps commemorating the engagement announcement of Prince William to Kate Middleton will be available soon in the United Kingdom. Eager royal memorabilia collectors can call in orders by phone now. Others will soon enjoy the distraction when buying stamps in the U.K.
If you’ve recently become engaged, your happy occasion is more than justa distraction. You probably won’t get a call from the Royal Mail (or the U.S. Post office either) requesting a copy of your engagement photo, but rest assured that family and friends are always delighted to receive engagement announcements.
Photo: courtesy of royalmail.com
An engagement announcement card with a photo featuring a fun or intimate moment between you and your soon-to-be-betrothed is a memorable way to share your happy news. Save the date cards with an image of you is also a considerate and personalized way to inform friends and family about the future date of the wedding so they can plan accordingly.
Whether you have a formal engagement portrait, or whether you choose a favorite snapshot from your collection of adventures together, using a photo in your engagement announcements is a unique way to share your feelings with those who matter most. Similarly, a photograhic image on save the date cards is a funway to excite guests about their involvement in yourspecial day.
So if the U.S. Postal Service has not yet called you for a picture, commemorate your engagement news yourselves with a photo engagement announcement card. You can find a beautiful selection of engagement announcement cards and save the date cards at LookLoveSend.com. Subscribe to our mailing list and receive 20% off your first order!
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4 Apr |
A Stylish Bridal Shower Invitation for a Sophisticated Night Out |
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3:29 pm Posted by Nicola |
If you are hosting a bridal shower for someone who loves a fun night out with close girlfriends, why not throw her a sophisticated cocktail party style shower that she will be sure to remember? We’ve all been to a traditional bridal shower, whether the “kitchen theme” with its kitchen-themed gifts and recipe exchanges. Or the “around the clock” theme for which each guest must match her gift with something used at that particular time of day. And while these typical theme parties lend themselves to fun activities and easy interaction between guests, they may not be the first choice of every bride-to-be.
Hosting a less traditional evening bridal shower allows guests to dress up, mingle, and watch gifts being opened in the fun atmosphere of a pre-bachelorette party. Planning for such an event can be simple and mostly done in advance, here are some tips.
- Prepare a selection of simple hors d’oeuvres ahead of time, arranged in buffet style with small plates or cocktail napkins.
- Setup a bar including non-alcoholic beverages and perhaps a signature punch for the bride-to-be.
- Play soft but modern background music
- Choose an inexpensive theme-based favor gift, such as a decorated martini glass (bought in a set but presented singly).
And how about this for the perfect bridal shower invitation for the event, it is titled “Pink and Black Damask Bride” by designer Amanda Zoss?
This shower invitation is part of a great selection offered at LookLoveSend.com. Join now to receive 20% off your first order.
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3 Apr |
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1:57 pm Posted by Nicola |
Reese Witherspoon wore a pink wedding gown for her recent nuptials at her California estate home.When I saw this celebrity style update while browsing entertainment news online, it made me wonder about the power of celebrity trends for what is usually a very tradition-oriented day. Nobody can deny the overwhelming public interest in celebrity styles and trends. Will Reese’s dress color choice make brides want to wear “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something PINK?” for their own upcoming nuptials?
Pink is a commonly selected color for weddings, whether for the bridesmaid dresses, table decorations, wedding invitation accents, or bouquets. Pink is undoubtedly the color of romance and particularly suited for a spring or summer wedding event.
Thinking more about the possible pink gown trend that has just been sparked, I searched some wedding gown websites and checked out the new collections.
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We have a beautiful selection of pink (and other color) wedding invitations at LookLoveSend. Join our mailing list and receive 20% off your first order.
