mm, paper love.

so we don't do a "joint blog" per say, but we did do the big

christmas cards.

so fun!

kyle is so great about this stuff, letting me think and overthink my design and packaging, whether I want pictures, whether I want a picture collage, whether it should fold, how it will look best cut, etc. etc. What a patient man :) and he even cut them all!

As I mentioned previously, I was able to use my latest love, Curious Metallics paper. Oh, it is just lovely. Shimmery with a 92 lb wt., this paper might make me happy forever. plus, it comes in almost any color necessary.

I printed our thank you notes for our wedding (seen above, and below) on Curious Metallics gray paper and just loved the result. The original design with gray with white lettering. Place that on top of a shimmery gray paper and I couldn't get enough! I was so worried about having gray on top of gray, and how the white would look, but no need. Take a look!

ps. I will post pictures when I am not in an airport, and can actually take some pictures of the printed product :) don't fret!

when it rains, it pours.

we arrived almost 3 hours early for our red-eye flight to New York,

so I'm doing what I do best at airports: blogging.

thought I could catch up & maybe make up for the fact that I blog only once a month :)

this month has been filled with so many projects, I'm not even sure where to start! Let's start with the most important: Courtney's graduation! My best friend Courtney graduated Summa Cum Laude from ASU in Elementary Education this month, and she asked me to design her graduation invites.

We think they turned out with just the right amount of fun and elegance :) She printed them on my new love, Curious Metallics paper, which is amazing and way too pricey for me use as much as I would like. Add that with a shimmery maroon bellyband and a gold envelope: gorgeous!

documentation.

me & the husband, in our tiny, tiny apartment

(no, but really. this room barely fit the camera and flash I set up!)

One Sunday afternoon, Kyle's grandparents showed us an entire album filled with 30 years worth of Christmas pictures, one for each year. We both looked at each other, and I could tell we were both thinking the same thing:

"We have to do that."

So, one night I had our camera and flash from work overnight, and we decided to experiment with our own Christmas card-like photo. We decided to include our apartment because it's us right now. Magazines galore, a macbook, a wedding picture we love so much and a bookshelf full of books.

It's itty-bitty, simple and just how we like it.

projects.

life has been so busy.

this month, I have:

- sent our biggest magazine (Bride, 164 pages of pure wedding bliss) to the printer...check out sneak peaks here.

- pulled together this weekend project for my pretty cousin Lindsay, getting married next week. I think it turned out quite well for a speedy project, don't you? Also, my talented Dad took their engagement photos. Truly a Wasson project!

- went to my work Christmas party at Chef's Table, an award-winning restaurant. such a fun night with such wonderful people! After Jeanette, our lovely magazine editor and owner, spoke some opening words, I realized I hope I can be right where I am in 10 years.

(my cute husband at Chef's Table where an iPad was circled around in our "Yankee Swap" giveaway from the Bennetts)