Gender Party Fever

Remember the gender party I wrote about last week? Well, my sister's party has been showing up all over the web this week! First it was on Ohdeedoh (Apartment Therapy's Kids @ Home Blog). And today it is featured on the popular entertaining blog, Hostess with the Mostess! I'm so proud of my big sis!

Sarah's blog
Sarah's Etsy stationary store, Jack and Izzy

Cards: Invitations

As I've mentioned before, I am crazy about card design. I've dabbled in a little bit of everything - birth announcements, Christmas cards, save the dates. Today I'm going to feature a couple of party invitations, and hopefully get around to showing off some other types of cards soon.

First, here is an invitation I did for my sweet twin nieces first birthday. The pink and green elephants made for a fun party!

Note: All addresses and phone numbers have been changed and are not intended to be real


I designed this invitation for a baby shower. The mom-to-be calls her little one "ladybug" so we played off that :)


Finally, here is an invitation I designed for a friend's bridal shower.


If you are interested in a custom designed invitation, please email me for more information (krubooks@hotmail.com). The design fee is $50. Then I can order the cards for you (pricing will vary depending on quantities) or I can send you the high resolution file to order on your own through Kinkos, Snapfish, or another printer. Please don't hesitate to call or email for more details!

Perfection

I'm currently working on a second studio album for the incredibly talented Mark Ketcham (San Diego, check him out). I love how at every wedding or session there is always one shot that becomes THE shot. You know the shot I mean? The one that catches your breath. The one where the stars aligned and the moment was perfect and the camera snapped. Need an example? Voila:

photography by Envision Video and Photography

It's a GIRL...and a BOY!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend! Don't you wish all weeks had one less weekday? We had an especially fun treat this weekend - we found out the gender for two of our on-the-way niece/nephews! Right now, Brent and I have three pregnant sisters. We will have SEVEN nieces/nephews by February! We've known for a while that Brent's sister Joelle is having a boy, Kru William, in November. When we found out that Lorren and Sarah's ultrasounds were a day apart, I was ecstatic! On Thursday, we got the call that Brent's other sister Lorren has her second GIRL on the way. I'm so glad little Savi is getting a sister!

My sister Sarah had her ultrasound Friday, and planned a little party to announce whether baby Addy or baby Noah is on the way. Everyone had to wear pink or blue for what they thought the baby would be. It was such a fun party!


Here's my nephew Jack and I (both predicting a baby girl):


Jack's been saying for MONTHS that he thinks baby "Addy" is in mommy's tummy. Here's a clip from the party...

Time for the big reveal! Sarah and Garret put a pink or blue gumball in the center of each cupcake.


And...it's a BOY!!!


You can see more pictures of the party details on Sarah's blog. She is incredible!

Brent and I are so excited for our new niece and nephews! We can't wait for them all to get here. I just love being an aunt :)

Layout of the Week

It's been a while since I've done a layout of the week. But here's a really good one to make up for it. This week I finished an album for an Indian wedding - what a fun project! The wedding festivities took place over FOUR days. I can't even begin to tell you how many images there were for this event! It was incredible. This spread shows the ceremony decorations, and the bride finishing getting ready.

photography by Brooke Schwab

The final album is too fun to only have one "layout of the week" post. Check back for more designs from this beautiful wedding.

Pink is My Favorite Color

Since Walter was hit by a car last Sunday, we've had to take him to the vet everyday to get his bandages changed. I'm always excited to see what color wrap they will use - we've had teal with stars, green with bones, orange with smiley faces, purple with dots. I've been secretly hoping they would bust out a pink wrap one of these days, but for the last week, no such luck. Finally, yesterday, my dream came true.


Brent is horrified. But I love it. And I think Walter does too.


I love this dog.

Anniversary Album

A while ago I mentioned a 40-year-anniversary album I was just starting. Well, I was so happy with the way it turned out, I decided to share a couple more layouts. I love this idea! I hope I get to do a bunch more.

As always, you can click on the images below for a closer look.