Out of Circulation for a While

Just a short post today to let everyone know that I won't be around for a while, as I will be undergoing surgery in the next few days. I will require quite a bit of recovery time (6 to 8 weeks) and will therefore not be able to take on new orders for the time being. My Etsy shop is in vacation mode for a while, and will only re-open when I am well enough to take care of orders again. I am using the last few days before the scheduled surgery to finalise and ship all orders received up to 14 May 2015 and to prepare for my hospital stay.

Thank you for your understanding!

Wedding Stationery: Wouter & Dorita

Photograph by Eppel Fotografie

I was so thrilled to collaborate with the lovely, and very talented bride-to-be, Dorita, last year. Recently she has sent me a link to her wedding photos and I fell completely in love with every little detail of Wouter and Dorita's wedding. The swoon-worthy wedding was photographed by the amazing Ralf Czogallik from Eppel Photography. You can see more lovely photos and read all about it here.

Dorita was from Canada, but at the time that we met on Etsy, she was already living in the Netherlands and planning her wedding to Wouter.

Dorita wanted to make her own wedding invitations, and she asked me to help out with the paper sleeve (or pouch) that she could not make herself.. She sent me a copy of the wedding logo that she designed for the wedding stationery and I converted the image into a digital design suitable for cutting into paper. The next step was to die-cut the paper sleeves for Dorita's invitations from her paper of choice and to then laser-cut the wedding logo into each die-cut. Once all the sleeves were cut out, they were sent to Dorita for assembly. Dorita took care of the graphic design, printing and assembly of the invitations. Below is a photo of her beautiful invitations!

These are the die-cuts that I've made for Dorita, before they were assembled.

I wasn't involved in the creation of Dorita's menu's, but I wanted to share a photo anyway, as they were really pretty too!

Photographs by Eppel Fotografie

I would like to say a special thank you to Dorita. She was such a lovely person to work with! And Wouter, thank you for patiently making sure that the paper was exactly where Dorita and I needed it to be at any given time! 

Bracelet

Don't you just love this photo? A beautiful, gentle moment between a bride and a doggy ... 

 I'm the mommy of a Miniature Doberman Pincher and I am always amazed at how Jolie's little matchstick legs can carry her weight! Perhaps my appreciation for Jolie's skinny little legs is the reason why I love this photo so much! Just imagine having to carry your weigt on little legs so thin that you can wear a ring as a bracelet! And what a great way to include a close-up of the wedding rings before the wedding!

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Animals and Weddings

This little fawn was the guest of honour at a beautiful inspirational shoot with a forest wedding as theme. Isn't she just amazing? 

If you are in love with the idea of a forest or woodland wedding, I suggest that you visit the blog of Calie Rose, who was responsible for the beautiful flowers. Kristina Curtis was the photographer. The whole post is worth checking out! You will find it here.

Found these photos here.

An Update

Hubby and I had a bit of a "rocky start" as far as 2015 is concerned. After taking some time off over Christmas and New Year, I was still catching up on orders, when hubby suddenly became very ill and had to undergo emergency surgery. This meant I had to take a little break from Etsy and my online world,  in order to take care of Marc. Pretty much everything came to a standstill while I was spending time with Marc in hospital, and then taking care of him at home.

I've re-opened my Etsy shop earlier this week, but with a warning that things may still take a bit longer than they usually do! After a very tough few days during which we hardly slept at all, things are slowly going better. Although my man still requires care, his health is improving every day, which means that I can dedicate a bit of time to Etsy again! I hope to be up to date with quotations, e-mails and orders by Monday.

In the mean time I would like to say a sincere thank you to everyone for their patience while waiting for me to respond to messages. Your understanding, kind words and support are much appreciated!

2015 is here!

Happy Holidays!

With love from all of us!