vintage baby love

ok, is it hot where you are?  atlanta has been a sauna the past few days.  i'm a girl who loves warm weather but this past weekend was a little ridiculous.  we spent most of the weekend indoors in the a/c...there was some crazy code red or purple alert on the air quality, so it was a good excuse to do some things around the house and get takeout!  one of the things i did was sift through the amazing images that kerie at kerie cleveland photography took of my recent stationery projects for the big website update.  i tell you, the hardest part is narrowing them down to only use a few of each item.  i've got lots of fun things to show you coming up...including holiday cards from 2011.  I KNOW!  it's july. but in the stationery world, it's never too early to start thinking about christmas.  plus, maybe it will make you feel a few degrees cooler...

this is a birth announcement project that i was tickled to do for my friend lindsay.  and this little lad just celebrated his 1st birthday last week!  lindsay adores all things vintage and has excellent taste (remember her gorgeous house here?) so i knew this piece would be super cute.  she actually found the liner paper (a pattern of colorful sailboats = love) and the yellow and white striped ribbon herself, so we had a good framework to start with right from the get-go.

i thought the banner reading "oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" was the perfect whimsical touch.  and Lord knows, she'll be muttering that phrase through the years (more concentrated during the 2nd and 3rd years)...

the announcement was printed in 2-color thermography and don't you know i just lapped up all of the colors in the announcement.  it's just so cheerful!

oh - and in honor of the 4th of july, i'm featuring stationery with red, white and blue.  get ready for a patriotic and fun week!!
xoxo