One of my favorite holiday designs last year was for the Hewitt Family. Their invitation suite was a three holiday greeting - holiday card, new address announcement and housewarming party invite all wrapped up into one.
Instead of traditional greens, reds and the like, we opted to used colors from their new ranch home - warm browns, antique golds, spicy curry yellow and fiery copper. To bring in the holiday feel - I hand glittered - uh - nearly a thousand little snowflakes. My house and studio were gilded to say the least. :)
The invitation suite was a 7x7 pocket fold, double matte family photo on the front panel, single matte holiday housewarming panel, gilded snowflakes, single matte photo of the girls, six layer invitation panel (yeoweee!), direction panel, accommodation panel, reply card, reply envelope and custom outside envelope. It was a flurry of work here the week before Christmas last year getting these babies ready for delivery.
The Hewitt's have become dear friends of mine and I'm looking forward to more special greetings & invites!!
Happy Holidays to all!!
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They're here! This is the first of two signature holiday releases. First, the photo cards. Something unique with that little SJD twist - but still won't pack a serious punch on your pocket book. Tomorrow, I'm posting the designs for the Signature Portable Pocket and Gate Fold designs. As always, I can still create a holiday card that is unique to just you and your family. These signature designs were created to save you on the design fee that comes with a uniquely you design concept.
There are two signature photo card designs available - Holiday Ornaments and Holiday Family Crest. Clicking on either of the signature design links will take you to a style sheet that shows a Portrait & Landscape version of each - as well as three color concepts for each of the signature designs (the documents are also available to your right > listed under the header { HOLIDAY }. The photo cards are 5x7 printed on glossy high-quality photo stock and include a coordinating color envelope with your printed return address on the back flap. Below is my holiday ordering schedule, deadlines, delivery weeks for holiday orders and how to place an order.
The crest option is named Holiday Family Crest but you can alter the text inside the crest - so it really works well for anyone sending the greeting. Say a business name, a couple, your pets ... whatever!
Ordering & Proofing Schedule
- Accepting Orders > October 13th through November 10th
- Rush Orders > Orders received after November 10th are subject to a 15% Rush Charge
- Order Early Special > 10% off on orders placed before October 27th
- Digital Proofs > Provided within 48 hours of receiving your photo
- Invoices > Digital invoices will be emailed within 48 hours of placing your order
- Payments > Due upon receipt of invoice
- Payment Types > SJD accepts cash, check and credit cards via PayPal
How to Order
- Call 916.257.1641 or email (stephanie@stephaniejdesigns.com)
- Provide contact information: name (first and last), shipping address, phone number and email
- Provide style name, orientation (portrait or landscape), color palette and quantity
- Email photos to stephanie@stephaniejdesigns.com
- Photos must be at 300dpi and minimum of 6" x 6"
- Pricing for the photo cards is listed on the style sheets: Holiday Ornaments & Holiday Family Crest
Customizing
- Holiday Ornament-Portrait > Color Palette, Photo, Family Message & Signature Line
- Holiday Ornament-Landscape > Color Palette, Photo & Signature Line
- Holiday Family Crest-Portrait > Color Palette, Photo, Crest & Family message
- Holiday Family Crest-Landscape > Color Palette, Photo & Crest
Enjoy these first two photo card designs and I'll be back tomorrow with some fancy-schmancy ones!!
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