Store Updates: Customization

Posted on May 21, 2012 by studiogatz

So what happens when a Judge and a Princess meet and fall in love?

They have a wedding shower and need 60 Thank You cards.

To be honest…this isn’t actually about a Judge and Princess, but about two friends whose last names are Judge and Crowne. With noun (and I guess verb) last names, you can have a lot of fun!

Mr & Mrs Stationary

The Mrs (or soon to be Mrs) helped with the design. She had seen one that had a mustache and lips, but wanted it customized to their names. I already had a Mr. and Mrs. card in Studio Gatz, so I added some of those elements.

Other Mr & Mrs Stationary

Every card needs a little fun, so I added pearlized dots to the crown for Mrs. Crowne (soon to be Judge). For my regular cards, I use glitter for the ampersand.

Studio Gatz can do almost any custom order. Just contact us (custom@studiogatz.com) with your wish list. We’ll be happy to send proofs, pictures, and pricing.

Favorite: Coordinately Yours

Posted on April 6, 2012 by studiogatz

I stumbled upon Coordinately Yours by Julie Banner in the wonderful world of Pinterest. I was led to the blog by a pin for hostess gifts, but I found oh so much more.

Like amazing printables and suggestions for events. I just love this table setting for Easter:

Great place setting for Easter Brunch!

It’s simple and elegant with a fun touch (and smell) of lavender. The menu cars/baggies are adorable.

There’s also great recipes and DIY projects (a little something for everyone–most of all the Pinterest obsessed).

Anniversaries Are Hard Work

Posted on April 4, 2012 by studiogatz

Anniversaries are hard work…for the children. I say that because last night was my parent’s 30th anniversary. And while, yes of course, it took a lot of work for them to get to that point, it also took a lot of work to make their present.

Let me start off by saying I’m one of three girls and we don’t live close by to one another (we’re spread between Boston, Chicago, and DC). So trying to plan something together is a bit hard. Thank goodness for group GChat! We started off by trying to meet in DC, where my parents also live, to celebrate, but couldn’t get our schedules to work.

Then SURPRISE! My parents said let’s go to Hawaii. They had been there on their honeymoon and we all went on their 10th anniversary (see our luau gear below). Well I was definitely in for that. “Hey everybody its time to start working out, I’m going to be in a bikini early this year!”

Hula Dancers

Oh wait…just kidding… My dad, it turns out, has a meeting there this Fall. So “Sorry girls, no trip to Hawaii for you.” Way to totally rip my heart out mom (I know you’re reading this!).

So anyway… we loved watching our home videos, but they were all on VHS and my parents were paranoid about converting them to a DVD or digital format. Worried they would forever lose their memories. (Ummm the problem with that is you were still missing out on them because you didn’t have a working VHS player!) So we hired my baby sister to be stealthy and secretly grab the tapes and ship them off to be converted (I had a coupon).

Hello preserved memories! And while 13 hours of shaky video footage is oh so exciting, we needed something more. Enter iMovie (my new boyfriend and a new “Favorite”). This is why I’m so glad to be a MAC. This program was amazing–I was able to slice the old (now digitized) footage with pictures and set it all to music.

I then made these cute DVD covers using my Silhouette Cameo:

And of course you can’t forget that Anniversary card. I made this one using the Cameo sketch pen feature. I had the brilliant idea to re-create their cake. I had that idea before seeing a picture of their wedding cake. It took some time (and a little simplification), but here it is next to the real cake:

So parents, please remember… it’s hard for all of us.