I DID IT, but what does it mean.?.?.?

The results for the Minted's most recent design challenge (save the dates) came in yesterday and since I had a VERY busy day I didn't think about checking the results until I was sitting in the Chicago airport during a layover to Boston.   Since Wi-Fi cost $7 (and I am cheap) I didn't think paying the sum just to be online for 5 minutes was worth it.   Thank goodness I have a mini computer for a phone and I used my trusty blackberry.  

Guess what:  I WON AN AWARD!!!  A "Jury's Pick".   I was so excited I pretty much skipped onto the plane (you can ask my younger sister Andrea, she was a witness). The problem was...I didn't quite know what a jury's pick meant or which of my designs won, and on top of that I had to turn my phone off.  (Stupid FAA rules, but I guess it is for our safety, bla bla bla.)

And the problem still is, after surfing around minted's website and scouring the design challenge terms and conditions, I still don't know.... All I see now is a star next to my profile stating that I am a winner! 

So for now, since I am uber-excited, I thought I’d just share my joy and once I know more I will post the design that won and the details on what it means for Inkblot! 

I am pretty much over the moon!

And now what better way to celebrate than to spend the long weekend in Boston with my two sisters? 

Happy weekend everyone!

Photo Cards

I thought I would share these with you, even though they are New Year’s cards and a bit overdue.

I love this design showing the multiple photos and the banner graphic. These could easily be converted to a save the date card, birthday invitation card or even baby announcement as well as holiday card.

Don't you just love his eyes!  Hudson will be a heart breaker some day for sure!

Themed Wedding Invites : Mini-Challenge

I hinted at this last week...and here is it:

Nebraska Wedding Day is having a mini design challenge on themed wedding invites. I designed up a fun carnival themed invite and now the voting is up.  Fun!

Now I know there is already a blue ribbon on the design…but just because I put it there, doesn’t mean I already won! So help me out if you can by clicking here and voting for the carnival design.

OMG 100 FREE Wedding Invitations...Yes Please!

Welcome Nebraska Wedding Day Blog Followers!  I hope you are all as excited about today’s Friday Freebies post as I am!

For those of you that did not find your way here by clicking on the Nebraska Wedding Day Blog, I’ll clue you in:  Inkblot Paper Designs is featured in the first ‘Friday Freebies” post of the year.    100 FREE wedding invitations will be awarded to one lucky bride/blog reader.  Click here to enter and read more about the details!

This past fall I had one of my favorite wedding photographers here in Omaha, Colleen with Colleen Dustin Photography, take a couple shots of some of my more recent invitation designs. 

Colleen sure knows how to make my invites look FAB, what do you think?

A BIG thanks to Colleen for taking such fabulous photos and best of luck to all the brides entering for this pretty great giveaway. 

Themed Wedding Invites

I found these two themed wedding invitations over on my favorite paper blog: oh so beautiful paper.

The first is a vintage book invite…and if you haven’t heard me say it before, listen now…my dream is to have a library some day in my house filled with beautifully illustrated hardback books. So with tid-bit of knowledge about me you can only imagine how fabulous I think these invites are. For more photos click here.

These next invites I just think are so clever especially for a destination wedding, a couple that like to travel or even if you are having a wedding with most of the guests coming in from out of town. It really gets your guests in the mood to travel. For more photos click here.

Coming up…another themed invitation design all of my own. NE Wedding Day Magazine gets first shot at posting it, so I won’t say a lot only that I am pretty excited to share this fun invite design with you all here in the next week, so stay tuned!

Some Pretty Happy Post Card Save the Dates

I am excited to share these save the dates with you!  I am sure you can, not doubt, tell that this couple truly is so fun to work with. 

They have a very modern view on design, which I, of course, love.  

I did an English version as well as a Spanish version...the grom helped me a bit with translation. 

How much do you LOVE their faces in this photo?!?!

Wedding Invite Designs soon to follow :)

Happy New Year & Peacock Programs.

As a little bonus for the start of 2011, I thought I’d share a program I just created.

The wedding is today, 1.1.11 and from the looks of the program, it should be a pretty wonderful winter wedding. 

Oh and I am also excited to point out my added link loves to the right, papery love, crafty love and weddingy love!  Have fun checking them out!  (Click through at your own risk.  I cannot take fault should you waste many hours away clicking through these blogs...be warned: they are addictive)