January 9th, 2010
April and I are here in New Orleans. Before the conference starts on Monday, I wanted to make sure to write a blog post about a New Year’s Eve party my siblings and I threw. We’ve never thrown a party on New Year’s Eve party and we knew that most of our good friends wouldn’t be able to make it, but it was an overall success! My sister Marj and I prepared all the food and decorations. We bought hats and noisemakers from Party City. We wanted a mini bar of candy for giveaways so I got apothecary jars from Michael’s. Instead of mimosas made out of the standard orange juice, we served it with grapefruit juice. Everyone that had the grapefruit mimosa really liked it and kept wanting more! Everyone was having so much fun that we almost missed the countdown! My mom has her traditions and one in particular was banging pots and pans together after the countdown. Everyone cheered her on! It was pretty funny. Anyway, pictures are below. We at Simply Chic hope everyone had a safe and fun New Year’s! We also hope you are just as excited for this coming year as we are!
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January 4th, 2010
Happy 2010 everyone! We have a lot of exciting things coming up this new year. We’re headed to New Orleans on Friday for The Special Event 2010, an industry conference. I’ve mentioned it a few times in previous blogs so you can tell we’re super excited!
On another note, we made some holiday cards for our past and present clients. It’s a simple, yet chic, card (hence simply chic). I designed it really quick and with April’s input, we put it together and sent it out, not before taking pictures for the blog, of course.
The main font used has a sort of stamp-like feel to it, which I really like! The address labels included an image in the same font of the first letter of the last names of our married clients and the first initials of the first names of our soon-to-be married clients. We hope you like our holiday cards!
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December 21st, 2009
whew! so i’m finally getting around to writing this post. if you remember, we had the pleasure to work on pepper (her family nickname) and ian’s save-the-dates, wedding shower invites, and wedding invitation suite. it has been our most creatively themed stationery suite that we’ve worked on to date and we had the opportunity to extend that to their wedding day stationery including their ceremony program, escort cards, reception programs and table numbers. i’m angry at myself because the pictures i took of the escort cards, reception programs, and table numbers don’t do it justice. i’ll update with better pictures as soon as i get some.
the ceremony programs were simple, but reflected the formality of their invitation suite. their escort cards, reception programs, and table numbers were a lot more fun because we incorporated a chargers/football theme. the escort cards were football helmet cutouts, the reception programs were designed to look like a football game plan, and the table numbers were chargers jerseys. everything pulled together perfectly.
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December 11th, 2009
My birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year (last time was 11 years ago!), so I decided to have a birthday brunch the Saturday before my birthday. It was a few days after my cousin Arvin’s birthday, a day after my friend TicTac’s birthday, and a day before my other friend/client/future bride Karen’s birthday so we had plenty birthday celebrating going on with mimosas and bloody mary’s!
It was a Gossip Girl-themed event so I wanted everyone to dress like Upper Eastsiders or if they wanted, like Lonely Boy from Brooklyn. Besides getting a little dressed up, the nice restaurant, and the invitation (pictured below), the theme wasn’t really emphasized.
The brunch was held at Quarter Kitchen, the main restaurant of the luxurious Ivy Hotel in downtown. Of course, there was a personalized menu which is one thing I love! My sister and I made simple favors – different flavored and colored macarons in a little baggy. They also served as the place cards so tags with everyone’s name were attached. My “minions” and I had a lot of fun and the food was delish!
Of course, Thanksgiving was my real birthday. I mainly cooked the whole day. I prepared a lot more than I have in the past! My sister helped me make pumpkin pie and chocolate mascarpone cupcakes. My dad and I had our first attempt at turkey (overall success but we’re going to try something a little different next year). I also made whole wheat stuffing with pancetta and chestnuts, turkey gravy, and my usual mushroom gravy and hashbrown casserole. I usually make the mashed potatoes but since I already had a lot on my plate, my sister took it over and she did a great job! The usual relatives came, but this time we have two new additions – my cousin Jasmine’s twins Damon and Danica had their first Thanksgiving! It was nice celebrating with friends then with family. I have so much to be thankful for!
I hope everyone enjoys the holiday season!!! Xoxo, Ginet.
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October 27th, 2009
We first met with Raina and Brian in May when Jasmin (see Jasmin & Chris’s wedding) referred us to them. We also did their other friends Lanie & Vic’s invitations and wedding details. With their wedding just five months away, they were eager to get started with all the details! They worked with April with all their event stationery (save-the-dates, invitations, reception programs, table number/menu cards, and name card/favor boxes). April also made their customized scrapbook-style guestbook and their card box. I met with Raina and Brian every month to go over their timeline and make sure all the fine logistical details were worked out. I also set them up with hula entertainment through Auntie Barabara and Pualani Studios (thanks to our friend Suzie!). It was quite a challenge with such a big wedding party, but we worked everything out. It was definitely a loooong day (12-hour shift!) with an extensive reception program. Everyone, especially the bride and groom, seemed to have a lot of fun! I have to give a special shout-out to Christian from Courtyard Marriott and Claudia from Bridal Network for being extra helpful!!! Congratulations Raina & Brian! We’ll miss working with you!
Hopefully we’ll get some of their professional pictures!
Very special thanks to Team R&B: Ceremony – Marie & Connie with St. Rita’s Church, Reception – Christian & Laura from Marriott Courtyard Liberty Station, Flowers/Cake/Doves/Decor – Claudia from Bridal Network, Photography/Videography – Jim Freeman & Kosmicki Photography & Video, Hula Entertainment – Auntie Barbara from Pualani Studios, and DJ/MC – Joel & Alvin.
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October 21st, 2009
I’m finally getting around to posting about the BIGGEST task we’ve had to date: Jennifer and Ian’s wedding invitations! They’re having a pretty big wedding (I’m talking 300-400 people here), so we provided 250 invitations. If you remember their STDates and wedding shower invitation, they have a chargers/sports theme going on but for their actual invitations, they wanted to keep it a formal pocketfold in their theme colors (teal and silver). We’ll be incorporating the same colors in the rest of their stationery for their big day.
It’s less than a month until their big day! How exciting! :]
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September 17th, 2009
Saturday, September 12, was my sister Marijene’s 24th birthday. We celebrated at Wine Cabana, where my cousin Kim had her 30th birthday earlier this year. We decided to make customized menu inserts to place in Wine Cabana’s menu booklets. We also made “Thank You” tags for the favors (a bag of yogurt-covered pretzels) we put together. Marj (her nickname) wanted burnt orange and brown as her colors, which happens to be the colors of her bedsheets! I’m starting to get into stamping so I bought a few stamps and brown ink and voila! We got food from Souplantation. The idea came from Bev’s Bridal Shower (a few posts ago) because WE LOVE that restaurant. My mom cooked salmon, meatballs, spaghetti, and lumpia! Yum!! My sister’s creative friend Bernadette made a fruit bouquet, and being a wine place, my cousin Jasmine brought cheese and crackers. Everyone had fun eating and drinking as much wine and beer they can!
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August 19th, 2009
Jenn is my other godsister (yes, I have a lot of godsiblings) and she and her fiance, Ian, are getting married this November! Luckily for me and Ginet, she and Ian were looking for some creative elements for their wedding and we managed to produce ideas they really liked! As HUGE SD Chargers fans, we wanted to incorporate that into their “less formal” stationery.. their Save The Dates and their wedding shower invitations.
Their Save The Dates were made to mimic the magazine, Sports Illustrated. Since they mailed their shower invitations at the same time as their Save The Dates, we stuck to the sports theme, and designed it to look like a ticket.
We can’t wait to show you what else we came up with for their big day! :]
PS. How goodlooking of a couple are they!? Seriously, they NEVER take any bad pictures. My godsister is hot!
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August 5th, 2009
April is starting to get into calligraphy. I always thought she had really pretty handwriting, so to add a calligraphy pen, I think it’s even better! She’s kind of shy about her pratice runs so I decided to make a post of her early calligraphy work! What do you think? Would you be interested in calligraphy for your invitations, placecards, and/or other paper goods?
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June 16th, 2009
My friends graduated from SDSU a few weeks ago. I decided to make a money lei, as well as sashes with alcohol shots attached to it. I did this last year for my boyfriend’s brother’s graduation and it was a big hit so I had to do it again! This was my first time ever making a money lei. I ran into a few kinks, but other than that, overall success. When I graduated, I hated it when the money from the lei would squish against the back of my neck b/c of other leis and sashes I’d get. I made it so the ribbon would go around the back… and I also only had $50, not $100 to spare. Each sash was made with 3 types of ribbon to coordinate with the SDSU colors, 2 alcohol shot bottles from BevMo, 2 $1 bills, little “2009″ objects, and I made the “0″ and “9″. Needle, thread, glue, scissors, and voila! It took a lot of time and effort so I’m glad everyone loved the idea!
We’ll gladly make money leis. They’re perfect for graduations, weddings (especially during the money/honeymoon dance), birthdays, and more!
Here’s a money lei April made for a friend’s Honeymoon Dance during the reception! (It’s the lei thick w/dollar bills.)
We also offer sashes (made with money and/or ribbon and more!), but probably not with the alcohol shot bottles since we’d probably need an alcohol license to sell it! Other than that, ideas are endless.
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