The Grand Bridal Show!

Yes! It is almost January and that means time for the new year, time for the best bridal shows of the year, and time to get started on your wedding planing!! The first huge show of the year is this Saturday, January 3rd, at The Grand America in Salt Lake City! Come visit with me and all the other amazing vendors!

Here are a few reasons why you should attend:

1. Receive a free 3 day, 2 night getaway when you book 3 of your wedding vendors at the show


2. First 150 brides each day will receive a free night stay


3. See the latest bridal fashion trends


4. Visit with top wedding industry professionals


5. Get ideas for your upcoming wedding


6. Take advantage of Bridal Extravaganza show specials


7. No running all over town, the wedding industry leaders are all in one place


8. Enter to win many great prizes

** Mark your calanders for the La Caille Bridal Show on January 24th!

Season's Greetings!

These are a few of the cute Holiday Cards we designed this year! If you weren't able to get your card orders in to us in time this year... keep us in mind for next year! Thanks to everyone and Happy Holidays.... Merry Christmas.... Season's Greetings!

DIY Christmas Gift Tags!

How cute are these gift tags! These are letterpress gift tags that I saw on Lucky Me! Blog and I just love them! Someone once told me that when giving a gift to someone you should spend about $2-$4 just for the wrapping or gift bag. Shouldn't it be enough that you are getting them a gift in the first place? Well, yes.... but going the extra mile on creative wrapping shows that person that you not only wanted to get them a gift, but that you took the time to personalize it and make it special. I have to say that I really do try to keep this in mind when giving gifts to someone. It just completes the package! DIY gift tags are the perfect thing to add to your Christmas gifts and they can be really inexpensive! All you need is card stock, ribbon and a hole punch! You can buy pre-cut shaped card stock or blank card stock gift tags at any local craft store. You can add the text by hand, stamps, rub-0ns, stickers, etc. and to top them off add some cute ribbon to tie the custom tag onto the box or bag. You can go all out by adding more embellishments or keep them simple and add a patterned ribbon for detail.

These tags are so easy to do as well! Pick out some cute patterned scrap book paper at your local craft store, get some matching yarn and just add the text by hand using a black or brown marker! Super easy... super cute... super cheap!

Lauren's Invites & Extras!

Lauren and her mom contacted me from Texas to design Lauren's wedding invitations and extras at her August wedding. I'm so in love with the green and brown colors and think that it really has an old fashion country feel that is classic. I also had the opportunity to design coordinating seating charts, table signs and name cards using the same concepts from the invitations. Lauren's mother, Kristy, found these amazing rustic brown iron frames that she put the table numbers in and placed on each table which is such an easy and beautiful way to display table signs. I just love the whole custom stationary package and how every detail was personalized to the unique event.

Christmas Cards!

Pink Piggy is offering Christmas Cards for the 2008 Season! Choose from one of our pre-designed Christmas Cards and add your family pictures to the card to create a one of a kind holiday card! Each design is also available with out a picture if you just want to send out a cute card with matching envelopes to your family and friends! All Christmas cards are printed on a high quality shimmer card stock that looks amazing and gives a unique touch from the traditional photo paper.

~Christmas Cards are $2 per card and include choice of matching colored envelopes!
~Minimum order of 50 sets
~Custom designs can be created for only $25 additional!
~Card stock backers, ribbons, pockets etc. can be added!
~Contact me for large order discounts!

Send me and e-mail or leave a comment if you would like to see our 2008 Christmas Card Catalog! Don't wait to long to get your Christmas Cards ordered!

** PS.... if you are looking for a photographer to do your family pictures check out any of the photographers linked on our blog! They are amazing!

It's Fall!

So... it's officially fall! I must say that I'm more of a summer person, but I do love the fall... the colors, the trees, the weather! Here are some festive fall invitations that I designed for Amanda. When I first met with Amanda it was in the spring time so it was interesting coming up with concepts for a fall wedding. I must say that I'm in love with the color orange and think it's such a beautiful wedding color! I almost used orange in my own wedding colors and then last minute I changed my mind.... although my wedding was perfect, I do wish I would have Incorporated it into my colors! The concept that Amanda really wanted to use on her invitations was a tree so we designed a pine tree silhouette that really created that fall theme!

Many brides choose their wedding colors according to the time and location of their wedding. I love the idea of having the theme of your wedding match the seasonal colors of the date, but I encourage brides to think outside of the box and come up with some creative color pallets.

For example, take a fall wedding....

-traditional colors to use for fall weddings:

brown, red, burgundy, orange, tan, cream, yellow

-creative colors to use for a fall wedding:

plum purple, forest green, dark pink, navy, charcoal gray, gold

*Design tip* - use a combination of both traditional and creative fall wedding colors to create the perfect balance!

New Website!

We have been working on our new website and new gallery pics and it is now live! Go check out the official Pink Piggy Website and let me know what you think! Give me feedback!

*Special thank you to Rebekah Westover for the excellent photography!

Wedding Candy Buffet!

Pink Piggy is excited to announce that we will be joining creative minds with Studio Stems to create an appendage to each of our individual companies in the form of a candy buffet company (yet to be named). We are looking for only a few initial clients to help us get this company off to a running start by allowing us to deign a custom candy buffet at your wedding or event! These first few clients will receive our creative design services complimentary and will only incur the costs of the candy product. All vases, linens, and décor items will be provided by Studio Stems & Pink Piggy. Please leave a comment or contact us via email if your interested @ info@studiostems.com or info@pinkpiggydesign.com don’t forget your name, contact info, event date, and colors! This is a great opportunity.... so contact us ASAP!

Invites for Brooke!

Love the colors! Love the pattern! Love the matching envelope & liner..... Love the custom directions and map insert!

Shauna & Chris!

I met Chris and Shauna back at the first of the year and have been working with them all the way up to there beautiful event in Michigan a few weeks ago! Shauna has an amazing attention to detail and wanted something super unique for her wedding invitations. We incorporated a paisley design on the invites and insert cards and printed in a garnet red and gold ink. The colors meshed so perfectly with all the details of the inserts. My favorite thing about these invitations is the green reception cards. This was an idea that Shauna had to do little pictures to create a timeline for the evening events. I just love the added detail and personalization it adds!
Shauna and Chris, you guys where amazing to work with and I love your creativity! Thank you so much!

*Check out pictures from Shauna and Chris's wedding that are AMAZING by Rebekah Westover

The Fall Bridal Extravaganza!

Come check out Pink Piggy this Saturday at the fall Bridal Extravaganza at the Grand America Hotel! Lots of great new designs to show off!

Lindsay & Jonny's Wedding!

Here are a few pictures from Lindsay & Jonny's wedding! Their colors where charcoal & saffron.... super hot colors for the year! I thought this design board would be nice to see how the invitations flowed with the rest of the decor! The floral design was done by the amazing Audrey with Studio Stems and awesome photography by Dustin Izatt with digital izatt.

For the invitations we did a charcoal scored pocket with a "vintage Hollywood glam" design printed in yellow on top of a light gray shimmer stock.

Thanks Lindsay! You where so much fun to work with!

08.05.06

Today is my anniversary with the best hubby in the world! Two years ago today we got married at the beautiful Millcreek Inn and I thought I would share some of our wedding pics!

Lindsi's Invites!

We designed Lindsi's invitations around her fall wedding she chose the colors: brown, deep red and ivory. For the pocket we went with a neutral campaign color and accented the outside of the pocket with a deep red ribbon wrap and initial seal. In the inside of the pocket we backed the invitation with a deep red shimmer stock and printed on an ivory shimmer stock in brown ink. Lindsi and Brandon are getting married at the beautiful and romantic Millcreek Inn and these invitations perfectly represent their classy fall affair! Thanks so much Lindsi and Brandon and best of wishes to you guys!

Chelsea's Invites!

Chelsea was so much fun to work with and her invites really show off her fun personality! For her invitation Chelsey wanted to do something not to traditional and really bright. We went with a hot pink custom score pocket that was accented with a green and white polka-dot ribbon for flair. We printed the invitations on white shimmery stock in black and matching apple green ink and backed them with a black linen stock. For the insert cards we added a paisley design for a little extra chicness! To seal the deal we printed a custom return address on the back flap of the eye catching hot pink envelopes! I love it when people do colored envelopes..... it just adds to the uniqueness and style of the event. Thanks Chelsea.... you are awesome!