THE "CUSTOM" INVITATION

The definition of custom-made: made to order, according to the customer's specifications.

So basically, no one else is going to have your invitation. The samples you see from Plus-Diva Designs are previous purchases that now become inspirations for the next person.

The invitation pictured was for a Sweet 16. Her theme was "Lights, Camera, Action" and her colors were red, black and gold. She's wasn't having a large party so she was able to splurge a little more on her invitations. She decided to go with a red pocket fold style invite that, once opened, held her invitation in the center. The pocket to the right held her "Schedule of Events" so that it could be easily removed. The pocket fold invitation was wrapped in a black textured card stock sash with her name and event printed onto a white square card stock.

She went with a black envelope and used an address wrap. On the back was name and address. On the front of the wrap was printed "You're Invited" along with her theme. I didn't have use individual guest names because she was hand delivering.

When deciding on an invitation for any occasion, you have to consider how much you want your invite to stand out from the rest. Do you want something "custom-made" or just an everyday invite. Yes you will pay more for custom-made, but it will set the tone for your big day with plenty of style.

-Ms. Green

LET'S GET SCRAPPIN'

In June 2008, I had the pleasure of finally going to Vegas. We had planned this trip for months and I wanted to celebrate my graduation in style.

My mind was already set on creating a scrapbook to remember my trip. While in Vegas, I collected items from the hotel, brochures from the different places we visited and I even kept my bus ticket from riding the "Deuce" up & down the strip. When I purchased souvenirs, I made sure to get items I could use in my scrapbook as well. And I almost forgot to mention, I TOOK PLENTY OF PICTURES!

Because I know everyone doesn't feel they can be creative, this is also a service that Plus-Diva Designs offers. I chose to do an 8x8 album because each page would concentrate on 1 particular picture. You can choose do an 8x8, 8.5x11 or 12x12. Just remember to TAKE PLENTY OF PICTURES!

Scrapbooks also make great gifts. Give them for Mother's or Father's Day, Birthday's, Christmas or just because. You can even give pre-made albums for an event such as a Baby Shower or Bridal Shower. They just add their pictures later. It's a gift they will never forget and can keep forever.

MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS CARD

Ok this is something that I said I would take on in 2010, but I'm off to an early start, YEAH!! I promise to do my best to keep this up. I'm kind of late getting my Christmas Newsletter out this year (just did it) but hopefully I'll still get some orders and won't be too overwhelmed, but hey OVERWHELM ME!!

These are my favorite Christmas Cards for this year. I just think they are different and hope everyone else will too. There are more @ www.plusdivadesigns.com but I just decided to share these for today. I think it's important to be different when it comes to sending out Christmas Cards because guess what, you don't want to waste your money!! I've found that when these cards arrive, people will keep them until the next year and put them up again (or so I've been told).

I'll be back with more updates and showing more of my favorites of the day. Maybe I'll show a scrapbook page tomorrow. You never know so keep checking back to see what I'm up to and don't forget to check out the website. It's actually pretty much updated.

-Ms. Green