Country Elegance!

I have been waiting to blog this for so long. This project was really great for me, because it was not only for a special bride, but a fellow colleague. Jennifer Kurzig of Central Florida Bride Magazine. Her wedding was just this past weekend. The weather was beautiful, and since the festivites were outside I'm sure she is please with the outcome.

Jennifer came to me in January, so excited about her wedding, and excited about working with me. I was equally excited, we had worked together off and on for different things for Central Florida Bride Magazine. I was eager to get going, since this would be a much more personal project for us both.




She envisioned Brown and Cranberry and wanted something that was Cowboy, Country Elegance. She wanted to add flair to a casual comfortable event. So this is what we did. We started with the invitation and then created, menus, thank yous, escort cards and table numbers. Using Espresso Brown Textured Paper, with ivory Classic Crest accents, we created some really amazing stuff. In addition, Wooden Numbers & Clothspins, Cranberry Raffia, and rooster accents the mood was set. And as you can see by the wonderful photography from Jeff Hawkins, I have not done the wedding justice with this blog. Look out to see it in more detail in a featured wedding in Central Florida Bride Magazine.

(Studio Images photographed by Liga Photography)






(Event Images photographed by Jeff Hawkins)

Playground Magazine!

I am so excited to announce that here at The 2u Collection we have become contributors to Playground Magazine. I have been working furiously with Heather Reneau and Chrissy Allen to get the Winter 09 issue out. Thank Goodness Apple invented Ichat. Heather and I have been Video chatting, audio chatting, text chatting and even sharing screens! It has been a whirl wind month! And we've had lots of fun. And let me tell you we've even seen each other looking scary before coffee and a toothbrush! As you can tell by the picture above.. The night before the magazine goes to print is really a push, and appearance has no priority!! :) And Heather wants to stab herself sometimes too!


To all the ladies I've been working with at Playground, I am having so much fun — and am so excited to being a contributing Art Director. The issue comes out next week.. And there are all kinds of amazing things happening to and in this issue. I'm not going to give anything away. You'll have to wait and see. Be sure to Pick it up and check it out!

Printing on Fabric! Oh Yeah!

Okay so most of you who know me will not be surprised by this blog entry.. I get excited over paper.. This is common knowledge. Now.. I also get excited by Fabric!! :) I just figured out how to print on Silk with my equipment!! YES!.. How exciting.. Here is an example of an invitation concept I just presented. Where I printed on silk and created these beautiful scroll invitations.. I hope you like., Some of the details are as follows: Silk scroll in a bed of pink silk- mailed in a gold linen box. I used Gold textured Parchment Paper, and taupe Marble parchment paper for the accent pieces. Also an interesting detail.. A Metal Seal embellishment.

P.S. Sorry I've been away so long.. It's been a crazy and happy wedding season!

The Secret is Reveled!!

I am so glad to finally reveal this secret!! It's been in the works since May and I'm so glad that I have finally gotten the okay to share this with all of you. For a few years now, I have had the great pleasure to work with Miss Susan Southerland of Just Marry. She is my hero!! I can't believe how many hats she wears. She has a million things going all, all successfull and she is always on the go! Some of you may know her through Perfect Wedding Guide, some of you may know her as the amazing wedding coordinator she is. Her company Just Marry, is how we met. I've been doing design work for her for the last several years and you've probably seen me blog about her a time or 2. (See previous posts 1 and 2). She has been a great supporter of me and all the work I do here at The 2u Collection!

I have also had the pleasure of working with Susan and Kristy Chenell on Susan's latest venture. The Susan Southerland Secret! I don't want to reveal too much but I got the okay to share the logo and the character illustrations we've developed here at The 2u Collection. But knowing these two ladies, it will be a huge success and their are some great unexpected things right around the corner! And I thank them for trusting the look of the company and the characters that will represent it to us here at The 2u Collection. I want to also thank Matt Fuller and Heather Campbell- they are both part of the illustration team here at The 2u Collection. We all had our hands in this and we all had a hand in the development of the characters below! This was hours of hard work, and I know we are all proud of how they turned out. And thank you again for Susan and Kristy for trusting us with their vision!

Introducing the logo:


The Savvy Bride:

The Functional Bride:
The Bewildered Bride:
The Visionary Bride:

The Liga District!

I am so excited to give you this sneak peek! Abby Liga of Liga Photography decided it was time to further promote the portrait and seniors side of her business. And since I've handled the brand for the wedding side, she asked me to create the brand for the Portrait and Senior Side. My biggest challenge was that I wanted to make sure that both sides belonged to Abby and her personality and her work! Enter The Liga District, and new tag that speaks of both sides of the liga photography studios. I am still working on developing Brochures, Cards, Promos, etc. But a special thanks to one of Abby's former brides, Megan of M Squared Creative for helping us out with the tag line and copy for the District Brochure & Website. Oh and New name of the Blog!! See Blog Logo Below!


Blog Logo



Brochure Cover

Ad- for Seniors Campaign



Stay tuned for the launch of the new portrait site Next week!

Solutions Bridal Saturday.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a video master.. This is the best I could do on my little Flip.. Stoner, your job is safe!


This weekend I got to participate in something really special. Abby Liga of Liga Photography and I spent Saturday at Solutions Bridal. Abby and I brought champagne for the brides, along with some of my Custom Invitations to share, and Abby's amazing talent. Abby spent the day documenting brides finding "the dress". It was a great day.. Everyone was so happy, and just seeing the special moments between friends, mothers, and daughters was touching in itself. Not to mention we were surrounded by some of the most gorgeous dresses!

I took some video above of various parts of the day, keep in mind, I'm an Invitation Designer. Video is whole different ball game! :)

Thanks to all the wonderful ladies at Solutions, Abby Liga and all the amazing brides that I got meet and share in this special day.

To View Abby's Blog on the Day- Click here

All New Monogram Stationery!!

New from Paper Couture... Monogram Stationery!!
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This one has been in my brain for a long time!! We have just been so busy, it's hard to get everything created!! Thanks to Christine, a 2u intern, we are now able to offer these amazing, stylish Stationery!!





This couture Monogram Stationery will be the envy all all who receives your stylish correspondence. Each set comes with 20 piece of stationery 5.5 x 8.5, and 20 Matching A-2 Envelopes in a stylish stationery box, ribbon tied!

Choose from any 4 designs, Order the Letter of your choice.

Design 1: Blue Frill Script, printed on Ice White Metallic
Paper, featuring Rounded Corners and a Light Blue
Metallic Envelope.

Design 2: Green Modern Script, printed on Classic Crest
Bright White Matte Paper, featuring Rounded
Corners and a Chartreuse Matte Envelope

Design 3: Eggplant Circles Serif, printed on Ice White
Metallic Paper, featuring Rounded Corners and a
Eggplant Metallic Envelope.

Design 4: Green Brady Modern Serif, printed on Classic
Crest Bright White Matte Paper, featuring Rounded
Corners and a Chartreuse Matte Envelope.