Carnival Party

Happy Friday everyone!
...so finally, here are the pictures of the end of year Carnival Party for 24.com! I hope you like them...
For the second consecutive year, the team of 24.com asked me to help with the stationery and decor for their function: this time the theme was Carnival Party and the color scheme bright red, turquoise and white.

I not only designed the save the date and invitation but also placemat menus, cocktails menus, welcome signage and order of events, straws and packaging for popcorn plus all the decor that included pinwheels, paper pom-pons, colorful ribbons and a lot more goodies.

As the previous time, I also took photographs during the function - that's not something I normally do but I must admit:  I enjoy it sooo much ;) And one thing that really excited me was  that this time we were able to set a photobooth section with lots of  fun props... It took the guest a little while to get closer and take their pics... by the end of the day, no-one wanted to leave...

And yeay, I think I was able to get some really good shots: here are some of my favorite ones. ♥♥♥

Carnival Party Invite

 

Here are the invitations for the 24.com end of year party!
The theme for this year's event was "Carnival Celebration" so I designed the invitations styling them as a carnival entry ticket. Can't wait to show you the images from the event!

For all of you that are going on holiday today: Have an awesome time!!! I hope you enjoy every single swim, sleep, tan, nap, party and day of it... and see you next year! For the ones that are still working through this end of year, remember: it's all about attitude so just put a smile on your face and enjoy... You'll see that working while everyone is having fun, will pay off very soon.

Happy Friday everyone!!!

Sneak Peak: Carnival Party

Once again the team from 24.com asked me to help them with the design, style and coordination of their end of year staff party. This is just the e-save the date.
Stay tuned for the next post on the invites, stationery and event itself!

Petra and Maarten Navy Blue Invites

My first wedding invitation in Afrikaans... yeayy!!!
I've designed many invitations in English and Spanish but this one is my first one in Afrikaans which feels like such an achievement. Everyone knows English is not my first language, but still many brides and grooms trust me to work on their invitations.

Petra and Maarten are the first Afrikaans speaking couple that ask me to design their wedding invitations which was a great honor! I must admit, we had a lot of fun with Petra working on their wedding invitations... Every time we met, we would have a laugh exchanging words in Afrikaans and Spanish. Dankie Petra & Maarten...

Here are the final invitations for their wedding. An elegant suite in Navy Blue and Champagne that includes a sleeve with belly band and inside 3 cards -Main card, Receptions details and a Polaroid style picture of the couple with magnet for their guests to place on their fridges.

I hope you like... ♥

Sue and Philip Classic Invitations

Today I would like to share with you Sue and Philip's invitations. The Southafrican couple, now residing in UK wanted a clean and elegant one-card invitation. The colors for their wedding are soft pink and navy blue so we included these in the invite. The little map on the back of the card and the printed guest details on the envelope, finishes off this elegant and timeless invitation. I hope you also like...

Dean's Surprise 30's Birthday

Our friend Dean, (my fiance's best friend) turned 30 this year and his girlfriend Hanna organized a terrific surprise party  for him. And that is not all she organized... Instead of each family member and friend buying a small gift for the birthday boy, she asked everyone to contribute some cash towards a special present for Dean: a trip to Senegal!!!

Dean loves traveling for fun and for work, he literally travels all the time, at least 2 times a month to a different country and continent... but the one place he has never been to and really dreams of going is Senegal.  So now that he turned 30 he will finally get to go there.

Hanna, asked me if I could help her designing a little card for Dean to everyone sign on it... Of course I said yes and took the idea of the card a little bit further... Here Dean 30's Birthday Suitcase card!

Continuing with the travel theme and using an old suitcase that belonged to Dean's grand-father, I made this unusual card including:

- Suitcase with stickers of some of the countries Dean visited

- "Dean's World Map". An infographic style life summary and a world map signed by all his friends and family.

- A travel diary

- Some of his everyday clothes

- Pictures and notes from friends in Polaroid style

- Hand written letter by her parents and another one from his girlfriend

- Flight ticket - voucher valid for a trip to by all his friends and family

- A sticker with the flag so once he visits the country he can stick it onto the suitcase

 Oh, did I forget to tell you that he didn't know about what was the gift about until he saw the flight ticker voucher "valid for a trip to from your friends and family"?. Dean doesn't like showing much emotion but he couldn't stop crying of happiness when he opened the suitcase...

A week later after his birthday, he proposed to Hanna. They are planning in getting married in 2015 but she has already started planning and booked the venue....

Tam and Brad's Infographic Save the Date

Tam and Brad asked me to design the save the date for their wedding.  This young and trendy couple said that they wanted something fun and modern that somehow could incorporate a little story about their relationship. Did I mention they like bright colors? Oh well, I knew straight away that this was going be an awesome project to work in...

And here it is: Tam and Brad's infographic Save the Date! I hope you like it...

The jpg that was embed on the email had a link to an online RSVP form for their guests to complete that of course had the heading and styling as per the STD design.  

I must admit I had a lot of fun designing this piece. Can't wait to start working on their invitations...

Claire and Tyron's Winter Wedding

I'm not sure if you remember Claire and Tyron's wedding invitations that I posted some time ago...

This young and beautiful couple decided to have a winter wedding... And ohh boy, how beautiful are these pictures?

Here is a selection of some of the amazing images that Moira West captured on their special day.

Congratulations Claire and Tyron: I hope you have an amazing life together!

And for the rest of you, enjoy these pretties!

I am monster

Iam monster from Mocho Loco on Vimeo.

A few months ago I received an invitation to join a group of Creative Girls in Cape Town: Sweet and Soutie.

My friend Tanielle from ForgetMeKnot gave the organizers (teachers at AAA school of advertising) my details and they wrote me to invite me to a lunch.

I went without knowing what was all about.... and I must say: I loved it!!! After a delicious lunch at Woodlands Eatery, I left to go back home to work with a big smile and so happy to have met such amazing girls  with whom I got to share great tips and experiences... It was so nice to find out that there are other people working in the same field that struggle with the same things as me, like for instance setting prices: it's sooo difficult to set a price for something that I love doing, heheh... I'm sure my friend Leila from Bow Peep is laughing while reading this... "we love what we do but we also must make a living out of it"... Good lesson...

Anyway, you must check out Sweet and Soutie blog and read about what all these girls do... I'm very impressed...

And meeting for lunch and chatting is not all Sweet and Soutie is about... They have many projects like for instance the "Laundry Monsters - Exquisite Creature Corpse"  initiative in partnership with ilovemylaundry. The idea is to use that lonely sock that has lost her partner, those little ziplock baggies of buttons that you get with a new jacket, the once white dress that is now streaked in pink thanks to housemate sport t-shirt that "somehow" got mixed with your delicates... Then add a little sewing, knitting , crocheting, and "hey, you have a creaaature!!!" Ilovemylaundry will host an auction where all the monsters will be sold and the proceeds will go to a charity that supports babies and kiddies...

I took home this nameless creature that I completely fell in love with.. I actually wanted to keep him and not give it back, heheh... I just added eyes and a little pink spot on his tummy... I like to call him "I am monster" because I think he is so cute that no-one thinks he is a monster so needs to go in life telling people: "I am monster... I am monster"... hehe