•November 30, 2009 •
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Product design and packaging inspires me daily. The branding behind D.L. & Co. is beautiful and classically designed. I love the whole vintage gothic look and feel. Since I am sucked into their product visually hopefully it smells good too!


This design is softened up but still gorgeous.
It looks like a little dessert gift box!

The man behind D.L. & Co. is Mr. Douglas Little. He is very intriguing and daring. I love the when designers can break away from the norm, push the limits and test consumers desires in a way that arouses curiosity and pulls us in. Very nice.
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Tags: candles, D.L. & Co., Douglas Little, gifts, gothic, holiday, Modern Alchemists, packaging, vintage
•November 26, 2009 •
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The people in my life. Without them, life would be very boring and lonely.

My family. We are the three amigos and always will be. Their love and support is amazing and talking to them reminds me that life is all about love and happiness. We are each others strength.

Jason. The most amazing man I know. I love him and he makes me laugh.
I could go on and on about him. He is absolutely amazing {and hot!}.

My friends. The old, the new and the all forgiving. The laughter, the tears and ultimately the loyalty. I love them and I am truly grateful for them.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope you enjoy the day of rest and festivities!
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Tags: family, friends, giving thanks, Jason Garrett, Jessica Hutto, Kurt Majors, monica majors, Nancy Jimenez, Ruth Warren, thanks, Thanksgiving
•November 23, 2009 •
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Yes, it’s true! The new website is finally live! Check it out at Paper Cut Industries! For anyone who has visited my site previously, please hit the REFRESH or RELOAD page button so it loads properly.
Please, let me know what you think and take a look around! There are so many gorgeous additions and the look and feel is perfect.
Thanks again to G. Torres at Indie Design Studio. She worked many late nights and made many file revisions with me throughout the whole process. I couldn’t recommend her anymore, she is fabulous! For anyone looking for a new site, check her out.
Enjoy!

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Tags: G. Torres, indie design studio, new website, paper cut industries, website, website design
•November 23, 2009 •
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Yes, it’s true! The results are in! Paper Cut Industries ranked in the final Top 5! This is such great news. I can’t thank everyone enough for participating and showing your support for me. It was a last minute decision to join and I think the exposure will prove to be a great step for Paper Cut Industries.

The new website is now live! Check it out and for those who have seen the site before hit REFRESH or RELOAD the page to clear the cache to see the updated version! Enjoy!
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Tags: 2009 invitations, best invitations, best invitations 2009, monica majors, My Fox LA, MyFox LA, paper cut industries, top stationery design, top wedding invitations 2009
•November 18, 2009 •
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I have been so busy this month with loads of stationery designs and my own personal branding of Paper Cut Industries. I am almost done with the complete makeover of my current site. I have had the luck of finding an amazing website designer who is both talented and super fun. I couldn’t ask for more! G. Torres is the brainpower behind Indie Design Studio and Earthy Beginnings. Not only that, she is a mother. This woman can handle it all! Hopefully we will be done with the website soon and it will go live for all to see. For now, here is a teaser for what is to come.
Last month I donated some goodies for a Vintage Halloween Bash thrown by The Stylish Soiree. I placed my business card in every package and I ran out! So a new order was in place. My new business cards match my website completely. I have been working hard on my branding and now, a brand is born!

A gorgeous Victorian pattern is on the back. The front is a matte black with taupe browns and grays throughout. I am keeping with the accent aqua blue too.


What do you think?
Posted in branding, business, custom, goodies, news, pattern, stationery
Tags: branding, business cards, earthy beginnings, G. Torres, indie design studio, paper cut industries, stationery, The Stylish Soiree, victorian pattern, Vintage Halloween Bash, website designer
•November 16, 2009 •
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So many orders have come in for my Goldfish wedding stationery. It all began as a greeting card and now so many couples have requested it for their wedding themes! This past week I got to print and ship several packages. The two color palettes we used were gold and lavender and navy blue with a golden orange. They looked amazing!


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Tags: custom stationery, goldfish wedding, goldfish wedding invitations, lavender and gold wedding, navy blue and orange wedding, save the dates, wedding, wedding invitations
•November 11, 2009 •
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Check it out! I was asked to be a guest blogger on the Outblush.com site. I took the opportunity to rave about Gamie at Peach Mailbox cards. Her cards are genius with incorporating scent into her cards! Read more about my post here on Outblush.com

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Tags: blog post, blogger, cupcake cards, cupcakes, fabric on cards, guest blogger, monica majors, outblush, paper cut industries, scented cards, stationery, stitched cards
•November 9, 2009 •
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The holidays are creeping up on us; I can’t believe it is already November! For those of you needing something to get you into the spirit, these new cards will do the trick.

This design is inspired my the outdoors. With the cold weather just around the corner, I can’t wait to be bundled up with my boots and a scarf. This design capture nature’s change with pine cones, trees with an earthy palette of burnt brown and green. These blank cards are printed on white linen card stock and are finished with rounded corners. Gift tags include a brown eyelet with brown string to tie onto your gifts to match. A complete set!

Each set includes 10 folded cards measuring 4.25″ x 5.5″ with white envelopes and 10 gift tags all beautifully packaged together. Buy them here! What do you think?

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Tags: Christmas cards, Etsy, gift tags, greeting cards, Happy Holidays cards, holiday, holidays, linen card stock, pine cones, pinecone, rounded corners, set of cards, stationery
•November 2, 2009 •
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Hope everyone had an awesome Halloween. I love the holiday for all the effort put into costumes. I give stink eyes to anyone who doesn’t dress up, I mean, it’s so easy to pick up a prop and instantly be in costume! Geez, but for those over-achievers on the holiday I bow down, and embrace all the creativity and effort that is shown. I love it!
I have always wanted to attend a masquerade ball. One where masks are mandatory if nothing else and voila a masquerade ball is born! For one party this year, I actually brought my red feathered Mardi Gras mask, but I would have loved to see this as a party theme across the board.
Leave it to YSL to handle it. They held a huge masquerade ball in an old church in New York this year to promote their new fragrance YSL Parisienne. Apparently this was also an event to send of five bloggers to travel the country on a Parisienne experience with YSL. LUCKY!
Here are some amazing photos from the event.


{Above photo by Joey D’Arco via Stylecaster)





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Tags: costumes, halloween, masquerade ball, YSL, YSL Parisienne
•October 30, 2009 •
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Last week before I took a little trip to San Francisco, I was able to complete and deliver these beauties to Rachel. If you remember the Save the Dates then you know these were going to be amazing color palette of chocolate dipped in a sea of aqua and white. Such a delicious combo! We used chocolate pocket folds to hold all the elements. We kept with the aqua colored envelopes, and once you open the envelope, their emblem was raised on the cover. Such a treat on whats to come!


The invitation was on the inside front flap accompanied by a double-sided Map card, Accommodations card and a RSVP postcard. All printed on crisp white linen card stock. Don’t forget Rachel ordered a custom rubber stamp to make labeling these envelopes a cinch!






I love doing custom work and Rachel is just a doll to work with. So much more to come! Think favors and welcome cards. Oh yeah! Such a completely detailed event. What do you think?
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Tags: cayman islands, chocolate and aqua invitations, custom, custom invitations, custom save the dates, custom stationery, destination wedding, destination wedding invitations, destination weddings, grand cayman island, graphic designer, invitations, linen, linen card stock, pocket fold invitations, save the dates, stationary, stationery, unique invitations, unique wedding invitation, wedding, wedding invitations, weddings