Personal: Soon-to-be Mrs. Stys

Sorry I have been so MIA lately but it has been an extremely busy few weeks, both in business and in my personal life. I know that is not a good excuse but here is one of the reasons I haven't been around...

Two weeks ago I attended a bridal shower for a friend that I have known since pre-school. She is getting married on August 19th, 2011 at the Ram's Head Inn and I truly can not wait. She has finally met the love of her life and I am beyond excited for her to tie the knot! Her bridal shower was in Hammonton at Annata Wine Bar. Very cool place, if you are ever in the area, be sure to check it out! Below is a picture of Katie, the soon to be Mrs. Stys in her lovely bow hat at the shower. I was elected to be the person to make this hat and I have to say I quite enjoyed the job. You may remember Katie from her Save The Dates. We did her & Scott's engagement pictures last summer at Oyster Creek. Her Save The Dates went out this February, and her invitations go out in a week! She is going to be an absolutely beautiful bride!

xoxo

be.

Just Be. Services

Just Be. is an event & design studio. 

Although we show a lot of invitations, we do a lot more than that! 

We can do small orders of thank you cards to entire weddings from start to finish. 

Take a look at our bridal handout. It includes everything we can do for you here at Just Be. 

With all the chaos of planning a wedding or event, 

it is easy to forgot things so you can also use it as a checklist for yourself. 

Happy Planning!

xoxo

be.

Save The Dates: Teri & Scott

One of my my newest brides has been so much fun to work with! I feel so inspired every time I talk to her or leave one of our meetings! Her colors are champagne, pale pink & espresso. So elegant! The first item we created for Teri & Scott were save the dates. We met back in January to design something special for them. Teri said at the beginning of the meeting, "I know exactly what I want, I just haven't seen them.", which made a little nervous but we created a save the date for them that turned out beautiful and the bride absolutely loved them! Simply but elegant and a magnet (at the request of the groom)! Take a look!

Remember, anything you like can be made into a magnet!

The beauty about custom save the dates & invitations is that each and every detail can be changed 

so that you LOVE what you are ordering!

Wedding Collection: Super Script

With an upcoming bridal show at Ram's Head Inn, I wanted to make sure I have plenty of samples that show the diversity of my work. I also decided that I need to display various full wedding collections, such as the one included in this post. At Just Be. a "full wedding collection" includes(but is not limited to): Save the Date, Invitation, Response Card, Program, Table Number, Escort Card & Thank You Card. A lot of brides like all of their wedding stationary to match, but whats the fun in everything being exactly the same? By switching up placement, foreground & background color & size, a beautiful collection can be created. Check out the one I just completed!

Save the Date

Invitation

Response Card

Program Cover

Table Number                                             Escort Cards

Thank You Card

All items do not have to be purchased as a collection.

"A la carte" is a great solution,as a wonderful mix and match wedding stationary collection.

Save The Dates: Katie & Scott

As you may recall, I did Katie & Scott's engagement photos at Oyster Creek Inn. If you haven't seen them, go back a few posts and check them out! It was a perfect day with perfect lighting with a perfect couple! 

After their shoot, it was time to start working on Save The Date cards to send out to guests. If you aren't familiar with the function of a Save The Date card, it is used to let your guests know about your wedding approximately 6 months ahead of time, since invitations do not go out until a few months before the big day. Mostly it is for out of town guests to begin their travel plans, but they're also just something else fun you get to do for your wedding! 

Katie was so much fun to work with on this project! She is so excited about her wedding, its theme and colors, but she didn't want to give away the secret yet. So we decided to go with a classic brown & pale blue to compliment their photographs. We also decided to take that extra step to make the envelopes stand out with beautiful labels. It is the little details that people notice, and it really makes a difference!

Save The Dates: Bailey & Ron

All i do is think about weddings and events. It is all I have ever thought about since I was twelve years old and I have a feeling that it will be all I think about for the rest of my life. So you can only guess how excited I was when I got to begin planning my own day. This is common knowledge to my friends & family so many of them said to me "Oh, you must know exactly what you want!" Well... quite the opposite. I was so utterly confused because I had seen so much I loved. 

The first thing I tackled was my Save The Dates. I knew I wanted them to be unique and completely one of a kind. And so the process began. I ended up taking over 10 different invitations I had seen and taking a tiny piece of each to compile together to make my own Save The Date. And the envelope... came to me in the middle of the night. I was so excited about the idea I had that I woke my then fiance up, got out of bed and didn't sleep until I figured out how to make them. Yes, I said MAKE them. Every element of this Save The Date is handmade: the envelopes, the labels, the stamp, the photo stamp, everything! 

And I could not be happier with how they turned out.

Engagement Shoot: Katie & Scott

When my friend Katie asked me to take engagement pictures for her, I have to say I was a bit nervous. Although I have a degree in photography, I never had the intention to use it other than for becoming an art teacher. Of course I told her I would, so planning began. 

First: location. She wanted somewhere by the water with a South Jersey feel, and we came up with Oyster Creek Inn (one of my favorite restaurants and the location of my rehearsal dinner). It was summer, so beautiful light wasn't difficult to find. 

After starting to shoot, I realized I had no reason to be nervous. This beautiful couple was so much fun to work with, that I knew no matter what the pictures would come out great! Take a look!

My FAVORITE picture of the entire shoot.

 

I love when I get to be guests at my clients weddings and events! 

Cant wait to celebrate with this beautiful couple!

Katie & Scott wanted to use one of the photographs for their Save The Date, 

that is what the blank canvases are for. 

This is the photo they picked for the front of their Save The Date. 

Check back soon for the final design they picked to send to their guests.