Reason to Give

I just wanted to share some really good news........a few months ago I met with Natasha Bansfield owner of Natasha Bansfield Events and Bella Sera Bridal owners Heidi Nicholson and Lisa Almeida. It was a rainy Friday in July in what was suppose to be just a meeting about networking turned into something far greater than any of us could have imagine. That afternoon Reason to Give was born in just four short months we are ready to launch our first project.......a North Shore Wedding Giveaway to a deserving couple!

In a time when there are a lot of people struggling as well as businesses what better way to bring everyone together than with a wedding. One of the most incredible moments of this project was to see the number of vendors that jumped on board at the very early stages simply because they too had a Reason to Give.

If you yourself have a Reason to Give, you can do it by sharing this news with your friends and family. You can go onto facebook and become a member of reason2give or maybe you know someone that deserves a free wedding, you can nominate them starting November 1st just go to www.reason2give.org!

Nourish Your Soul

"Change your life, one moment at a time"
I have known Susan Cabana now for ten years and to me she defines that quote. She is a wonderful friend, mother a now Wellness Consultant. When I first started my business Susan became a quick supporter and as I have said before I have always felt it is an honor when someone chooses me to design for one of their memorable life moments, and when it comes to Susan's at this point I have lost count on how many I have been a part of. So when she called me to tell me about her new venture and asked if I would design a logo for it, I was completely honored, it was another memorable life moment and I was chosen to be a part of it. I love how the logo turned out I think every part of it works and because I have been doing the designing I can say first hand how extremely educated Susan is when it comes to wellness. It really is about changing your life one moment at a time, so if you are looking to start the new year off with improving the health of yourself, family or friends, I would check out her website, its under my favorite links to the left of the page. Susan also offers informational parties at her home. I am going to one next Wednesday and are so excited, she is going to talk about ways to nourish your soul and make some of her yummy recipes for all of us to try. I will report back and let you know!

Dancing Doodlebugs

Rosemary Graham has this incredible line of custom children's clothes and accessories. She is extremely talented and called me one afternoon because she was in need of a logo. My first love was the name Dancing Doodlebugs how perfect is that, my second love was the quality of her product. When she came over to discuss the design of her logo she brought some of her samples....beautiful stylish fabrics mixed with her perfect sewing skills I could see she had a solid product and know she will do extremely well.
So come this Holiday Season try and remember your small local business owners like Rosemary, she will put far more care and effort into making you a special gift than anything you would find at a mall. Click the photo to enlarge and see Dancing Doodlebugs contact information.

NEW Personalized custom plates and bowls.

In an effort to always offer more.......BeeCustom Designs is now offering personalized melamine plates and bowls. These are great gift to give for teachers, birthdays, new babies ect. Any of my artwork can be put on a plate or a bowl and personalized with a name, special date, or saying. I have a ton of artwork, fonts, color schemes and obviously can't display everything therefore if you have something in mind just shoot me an email to beecustom@verizon.net.

Plates-24.00
Bowls-18.00

Also availabe custom bookmarks, luggage/backpack tags, checkbook covers, and paperweights.......I will post images soon. If you can't wait just send me an email and I will get pricing and a sample over for you to view.

All plates are dishwasher safe but can not be put in the microwave.

LOOK whats NEW in HOLIDAY CARDS!

Hello, well I realize it has been a while since I posted any new designs....it was a long summer but as Fall approaches I have plenty of new things to share. In the past I have always offered Custom Holiday Cards and love taking a clients photo and creating a one-of-a-kind design but I know some people need fast and simple therefore this year I am offering Custom Digital Holiday Cards, it's fast and simple. Simply choose one of the five designs offered and I will customize that design with your family name and photo...you won't even have to leave your home.

Card Price-1.50 per card includes white envelope

Minimum order-30 to start then sold by the 10's

Card size-5x7 vertical or 7x5 horizontal(as shown in samples)

Card stock-High quality photo paper with a luster finish

Photos-please send all photos as jpegs or tifs with a resolution of 300 dpi.
If you need your photo converted to black and white there is no charge.

Upgrades:coordinating colored envelopes offered with each design +5.00 per ten

Shipping-free local drop off or orders can ship ground for a flat fee of 6.00.

Proofs-once photo is received and design is chosen you will get an electronic pdf proof via email.

Please email me with any questions you may have beecustom@verizon.net

NOTE: All photos in sample are courtesy Angie Rahilly
978-621-4880 angierahilly@gmail.com
http://web.me.com/angierahilly

Roller Skating.....for BOYS!

Hello everyone Happy June, maybe at some point the sun might shine. If you read my previous blog about the Roller Skate I designed for my friend Tammy's daughter you know that I do my best designing when there is a request. Merri's party was such a fun time for the kids that she is now doing a roller skating party for her son Nicholas's 7th birthday. I have know him since birth, therefore I knew a hot pink glittered roller skate like I did for his sister would not fly. My thoughts were to use an inline skate, there was just one problem....I had to make it first. I wasn't sure if I would be able to pull it off but as you can see from the sample above....I think it worked out great so much so that I now have it in girly colors that can of course be glittered.
If you have planned a party for a child we all know that after you have picked a place, ordered the cake and invitations it is now onto the dreaded party favor. Tammy called last week she had received a candy bar in her mailbox that was wrapped in a party invitation. She immediately thought what a fun idea for a party favor, I mean what kid doesn't like a candy bar plus it's great for us parents, now we don't have to pick up the destroyed favor bag we all seem to find from the car ride home. Her idea was to see if I could make a custom wrapper we could put around the candy bar that matched the party invitation with a message thanking everyone for coming.....like I said my best designs come from someones vision, luckily for me Tammy has great vision. The picture above was the result and it came out so great that I am offering it as a part of my custom line. Sky is the limit....I can design a custom wrapper for any candy on the market. So to my friend Tammy....your vision keeps me designing and employed, to Nicholas Happy 7th Birthday, I am sorry I won't be there to witness all the fun.

Paw's in the Park cont.....

You might have seen my previous post about donating invitations for Paws in the Park a great event put on by Natasha Bansfield Events. It raised over 3000.00 dollars for the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem. You could not have asked for a better day and even though my family no longer has a dog the Northeast Animal Shelter so graciously lent me and my kids "Rockie" for the walk. Although he was a little nervous and yes very camera shy we were so happy to been given such an honor.
Angie Rahilly is a photographer out of Peabody who just happen to photograph my niece and nephew. I saw her work and thought it was fabulous, I was able to put her in touch with Natasha and was thrilled when Angie told me she would be photographing the event. She took photos of everyone with their dogs as well as all the great moments of the day and if that wasn't enough she has given everyone permission to download the photos and print what they like. Her photo's really capture just how much an owner loves their dog. Whether you are a cat person or a dog person, animals bring unconditional love in a world that sometimes can be so harsh.
In a time when businesses and people are really struggling it was so heartwarming to see how many donated their time, products and services to such a great cause. To see all the photos from this event just click the title of this blog and it will take you directly to Angie Rahilly's website and to learn more about Natasha Bansfield Events you can go to my previous blog about the invitation, if you click the title it will take you to her site.

WEBKINZ PARTY

Alright, I think it is fair to say if you have children over the age of five you know what a Webkinz is. I received an email from a really good client of mine. It read "I need a party invitation for my daughters birthday party...the theme is Webkinz ( I know I tried to talk her out of it)" It's funny because there are tons of ideas on the market for just about any kind of party you could think of but when it comes to Webkinz's there is not much. My client decided to give each child a Webkinz as the party favor.....Rachael chose the panda. So my instructions were pink, yellow and panda. I built the panda bear knowing I would be using hot pink glitter. I chose a square envelofold card in this really cool card stock called duplex which means the outside color was watermelon and the inside kiwi the design was finished off with a custom button that had a hot pink paw print. The whole design was completed with matching thank you notes and glittered address labels. I just think this panda is so cute!