The Splash Bash Project

Oh what a weekend it has been! 

I spent last Saturday with my family to celebrate my nephew and niece's joint birthday celebration at Hillsborough Aquapark in Alabang. A month before the event, my panic-stricken sister and the celebrants' mom asked me to create the invite, cupcake toppers and menu cards  for the party.

Cupcake toppers

She sent me her pegs via Pinterest and I came up with drafts. Because it's a joint celebration of a sporty football-loving 11-year old boy and an artistic and fashion forward 9 year-old girl, I didn't make the colors gender specific. I was guided by the colors of the beach ball and kept only the basic hues to provide some coherence and fun to the theme. 

To make sure that guests knew right away that Splash Bash was a swimming party, I added a beach ball, a pair of flip flops and a buoy at the bottom of the invite which served as its border. Thank God for the ever reliable KG Frame font suite by Kimberly Geswein! I swear this font suite has everything you need to make interesting borders! A slab serif and a marker inspired font was also used to make the invite more fun but not too busy.

Menu cards of the event

My sister is my best patron but I'm very happy that the two celebrants also liked the invite that I made for them! :) 

Here are some photos lat the party!

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To Tinfinity and Beyond - An Invitation Project

My sister Tetet has always been one of the people who believed in my artistic skills and creativity. I've done a lot of collaborations with her during her party planning stints that I'm the first person she goes to when it comes to making custom invitations. I was looking at my previous projects with her and saw these invitation designs that I made for her and her husband Noel's 10th Anniversary earlier this year.

*Insert awwwww here*

As per the list of traditional wedding anniversary gifts, tin or aluminum is the traditional gift to be exchanged between husband and wife who were celebrating their 10th anniversary. My sister then asked me to create an invitation for the intimate gathering. I started making hand painted elements such as a wreath with yellow, blue and purple flowers, then incorporated watercolored tin cans in the layout. I chose a sans serif font Pompiere--discovered via thefozzybook's Oh Hello Friday Font Series (thank you Fozzy!) for the text. This font has a rustic and handwritten feel to it that I think was perfect for the mood and the occasion. I gave Ate Tetet two options: one which had more tin cans and another which had more flowers, and this is the final invitation that she went with.

The invitation that didn't make the cut:

The event was an intimate gathering at the Hillsborough Aquapark with friends and family to celebrate the couple's milestone. Sadly, I was not there to join them at the time because I had to fly to the U.S. for work. I would have wanted to be involved in doing the flower arrangements, but I was happy to see in the photos that she was inspired to use yellow, purple and white flowers at the event to go with the water colored wreath on the invites.

I had tons of fun with this project and I'm especially proud of the fact that the decorative elements are hand painted. I'm currently working on another exciting design project (this time not with my sister) and I can't wait to share it to all of you once I finish. I'm not formally trained in graphic design and I still have a lot to learn, but I'm glad that there are people who trust me to work on these projects with them. :)

Congratulations again Ate Tetet and Kuya Weng for your 10 years of marriage! 

Good job on the awesome kids too! 

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Neon Love

Hello October!

Notice anything? I got bored with my layout all of a sudden, so I decided to change it into something more cheerful. I wanted something bright and happy, but still leaned towards the minimalist side. Because of the splash of neons, I switched to a sans serif font so as not to make things too overwhelming.

I think the layout overhaul was inspired by a recent project with my sister. My niece Sofia is turning 8 this month and I was asked to make an invite for a Spa Party. Imagine a bunch of 8-year-old girls in a salon having their nails done! Sounds like a lot of fun (and kind of a big deal) for a kid, right?

For the invites, I came up with 4 draft versions for her but revised eventually based on her specifications. I'm absolutely loving this border font set by Kimberly Geswein! Here are the ones that didn't make the cut.

My sister wanted a daintier feel to the invite and asked for more pinks than fuchsias. She also requested if I can do a chevron background. Hence the final design:

It's been a while since I last played with Photoshop, but everytime I make these personal projects with my sister, I really have tons of fun!

Also I'm on Bloglovin!

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