Simple Pleasures

The end of May is always my favorite time of year. Late spring and summer weddings are in full swing keeping me happy and busy with work. The streets are bustling with laughing kids running off to the nearby park. The house feels fresh and cool at night with all the windows open. And, my favorite flower, the gardenia peony, is in full bloom.

Peonies have such a short season; two or three weeks of their sweet scented loveliness and then they're gone. Keeping me waiting a full year to have the true pleasure of coexisting with them again.

So, as soon as their buds start opening you can always find me eagerly waiting in the wings with a vase and scissors in hand. And, that's just what I did this morning. I decided to take advantage of my favorite flowering plant and today's sunshine and snap some pics of my new line of wedding confetti. It'll be a few days before I edit all the pictures and have the listings set up in the shop, but I thought I'd share a few snapshots of what I did on this very happy morning.

- Kate ♥

A Sun-Charged Day

It has been such a great day today! I've been working on some lovely 5"x7" Swallowtail Invites in my bright and sunny workshop. My space has just been flooded with light all day, but there's not even a trace of that yucky humidity that's been hanging 'round Buffalo all weekend. So now I'm taking an early dinner/late lunch break from a productive day in my workshop and I thought it'd be the perfect time to share a tiny taste of a few projects I've recently worked on.
The only problem is I keep forgetting to photograph my local orders. I worked on a handful of them in the past few months, but because each was hand delivered it never occurred to me to take some product shots like I do for my online orders. And its driving me nuts since they were all lovely custom invitation orders and I could have used some shots for my portfolio! Ugghhh, I guess I'll have to chalk it up to part of the learning process and know that next time it will be on my mind. Well, at least I hope it will, eek!

Show and Tell Friday

Another Friday, another note card. Well, actually the pattern is unintentional but I do like the idea of a weekly show and tell. What do you think?

This week's Swallowtail Butterfly Note Card is originally from a mixed set I had made, but I decided to split it up and list each in my shop individually. Over Memorial Day Weekend I had seen a lot of moths floating around and I just kept hoping and wishing that a colorful butterfly would show up as well, but, unfortunately that just never happened. So, I was inspired to make my own. The butterfly image was hand printed with pigment inks, in either petal pink, marigold yellow or sky blue. Then, before the ink had time to dry, I set it with embossing powder and heat embossed each card to give it a glossy raised effect. By using a creamy white 90lb paper instead of a bright white the tone of the card becomes delicate, soft and relaxing - which is just the way I feel when I spot a real swallowtail.

Each card is 3 3/4" x 5 1/8" and comes with its own matching envelope and while listed as a single card, if you would like a mixed set please don't hesitate to ask. I'd be more than happy to accommodate. Well, that's all for now. I've got lots of paper goodies to make! Have a happy weekend!

All a Flutter

As promised here's another peak at a stationery set from the new line, called "All a Flutter". This butterfly stationery looks so soft and peaceful. The pictures really don't do it justice. I started using this set as note cards so as to not write across the delicate images, but of course, they come flat and unfolded for you to decide its use.

All a Flutter Stationery Set by Birdcage Cards.

Sets arrive unfolded and measure 5" x 7".

Currently stationery is packaged in sets of 8 but if you would like a set of 25 sheets and envelopes just let us know that can easily be arranged.

I really hope you all love this new set. Sometimes sharing a new design feels a bit like releasing your grown child into the world - you so hope it does well and people are kind to it.
For more details on any of our stationery sets feel free to send an email. I promise I won't bite.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Leave a comment and let me know what you think...of anything really! Have a happy Thursday everyone!