Careful It's Hot

This year my long summer days were happily full of personalized requests and custom invitations. Last week I finished up the season's final order and immediately found myself immersed in a slew of handcrafted requests for Autumn and Winter weddings. Truly, I feel like I've somehow jumped from cool pink lemonade to hot apple cider in the blink of an eye - and I think I burned my tongue!

So, with the end of summer having somehow rushed by unbeknownst to me, I thought it necessary to slow down and reflect on some of my favorite summer projects for Birdcage Cards. 'Cause ya know, sometimes a girl just needs time to adjust and reflect. Here's a tiny sampling of what's been keeping my workspace aflutter...

Silver Elephants On the Run

Yesterday was spent finishing up 2 different stationery sets for a close friend. I had made her baby shower invitations using this cute little elephant. So, when it came time for her thank you notes we knew that we would use this little guy (or gal) again so that everything would coordinate. After showing her a variety of samples she couldn't make up her mind between these two versions. No problem - I split up the order into 25 folded notecards and 25 flat notecards. Now if only all my problems were that simple.


grey and creme folded notecards


a close-up of our little silver friend


one stationery set bundled up and ready to go