Talley Ho Featured by The Scout Guide

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about a Talley Ho travel bag (HERE).  Then, last week The Scout Guide Austin was blogging about American made products and wrote a great post about Talley Ho bags (HERE).  I personally cannot get enough of this company.  It is SO much fun to help clients with these and then SO much fun when they actually arrive in the store.  The 2 purse cosmetic bags above are exactly the same - but look so unique in their

different fabrics.  

Please click here and take a minute to check out The Scout Guide's post about this fabulous company!  Then, find 30 minutes in your schedule to come to the store and select your fabulous monogrammed bag.  An FYI - if you think this would make a great Christmas gift for someone in your life - come pick it out soon (no time like the present) because their holiday cut-off is November 1st!!!

Sweet First Birthday Party Invitation by Dauphine Press

Check out this adorable first birthday party invitation by Dauphine Press! Here's the story-

"This sweet first birthday party invitation was for one lucky little girl!  Sent our way by the amazing team at Inscriptions on the Boulvevard in Forth Worth, Texas, this precious piece was originally inspired by our Yountville birthday card design. The original design features a monogram as the focal point and a fine allover pattern accent. Knowing their inspiration, and after hearing the perfect quote they wanted to include, our design team suggested a single-sided version that incorporated the pattern of our Meadowood suite and a delicate border. After modifying the Meadowood pattern from a 2-color design to a 1-color design and letterpress printing it in our shell ink behind a fun mix of playful typefaces in espresso, a custom design was born!

Did you know that any of our wedding invitation designs can be modified {free of charge!} to create stationery for any type of extraordinary event? Explore our letterpress and foil wedding invitation galleries to find your favorite elements. Then work with any of our exclusive retailers to create a custom design of your own!

-Dauphine Press"

Cell Phone Cases

Confession time- I have an addiction to phone cases. I can't help but get a new phone case every couple of months (ok fine, if I'm being honest then sometimes it's more frequently than that....). I think the reason behind this addiction is that I feel like a phone case is such a fun, cute and simple way to express your personality. And it helps that getting a new phone case can feel as exciting as getting a new phone. If you happen to share my addiction (or just feel like you need to spice up your phone, because why not??) then we have the perfect thing for you! We have multiple vendors that sell the cutest phone cases that can be personalized with a name or monogram and tons of different patterns and colors. They also have different types of cases to choose from - regular "shell" cases or tough cases that come with a rubber insert for added protection. These are perfect for gifts or as a little pick-me-up for yourself. The cute kelly green case pictured above is from Boatman Geller. So don't forget to drop by and order your personalized phone case! It will spice up your life, I promise.

-Catherine

ClaireBella Sale

ClaireBella is having a back to school sale through July 31st on their Personalized Stadium Cushions and Personalized Koozies.  This "back to school" sale must be for college students...  Regardless of who it is really for, they are offering their stadium cushions for $28 and their koozies for $13 - which are great prices!  These actually would be cute gifts to include in camper's care packages too or even belated gradutation gifts.   Take advantage of this sale before July 31st.   You can see all of their patterns, colors and fonts on our website: www.frenchbluepapers.com

Sunny Coasters

It may be overcast, rainy and cool (86 degrees) in the ATX today (not that I'm complaining) - but I thought I would share some sunshine on this Monday!  These letterpressed coasters that recently arrived in the store are hard to miss.  They make a great hostess gift or a fun treat for yourself.  They come in boxes of 16 for $17.60.  If you don't live in-town and need some call or email us and we'll ship them right out to you!

TGIF!

Happy Friday!

Wish that I had one of these cocktail napkins for my Friday evening cocktail...

We just order these for a client who brought in a photo of what she wanted.  The only problem is I REALLY want some for myself now.  One of the downfalls of owning/working here...

Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Birthday Party Cup

We recently got in these super cute stadium cups for one of our client's son's birthday party.  She always selects great invitations and coordinating napkins and cups for her childrens birthdays.  Personalized stadium cups are not only cute, but a super practical item to have at a birthday party.  Not only do you serve your guests drinks in the cup, then your guest have a great (practical) party favor.

Who doesn't love a to-go cup?

Summer Stationery

Thought I would take a minute to share some pretty engraved summer stationery that we just received for clients.  I love that both of these clients selected card stocks that didn't just have squared corners.  I feel like interesting shapes always make the stationery feel a little more unusual.  Whenever we get pretty stationery in  for clients it always makes me want to order (more) stationery.  

Happy July 8th!

I'm wishing you all a Happy July 8th because I couldn't get it together to do a post on July 3rd.  Then, we all took a LONG weekend in observation of July 4th!  So I thought I would go ahead and post our red, white and blue today!  Sort of a day-late-and-a-dollar-short...  However, this Talley Ho travel bag is so fun - the red monogram and piping really pops on the navy gingham.  I adore when a Talley Ho shipment arrives as it is ALWAYS cute!  These cosmetic bags are fabulous bridesmaids gifts, debutant gifts or just a nice gift for yourself.  I adore my Talley Ho bags and have had them for years (when they are dirty I put them in the washing machine and then line dry them).  

A New Baby!

One of our dear customers (and friend) recently had her second baby girl.  I helped her select a Crane & Co. birth announcement, which is similar to her first born's announcement but not exactly the same.  Last week when I checked the mail I was super excited to have something hand addressed to us (anything other than a bill is super exciting).  Plus this customer has incredibly beautiful handwriting!  I was even more excited when I opened her birth announcement with baby Emily's photo on it.  I thought she had chosen a lovely birth announcement, but truly when the photo is adhered it really makes the whole thing.  I obviously asked our customer if I could share this announcement on our blog.  When she emailed back to say yes, she also told me that the blanket that the baby is wrapped in, is the blanket that her father bought for her to come home from the hospital in.  SO sweet!  

Enjoy!