New Collection: Crazy for Cupcakes!

The inspiration for this collection came about because I was on the hunt for the perfect theme/color combination for my niece's first birthday party. As it was stated in the featured party post, it took a bit to come up with cupcakes ('cuppies' I like to call them), but once the theme was decided, it was easy to design around it. There are cupcakes galore as well as the age the child was turning (in this case the number '1' was used). In addition a 'Happy Birthday' message was added to parts of the design; specifically in the cupcake toppers. The design came out great!


INVITES!


THANK YOUS!


WATER BOTTLE WRAPPERS!



CUPPIE TOPPERS


MINI HERSHEY WRAPPERS



CUPPIE THEME IN ACTION:
1: Napkin Wrappers
2: Thank yous!
3: Water bottle wrappers, napkin wrappers and mini hershey wrappers
4: Water bottle wrappers, napkin wrappers


To see more items from this collection make sure to read the featured party post!

Featured Party: Emersyn's Cupcake Party

After what seemed like months and months (which really was just a couple weeks) of trying to think of the perfect theme for my niece's first birthday party and having free reign to do whatever I wanted, the idea of cupcakes and the number "1" was the winner. The design itself was done MONTHS before her actual birthday because I wanted everything to be absolutely perfect. Not only was this my Goddaughter's First birthday, a good portion of my family and my sister and brother-in-law's family and friends would see the work that Lindsey and I work so hard to make perfect come to life for the first time. I wanted and needed everything to be as perfect as possible.



1: Cuppie toppers, in cuppies, in a fancy cuppie stand.
2: Thank Yous!
3: Emersyn's very own birthday cake, a GIANT cuppie!
4: Invites!
5: Emersyn enjoying her cake!
6: Close up of the cuppie toppers
7: Emersyn's fancy outfit. A tutu made by Stephanie at Tutus for Utoo (check her out on facebook!) and her shirt hand sewn by Lindsey and myself to match the "1" on her invites and cuppie toppers
8: High-chair banner!

Lindsey and I are both so happy with how this collection came out. Everyone at the party thought it was very cute. Everything came together just as expected and Emersyn had a great first birthday!

Our First Vendor Show

Sugar Tree Press was in its very first vendor show!

Going in, neither myself or Lindsey knew quite what to expect, but we knew we had to do the show. It was a small show with about 20 vendors so while we were getting prepared we weren't sure what to make, to bring. We both truly believe that Sugar Tree Press one day will be at huge vendor shows so we knew that in order for this to happen we had to start somewhere. The difficult thing was, we weren't sure what kind of products to bring because you never know the audience you will get and what they will be looking for.

We brought almost all our collection samples with us, many samples of Christmas cards, perpetual calendars, fill in the blank invites, and blank cards among other things. We did a lot of networking and met some amazing people. We were very grateful for this experience and have learned so much from just this first show. On the way home, Lindsey and I both discussed how we both felt that the show went very well, and looking back there was nothing we wished we would have done differently. We consider it a success and are already planning another show in a couple of weeks in December! We took lots of pictures and had a great time. Not all the pictures made the cut. Some that didn't make the cut include Lindsey and myself jamming to N'SYNC on Pandora and a picture of our fancy new Intuit Gadget that hooks up to an iPhone and allows us to process credit cards and check immediately. Below are the ones that made the cut:

1) Most of our collections laid out on our very nice gray fabric.

2) Minnie Mouse inspired-Zebra collection.

3) Forever (perpetual) Calendars.

4) Mickey & Minnie inspired Classic Collection

5) Day you were Born certificate and Family Tree

6) Our pink bedazzled stapler named Regis (Rege for short). We love it!

7) Woody & Buzz inspired collection

8) Sometimes you have to improvise. Our banner kept folding up so we taped scissors to the back so it hung nicely.

9) Our tables all laid out. A good friend of ours made the structure where we hung our cards. We are so appreciative that he was able to do this for us so last minute.

We wanted to make sure we send out a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped us prepare for this show and to everyone who came out to see us!