It’s already week three of 2017 and I’m still feeling craft fatigue after the holidays. I worked on a few projects before Christmas that were fun but time-intensive, and I’m just not ready to pick up my glue gun yet. If you feel the same way I’ve got your Valentine’s craft covered in the form […]
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Jan
Jan
Happy New Year lovely Download & Printers! I’m a tad late but I think my first post of 2017 warrants a little holiday greeting. I hope you had a happy and peaceful Christmas. Mine was a little hectic. There were three crazy sleepless days between Christmas and New Years when the wonderful Sandra (of D&P […]
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Dec
Dec
Do you remember when Anna showed us all how to DIY giant confetti? I still adore this idea. So much so that I used this technique when wrapping my kiddo’s Christmas presents. I made a boat load of heart confetti, which surprisingly didn’t take that long. I wrapped the gifts in white paper, followed by […]
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Dec
Dec
Eeek! It’s December 14 and I’m only just getting around to posting our first Christmas freebie. For the past couple of weeks it was all hands on deck to get the NEW Download & Print live, which for very good reasons trumped new blog posts. If you missed the announcement you can now get unlimited […]
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Dec
Dec
Dear Beautiful Download & Printers, I value the feedback I get from our energetic customer base and for this reason the format of Download & Print is changing. As of December 5, 2016 the following changes will go into effect: Unlimited access, unlimited downloads. We will open Download & Print up to members. Members will […]
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Nov
Nov
I’ve had so much fun over the last three weeks sharing Thanksgiving printables with you. To recap quickly there was the fall place card and give thanks bunting, and today I have another way for your to share thanks at the table. It’s a napkin wrap with space for each guest to write in their […]
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Nov
Nov
Thank you one and all for your overwhelming response to my Thanksgiving Place Card printables last week. I am humbled. The outcome of my pop quiz was that you all LOVE Thanksgiving. So bring on the Thanksgiving printables! Today I have a Thanksgiving bunting with a twist. You are the star of the bunting! Well, […]
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Nov
Nov
Woohoo! November has rolled around. There’s lots of big things happening for me in November this year and I couldn’t be more excited. Plus the last two months of the year have always been my favorite. I love me some hot weather, but I think I love the anticipation, love and gratitude that goes with […]
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Oct
Oct
Everything’s bigger here in Texas, and that includes our decor. In the past I’ve walked you through making over-sized confetti, now I’m going to show you how to make giant paper roses. These roses are quite enormous, they really are a statement piece. The larger petals take up an entire sheet of paper so imagine […]
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Oct
Oct
For the past three years I’ve have a Night Blooming cactus on my deck. Despite its name there hasn’t been much blooming action, so I was quite surprised to wake up one morning this week to find a beautiful white flower hanging from one limb of the cactus. After a picture and obligatory Facebook post […]
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Oct
Oct
Today I’d like to give a shout out to a few of the talented DIYers in the D&P community. Nothing makes my heart smile like seeing your creations. Each time one of you DIYs a template it inevitably turns out differently to my original, whether slightly nuanced or vastly changed, and it’s so flippin’ cool […]
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Sep
Sep
I hope your week so far has been peachy. And with that obvious introduction I’m going to segue right into this Peachy Keen Invitation Pochette. Seamless. I really like the idea of an all-in-one pochette. The invitation wording prints directly onto the pochette so there’s no need to fiddle around with mounting an invitation. The […]
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Sep
Sep
Here in the northern hemisphere it’s the first day of fall, or back in Texas at old D&P HQ we liked to call it summer 2.0. Now I’m lucky to enjoy the ocean’s breeze year round… which come to think of it isn’t particularly fall-ish either. I’m sure some parts of the country are seeing […]
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Sep
Sep
Last week I kicked off the Download & Print 2016 Holiday campaign with a free Halloween invitation. I say this tongue in cheek as campaign would suggest I have a plan here (I don’t), and I also sound like the big business marketing machines trying to sap you of all your money during the holidays, […]
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Sep
Sep
Raise your hand if you can feel the holidays coming on?!! Ok, enough with the death stares. Labor day has been and gone, it’s still dark at 7 am, we’ve packed all our white clothes away, and I’m feeling a little festive. I can’t be the only one! The marketing machine has been peddling Halloween […]
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Aug
Aug
Today’s freebie project has got me going a little dotty! My office is covered in giant confetti, and there’s nothing like giant tissue dots floating around to bring a smile to my face.. and drive the dog nuts. This project is a super-sized version of send-off confetti. Keep reading for the simple (and therapeutic) steps […]
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Aug
Aug
My love of office supplies shines through again as I go all MacGyver on a simple binder clip. I think I’d be proud to be known as the MacGyver of wedding stationery. Give me any everyday item and with a bit of hot glue / spray paint / decoupage / sparkle I’ll make it wedding […]
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Aug
Aug
I’m a hippy at heart. When you look through the invitation collections here at Download & Print I think you’ll find designs that appeal to just about everyone’s taste. I try to design with you in mind, and you like everything from flowers to vintage, all the colors in the rainbow, and are having beach […]
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Aug
Aug
Fonts can make or break an invitation, particularly in today’s era of typography heavy designs. For your viewing pleasure I’ve put together my favorite invitation fonts, grouped into three collections: Vintage, Handwritten and Script. Typically I like to use two fonts on an invitation, the exception to the rule being on vintage designs were you’ll […]
03
Aug
Aug
I’m calling this a pocket invitation though technically it doesn’t have a “pocket” for your invitation to slide into. Let me roll with it though as this is hands down the most inexpensive way you can get the pocket look for your wedding announcements. I’ve showed you how to make pockets and pochettes before, but […]