Avery Bleu's Picks of the Day {Week of 1.23.11}

Forever 21 dress, Anthrolopogie cards, Beach House

American Apparel scarf, Lululemon headband, David Mellor bowls, Jules Smith bracelet

Tree Trimmings

I spent part of last Saturday playing around with the settings on my camera and taking pictures of my pretty Christmas tree and ornaments. Here are a few that turned out fairly well, considering they're unedited.

After taking all the pics, I got the idea to incorporate them into my Christmas cards. Different and easier than what I usually do (though I always make my cards).

Send Some Love Via Letterpress

I love, love, love letterpress cards. What's a better time to give some letterpressed greetings than Christmas? They're fairly simple and vintage-looking, but also special and lovely. Not the type of cards you typically think of for the holidays.

Here are some of my favorites from Egg Press

And also these from Elum Designs

Welcome Little Ones!

Lately it seems as if everyone is having babies! In the past 2 months, 3 of my good friends have had babies - all little girls. Below are some baby-related crafts I've made....

I made these invitations for a friend's baby shower. Her nursery colors are sherbet, so I wanted to do the invites in similar hues, only a little brighter. Since the invites had a lot of wording, I thought it would be best to do them on 5x7 flat paper, as opposed to a fold-over card. I got the cards, scalloped cards and envelopes at one of the best places on Earth, Paper Source. I also got the cute little baby foot stamp there. I had most of the patterned paper at home in my massive collection.

I enclosed information for a game on a small piece of card stock, backed with coordinating paper in a different pattern than the invitation

I thought the footie stamp on the key tags made for a cute accent.

I made this card originally as a general "congratulations" card, but it can totally be used as a baby congrats card, that's more simplistic and modern and not super-cutesy.

(sorry about the quality of the photo)

And just a couple more baby-themed cards. I think both work for a boy or girl