Did you catch the colorful boho inspired party I did a few weeks back in my live stories? My close friend turned 4-0 and although she was having an “official” party the week after to celebrate, some of us wanted to take her out on the day of. We told her we would just be having dinner at a restaurant but then surprised her with a picnic at the beach instead! It was such a fun party to design and I absolutely love color so needless to say, I was all giggly inside setting everything up lol. We had lots of strangers come by to ask questions and take random pictures of us as we were setting up lol-some even waited an hour+ to see her reaction when she came haha! Thank you to my partners in crime in making all this prettyness happen—@milliesluv @hennie2010 @shypuppy1025 and happy birthday again to the one and only @huongie you are indeed forty and so very fabulous! We love you!!
Am I getting better?? Lol. I look forward to these arrangements for the bossman each week. This one took me awhile because all the flowers were so wilted and droopy droopy!! So I taped some of them up shhhhhh haha! A bit moodier than the usual yellow arrangements! (I got to pick the color palette today hehe) and uh why does lavender smell soooo gooooood. Wish they were a bit more fresh-are they always so messy to work with? Bucket list: walk through a field of lavender! #fakeflorist #justforfun
Vellum on vellum on vellum 😍 printed and ready to be cut! Check out my story for quick sneak peak at the invitation suite. I’ll wait for the professional photos to post real pics of this particular suite. Coming down to the last few wedding invitations booked this year!! Eek!
Canvas wedding signs! I think I might have these in the shop. (Canvas home decor and generic wedding signage) Maybe. What do you think? I wasn’t sure about blowing up the illustration I drew on my iPad but lowered the opacity a bit and it didn’t look too bad lol ;) this was a wedding that happened last week! Congrats to the newlyweds!
My laser cutter is overheating in this heat!! ☹️ barely got this one to cut before it told me it needed to “cool down”. Bah humbug. It’s only because I have to cart the machine outside to cut because there’s no proper ventilation in our new warehouse space. Go away heat! #glowforge
“Breathe. If you don’t, you will suffocate. 😂” -@prattprattpratt Hats off to you sir for that amazing acceptance speech. “That grace was paid for with somebody else’s blood. Do not forget that. Don’t take that for granted.” @mtv #mtvmovieawards #godlovesyou Also-check out my stories if you want this as a wallpaper/lockscreen!!
Okay truth....I haven’t touched a pointed pen in.....a really long time. I don’t even remember the last time....like for sure over a year....eek!! The iPad Pro has definitely spoiled me!! I do all my lettering on it! Soooo when the bride asked me for an envelope for the photo flat lay I was nervous lol! Had to write several envelopes to get my rusty hand working again haha! Man my up and down strokes are all over the place!! Turns out next month I have to address over 250 envelopes....come on rusty hand-time to wake up!
My first ever Friday introduction!! Whoa. Let’s do this! Hi! I’m Hannah! I love Jesus. I love my hubs @therealjohnshin I love my two babies Mathew (4) and Haven (1). I work during the day as a graphic designer at a print shop (which I also manage) but almost everything you see on my IG I do at night after my kids go to sleep. Which is why I’m slowly closing this chapter in my life. I need to start sleeping again haha! I’m looking to open up an online shop next but I have to pray about it more haha. As of now, I like to just find different ways to scratch my creative itch as a mom, designer, letterer, stationer, artist and fake florist. #fridayintroductions
More #fakeflorist fun. People have been asking, but no, I’m not going to start offering floral services nor will I ever lol. Then why have I been arranging florals recently? Mmm, bossman at work orders fresh flowers weekly for his place and normally we ask the super talented @rekindlecreative to work her magic but on weeks she can’t, I try....haha. She’s so good, go check out her stuff! I’m just an imitator 😝 but I’ve also been learning a lot by just seeing her stuff in person. Like.....I was never a huge fan of sunflowers and roses...but after she made an arrangement last week with them I have a newfound love for them! Hahaha! So I tried it in this arrangement. Yay? Nay? I think I stuffed too much in one arrangement huh? Trader Joe’s didn’t have filler foliage today so I bought a lot of main flowers and didn’t want them to go to waste :( okay this post was way long. If you’ve read till the end-you rock. 😘
When designing, I try to think of what the suite would look like tucked away in the envelope. This was only a 2-piece suite but sort of digging the simple two card look with no bands or ribbons. 😎 oh and bride asked me to paint the @pelicanhillresort rotunda to give it that personal touch-that was fun!
In between ER visits/doctor appointments, Haven waking up every 30 mins, multiple wedding invitation suites, oh and work stuff....I’m really surprised I was able to pump these out on time lol! Multiple all nighters are so much harder when you’re older ha! But regardless, I had fun making these and since these were my last commissioned chalkboards EVER (I hope)-it was a bittersweet moment sending these off. For those of you who have been asking—I’m saying goodbye to custom events, and saying hello to opening up an online store! Im still fully booked for the 2018 year (just no more chalkboards haha) so have to finish out all my contracts, but after this year is up, I’m focusing on my shop! :) Really looking forward to no more event deadlines and less all nighters-and most importantly more hugs and kisses for the kiddos who battle for my undivided attention constantly :)
Got to twin it with Haven yesterday 😝 hehe so fun! Matthew was bummed he did not get to wear the same thing so I told him he was going to twin it with daddy for Father’s Day and he was a happy camper. Love my babies. ❤️ I am far from being the best mom ever but I am trying! #withbloodsweatandtears #momsunite
Why oh why didn’t I take off my events apron? Lol. Happy Mother’s Day everyone! Being a mom is the best and most hardest thing I’ve done in my life. Which makes it so worth it. Now I gotta go give my mom a huge hug and kisses to my babies and hopefully take some pics WITH them haha! #happymothersday
Celebrating Mothers this weekend at @saddlebackirvs!! We have a flower shop, tea bar, cookie bar, photobooth and a professional photo station for all our lovely mothers! Sunday 9 & 11am services!Join us! Hands down, Mother’s Day is my favorite church event to design for. Pretty sure I look forward to this day more than my own birthday haha :)
I love designing activity sheets for first birthdays-this is for a vintage California dreamin’ beach themed birthday happening tomorrow! I can’t wait to see what @madebydavinakim comes up with this Saturday. (She’s posting again-show her some love people!)
I’m not a florist by any means but I looooooove flowers!!!! Made this small arrangement yesterday and was sniffling and sneezing up a storm!! (I’m allergic to a lot of the flowers in this pic) i need constructive criticism florist friends! How can I take this to the next level!??! I was going for the “oh I picked these from a field and put them in a vase” look haha. #imafakeflorist #justforfun
It’s my eight year wedding anniversary today! Anyone else get married in 2010? It was before Pinterest, and weddings were a lot simpler (and cheaper). I’m leaving the sappy stuff inside the card (since hubby doesn’t have IG anyways so he won’t see this). But the last 8 years have been absolutely perfect. Here’s to forever more :) #8yearanniversary #simplecards
G I V E A W A Y || We did a collaboration project with the ever so lovely and talented Priscilla Lee (@bypriscillalee) and it was so fun (and such an honor)!! Her new website launches this week and what better way to celebrate than doing a giveaway with our collab project-a postcard set featuring four different California native plants. We will be giving away a complete set to FOUR lucky winners. To enter: . 1. Like this photo 2. Follow @bypriscillalee and @paperhavenink 3. Comment below with the last time you sent snail mail and what occasion it was for. 4. Head on over to @bypriscillalee and follow her instructions to enter twice! . Deadline to enter is Wednesday, March 21st at 9 p.m. PST. Four randomly selected winners will be announced on Thursday, March 22nd. This giveaway is open to US and international friends! . Per Instagram rules, this promotion is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram, Inc. By entering, entrants confirm that they are 13+ years of age, release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram's terms of use. #giveaway #collaboration #stationery #postcards
It was my first time working with Sera from @simplyseraevents and I loved it!! She is so incredibly talented!! Isn’t this arch/cake display so beautiful? Shoutout to all the talented vendors that made this birthday possible! Event coordinator/design/styling: @simplyseraevents Venue: @hnypt Arch rental: Baker’s Party Rentals Catering: @hungrybearcatering Floral: @karens_garden Photo: @jefferychophoto Rentals: mtb_event_rentals Custom rentals: @irongracerentals Custom illustration of Everly: @fromthebear Stationery, calligraphy, and lasercut name: @paperhavenink Live watercolor artist: @chasinglinen Cakes and macarons: @sweetleemade Donuts: @donutsnob Rice cupcakes: @sweetfloriecake
A small name sign we made a few weeks back. Took a quick snap before painting it. Happy belated to a sweet girl who just turned 13~