Place Setting Cards / Special Order

I've been working on a few projects the past few weeks that that were 'special orders'. 

I have made several cards, but haven't found time to share them with you :-(

I am here to share these though. 

I had spoken to a friend at dance and she found out that

 I make cards. We talked a bit and she asked me if I would be

interested in creating her place setting cards. If you know anything about me,

you know that creating / crafting is sort of a stress reliever and I couldn't wait to get started. 

(had a lot of stress to relieve, lol!)

So, she gave me her party invitation and told me to be creative. 

She didn't specify or tell me anything... which scares me. 

I want it to be something they want. 

But she assured me that she would be happy no matter what I chose to do...

sooooo....

I kept the same layout, color scheme and basic design and 

created these little place settings. 

 I used shabby white embossing enamel for the trees and snow. 

I sprinkled the chunky powder onto the outside of the tree, '

heat-set from underneath, then finished heat-setting on top when it had

stopped blowing around :) 

Thank you for stopping by!

I appreciate all of the comments and love you share with me!

If you have a special order you would like to place, 

please email me at freshbreweddesigns (at) yahoo.com

Have a very happy and blessed day. 

Heather 

Personalized Christmas Card Set

I am back to share yet another Christmas card set I created for

the kids' dance teacher. 

She is so spunky and fun and they really enjoy her classes. 

My daughter is preparing a fun and sassy solo for this year's dance competition season...

and I can't wait to see it on stage! This teacher is the one who is choreographing it. 

Sort of one of those dances that are just a touch sassy with some hip moves. 

One of those "... wait ... is that my daughter doing those moves?" sort of dance...
but still respectful and tasteful at the same time. 

IF that makes any sense at all :) 

OK, enough about that.. and on to the cards. 

My little miss wanted me to make a FAMILY card set for them as well

as a card for their daughter who LOOOOVES Elmo. 

I will start with the Family Photo Card Set

Here is a close up of one of the cards. 

I added red stickles to parts of the image to add a little extra sparkle. 

I also kept these CAS and not embellished so they would be easier for

her to mail out. 

And here is the card set I created using their little Elmo loving 

baby girl as my inspiration.  I had fun drawing both of these images, but

this one just stole my heart. Probably because this little sweetie is just 

so adorable and I knew seeing Elmo would make her smile... 

*she probably kissed the cards too ;-)*

Thank you for stopping by and visiting with me again today.

It is cold and icky and rainy here. 

sigh

And I pulled something in my shoulder so every time my kids

call me or the dog barks or anything else I turn my head and instantly regret it. 

Fingers crossed it goes away by tomorrow. 

I have too much to do... that I WANT to do... and this ain't workin' for me :)

Have a very blessed and happy day!

Happy Valentine's Day

Hi everyone!

I am here to share a few little special orders I created.

First off is a set of straws I made for Hannah to give to her fellow dance friends

with a chocolate bar and other little candies. 

The entire thing was cut out using the cricut ...

simple and extra cute if I do say so myself :) 

Next up is a special order Valentine. 

A lady my husband works with wanted a special card for her husband.

I couldn't decide what to do .. but then I finally decided

to go with something personal. She loved it.

Not sure how she would feel about her face being plastered on this post, 

so I did blur their faces a bit. .. LOL!!!! 

Hope you all have a LOVE filled day!

I live for the APPLAUSE!!!

Hello everyone.

I am here today with a somewhat personal post and a big ol'

WOOHOO shout out for my daughter. 

My daughter is a part of a dance troupe who competed last weekend.

My little girl and one other had competed last year with a larger group, 

but the other girls in her class were first timers. 

They scored very high winning a platinum award.

They were all amazing, I was (am) so proud of them.

Of course my daughter knocked my socks off. 

She amazes me every time I get to watch her dance. 

Blown away. 

(photo below. My daughter is the one in the middle doing a tilt)

I wanted to do something special for the girls in this troupe, 

but nothing too cheesy since they are all tweens and everything 

that an adult does is cheesy ;). 

I decided to draw them in their costume and make them all a 

personalized card. I do hope they like it and my daughter isn't 

embarrassed by my giving them out. We shall see ;)

Here they are:

JR. TROUPE ~ APPLAUSE

I used an OLD stack of 12x12 papers for these.

MME Garden Vignettes gitter cardstock. 

The other black and white cardstock base is from Papertrey Inc.

I colored the images using copic markers and added some black diamond stickles

to resemble the sequins on their outfits.

Thank you for stopping by today and listening to me brag on my little miss.

Please stop back by Monday for our NEW DIGI RELEASE BLOG HOP!

You won't regret it! ;) 

Custom Design * Special Orders

I know you all know I am the owner and designer of my own rubber stamp

and digi shop called Fresh Brewed Designs. 

What you don't know is that I have another secret identity.

I am the card lady! lol 

At least that is what  a few kids at dance call me. 

I  decided to show you a few behind the scenes designs I have created.

Every once in a while someone will come to me and ask me for a special design

or card order. These images I draw can not be sold in the shop because they are personalized

or ... well... just because ;) There is a sweet little lady (9 year old girl) and her beautiful mother

who are always asking about and for designs. Her mom recently came to me asking about

Valentines. Her daughter and I sat and discussed designs for the longest time.

It was interesting to hear what she had planned for her cards. She KNEW she wanted a

Mickey Mouse theme. So, after carefully listening to her ideas and getting an idea of what she

wanted to relay to her friends (not too cute, not too romantic) I suggested this.. and she loved it.

So here is one of my special, hand drawn designs ... 

and believe me, it was really intimidating to draw such an ionic character!!! WHEW!!!... 

Mickey and Minnie Mouse Valentines:

{30 cards in all}

Sometime in October 2013 

I was asked by this same lady to make her daughter a special 

Birthday Card. Her daughter is also in love with Steamboat Willie

so her mom knew she wanted it to have him on it...

Here is my interpretation of a Steamboat Willie Birthday Card: 

And last but not least,

Here is the last creation she asked for,

A  Jack Daniels birthday card for a 70 year old man. 

She wanted it to have plenty of space for her family to all sign it, 

so I made it fold out in a different sort of way. 

She loved it, I hope you do too! :)

SOO there you have it. 

A little behind the scenes peek at a few of my 'special order' designs.

While sometimes intimidating creating something SPECIAL for someone,

it is a lot of fun seeing the end result and seeing how much they love it!

Thank you for stopping by today!