• Participants include: Red Pearl Designs, Myriad Cake Design, NW Mobile DJ Service, Distinctive Designs Floral, The Bridal Gallery, Capricorn Catering, With This Ring, All Star Tents, Stalnakers Photo Studio, Image Floral, Special Occasions, Music Express, An Event to Remember, Oregon Wedding Showcase and Haute Cakes & Confections.
• Cost is free, and open to the public.
• BeckenRidge Vineyard will be offering a special discount for attendees.

For more information, including map and directions, visit beckenridge.com.

Their set included the invitation, reply postcard, and the outer envelope with custom address labels. They wanted their invitations to be very simple and incorporate their dark blue wedding color. Tiffanie and Rod loved the finished product!

My husband and I hiked around Silver Falls back in September, so I took Tiffanie and Rod’s invitations to photograph with the falls in the background. I’m so glad I did because I love how these photos turned out.

They also requested a large sign to place outside of their wedding venue to direct guests to the appropriate location for the ceremony and reception. For their favors, they did a candy bar and ordered die-cut stickers to place on the cellophane bags. These next two pictures were photographed by their wedding photographer McCloud Photography!

After the wedding, I received a wonderful 5-star review from Tiffanie! They were an amazing couple to work with and I wish them all the best.

“Red Pearl Design created our beautiful wedding invitations and stationery. Megan helped us create a unique theme based on the waterfall we were engaged under. Megan is easy to work with and quick to respond to any questions or concerns. I give Red Pearl Designs my full recommendation for any graphic design and stationery needs without hesitation! Thanks again Megan for helping us create our perfect day!” – Tiffanie

I purchased the grey linens and green napkins myself, but most everything else was a rented or borrowed item. Sue Hamilton from SHE Designs saved the day by having two silver chiavari chairs (which are hard to find in Salem), and she also rented me lots of decor pieces.

My bistro table and half round table were rentals from A to Z Party Rental here in Salem.

The plates, silverware and crystal glasses were rentals from Shirley Kavanaugh at Crossroads Linens.

All the flowers were done by Rebecca Butler of Belle Fleur Floral Design, who also loaned me the majority of the vases used to hold the flowers. I knew Rebecca would do a great job, but I was completely blown away! The flowers made my display even prettier and more welcoming for people.

All the old books were borrowed from my friend Ashley Reynoso. They were great for adding height and interest to my bookshelves!

I had a drawing for $125.00 towards wedding invitations at the show. The winner is Kristen McDaniel from Canby Oregon!!! Congrats!

And there you have it, the complete tour of my booth! I had SO much help from friends and family over the weekend, and I couldn’t have done it without them. Thank you Ashley Reynoso for helping me setup all day on Friday! Thank you Ashley Porter for assisting me in my booth on Saturday in talking to brides and giving me a lunch break =) Thanks to Brianne Cameron, Marcus Dutton, and my mother-in-law Annie Ward for helping tear down my booth on Sunday evening!! And most of all, thanks to my HUSBAND!! He spent many many hours building my bookshelves, installing the lighting, picking up a trailer to get all my rentals, bringing us lunch, hauling in my computer screen every morning… and so much more. I’m one lucky girl!!

After using the logo for a few weeks, Sandi emailed me the sweetest review that teared me up! “I just wanted to follow-up with a big THANK YOU! After working with the logo for the last week or two, I can honestly say that is is .perfect. I am absolutely mind-blown, with how good of a job you did. It is 100% “me”: It is better than I could have EVER imagined. In a lot of ways, when I add it to an image I almost feel as though it complements the image.. Which is huge, because generally I have been pretty anti-watermark (as I found them tacky and distracting). There has been a hugely popular response as well from my clients/”fans.” You are incredible at what you do; I can never truly thank you enough for what you have done for me and my business.”  -Sandi

Take a look at some of Sandi’s work below and her brand NEW LOGO design!

In this case, I re-designed their postcards and business cards giving them a fresh update. Using photos from Jim Bunker Photography, and recent photos from Erich McVey Photography to showcase the gorgeous venue.

Including a custom map on the backside helps brides better visualize the location

The business cards coordinate perfectly with the postcard making their new materials very cohesive

We printed the business cards with a high gloss finish and rounded corners to soften the look

If you are on the search for a Wedding or Event venue, I would highly recommend you consider Log House Garden. Lanora and John are wonderful people to work with, and their venue is beyond gorgeous. The amount of blooming flowers in the Spring through Fall seasons is truly breathtaking! Not to mention the venue can hold up to 300 people, they let you bring in the caterer of your choice, tables and chairs are included, ample parking…etc! To see a recent wedding at Log House Garden photographed by Erich McVey Photography, click here.

It’s that time of year again! From now until March 1, 2012 you can vote for the wedding professionals you feel really shine in their area of expertise. I hope you will take the time to Vote for Red Pearl Designs in the “Best Invites” category. It would be a huge honor to win again! You can also take the time to vote for any other wedding professionals you feel would deserve an award in their category. This would really mean the world to me, so thank you for taking a few minutes to place for vote by clicking the link below.

Click, HERE to vote!

Here is a photo from last year, as I was accepting the 2011 award from Associate Publisher Heather Matheny!

Click, HERE to vote! Thank you, thank you!

I knew the article would be featured in the January 2012 issue, but I had completely forgotten until my Mom called this past Sunday morning to tell me I was featured in Willamette Woman (thanks Mom!) I thought Tina did a great job at capturing the current trends and also providing an abundance of helpful tips for brides not only on Invitations, but also the dress, venue, flowers, decor, cakes and reception!

The spread below includes the “Invitations and Stationery” article, and also has a photo of one of my designs (shown on the left).

If you are interested in getting your hands on this issue of Willamette Woman, click here for a list of all the places you can find this free publication.

Their set included the invitation which was matted with a flat black matting and attached to a brown metallic pocketfold. The four inserts outlined directions to the vineyard, a response postcard, registry information and the temple ceremony. All of which was sealed closed, inserted in an opal metallic envelope and finished off with a custom address label.

To see more pictures of Chelsea and Ben’s wedding day, stop by Erich Mcvey Photography’s blog!

In the corners of each calendar page, Dr. Carter wanted handwritten looking text to make it appear as though someone had jotted some notes onto the photo. I added a very subtle textured background, rounded the corners of each photo and let the images take center stage.

We went with a silver wire-o binding to hold all the pages into place

The calendar is designed to “pop out” like a tent when ready to be displayed. The tent is a made with a thick natural colored cardstock.

Each photo includes a month from 2012, with any special holidays highlighted

The back of each calendar contains South Salem Orthodontic’s logo and contact information, so it’s always readily available.

July is my favorite! I love this photo with the red, white and blue carousel top.

The second to last page of the calendar has a full 2013 calendar to reference the upcoming year as we near the end of 2012.

The final page has a brief bio about the photographer, along with all the photos used in the calendar. I’m really excited about how this calendar turned out, and I hope all of Dr. Carter’s colleague’s will enjoy displaying this at their offices throughout 2012!

We ended up doing a chandelier design in a charcoal grey, which was pressed into a soft cotton paper. She sent me the cutest picture of her family that we incorporated into the card, along with the wording she she requested. The end result? Amazing!!!

If you are madly in love with these Signature Letterpress cards, you can order them for any event – holiday, wedding, baby announcements, you name it! Get in touch with me for pricing and ordering information {info@redpearldesigns.com}.