A Busy Bee.....!

There is a fresh, new excitement buzzing through the AJK Papery studio as we have recently become a "Honey Bee" member of Kansas City's own "Wedding Hive" network (www.weddinghive.com)! Its an eclectic group of artsy and completely original local artists that we are already feeling right at home along side!

The Hive's vision is to serve as a wedding resource for local, independent and fine art based wedding professionals. The goal: "To make your day look, taste, feel, hear and smell like your dream come true!" Through hosting a variety of monthly meet-n-greet events throughout the year plus their own "Enchanted Evening" Indie Wedding Show, the Wedding Hive is an amazing resource for those couples whose style is anything but vanilla!

Credit: Blue Window Creative and Jamie Letourneau for illustration and design.

AJK's first big premier as a Hive member will be at this year's "An Enchanted Wedding: A Brothers Grimm Inspired Wedding Event" being held on Thursday, February 25, 2010, from 5:00-8:30 pm. Hosted by ArtsTECH, this whimsical and interactive fairytale inspired wedding event is the perfect place to meet Kansas City's local indie wedding vendors, enjoy a fashion show featuring work by Wedding Hive members, a wine tasting compliments of Boozefish, and step into a photo-booth to enjoy some fairytale fun. AJK Papery is so thrilled to be a part of the fun and would love to see you! Come browse our samples, talk invitation details, enter to win 50 free invitations and receive a special discount card off your invitation order - a special thank you for stopping to see us!

We hope to see you there!!

Love is in the air....

....everywhere I look around! Just imagining John Paul Young singing that snappy little 70's tune I can't help but think about how the 2010 wedding season is in full swing! If you are a 2010 bride and groom, congratulations on your engagement and welcome to the adventure of planning a wedding!!!

No matter the style or scale of your wedding, your dreams of the day undoubtedly involve the love and support of your family and friends. You count heads until you can't think straight in that ever tedious process of developing your guest list. But what is THE pivotal element in ensuring those guests actually make it to the celebration? You got it---invitations!!!!


Knowing that invitations truly are the first impression, tone setter for your wedding, Michael Nolte of Nolte's Bridal hosted an invitation workshop -- the first addition of his "Wedding Wisdoms" events -- last evening -- and he invited me to join in the fun! It was such an honor -- and so much fun! Our small intimate group discussed everything from A to Z that you could think of when it comes to invitations......why they matter more than just the who, what, where and when, proper etiquette and specific wording questions, addressing and mailing and even the new-ish little sister to the invitation -- save the dates! We shared all the knowledge our years of experience had to offer and answered every question they could throw at us and by the end of the night our brides/couples walked away with a whole new appreciation and understanding, and hopefully love, for the invitation!

If you missed out on the fun -- no worries! Each Wednesday evening for the next few weeks in February, Michael Nolte will be hosting even more such workshops covering such topics as photography, cakes, flowers and the like. They are held each week from 6:00 to 7:30 at the Hawthorne Plaza salon in Leawood. For more information or to register, please visit www.noltesbridal.com or call 913.345.1122.
I am one of those designers who eats, breaths, and dreams invitations -- I LOVE them! If you ever wish to talk or just throw me a question about my beloved I would love to hear from you! There is no reason to be living in the dark or stressing yourself out with all of your questions....send them my way and I will do all I can to help you to love invitations too!