Business holiday cards

Hi!

Today I bring you very interesting news! Already thinking about Christmas, Minted launch their new collection of cards for business purposes, and I contributed with it though my design Christmas Birds.

Christmas Birds is a modern design that allows the incorporation of the company logo and it has the phrase "Merry Christmas" in different languages such as Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and French, becoming the ideal postcard for companies with presence / clients in international communities.

The card is also available in three different shapes and colors. To purchase the card, please click here

Credits

Pictures by Minted.
Business holiday card: Ana de Sousa for Minted

Trends for Autumn-Winter 2015/2016: Oak Buff

Today I’ll continue presenting you the latest trends in colors according to Pantone’s suggestions for autumn-winter 2015/2016, demonstrating how to use them in your wedding stationery.

As you may know, I started this sequence showing some suggestions for the color Dried herb, an olive green color initially considered safari or military and now seen as sophisticated and chic. Then, I continued the color sequence presenting Desert Sage, a cool greenish gray considered by Pantone as the ideal neutral color. In my last post, I brought to you the third color of the mentioned sequence, Stormy Weather, a powerful bluish gray that reminds the sky on a gray and cloudy day. And today, I bring you the fourth color: the Oak Buff.

The Oak Buff is a color defined by Pantone as being a golden yellow that evoke the sun coming out after a storm. It is a sophisticated, warm and comforting color that can be easily combined with other colors.

For this post, the wedding stationery that I projected uses a simple palette of colors, made of Oak Buff, gray and white, combined with a design based on a calligraphic style. In the following images, there are suggestions for save the date and the invitation.

For the reception, here are suggestions for the menu , table number and scort cards.

And finally, here is a suggestion for the thank you card.

If you want to know how to use this color in other areas of your wedding, I recommend you to visit the post I wrote for the Zankyou Magazine. In that post you will find suggestions for clothing, flowers, decoration and cake design.

I hope you’ve liked this post and the wedding stationery that I made :) And stay tuned to the following color: Marsala!

Credits:

Text, photos and cards design by Ana de Sousa

To purchase, please contact the following email: anadesousa.design@gmail.com

Trends for Autumn-Winter 2015/2016: Stormy Weather

Hi! :)

After a brief time off due to overwork, I will return to the blog presenting today more information about Pantone’s colors for Autumn-Winter 2015/2016 and how to use them in your wedding stationery. As you may know, I started this sequence showing some suggestions for the color Dried herb, an olive green color initially considered safari or military and now seen as sophisticated and chic. Then, I continued the color sequence presenting Desert Sage, a cool greenish gray considered by Pantone as the ideal neutral color. And today, I bring to you the third color of the mentioned sequence: Stormy Weather.

Stormy Weather is a color defined by Pantone as being a powerful bluish gray that reminds the sky on a gray and cloudy day. Presupposes quality and luxury, while is still considered a reliable, cool and constant color. It can be combined with other colors such as yellow or green for a spring appearance, or corals, purples and creams, for a more autumnal feel.

As you can see in the pictures below, the wedding stationery projected uses a simple color palette consisting of the Stormy Weather (applied to the graphics corresponding to the leaves), white and pink colors. So, here are suggestions for save the date and the invitation:

For the reception, here are suggestions for the scort cards, table number and menu

And finally, here is a suggestion for the thank you card.

If you want to know how to use this color in other areas of your wedding, I recommend you to visit the post I wrote for the Zankyou Magazine. In that post you will find suggestions for clothing, flowers, decoration and cake design.

I hope you’ve liked this post and the wedding stationery that I made :) And stay tuned to the next color: Oak Buff!

Credits:

Text, photos and cards design by Ana de Sousa

To purchase, please contact the following email: anadesousa.design@gmail.com

Trends for Autumn-Winter 2015/2016: Desert Sage

Hi everyone!

As announced last week, I’m contributing with Zankyou Magazine by writing a series of weekly articles where I talk about the new trends in weddings for Autumn-Winter 2015/2016, which is based on the colors suggested by Pantone. Besides of writing the article, I am contributing through the realization of a wedding stationery line based on those same colors.

Last week, we published the first color’s suggestions: Dried Herb, where I also showed suggestions for wedding stationery. And today, I continue this sequence presenting the second color: the Desert Sage.

Desert Sage is a color defined by Pantone as being a cool greenish gray resulting in the ideal neutral color. It is also considered a timeless and discreet color, but at the same time, elegant and powerful enough to make a powerful statement by itself, although it can be combined with other colors such as light pink, peach or yellow, for more a spring look, or coral, brown or purple for a more autumnal touch.

In the wedding stationery that made, I used a simple palette of colors, constituted only by the Desert Sage and white, with the intention of demonstrating the elegance and color impact that the Desert Sage, by itself, could take. To give a different and but special touch to the line, it was included a very delicate texture in the graphic design.

In the following pictures, there are suggestions for save the date and invitation.

In the pictures below, you have the pattern of the back side for both: the save the date and the invitation.

For reception, in the following images are presented suggestions for scort card, menu and table number.

Finally, in the following image there is a suggestion for thank you card.

I hope you’ve liked this article and the wedding stationery. Please, If you like this article, share it! :) And stay tune because this week will be publishing the next article with the following color: The Stormy Weather!

Credits:

Text, photos and cards design by Ana de Sousa

To purchase, please contact the following email: anadesousa.design@gmail.com

Trends for Autumn-Winter 2015/2016: Dried Herb

Hello everyone!

Today I bring you something new: I’m a guest blogger in Zankyou Wedding !! :)

For those who don’t know about Zankyou Wedding, this is a platform that provides several online tools for wedding planning, such as wedding site, wedding list, suppliers, guest list, and the online magazine, for which I’ll be writing.

In this first phase, I’ll be collaborating with the magazine through the publication of a series of articles where I’ll be presenting the new wedding trends for autumn-winter 2015/2016, based on the colors suggested by Pantone. But… what is Pantone? - It is a question that perhaps you are asking to yourself and I’ll answer. Pantone is a world-renowned organization that has developed a well-known standard color system, used by various industry sectors, such as graphic arts, fashion and decoration.

Every year, Pantone selects a representative color, and seasonally publishes reports with new trends. In this context, in February of this year, Pantone has published a report about the new trends in colors for the autumn-winter 2015/2016, and it’s my purpose to offer you, with the Zankyou Wedding Magazine, suggestions and inspiration for weddings based on these same trends. In total, Pantone made a choice of ten colors and in order to suggest you a wide variety of ideas, I’ll be exploring those colors through a weekly article.

On Saturday, the first article inspired by the color Dried Herb was published, and it has suggestions about fashion, decoration, wedding cake design and stationery. To see and share the article, please click the following link

Besides writing the article, I also contributed offering a set of wedding stationery that I’ll describe to you.

Being Dried Herb an earthly color, it’s especially ideal for outdoors events with a rustic / country style. The wedding stationery that I had designed has a save the date, an invitation, scorts cards, menus, table number, and a thank you card. The line design is inspired on leaves of the olive and the color Dried herb was combined with white and beige in order to give it a subtle touch to the set. To give a rustic but, at the same time, an elegant aspect, I've included a very delicate texture on the leaves and the background of the stationery.

Regarding the save the date, although it’s not common in Portugal, recently some couples begins to use it. So, for those wishing to use it, the delivery of it should be done with six to eight months in advance before the wedding. In the other hand, the invitation should be delivered between six to eight weeks before the wedding.

• Save the date

• Save the date backer

• Final result

• Invitation

• Invitation backer

• Final result

For the reception, here is a suggestion of scort cards, menu, and table number. For those who don’t know what the scorts cards are, those cards are an alternative to the traditional placard. They consist of small cards with the guest's name, indicating the table number where the guest will be sitting. In general, these cards are placed on a table in the entry of the reception and in the guest place.

• Scort card

• Menu

• Table number

And finally, regarding the thank you cards, these are just a very personal way to help the couple to express their gratitude for those people who attended his wedding. They should contain a handwritten message by the couple and should be delivered no later than three months after the event.

I hope you’ve liked this article and the wedding stationery. Please, If you like this article, share it! :) And stay tune because this week will be publishing the next article with the following color: The Desert Sage!

Credits:

Text, photos and cards design by Ana de Sousa

To purchase, please contact the following email: anadesousa.design@gmail.com

Leaves Pattern- Birth Announcement

Today I show you another card that I designed in the area of birth announcement.

It’s a card with a simple leaves pattern, but at the same time elegant, modern and delicate, ideal for both girl and boy birth announcement.

Here are some images:

• Front

• Back

• Final result

I hope you liked it and stay tuned to the following post :)

Credits:

Text and card design by Ana de Sousa

To purchase, please contact the following email: anadesousa.design@gmail.com

Birth announcement

Birth announcements are cards delivered by the parents of a newborn to grandparents, uncles, cousins, best friends and all those people close to the family, in order not only to communicate the birth of the new family member, but also to remember, in a very special way, the date and other details of this memorable event.

Typically these cards include only basic information such as the baby's name, birth date, weight, size, and the name of the parents. However, there are parents who also choose to include a poem or a phrase made by them, adding to the card a sentimental value and making it in a unique piece.

The sending of these cards is usually done immediately after the arrival of the new family member, so it’s recommended to choose the desired model in advance. So after the baby is born, the parents only have to inform the data and send the photo(s) (in the case of card include some).

In some cases, there are parents who prefer to wait some time before the sending of these cards, but it can’t exceed 6 months after the baby is born. Otherwise, you’re not following the etiquette rules.

Here is an example of a birth announcement designed by me, based on the floral theme.

• Front:

• Back:

• Final result:

I hope you have enjoyed it. Have a nice week!

Credits:

Text, photos and cards design by Ana de Sousa

To purchase, please contact the following email: anadesousa.design@gmail.com