We are walking in a Winter Wonderland

We at 628 Creative would like to wish you the happiest of holiday seasons! Thank you for making our first year in business a wonderful experience! Make the most of your time with family and friends and we will see you in 2011! 

We would like to leave our 2010 blog post with our latest styling work. A huge thanks to the great team we worked with: Photos by Jenny Wheat (Wheat Photography), Faith Evangeline (Evil Pawn - for wicked jewelry and hair adornments), epic hair by Marty Serroque (Revue Salon), Ruth Wheat for awesome make-up, Clothing from Monkey Wrench (brown suit/vest), Nolte's (Vera Wang gown) and Her Majesty's Closet (black dress).

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Love In The City

Happy Saturday morning friends! As promised, here is part two of our lovely shoot with Brittany + Josh. I have to say they are about the sweetest couple you'd ever want to meet! We hope you enjoy the pics!

Brittany + Josh Engaged

Hello Friends! I would like you to meet Brittany + Josh. They are a wonderful engaged couple that I had the pleasure of working with! This is part one of their two-part shoot. Stay tuned as part two will be in the city! We hope you enjoy them as much as we did!

It is the Great pumpkin!

Okay, many of you probably do not know this about me but I love pumpkins, well really I love all things fall (including pumpkin spice lattes), but especially pumpkins themselves! I stumbled across these wonderful floral ideas utilizing pumpkins and just had to share them with you! They were originally posted on the Blooms blog and serve as wonderful inspiration for any bride that is planning a fall wedding. Enjoy!

Please keep watching our blog for Brittany and Josh's engagement photos posting soon!!

Engaging photos

628 Creative is on the look out for engaged couples to photograph and feature on our website and blog. We have something up our sleeve and would love for you to be a part of it! But for inspiration's sake, take a look at this beautiful couple  - Sarah and Cody from San Antonio, TX photographed by Ryan Price http://www.ryanpricephoto.com/ first posted on weddingwire.com. Very inspiring!! Oh, and did I forget to mention that you can now visit us on weddingwire.com?

Be Inspired...

Today I want to inspire you with a few images! The first two were found on Style Me Pretty and are by Allison Reisz Photography @ www.allisonreiszphotography.com. I love the soft off-white on off-white theme mixed with the rustic tree branches and stones!

The remaining images below were found courtesy of oncewed.com and are by cross pollination http://crosspollinationfloral.blogspot.com/. Don't you just love the sidewalk chalkboard with floral bouquet?

Signature Drinks

Adding a signature drink can be a really fun way to personalize your wedding or event. Thank you to the queen of planning Martha Stewart marthastewartweddings.com for this little number:

Pomegranate Champagne. Choose this for a new spin on the classic first toast, or offer it as your signature drink during the reception - how fun!

Ingredients (Serves 6)
1-1/4 cups chilled fresh pomegranate juice (from 3 pomegranates)
1-1/2 ounces chilled Cointreau liqueur
1 chilled bottle (375 milliliters) Champagne
for garnish Pomegranate seeds

Directions
In a pitcher, mix juice, liqueur, and Champagne. Pour into flutes, and garnish with pomegranate seeds.

Enjoy!

Pretty in Pink

Here is a little peek at a wonderful monogram and invitation we created in hot pink and black. This is sure to make a statement when it arrives to your guests in the mail, and the monogram can be used on virtually anything from favor boxes to the dance floor!

To see additional invitation designs visit our website at 628creative.com.

Simple Delights...or maybe they are addictions?

Do you remember what it was like when you were little and it was almost your birthday or the first day of school? Remember that giddy feeling that you would get just thinking of what the new year would bring? I have to say that is how I feel right now! I am in love with love!

I have to say I think I have a tiny addiction to all things wedding related. I love misty forest photos with flower boughs hanging from the trees. Or lanterns with candles lining the walkway of an old dock by the bay. Or a beautiful table setting filled with hanging crystals from tall vases overflowing with deep fall colored flowers....oh are you with me?

I have been collecting tiny snippets of inspiration at every turn. It is not only beautiful to look at in the corner of my studio, but thrilling to think that it is on hand for whatever I can think up to do with it all!

Follow Your Dreams

I was reading another great blog today and was struck by one of the messages. It said that "dreams, unspoken or not, are living, breathing, sometimes screaming (or quiet) whispers of our hearts. We've become good at discrediting them: unpractical. Too expensive, too complicated. But what I've learned is that our whole life's potential lies in the spaces between these whispers. If we pay attention to them, perhaps even take that first step and acknowledge them, then we breathe a bit easier knowing we've spoken a truth. Out loud."  - Kelly Rae Roberts @ kellyraeroberts.blogspot.com

I want you all to know that I have finally listened to my own dreams. That is why I started 628 Creative. It has long been my desire to get away from the corporate world of design and do something that I love and feel passionate about. I can't tell you how excited I am about this new phase in my life. I look forward to meeting you!

I am also really excited about our new website that is online now and also on TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com. Please check it out - 628creative.com.

Meet Miss Lilly

I would like everyone to meet Miss Lilly. She is a beautiful seven year old girl who is full of personality. She was so fun to photograph! Miss Lilly is representing the great city of Olathe in Anaheim, California this coming November in the National American Miss pageant. Good luck Lilly!!

I hope you all enjoy the photos!

We are open for business!

628 Creative is open for business!

In thinking about what inspires me as a designer it could be many things - fashion or wedding magazines, a cool street sign in the West Bottoms of KC, or maybe it's a paint swatch at the local hardware store.

At 628 Creative, we believe that everything starts with that one item or theme that you love, which later inspires everything else.  We want to help you build upon your vision turning it into the event of your dreams!