100th POST Follower Appreciation

WOW!
I can't believe we've hit 100
and truthfully
we could NOT have done it without you!
We are SO grateful to YOU, our followers, and just want to say
THANK YOU!

On Thursday, we'll be giving two followers a 6-Pack of cards!
1 of our original 69 followers and 1 of our total number of followers has a chance to win
the Love Birds set and the other will receive the You + Me set.

We'll use random.org to select you.
We'll announce our 2 winners on Thursday morning then it's on you to get in touch with us to claim your prize!

If you aren't following us already, now's the time to start!
Look to your right to become an official follower.
Follow on!
Oh, and T H A N K . Y O U!!!

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Baking with Love

"Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life."
-anonymous

how lucky i am that emily is a part of mine!
today is her baking shower and it is my hope she only feels L O V E!

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Flower Girl Footsies!

I'm off to SLO for the much anticipated Baking Shower the wonderful Allegra is throwing in my honor!  I cannot WAIT!  I leave with you the ADORABLE flower girl shoes I had custom made by Etsy shop Small Beans (which, by the way, is having a 25% off sale right now!).  

I loooooooooove the way they turned out and can't wait for my little flower girls to put them on their cute little footsies and walk down the aisle!! 

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Sweets & Showers

Tomorrow is Emily's Sweet Treats & Yummy Eats Shower!
This is just the tiniest of sneak peaks :)

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Architecture and the City Festival 2009

The 6th Annual AIA SF Architecture and the City Festival is coming up!  The nation's largest architectural festival boasts a schedule filled with tours, bike rides, lectures, and LOTS more!  The theme this year is Everday, Design which "celebrates the many smart, ingenious and unexpected ways design impacts our daily lives, unveiling the unseen hand of the designer in everything from civic and institutional works to landscaping and residential design."

Here are just a few of the amazing architectural buildings you can tour this year:

The DELICIOUS Stable Cafe in the Mission (by architect Malcom Davis)...a renovated old stable building turned coffee shop/cafe and office/work space.  

I looove the interior of Stable Cafe....it's my idea of perfection: old meets new and LOTS of natural elements and WOOD (hello amazing beams!).

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Then there's this AMAZING Victorian renovation in Bernal Heights (by architect Studio Sarah Willmer Architecture)

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This Victorian remodel in the Haight (by Mork-Ulnes Design) is fantastic!  I am obsessed with the eaves and dormer windows and the exposed brick....siiiiiiiigh!

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And then there's the Ames Alley Cottage (by Boor Bridges Architecture), which used to be home to Betty Mae's School of Tap for over 30 years begining in the 1940's!

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This year there will also be a tour of one of my favorite local ceramic studios: Heath Ceramics in Sausalito, which is celebrating it's 50th Anniversary.   

Sign me up!  For more info on all of the events click here.  There are seriously SO MANY amazing tours and lectures and bike rides and even the new series: Dining by Design, where you can sign up to have a "dinner focused on urban architecture" with a meal prepared with all local ingredients by Chef Nicole LoBue.  YUM!

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Etsy Love: Custom Plates

I LOVE these custom occasion plates from Etsy shop Rae Dunn. 

Grey, over at Grey Likes Weddings discovered them and I second her notion that they would make a wonderful wedding or shower gift (or birthday or hostess or anniversary gift too!)! 

{all images from here}

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New Products in the Shop

We've got TWO new invitations in our shop this week!  Make sure you go check them out for your next soiree, shower, or event.  You can also order the custom jpeg file to print at home!

The Nautical Modern Party Invitation can be color-customized to fit any party!

The Cheers Party Invitation is festive for toasting any occasion! 

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F&F Designs Logos & Business Cards!

F&F has been BUSY lately!

We have been working on some custom projects and wanted to share a few of them with you!

One of the things we love to design most are identity/branding suites for businesses/products. We've worked with some amazing friends to put together logo's and branding material that translate across web, print, media, etc.

From blog banners to business cards, F&F can help YOUR business look cohesive, fresh, well-designed and freshen up any old blog, Etsy shop & marketing/promotion efforts!!

Untamed Petals (who we LOVE...can you tell?) asked us to help design a logo, Etsy banner, and business card....we collaborated with my sister, Annie, who is a fine artist/designer on her logo for some custom illustration and....voila!!...you have the Untamed Petals logo!

Amanda's business cards turned out GREAT!

We also helped create some custom marketing materials for a pitch.
These were used as a "leave-behind" for the client!
Another way to streamline your promotion efforts is to utilize your logo and fonts across all print elements.
(Plus it makes you look oh-so-professional!)

This is just one page of the 5-page "look book" we created for Amanda! Images for this particular "Real Weddings" page were taken by the talented Ellie Grover Photography.

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Here's another example of a custom logo I created for Heather Clark Jewelry.
We translated it into an Etsy banner for her shop as well as custom designed square business cards!

So there you have it!
Logos, business cards, web banners, and MORE!
All you need to do to freshen up your business' look is contact us and we'll put together a branding package that is perfectly tailored to fit YOU!
For more information email us at info{at}frenchieandflea{dot}com.

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Delighted by These Chairs

Saw these freaking CUTE floral upholstered chairs last week on Delight by Design and seriously cannot stop thinking about them! ...in love....

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F&F Featured on Snippet & Ink!

Kathryn, over at the ever-inspiring Snippet & Ink, featured F&F's photography (from our Untamed Petals halo giveaway last week) on her blog yesterday! We are swooning over the board she came up with and are currently obsessing over yellow + pink now!
Thank you Kathryn!

{inspiration board from Snippet & Ink}

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Vogue Australia Turns 50

As you may have figured out by now, we are a sucker for anything yellow.  When I came across Vogue Australia's 50th Anniversary September covers at Great Full Day, I fell in LOVE!  Doesn't hurt that they are illustrated (by the talented David Downton), have excellent font choices, and feature the fabulous Cate Blanchett, either.  Enjoy the yellow + black eye candy!  Happy Monday!

{images taken from here}

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