A New Website for F&F in 2010!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDLIES!!

We are SO excited that 2010 is HERE
and what better way to start the year
than with our NEW, OFFICIAL WEBSITE!

We are offering the same services from 2009
(you know, Wedding Invitations, Save The Dates, Note Cards, Graphic Design, Product Photography...)
AND
we are offering NEW services like Event Design, Photo Booths, & Photo Styling!

Our blog will continue to be here :) we just have another place in space for our portfolio!

We'd like to give a special thanks to Christan Parreira who navigated the technical side to getting this website functioning.
This would not have happened without him!

Finally, we wouldn't be starting 2010 on the right foot if we didn't send out a HUGE THANKS to all our readers, supporters, clients, family & friends! 2009 was a fabulous year...and F&F wouldn't be here if it weren't for all of YOU! We are so blessed...thank you!

2010, HERE WE GO!

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In Style with Christan P Photography

What do you get when you combine an incredibly talented photographer, an adorable couple, and Frenchie & Flea?

A ton of F-U-N...and total creative amazingness!

Remember how we have been incessantly discussing how pumped we are for 2010?
OK well this is one of the BIGGEST reasons.
We're plunging right into a whole new sector of style as we have completed our first official photo styling session with Christan P Photography & his fabulous clients, Travis + Miranda.

So, let us give you a teaser and talk to you a little about what went down this fun day!

First, meet Christan of Christan P Photography:

We're here to vouch for the fact that he is as awesome as he looks -- it's true!
Oh, and we should clarify that while his name looks like it's Christian it's actually Chris-tan (Kristin if you're writing his name on a cup at Starbucks)

This Converse-clad photographer can be summed up in three words: happy, genuine, and hilarious. When shooting with Christan, you are guaranteed more laughter than you can imagine AND incredible photos as a result...he just completely gets his clients.

California based but more than willing to travel, Christan is an insanely talented catch for your big day!

Now, Meet Travis + Miranda
We were tickled (to say the least) to find out that Miranda was a big fan of Frenchie & Flea! She has to be the epitome of fabulous, and we have never been so flattered by anyone in our life than when we met her. We knew instantly that she and her adorable fiance, Travis, were going to be a a joy to spend the afternoon with...their love and excitement was so fun to witness!

We teamed up with Christan to style the engagement shoot for this totally awesome couple. Here are some of the shots from that day:

With an F&F original handmade burlap back drop for a fun photo booth feel, Travis & Miranda literally jumped in front of the camera and were ready to rock without any direction.

As their little entourage of 1 photographer + 2 photo stylists looked on, I'm pretty sure they didn't even notice that we were there.
It was pretty freaking precious!

As it turns out, Travis proposed to his bride-to-be while having a picnic at Disneyland.
Sort of ideal to bring that back to their engagement session.

Christan, Travis, and Miranda...
you ROCKED!
Thank you for letting us step in and style your session...it was a great afternoon and we just loved coming along for the ride!

Visit Christan and let him know what you thought of the sesssion!

F&F photo styling & custom photo backdrops will be available to photographers and couples alike in 2010!

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A WINNER + We Are So Thankful...

And the Winner of The Urchiness' $20 Gift Certificate is...#5 Julia A!

Julia, please contact Brie through her store
Thank you, Brie for your generosity and for sharing your talent!!
.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.

What a wonderful week!
Having the opportunity work with Brie, complete some special orders for clients, and talk to so many of you through our blog...
As we get closer and closer to saying goodbye to 2009 we can't help but wish it would stay a little longer.

This has been an amazing year.
In April we, we two little friendlies in our corners of California, started our little dream.
After countless pennies were cast into fountains, we realized wishing wasn't going to make it happen, channeling Nike and just doing it was.
2009 has been incredible!

We have met, both virtually and live, so many amazing followers, encouragers, and supporters.
We have had our friends & family cheer us on and come to us for our styling services which only motivated us.
We have YOU that comes and says hello every day, or at least checks in to read.

Now, here we are, a few days away from putting our shop on hold so we can quiet down for the last week before Christmas and we're at 91 sales.
91 SALES?!
We did little happy dances yesterday about that
(think Drew Barrymore & Adam Sandler a la 50 First Dates)Well friends, to celebrate how CLOSE we are to hitting the big hundo
we're offering FREE SHIPPING on our Spread Some Cheer Winter Cards AND Discounted the price!
We love you guys.
I mean, lets be honest, there'd be no F&F if there were no YOU!
We hope you know that!
This is an amazing ride and we cannot WAIT to tell you what 2010 holds!

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Bunting for the Holidays!

Want to spice up your home for the holidays?  On a budget?  Making your very own bunting is easy and inexpensive and adds a major pop of design and color to any space!  F&F got down to bunting business over the weekend with some amazing fabric from...wait for it....WalMart!  I know, right?  The colors and patterns were beyond perfect for fall/winter...

Once you have your fabric (and you don't need much), you will need to purchase some Stitch Witchery, get out the scissors and iron, and choose a hanging material -- we chose Jute Twine, but you could use ribbon, yarn, raffia, anything really!

Decide on what size you want your pendants to be (and shape...scallop? rectangle? triange?).  Cut out a pattern from card stock.  Cut a stack of pieces of fabric that will fit the pattern, pin the pattern to the stack, and trim around it.....this way you'll get lots of pendants cut at once, all in the same shape, as opposed to cutting out one at a time.  

Then cut a strip of Stitch Witchery, iron onto fabric pendant pieces, peel off backing, fold over the Jute Twine, and iron to bind.  Wallah!  You have bunting!!!!  You can make it as long or short as you want....then hang ANYWHERE!

Don't have time to make your own?  Purchase your very own F&F bunting in our shop!  We think these colors and patterns are the perfect combination to take you from Halloween through Christmas!  Happy Bunting!

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New in the Shop:

Here are a few of our new shop items! We have lots more to come in the next couple of days...so check back often. Bonus? All our note card sets on sale now...stock up on these great holiday gifts and stocking stuffers!
Yellow Striped Thank You Cards

Love & Joy Holiday Cards

The Megan - Wedding Invitations

Emma & Elizabeth Baby Christening Invitation

The Alycia - Save the Date Postcard

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F&F Featured on Lucky Me!

We LOVE Lucky Me...especially all of the totally inspired boards she puts together over there.  Check this one out (featuring our You + Me note cards!)...

After a LONG weekend, these shades of cool blue are refreshing, no?  Happy Tuesday!

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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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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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Don't Forget to Enter!

The Untamed Petals giveaway is open until 5pm (PST) TODAY!  Enter, enter, enter!  Winner will be announced bright and early Monday morning.  Check back then!  Happy Friday!

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Feeling Pinkalicious....

Today I pulled some delightfully pink images that may or may not be the inspiration behind an upcoming F&F product...guess you'll have to wait and see!  Until then, enjoy the pinkalicious eye candy!  

{image from follow studio}

{image from lana kole}

{image from skippy designs}

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{image from leslie shewring of color me pretty via decor8}

{image from flickr}

{image from a creative mint}

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