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Gifts for Kids: Furry Friend

Continuing from yesterday's post, we wanted to show you our newest Jellycat friend. He is big, furry, and not one bit scary. Perfect for any kid, even those young at heart, he is simply irresistible once you get your paws on him.

Available at Express Yourself

Gifts for Kids: It's In The Bag

These bags from Jellycat are too cute to pass up. Taking a cue from their collection of ever popular stuffed animals, they have created adorable bags for little girls moving on from their animal and looking for a place to stash their goodies. We simply love them!

These bags retail for $22 and are available from your local Jellycat retailer or by contacting us here.

Pink in Provence

Looking for a special suite of stationery items for a mother in your life? Look no further than these personalized gifts from Fontaine Maury for special gifts sure to please. Right now, everything is coming up pink in Provence.

Pink Provence Stationery

$50 for 25

Pink Provence Address Labels

$25 for 60 labels

Pink Provence Notepad

$28 for one pad

Pink Provence Clipboard

$38

Pink Provence Coasters

$38 for set of four

And a drink for those pretty coasters?

Try this Provence Lavender Cocktail!

{HAPPY MOM!}

Skinny Wrap

Love this new product from Minted. Their modern stationery designs and plethora of designers continually keep us inspired. Fresh, fun and always something to fawn over. Now they have a return address label that wraps around the envelope, back to front. Or front to back. Depends on how you look at it! Starting around .72 cents each, these are the perfect addition to your stationery wardrobe. Check out their website Minted. The Freshest Designs on Paper. for even more color combo options.

Mint and Cloud Skinny-Wrap Address Labels

Navy and Tomato Skinny-Wrap Address Labels

Sea and Orange Skinny-Wrap Address Labels

Olive and Forest Skinny-Wrap Address Labels

Perfect for Mom, Dad and Grad!

Until May 31st, order 75 stationery pieces

from William Arthur or Vera Wang and receive 25 FREE!

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Stop by Express Yourself to place your order today!

You Are Invited

You are invited to take peek inside the workings of Express Yourself. Here is an example of how we go from concept to reality with a custom designed invitation. This particular piece is an invitation we mailed to prospective brides and grooms. It was somewhat easy because, lets face it, stationery is what we do. All day long. Our process was much more simple and less time consuming than the typical wedding suite creative consult session. Regardless, the process essentially works the same and we are happy to take you through from start to finish.

First, we start with our color inspiration and any design specifications that are a must have. Loved this color combo (below), minus the red and perhaps a little more subtle. We also loved the idea of a mounted pouch to hold all our details. There is a lot of information to convey to future brides and grooms. We figured three stacked pull-outs should do the trick.

Motif inspiration comes from so many different sources. We loved the design on the aquamarine paper and we used that to guide us in selecting a motif for this particular piece.

Next, here is a quick design idea mock-up for how we wanted the piece to layout and come together. This is very, very rough draft. And I really need to work on my sketching skills!

OK, then it was time to order the stock, make the measurements and work on the proofs. Digital proofs are part of every custom order and are so important! The proofing process can be tedious, especially if there are a lot of changes, but it is so much better to spend the extra time proofing than it is to re-print an entire order!Here are the digital proofs for this piece.

A few tweaks and changes and we were ready to print and assemble. Sorry, no pictures of assembly. But really, it's not what you wanted to see anyways. Because volia, here is the final product!