Basic Invite

As a photographer I am always searching for a new printing company, be that for prints, or for stationary and cards. I recently was introduced to Basic Invite, and I think I may be in love! After playing around on their site I noticed that they give you so many customization options. Most card and stationary sites have some great designs but don’t allow you to change the colors or fonts, well with Basic Invite, I was able to change the colors, the fonts, move around the text, and really make the card exactly how I wanted it. There were over 180 colors to choose from! I love that I was able to change the colors of the design and customize it to better match the colors in my photo.

I am pretty picky when it comes to printed holiday card designs. I have even gone as far as designing my own when I couldn’t find anything that I loved, but with Basic Invite there were so many designs that I instantly fell in love with, I had trouble choosing. They really had such a great selection of modern christmas cards. Basic Invite is one of the few websites that allows you to order a printed sample of your actual invitation or card, so I decided to order a few and see them in person. I wanted to make sure their quality would live up to my standards. Shipping said it would take 8-10 business days, but they showed up beautifully packaged after only four days.

Yes, I chose to use last year’s photo for the sample card…I didn’t want to post this year’s photo before I send out my holiday cards this year. You can see the designs I chose below and they are all so beautiful in person. The cardstock is really nice and thick and the JOY wreath card has a really nice sheen to it, while the rest of the cards are matte. Each card comes printed with designs on the back as well.

Basic Invite also offers recipient address printing at no cost on all card orders. They even have an address capturing service that allows you to share a link on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or any other social media to request your friends and family’s addresses. I don’t know about you, but my husband’s cousins are always moving and I am forever trying to track them down to send out my holiday cards. This makes the process SO MUCH EASIER!

Besides holiday cards, Basic Invite has a card for almost every major life moment including weddings, showers, birth announcements, first birthdays, graduations and more. A great holiday gift would be personalized stationary, which I may or may not be gifting to some people this year. ;-)

Right now Basic Invite is offering 15% off with coupon code: 15FF51

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PS - This post was sponsored by Basic Invite and contained affiliate links. It was really fun to work with Basic Invite and I hope you like their products as much as I do! Now go order your holiday cards!



Little Baby Serafina

Photographing Baby Serafina was such a delight! Her mom found me through a friend of mine and I am so happy she did. I love when my friends find me the greatest clients who I click with immediately. It makes my work that much better when I have a connection to the families that I am photographing and I have been so lucky that it works out that way 90% of the time. What also made this session special was that mom wanted a newborn film, which I absolutely love making. Not only did I just love meeting this family, but Serafina had the most gorgeous nursery. The mirror shot below is one of my favorites ever!

A Family Full of Boys

Amanda and I met 13 years ago on babycenter.com, we both unfortunately miscarried in the same month and found some peace, hope, and long lasting friendship on the miscarriage board. Our group became the August Angels and over the years we shared the trials and tribulations of getting pregnant, having babies, raising toddlers, divorce, moving, loss, and everything in between. We have leaned on each other in times of need, and in times of joy, and Amanda went on to have four amazing boys! Our group has dwindled over the years, and although we don’t all keep up with each other day to day, there are lasting friendships that we are all lucky to have.