So you may not be aware, but I am one half of the Twist Paper design team (the other half being the Ahhhmazingly talented and fabulous Emily McCarthy of Emma J Designs).  Twist is the most southern, bold, modern and chic imprintable invitation and stationery line out there. We take inspirations from top fashion, decor and southern traditions! It is such a joy to work on these designs and to see them come to life is such an accomplishment.

Next week we will be displaying out newest collection at the National Stationery Show. (the super bowl of paper and design) Unfortunately I won’t be able to attend, but Emily will be there, so if you’re around please stop by to say hi! Twist will be part of the Stationery Academy booth (no. 2630) with 5 other talented designers and their brands!

Have you ever had that person that you didn’t know in person, but maybe you follow them on Instagram or Facebook and you kind of feel like you’re kindred spirits? Well I do! My kindred spirit is the amazing Morgan Trinker of Morgan Trinker Photography out of Birmingham, Alabama. Not only do we have the same affection for the color green but we believe that queen Kate can do no wrong! When Morgan asked if I would like to participate in an amazing St. Patrick’s Day inspiration shoot, I jumped up and down and did a little jig, but then she told me the actual inspiration and I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face! For this shoot Irish traditions and lucky charms were highlighted. I played with some hand lettering for the invitations and used the emerald and gold palette throughout. I hope that you’ll check out the rest of this amazing shoot that has been featured on Green Wedding Shoes today!

Click here to see the feature or Morgan’s blog to see all the beautiful images from that day.

Happy Valentine’s Day friends! I’ve been down and out with sickness all week so I’ve still been off the blog train, but I wanted to show you the most adorable little girl ever! Lindsey Cheek from Fifi Cheek and part of the fabulous design duo of Poplin & Queen asked me to design a simple valentine’s day card for her precious Tilley-Gray!  The pictures by Millie Holloman were priceless and I love what we came up with. You can see them on Lindsey’s blog here.

Sorry for the lack of posting lately. I’ve been on a bit of an adventure down to New Orleans to visit friends and family. I think it did me good to get out of the normal day to day. I’ve finally come back and although my body is exhausted, my mind feels refreshed and rebooted. I’ll update you with pics and tales from my travels soon, but until then, enjoy a little Instragram art I created and have a fabulous weekend.

-E

Although Be True Designs decided not to join my fab friends at the Pink Bridal Show this year, I did get a chance to represent by supplying some paper goodness to some of my favorite wedding stylists and planners! My uber talented friend Shanna at Ruffles and Rouge Events had an inspiration booth at the entrance of the show for all the new brides, showcasing her talents and representing a rustic and glam reception idea. We provided menus and hand wrote the wooden sign for the dessert station. I’m so in love with this and think that Melissa Timm’s florals totally rocked.

{ images by Lisa Huber at Be Still My Heart Films }

I also got to provide an invitation suite, escort cards and menus to Allison Gaddis of Live, Laugh, Love Weddings. Her ceremony and reception inspirations are so dramatic with the navy, black and white, yet still have a touch of whimsy with the addition of hot pink.

{ images by Andrea McKee found at The Pink Bride Blog }

It’s truly an honor to get to work with East Tennessee’s best wedding professionals and events!

Be True Designs was again blessed to have been asked by Erika from Vintage my Wedding to join her and the power photographer duo at Love is a Big Deal for a stunning winter shoot. The drama and mood of this is perfection. We did an invitation suite that showcased gold foil on black with hand drawn elements. Click here to see the rest of the shoot thats featured today on Green Wedding Shoes!

(images from Love is a Big Deal)

I’m so excited to finally share this Gatsby inspired inspiration shoot with you! It’s one of my favorite concepts that we’ve done and with the movie remake of the Great Gatsby, think it will be a big trend in weddings this year too!  I love being able to do something different on paper suites. We used a deco die cut for the menus and escort cards and gold foil for the invitations, liners and table numbers! See the rest of the beautiful shoot by Be True Designs,  Ruffles and Rouge Events, Julie Roberts Photorgaphy, The Sweetery and Flourish Floral Design on the fabulous Ruffled here.

If you’d be interested in making this invitation your own email me at info@betruedesigns.com for more info!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See y’all in 2013!

While we’re busy finalizing and shipping orders, cleaning and packing up our house and getting read to make the trek home, I can’t get out of my mind Christmas Eve! It’s the time we go to my parents house, put on the 24 hour marathon of a Christmas Story and open presents! It’s a tradition since I was a young’n (my dad worked on Christmas day every year). Don’t worry, we had an ‘agreement’ with Santa that my house would be his first stop.  So while we were driving around looking at lights, Santa (aka my mom’s friend) would come to the house, eat the cookies and deliver presents. It was great, but it was hard to give up the Santa thing, while kids were telling me ” he’s not real, it’s your parents’, I was telling them “But you don’t understand, they were with me the whole time!”. Well played parents, well played.

This year, while opening gifts I envision comfy gold polka dot pjs, hot cocoa and holiday tunes in the mix!

1/ Gold Polka Dot Flannel Pajamas from Target 2/ Hot Cocoa mix from Williams-Sonoma 3/ Vintage Gold Greek Key Mug from Etsy  4/ A Christmas Story from Amazon 5/ Frost Pinecone candle from Voluspa 6/ Merry Tunes from She & Him