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sourthern living wedding planner

I'm so excited to share this news and I couldn't be more proud of my dear friends [and studiomates] who are now published authors for Southern Living and Oxmoor House!   Almost a year ago, Maria and Kelly of Ritzy Bee started to write a keepsake wedding planner full of every detail you need to plan and organize your wedding ... and to make it even better, Kate Headley's lovely work is the exclusive photography included in the book ...

I couldn't be more proud of these guys.  They are the hardest working people I know and the success is well-deserved. The book is on sale in early January in bookstores everywhere and on Amazon.  And go to the Ritzy Bee blog for some fantastic book giveaways!

Congrats and love you!! 

letterpress workshop :: october 1

I'm offering a letterpress workshop on October 1 at The Hive - if you're interested, more details here! 

I changed the format a bit to accomodate more people.  We'll likely add one more in November but not entirely sure.  If you're interested, sign-up ... there are a few spaces left.  We'd love to see you at the studio/store! 

simplesong :: new goodies

We had a fun photo shoot with Kate Headley last week for the new goods we're rolling out early next month [can you believe its August??] ...

I'm excited about our 2012 calendar ... the above is a little peak.  They'll be available for sale in mid-September! 

simplesong :: recent work

Kathryn posted photos from a recent rehearsal dinner I worked on with the lovely ladies of Ritzy Bee - who did an amazing job [as always] and photographed by Kate Headley Photography.  Here are a few of the things we created for the evening ...

That little menuy was for a mix + muddle mojito bar -- love that!  See lots more images on Snippet + Ink.

Catering by Design Cuisine, floral by Amaryllis. 

simplesong :: fall interns

Just popping in to share that we're hiring for Fall interns!

See information here.  Thanks + have a lovely weekend! 

NEWS! Fifteen Eleven - A Paper Shop

I've been working on something that I'm so thrilled to finally share.  I'm expanding SIMPLESONG Design and opening a brick and mortar shop later this year!  The shop will be called Fifteen Eleven (a nod to our current studio space) and we'll be carrying a curated collection of paper goods from my favorite designers ...

To say the least, I am super excited.  We have the opportunity to expand our current space, The Hive at 1511, and will be moving things around (Ritzy Bee and Kate Headley Photography will be moving upstairs!) to accomodate the shop.  I am beyond appreciative to my dear friends, supporters and collaboraoters, Maria and Kelly of Ritzy Bee and Kate Headley.  They are the best friends a girl could have. 

A few other things to share:

• We're hiring!  I'm looking for someone to help open, maintain and grow the shop.  More info about the job here. 
• I'm very excited about the branding + have lots of goodies up my sleeve : ).  The shop will be branded separately from SIMPLESONG (which will remain the custom/letterpress portion of my business).  For now, we just have a temporary site for the shop up here.
• Follow the progress of the shop build-out, opening and other tidbits on Twitter.

I look forward to sharing more and hope to see some of you at the shop later this year! xoxo

simplesong :: shop news

We've been soo busy lately that I haven't updated my site as much as I should (working on that in 2011!).  To start, we've added a few Valentine's goods to the shop ...

And I'm really excited by a few recent press mentions.  A feature in the new Southern Livings Weddings (out next week!) ...

And my work [along with friends + collaborators Kate Headley + Ritzy Bee Events] on Martha Stewart Weddings  from a wedding last Fall ...

Lots of fun things going on!

[last image by Kate Headley]

hive at 1511 :: workshops

We announced our fall workshops for the Hive last week + I'm really excited for a couple of new classes including Organic Floral Design with the very cool Sidra Forman ...

We're also offering a screen printing class as well as a few more letterpress, wedding and photography workshops.  If you're interested, sign-up quick ... spaces are filling up!

[photo by kate headley]

Hive Workshop :: Building a Creative Business

Every now + again I thought I would share some of the things going on over at The Hive.  Last week we launched our spring/summer workshops + one of the classes I'm especially looking forward to is a "meet + greet" for fellow creative business owners ...

The workshop is taking place on June 23 at our studio.  If you're in the area, have a growing creative business, we'd love to have you!  For more information or to register, go here.  Note that space is limited.