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Ringing in XXMI

Happy New Year everyone! As we bid a fond farewell to 2010, we ring in 2011 with ideas, dreams and goals for what life holds for us this next year. For UNIQLOVE, that means BIG changes ahead! I won't give it away quite yet, but I will tell you that it's something I've wanted to do for years and it's about consolidating, focusing, flipping upside down and presenting myself to the online world with a whole new light. This will take some time, but I promise you that it will be (in my best Oprah impersonation) "faaaaabuuulllouuus!" :)

My most sincere wishes for you for this upcoming year. I hope you take this fresh year to jump at opportunity, leap at possibilities and reach for the dreams you may be too scared to achieve. Get out there and live your happy life everyone! Happy MMXI!

- Amy :)

Vintage Christmas Advertising Fun

Merry Christmas everyone! Just for giggles, I thought I'd share some images with you that I really get a kick out of. They tie right into my love of both design and Christmas. Check out these vintage holiday advertisements!

Because every man knows that a woman would like nothing else than laying on the ground Christmas morning, gently caressing her vacuum.

Coca-Cola and Christmas go hand in hand. How crazy cool is this vintage packaging?

Just what every pre-teen boy wants for Christmas, pajamas to match his entire family. Someone's been drinking too much of that eggnog.

So wrong . . . in so many ways.

Happy heart-clogging holidays!

Because nothings says Merry Christmas more than a family riffle collection.

Love that this looks like a Norman Rockwell painting!

Ewww . . . Karo Syrup frosting . . . 

Merriest Christmas and Happiest Holidays everyone! See you in 2011! :) Amy

How's THIS for a perfect gift for him?

Not sure what to give him for the holidays? Jen Wheeler of Serendipity Photography just announced this wonderful Boudoir special event. Heck, a day of pampering and pics of you looking at your hotness, I'd say that's a pretty awesome gift to yourself! Jen is amazing, you MUST check it out!

http://www.jenniferwheelerphotography.com/blog/boudoir-a-thon-2011/

What a fantastic proposal

Love this proposal story, kudos for originality! :)

Details of Ali and Arron's Gorgeous Wedding!

Check out some detail shots from a recent UNIQLOVE couple, Ali and Arron! These two were simply amazing to work with. Not only did I create their custom invitations, but I also did their fan programs, bathroom basket signs, in memorial signs, donation signs, thank you cards and buffet table signs. Take a peek at a few pics of these custom details of their wedding, photographed by I Do Photography. :)

Fan Programs

Table Setting With Donation Sign

Fan Program With Some Bling

Close Up Of Bathroom Basket Sign

Photography courtesy of I Do Photography. idophotographymn.com

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

As like you, I have many pet peeves. One on the top of my list is when someone ignores the simple gesture to thank someone for an act of kindness. Whether it's a simple "thanks" for holding a door open for someone, or a formal "thank you" for giving a gift, it's just our duty to respond with gratitude.

In regards to gift giving, proper etiquette states that thank you cards should be sent off within 1-2 weeks after receiving a gift (in general or prior to a wedding), and 2-4 weeks after a wedding (or from returning from a honeymoon if it immediately follows the wedding). And although writing personal thanks to many people can be such a task, "no duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks". So remember, don't ever let your gratitude go unnoticed, send those thank you's!

I can't for the life of me find who designed this awesome thank you card. But whoever did rocks. ;)