12/31/14

goodbye 2014… hello 2015!

Hello there and happy new year's eve! I want to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you for all the love & support The Spotted Olive received this year. I'm excited about some new upcoming adventures and partnerships for 2015. I wish each and every one of you a happy and beautiful new year. Be safe out there tonight as we say hello to 2015! XOXO


12/28/14

cool wedding trend: underwater engagement photos

Hello there! I hope you are having a marvelous holiday weekend. I was just catching up on my blog reading and came across this cool wedding trend on several of them—underwater engagement photos. What a fun, creative and unique idea for an engagement photo. Aren't these pictures stunning?

Photo by leah vis photography


Photo by David Hebble Photography + Film



Photo by Phoebe Joy Photogrqaphy

Photo by sphynge photography

Photo by elle g photography

12/23/14

scheana marie of vanderpump rules wedding invitations designed by the spotted olive

Hello there and happy Christmas Eve Eve! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. I am super excited to announce that I just discovered that Scheana Marie of the reality show Vanderpump Rules used one of my designs for her wedding invitations. She customized the invitations by changing the typeface used in the body copy of the design and gluing actual crystals to each invitation to make them sparkle! How cool is that?!

Glitter Look Confetti Wedding Invitation design by The Spotted Olive.

Below is an image of the personalized invitation from the Bravo TV Vanderpump Rules blog (the RSVP cards are not from The Spotted Olive™):

Image from the Bravo TV Vanderpump Rules blog.


You can see Scheana's personalized invitations from The Spotted Olive™ in the Vanderpump Rules episode entitled "Mind the Jax" which aired last night on Bravo TV as well as on the Bravo TV Vanderpump Rules blog.

A snapshot of the invitation on the television screen taken by my friend Lori of CiaoBellaLtd.

12/4/14

pantone's color of the year: marsala

Hello there! I hope you are having a great Thursday. Today Pantone announced that the color of the year for 2015 is Marsala. I really love this color (a similar shade has been a part of my brand since I started The Spotted Olive and the walls in my studio are even painted a similar shade!). It's bold, modern and ultra chic!

Images via Pantone
Color experts at Pantone believe this robust and earthy wine red tone will be popular in fashion, graphic design, home decorating and industrial design trends. I will definitely be incorporating this rich, gorgeous color into stationery designs for 2015 so stay tuned!