We met Beth and her Mother back in September, she was a great girl and was very receptive to new ideas and suggestions. They were so sweet, it was a great consultation! We were hired to design her invitations, guest book cards, menus, programs, and thank you cards. Her wedding will be in Captiva Island, Florida on March 16th. Her colors are lapis (dark rich blue) , wicked (bright green), ecru (cream) with hints of burnt orange. It looks soo good together! Once her invitations are sent we will put them up on the blog.

Can't wait for you to see the completed suite!

Here is another invitation we designed a few months ago. This one is simple 3 layered 5x7 card with some beautiful ribbon detailing. Enjoy!

Following in the footsteps of the creative and awesome bloggers before us, we have decided to have guest bloggers. To get the party started, let me introduce you to our very first guest blogger, Kristy from Posh Pastry. She designs custom cakes that not only look totally amazing but are pretty darn tasty if I do say so myself!

We sent Kristy some very {unique} questions. Check out what she had to say!

1. Tell us a little about yourself.

I am a wife, mother of three boys, and a custom cake designer. I feel like the luckiest person in the world. I have a great family and a job that I love!

2. How did you get started? (Did it start with an Easy Bake Oven?)

You know… I DID have an easy bake oven. I loved that thing, but I could never make it work quite right. I was really in to crafts as a kid. I was always making art projects. My Mom was kind enough to let me use her cake decorating supplies to make all kinds of creations. I even made my parents anniversary cake when I was twelve. My dad is a very talented wood worker. He thinks that I got my sculpting abilities from him. Maybe I did.

3. How do you know Colette Peters? Can you introduce us?

I was lucky enough to take Colette’s class at The Notter School of Pastry Arts. She is amazingly talented and such a great teacher! I learned so much from her. She is as famous as you get in the cake world, but she is incredibly down to earth.

I could introduce you… but I’d have to reintroduce myself first.

3. What do you enjoy most about your job?

My job is so much fun! Cakes are happy things. I get to be a part of some of the most important moments in people’s lives. I love it when a bride sees her cake for the first time and her face lights up! I get lots of hugs and I’ve even had some (happy) tears. One of my brides even took time to send me an email from her honeymoon to tell me how much she loved her cake.

It’s so rewarding to put my heart and soul into my creations. Then, I deliver them to people who are really excited to get them. What could be better?

4. You make so many great tasting cakes, which is your favorite?

This is a really boring answer… I love them all. People ask me all the time if I ever get sick of eating cake. Sadly, the answer is no. I eat cake all the time. I love frosting, all flavors. We went on a long trip last summer. After a few days, I was dying to make some frosting. I bought two new cookbooks on that trip just so I could read cake and frosting recipes.

5. We’ve seen many of your sculpted cakes. They seem extremely detailed. How labor intensive is it?

It really depends on the cake, but it’s usually very very time consuming. When customers order a sculpted cake, they are expecting something awesome. I don’t want to disappoint them. It’s not uncommon to find me in my studio long past midnight. I really try to make my sculpted cakes come to life. I study pictures of the real thing and do my best to recreate it in cake.

6. What is the craziest cake you’ve had to make?

I think that would definitely be the six foot long sculpted alligator that I did for the UF Department of Agriculture’s “Tail Gator” event. That thing was HUGE! People couldn’t believe that it was a cake until we cut it. My favorite moment was looking back at my cake surrounded with people who were taking pictures of it with their camera phones.

I guess second place would go to a can of boiled peanuts and a giant sculpted peanut.

Thank you so much for having me as a guest on your blog! I love your work…it’s beautiful, creative, and fun!!! You all are so talented and I always look forward to seeing more of your designs!

Awww, Well a big thank you to Kristy for being our first guest blogger and answering all of our questions! We're big fans of her beautiful work! If you need more of Kristy and Posh Pastry head on over to their tasty blog!

We have been tagged by MasterPiece Weddings and Kari.

Four things I did today:

1) We discussed designs

2) Discussed designs in the works

3) Created a few new designs

4) Did we mention we design? LOL

Four things on my To-Do list:

1) Just 4 things? Well, let's see...Write our blogs for the week.

2) Work on "Special Top Secret Project"

3) Plan for the Expo in January

4) Design new invitations

Four of my guiltiest pleasures:

1) Gossip Blogs

2) Wedding Blogs

3) Paper

4) Shopping

As you all may remember, I posted a blog to help me decided on a bridesmaids dress. Well, ladies and gents, we have a winner!

We figured we barely ever talk about our wonderful invitations, so why not show you a few. Now remember, we design custom invitations, we are not photographers. You can't really appreciate these babies in a crappy picture, but if you squint your eyes and turn your head to the side you can see the invitations. = )

Below is a new one we created a few weeks ago. It has a very monochromatic color scheme and some beautiful details such as the pull out knot, metallic papers, and scroll motif rub-ons. It's a beauty!


Here is one of my favorites.... I'm not really sure why, it's truly not my style at all, but I like the formal informality of it. Ya know!? It's very playful and fun. I love it!


So there you have it.... We actually work! = ) What do you think? You like? We will be posting a few more invitations later in the week, so check back for more!

Kari!!!!!

After all the great submissions for our first contest, Alicia who is an Associate Marketing Manager with MOO picked Kari as the winner!!!! She says " I chose it because it was the most creative and interesting and not something we've really seen any of our customers do before. "

We couldn't agree more, Kari did a great job describing how she would use her MOO products in a creative way.....

My latest obsession has been placecards, and the MOO cards would make absolutely perfect ones!!

So here's my idea...

I'm having a relatively small wedding, and almost all of the guests are going to be family. So it would be really cool to get pictures of all of my guests, and even better, if it's a married couple, a picture from their wedding. And then I would make all of the images black and white, and put them on the MOO cards. Then, I would paint a pink artsy table number on each of the MOO cards. To top off the placecards, it would be really neat to attach a clip to the back of each card and have them all clipped to a piece of thick black satin ribbon and hung from a wall. It would be really chic and abstract, and when the guests arrive, they just look for their photos... no names necessary! :O)

Do you remember when we were yapping about the sweet treat that we received from KB's last week? Read it again here.

They are FREAKIN good!!! They are amazingly moist and decadent. They are available at Dorn's Wine Warehouse and of course through KB's directly. You have to go get some. Delish!

We designed the labels for these little guys, and take a look how cute they turned out....

We have called in to work. No work today, sorry! I feel like poo poo.  We promise some great blog posts later in the week and some big big news.  

Tomorrow is the final day for the MOO giveaway!

Get your comments in and win any MOO printed product! MOO products make excellent promotional material. Nobody has ANYTHING to promote? Christmas is coming up, maybe you can think of something creative for the Holidays. Ok, now we are giving away too much.

We want to hear from you, our blog followers. How you would use your MOO product OR how you would use a MOO product to design a creative invitation. Post your answers here.

Winner will be announced Monday!!!

It's time for our first-ever giveaway!!!! We are so excited! MOO is giving one of our lucky readers a free gift! The winner will win a free printed product of their choice. We're a bit jealous because we want them really bad, so we want to make you work for it....

Get your creative juices flowing!!!! We will be announcing a contest for our blog followers tomorrow!

Take a look at the trailer for a new movie called Bride Wars! Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson will play best friends who are pitted against each other when their wedding dates clash. They compete for venues, services and guests, once it's clear that neither will step aside. The movie looks super fun. Take a look....

We received the best gift this past week. KB's Kake Kreations dropped off a sweet little package with a new kreation! We cannot give away too much information yet, but let's just say that you will die when you see an taste these little guys! Simply AMAZING!!!!!!!

Once KB's post about it we will give you our full review of the new ____________________!!!!!

If you really can't wait, just call KB's Kake Kreations and ask... "what on earth is Unique Designs raving about?"

A high end dessert bar!? Who could resist!!!! We found out about the wonderful and talented Amy Atlas and we love her work! Her tables are true pieces of sweet art! Take a look at some of her amazing work:



Amy is the owner of Amy Atlas Events in New York City. It is evident that her attention to detail is what has made her business successful. The color coordination and overall aesthetics are beautiful. Take a look at her website for more yummy goodness. YUMM!

"We picked the meat, now what cheese do we want?" - That is the question Stephan asked Arielle at our initial consultation, referring to a previous comment I made comparing our many selections to Subway. We met Stephan and Arielle at the Bridal Expo, they were so great and so enthusiastic! Their sense of humor made every selection a blast.

Their wedding will be in a secret location in Germany in Stephan's hometown! I know, how romantic! The location is amazing! It's breathtaking, and their guest are in for a great treat. The activities leading up to the event are full of German traditions that their guests are sure to never forget.

The invitation that we are working on is a rich detail driven design full of charm. The final design will mimic the style of the room where the reception will take place, and it will be printed in English and German! This couple has to be one of our favorites to date! They were so much fun and it was a pleasure hearing their suggestions for their {unique} invitations! We can't wait to show you the final sub! Stay tuned.