The Katie Soyka Collection

I'm very excited to introduce a new line of invitations, post cards and other goodies that can be customized with your own photography. All of the designs feature the work of McKinney photographer Katie Soyka. Her images are beautiful and illustrate perfectly how invitations and announcements can come to life when they're personalized. To see more of Katie's portfolio or to schedule a shoot if you're in North Texas, visit her website katiesoykaphotography.com. More designs will be added as we move into spring, so check back for new styles.

Cherry Blossom Invitation Suite

The winter weather of the past few days has me longing for Spring. With that in mind this floral geometric wedding suite was born. Cheery cherry blossoms in pink and simple wording set a modern tone. The suite has has several coordinating items with more to come. Available through the Charming Ink Zazzle shop or contact me directly for a digital print-it-yourself set.

invitations

invitations

response cards

response cards

table no. cards

table no. cards

reception napkins

reception napkins

Artist profile | Colourful Blossom

Today I want to share Colourful Blossom by Nuby with you. Nubia Garcia is the talented artist behind this line of hand sculpted polymer clay jewelry. I'm always astounded by how much detail she can create in miniature. Here's a peak at just a few of her creations and you can see more in her Etsy shop or follow her on Facebook. We ordered some of the elephant wine glass charms as a Christmas present and now I want some for our bar too! She also does custom work if you have something unique in mind.

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Affinity Photo — alternative to Photoshop

 

Affinity has released a new photo editing App for the Mac and the buzz is that is a viable alternative to Photoshop. I'm glad to hear it, because the Adobe "Cloud" service is getting very expensive at over $50 a pop monthly and they need some healthy competition. Right now they offering a FREE beta download.

From the company website:

For Mac photographers and bitmap artists, Affinity Photo offers high end photo editing to take images beyond professional adjustment and correction. With instant redraw from its live tools and effects, Affinity Photo presents a refreshingly fluid editing experience, the highest quality retouch tools, deep and accurate colour, and great compatibility. Jaw-dropping quality and speed optimisations for all Core 2 Duo and upwards Macs allow more people than ever to enjoy the benefits of this highly accurate photo tool.