Posts by tealbird
My Wedding Programs, Pre Teal Bird
This is a blast from the Pre-Teal Bird past. I ran across my actual wedding program from over six years ago. Around that time, I had just finished my master’s thesis, got a job with Bank One (now Chase), bought a car, and moved back home with my mom to save money for the wedding…
Read MoreFlash Card Wedding Escort Cards
Teaching my little man to add has inspired these wedding escort flash cards and table numbers. These cards have each guest’s name on the front and a math problem on the back with the solution being their assigned table number. I can see a pair of math teachers or a couple that met in math…
Read MoreOh Eye Chart…How I Loathe Thee!
This Teal Bird Eye Chart Save the Date Card reminds me of when I had braces…in college. I got to enjoy all of two weeks free of “my nerd gear” before I started having trouble reading those lovely eye charts. And because I don’t really like things that close to my eyes, I opted for…
Read MoreKeeping the Keepsakes Collage
I was inspired by a recent episode of Home by Novogratz that featured a cool collage of children’s artwork in a family basement redesign. The collage was the amazing work of Jan Eleni, in which the pieces of artwork were shrunk, hand-cut, neatly arranged, and then framed. I thought it was only right that I…
Read MoreDesign: Custom Wall Clock
Awesome: You can pick up a battery operated wall clock for under $5 at places like Walmart and Target. Not so awesome: the available design choices can be a bit bland. Awesome: you can design your own clock background. I designed this silhouette clock background, printed it, and cut it out using the paper background…
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