announcing the great moments of life

it truly is an honor to be a part of announcing such great moments in other people’s lives. especially when you’ve never even met them! but somehow through email correspondences and sometimes phone calls, you connect and when you get the opportunity to meet them for the first time in person, a big hug takes place of the professional handshake.

jean contacted me via email while she was still pregnant and we discussed birth announcements for her soon to be baby girl. talk about well organized and prepared! i love it!!! well a month later her precious rebekah was born and we were all set to begin the design process. jean loved the announcements i had previously done for landon and the sukharev twins, so we kept that similar layout and feel. she even hired jovana, of j luna photography, to take rebekah’s pictures.

here’s how they turned out…

this announcement style and size has become quite the popular one!  i may have to start making it available for purchase on my in a card Etsy shop.  in the meantime, if you are interested in these birth announcements or custom invitations and announcements to any other great moments in life, feel free to contact me for more info.

a simplewear design fit for a designer

a teacher, a work colleague and a friend.

that is what jess, of tamayo+kubota design, has been to me for the last 10 years. i was lucky enough to have jess as one of my design professors at cal state long beach and even more fortunate to have stayed in touch with her and become work colleagues and great friends over the years since i graduated back in 2002.

as a fellow graphic designer, i wanted to create a custom simplewear onesie for her soon-to-be little girl that is as simple and clever as her mommy’s design style. here is what i came up with…


“copyright” by simplewear on Etsy

now this little one can let the whole world know that she is a true original tamayo + kubota design.

like this design or know a designer or artist this would be perfect for?  contact me or visit my Etsy shop.

i ♥ custom simplewear requests!

i think it’s great when people contact me requesting a simplewear design to use as a part of their baby’s birth announcement or even a fun way to tell your family that you are expecting. it’s nice to be a small part of such a great moment in someone else’s life.

here’s another custom design request from my simplewear Etsy shop this week.

want something more specific or personalized put on a baby onesie or kid t-shirt? email me or convo me through Etsy.

reuse, recycle

when i designed my 30th birthday invitations last year, i knew i wanted to turn the same design into milestone greeting cards. and so i’ve finally gotten around to reusing and recycling the art deco inspired design into 30th, 40th and 50th birthday specific greeting cards now available for purchase at my Etsy shop.


“thirty” by inacard on Etsy


“forty” by in a card on Etsy


“fifty” by in a card on Etsy

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