My cousin, who’s last name is Pietsch (pronounced peach) had a baby in the fall and I helped throw her baby shower.  For the invitation we decided to play off her last name because we didn’t know at the time the invite went out whether she was having a boy or a girl.  Here is the baby shower invitation we used:

Then it was wedding shower time.  I helped throw a shower for my sister along with her other bridesmaids.  For that shower we went with the colors from her wedding and lots of Pinterest inspiration.  My sis in law made a ton of super cute burlap and lace decorations and for the invitation  I came up with this idea:

I didn’t help throw this shower for my sister but I was asked to design the wedding shower invitation.

After marrying my sister off it was back to baby showers, which meant I had the chance to design a few more baby shower invitations.  The first one was for my friend who was throwing a shower for her sister.  We went with the colors for the baby’s nursery:

Then I got to help through a shower for my friend.  We had a co-ed baby shower that had a BBQ theme to it.  The shower was a blast and the invitation was fun to come up with:

All of these invites are up on my Etsy shop, you can check them out here.  As I have new things come up I will bad adding more invites to my shop, but if you have a specific custom shower invitation need feel free to comment here or email me at kate@kateogroup.com.

Right now I only have 4 items up for sale in my Etsy Store.

These 2 Holiday/Christmas Card Designs:

These 2 Thank You Card designs:

All of these designs are 4″ x 6″ and are sold in sets of 10 and include 10 envelopes.  In honor of Small Business Saturday I am offering a 20% discount in my Etsy Store use code: SmallBiz20

I hope you enjoy the designs and be sure to check back in my Etsy Store often as I will be uploading even more!

The photo cards are sold in increments of 25 and the price includes envelopes.  The UPS Store in Highland Park has made customizing your Holiday Greetings, simple and quick!  They’ve also got some other great promotional items you can order for clients and can also help you customize items for any holiday parties you may be throwing.

The Kate O Group and the UPS Store in Highland Park can help you design and print custom holiday greetings and invitations as well.  Contact us if you’ve got a custom invitation need.

Happy Holidays from the Kate O Group, can you believe the holidays are already here?

Below was taken from her post on her personal blog:

What appealed to me about self publishing was the low cost.  Since I had written my book a few years back; with all of the resources available online it just seemed foolish to not get my book out there.

When I decided to self publish online, I started with a blog announcement and it went from there!  Luckily I have experience with Photoshop and Illustrator and was able to design the cover of Creative Chaos on my own.  Next I had to file the copyright.  This can be done online really easily for approximately $35.

Then I had to obtain ISBNs, this is where the cost picks up.  I went with Bowker, I know there are several sites that will issue ISBNs and even take over and get your book published online for you.  I read that it is best to have an ISBN for each different version of your book you are putting out: Kindle, Nook, iBooks, PDF, physical book. When Bowker offered 1o for the price of 2, I figured that was the way to go.

Just as I was about to set out on the quest to self publish online, my friend David Yates at Ropewalkers called.  We’ve worked on a few projects together and he had experience with online publishing and asked if he could help me out. I of course said yes!

This means, I’m not going to be able to walk you through getting your book into the major online bookstores.  David formated it into the proper ePub form that works with your iPad, iPhone or iTouch.  But my understanding is, that much like the Apple App store, you have to be approved to distribute books in their iBook store.  So thanks to David the iBook version was made available on my site.

Next David got my book submitted to the Kindle store and within about 7 hours it was available for purchase.

After reading about how to self publish online to the Nook store, I ended up formatting Creative Chaos myself and submitting it to the Nook store.  Once again it took about 7 hours and bam, there was my book available for the Nook.

In the midst of getting the book online, I started having people tell me they wanted a physical copy.  Initially I was attempting to avoid doing this because of the cost to print.  However, I have lucked out in that department because my sister-in-law Tiffany works for a printer and her family has been in printing for years, and the company she works for uses a digital press so I can print as many or as few as I’d like without breaking the bank. In book form Creative Chaos will be available starting this Tuesday.

The one last thing place I need to get my book is iBooks, but that should be really soon.

To self publish online has been relatively pain free.  Like I have mentioned before one of the greatest things about this venture has been all of the encouragement I have received from so many people!

If you need help to self-publish online feel free to contact us for assistance.

I was also excited to add an Instagram gallery to the sidebar.  Instagram is one of my favorite iPhone apps, so bringing it to my blog was perfect.

The blog focuses on books, wine, restaurants around Dallas and recipes.  As you can see there is quite a variety, but those are all the things I love.  You can also follow along with the progress of my recently self-published novel Creative Chaos on the blog.

To see the whole site and get some fitness inspiration, click here.

This book is now available from my personal website in iBook, Nook and PDF forms with the Kindle version coming very shortly!

Ever since I finished this design, I can’t stop staring at it!  I know I’m biased but I think it turned out really good!

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