Bizz Bizz Bizzyness & a Wedding Invitation Design!

Shoh, what a week! The busiest I've had in a long while, so much on the go! All awesome stuff though, so loving every minute of the madness. It has taken a toll on blog posts though, but I tried to make up for it a bit by sharing some fun stuff with you on the Facebook page (go check it out and give it a like if you like what you see!).

At least the week has a more chilled and fun ending to look forward to - my cousin's getting married on Sunday! Judging by the bits and pieces I've seen and heard, it's going to be a really beautiful and special day. I was honoured that they chose me to create their invitations, and together we came up with the designs below...

The best part about it was definitely how happy they both are with the end result! 

Her: "I'm so excited about this card, it really has come together so well. Emotionally also, it really captures how far (fiancé) and I have come! Thank you for capturing the essence of us! :D"
Him: "Thank you for that awesome piece of work you pulled through! You captured the spirit we wanted in a very professional way."

I'm so glad to have been able to create what they wanted, and so grateful to have a part in their special day! Can't wait for Sunday :)

Have a fantastic weekend, whatever you do!

P.S. If you'd like to contact me about design or illustration work, please do drop me a mail at happiness.is.info(at)gmail.com :)

Yay for Edible Art

Check out this awesome installation by Chappies bubblegum! Edible art FTW. It's one of six that will appear all over South Africa, and each one contains a winning fact submitted by South Africans. It took 15 hours to create, and less than 15 minutes for people to take down!

Hand-painted biscuits!

Aren't these just super pretty? They're the creations of Luciana Borges of Lulu's Sweet Secrets. She has a passion for painting and had the awesome idea of extending that to food. Brilliant and beautiful! I don't think I'd be able to let these get eaten if I'd taken the time to paint them so beautifully though, haha!

Happiness with Kikki.k

Kikki.k is an awesome stationery company that creates cool stuff. They also do a lot in the way of inspiring happiness (see my past post on their 14 Days of Happiness here). They've just released their happiness journal, which I'm dying to get my hands on! 

"This journal is here to help you understand your own, personal happiness and to offer ways in which to let more happiness in daily. Use the information, exercises, prompts and note pages in this journal as a guide on your exploration and remember, think happy, be happy."

They have several other helpful journals and notebooks including the Food and Exercise Journal, Wellbeing Journal, Gratitude Journal, and loads more awesome organisation products that are perfect to start off a fresh new year. I want it ALL!

"At kikki.K, we believe happiness is a choice we make. While it's influenced by different factors in our lives, happiness is a practice we can all make time for."

Check out their products here.

Have you made any happiness-related goals for this year? 

Late Night Crafting: Origami Stars

 I was in the mood for some late night crafting the other night so I got out a tut for these cute little origami stars that I found on Pinterest. They were surprisingly easy and quick to do.

This was the tutorial I followed, you can check it out here.