Happy Holidays

Designing and styling are in full effect at AED—feeling incredibly blessed to be so darn busy with all my fab design and styling clients. You. Are. The. BEST!

And of course, having the most fun, warm, snuggly, sometimes-trouble-making family makes all the hard work worth it. They are the ultimate icing on the cake.

Friday Fave // Blowdry Westport

Blowdry Westport was the incredibly hospitable venue for our PopShop Market location-reveal party. They shaped brows, tinted lashes, blowdried hair all while putting out a tasty spread and wine bar for the PopShop guests. These ladies killed it. Every guest looked absolutely beautiful and happy with their Blowdry Westport treatments. Yay! Take a peek at Blowdry's gorgeous new salon, party poppin' pics AND learn where PopShop is popping up on October 5th!

 Ashley, Kelly and I want to give a huge shout out to the stylists at Blowdry—professional, talented, and soooo sweet!

*Disclaimer: Selfies only encouraged to show off the stunning "after" pics of our PopShop guests. *Reminder: If you've posted more than one selfie in a matter of a week, hell a month, you should seek help. We get it—you're cute. 

Thank you to our guests for coming out. You are such a fun crowd!

Happy Friday and here's where we're popping up on October 5th!

 The next PopShop Market will be at:

 

Fairfield Theatre Company 

70 Sanford Street, Fairfield, Connecticut 

on October 5th from 9am-3pm!

See you there.

PopShop Location-Reveal Partay!

Ashley, Kelly and I are SUPER pumped about our PopShop Market location-reveal party tonight! Definitely pop by the blog tomorrow for the insider scoop and party poppin pics. And if you just can't wait til tomorrow, we'll be posting throughout the event so follow PopShop on Twitter or me on Instagram or Twitter.

Here's a sneak peek at a few design goodies for the partay:

See you later!

WIWOW // David Ogilvy Awards Invitation

Today's What I'm Working on Wednesday (WIWOW) features the longest invitation I've ever created—12 pages! Here's a peak at the 2014 ARF David Ogilvy Awards invitation to enter the prestigious advertising contest and attend the awards gala in Mad Men-land, Manhattan.

These are a few of my favorite pages:

I absolutely adored collaborating on this project with the fabulous copywriter, Debra Stern.

Booty Poppin' Design

I have major love for The Honest Co. from their eco & wallet-friendly products, right down to the always helpful and quick-to-respond customer service. But what's really blowing my mind right now are the latest diaper designs. I may never potty train Trump.

Just kidding, their training pants are super cute too—trucks and robots and starry skies—Oh my!

What I'm Working on Wednesday // Garden Wedding Invitations

After the groom's parents hired me to design this fabulous couple's engagement party invitations, the bride and groom asked me to create their wedding invitations too! I love the garden party theme and the coral and green color combination they chose, it feels so fresh and fun. Wish you could run your hand over the texture of this double ply letterpressed paper—so luxurious.

Cannot wait to see the pictures from Margaret and Jared's big day! One thing's for sure—with both of the groom's parents being photographers, the photos should incredible.

Faherty Brand Launch.

I'm so happy to share the news that Faherty Brand has officially launched...TODAY! And I'm even more excited to share that they'll be at PopShop Market selling all their fabulous swimwear (from men and women) from their amazing trailer on June 1!

WARNING! You are about to become SUPER ready for Summer!

 

Faherty Brand swimwear is made of recycled polyester—so you're doing something good for the Earth (as well as your wardrobe). No brainer, right?

Aren't you so ready for the beach? If you want to see all the awesome bikinis, trunks, and one pieces in person you can get in line behind me at their trailer that'll be parked at PopShop Market—June 1, in Fairfield, Connecticut!

One Kings Lane Client Feature

Happy Weekend Ya'll! What better way to celebrate two glorious days off than with a little shopping? And it just so happens that one of my clients, Goose Grease, is featured on One Kings Lane today. Here's what's up for grabs:

 The entire DIY Family Kit!
(Gee I wonder who designed this super cute packaging? Just kidding, it was me! Enjoy your sneak peek.)

 Farminals

 A Boatload of Sailors

 Freaking amazing—Pirates vs. Ninjas Checker Set!!!

 Hysterical... Brooklyn Family

 San Diego Family... I know, right?

Sunday Family! LOVE! Start your shopping engines and to One Kings Lane or click here!

Have a wonderful weekend with your real life family!

What I'm Working on Wednesday // Sunshine Wedding Invites

Super obsessed with the latest suite of invitations that were sent out to these fab clients. Aside from tying into their wedding color-wise, the taupe and yellow look so delicious together—it makes me think they'll have crazy amazing food. (And with the bride having such an Italian last name, they most likely will.)

Loved the bride's idea to have a Mad Libs response card. These are going to be so fun to read when she gets them back in the mail.

The entire yummy wedding suite!

WaHoo We're Two!

Hot Damn! Andrea Espach Design is two and it feels pretty darn great. I feel like I've really hit my stride as far as cultivating strong relationships with my amazing clients, designing artwork that is making the world a more beautiful place, and working hand-in-hand with the most kick-ass and knowledgable printers and programmers. 

Last year, I took some time to reflect on the past year to savor some of my accomplishments and I hope you'll bare with me as I hit you baby, one more time. 

• Hosted a Pinterest Party—presenting to the American Marketing Association last Fall. (And will be presenting again next week to a local college! Whoo hoo!)

• Designed letterpress and flat wedding invitation suites for six fabulous brides (& grooms).

• Opened the cyber-doors of the Etsy Shop which has brought tremendous traffic to the blog as well as making the scratch-off Save the Dates a best selling item.


I have a few ideas of what I'd like to see happen in the year to come:

• Dedicate more time to blog posts regardless of how busy I think I am.

• Pull off three—count-em 3—crazy successful PopShop Markets with my two fabulous partners, Kelly and Ashley.

But for today, I'm super happy and very grateful to these peeps:

McMuffin: You give the most insightful advice and I so appreciate your encouragement to Lean In. Best. McMuffin. Partner. Ever!

Cash + Trump: You inspire to me get my hands dirty and make really awesome work.

Mom, Dad and Lolo: Thanks for always boosting my artistic self-esteem and making me feel like Picasso (without the blue period). I love brainstorming with you and the great ideas you come up with—even if I act like I'm not listening.

To my clients: You are so beyond wonderful. I love collaborating with you to bring your vision to life. Thank you for letting me do what I love. 

Celebrate with me tonight by popping some bubbly! 

What I'm Working on Wednesday // Thank You

Designing beautiful stationery is easy when you have gorg photography to work with—I mean, right?

Wait a Minute Mr. Postman.

When I'm not in front of my computer designing up a storm, I'm usually running (swimming and biking) around with McMuffin and boys. Which is why online shopping makes so much sense for my lifestyle. Here are couple packages that I was super excited to open this week.

 Set of six Bad Girls Throughout History postcards.

 And this peachy/pink backless maxi dress from American Apparel, for an upcoming vacay!

(While I was trying this on Trump asked me if I was a princess. Why yes I am, Trump. Yes I am.)

Happy Weekend, people! Catch you back here next Monday.