elegant picnic | corporate retreat

initially from these shots you might think these shots are in a restaurant or private residence, but when we pull back you'll see we're catering an elegant picnic in the park. we're always excited when we get a call from our long time client, rmc water and environment - and this call was the most interesting. as part of a corporate/partner retreat they were going to be doing a wilderness (GPS) scavenger hunt and wanted to conclude the activities with an elegant dinner in the park.





as our guests came out of the forest and into the greenway, they found us ready with a glass of wine and some pre-dinner snacks.







for dinner we served grilled ball tip, orzo pasta with feta cheese, olives and red peppers, fire roasted asparagus, green salad and broccoli salad.



for dessert we served a custom cake by shannie cakes



everyone loved the food and enjoyed dinner in the park. we're looking forward to our next party challenge!

hotel welcome bags!

we're kicking into high gear at stacey & company, helping everyone get ready for 2010 summer and fall weddings. last year we found these super cute jute* bags (made by a floral supply company) but we LOVE them for hotel welcome bags.


don't know what that is? when you do a block of rooms at a hotel for your wedding guests, it is fun to leave them a little treat either in their room or upon check in. it is a nice way to thank them for traveling to your wedding. these bags can also be a vehicle for helping your guests get to know the area.

often we'll include a wedding itinerary or local pocket guide for them to reference through out the weekend. also when you're staying at a hotel or resort that does not offer mini bars in the room - the little bags are a great place to stash sweet and salty snacks for them to much on between events or late night after the merriment. we'll often work with the couple to pull together their favorites, local specialties and just plain fun treats.

these 'jutee cutie' bags come in lots of fun colors that can coordinate with your wedding theme. we love the bags too because they stand up on their own, are big enough to hold pleanty of stuff!



in this case we created a san francisco pocket guide to help the out-of-town guests navigate around town and know when and where to hook up with the group and pick up the shuttle to the wedding in stern grove.



we worked with an illustrator to design custom pencil sketches to be used on the pocket guide, the program and the CD we enclosed in the hotel welcome bag.

*jute is increasingly being looked at as an alternative source for making paper, rather than cutting down trees for pulp.

vacation day in paradise

for mother's day, i took a break from the busy life in san francisco and went to the foothills just outside of chico, to paradise to be exact - and had a scrapbook retreat day with my moms.

i had a blast just hanging, being crafty and telling tall tales!

here are the fruits of my labor

| HALLOWEEN 2009 |








| STINSON BEACH 2007 |





| 'NYMNASTICS 2009 |








a BIG thanks to karen and her team for hooking us up with an awesome day, super unique crafty good bag treats, a summer YUMMY dinner, and according to grammy norma, TO DIE FOR chocolate cupcakes.

if you're ever in the area you HAVE TO STOP in to paradise scrapbook boutique

Paradise Scrapbook Boutique
6539 Skyway
Paradise, CA 95969
(530) 876-8037

or check out their blog | paradise scrapbook boutique


thanks GG for getting us booked for a spot, thanks grammy for sharing your ribbon and thanks to brittny for showing us some new tips and tricks and keeping us entertained. we've been checking out your work on your blog this morning and it is super cool:

check out brittny's blog | paisleylane

i wish i knew the next time i was going to get to scrap! i wish i had time to do it
once a week - or month for the matter! i am GOING to make it a PRIORITY!

a paris fete | pink princess birthday

We helped this four year old celebrate in style...and since we're currently working on her 5th bday we thought we'd get around to sharing her fete photos!

She wanted a princess party, but since we like to do things different, we decided to drop in a little french flair. From the custom invites to the beautiful lunch table settings, we made this little mademoiselle smile!




We created a custom banner, with a happy birthday wish, in french. Then we worked with Just a Mom Confections to create these beautiful Eiffel Tower cookies for favors for our guests and even got a french mime to entertain the kids.








And then we finished up the party with a fun pink Eiffel Tower topped cake!




to view see more snapshot from the paris party, visit us online staceyandcompany.com

Let the planning begin!

I'm so excited for all of the fun I'm going to have this summer & fall.

I've been meeting with lots of brides, grooms, mother's of the bride, etc. and I'm getting very excited about all of the possibilities. Lots of great ideas and some really amazing venues - ones I've worked at before (St. Francis & One Fort Mason) and new spaces that I'm hoping to get to work at (Cavallo Point Lodge & The Flower Conservatory)

I'm super excited because lighting is going to be a big part of these events and lots of color. Plus I'm getting the chance to help them design their events as well as their invitations.

Can't wait for Envelopments to launch their new papers so I can get busy working them into the mix!




Went to an amazing event at Gumps yesterday with a good friend and long time client. We saw some beautiful table ideas and got to taste yummy cake from some old friends at I Dream of Cake. One of their cakes was my favorite of the day. It was so different and unique and it didn't even look like cake, but let me tell you it was soooooo moist and delicious!!! PET PEEVE: beautiful cake that is dry. no good!

I also found out a favorite cheese cake vendor now does cake cake, too. Elegant Cheesecake was so kind to send us home with a mini cake in our swag bag! My hubby thanks them too as I let him have half.

Look out, my enthusiasm and excitement might wear off on you!

Bloggin' from the road - can't wait to see if I can get this up and running

hey little monkey | 2nd birthday bash

what to do with a high energy two-year-old little girl? why a monkey-themed gymnastics party of course! this party was a blast to pull together with some already created elements from a party store, we took it to the next level. we started with a custom illustration of our birthday girl which captured her spirit to a tee.







we used the wall clings we found as part of the party collection to to decorate the room along with oversize photos of the birthday girl in her custom made outfit from KIDS' CLOTHES 'N BIG OL' BOWS (KCBOB). we also used coordinating balloons and streamers to jazz up the birthday room at the local YMCA.






next we worked with 'just a mom confections' to created some very sassy and cute monkey cookies. we baked and decorated coordinating cupcakes and made kid friendly lunches, including PB&J sandwiches. we even made little labels on the sammies so a few kids that had special sandwiches knew which ones were theirs. then we packaged everything up in coordinating favor boxes that we used as lunch boxes.

we think the party was a swingin' from the trees success!

1st birthday butterflies

we've been working with these twin girls since they were born (we did their birth announcement) and we're so excited to get the call to do their 1st birthday party. we worked with mom to brainstorm some ideas that would allow us to have 'two' elements on the invite that were the same item, yet individually different. voila!

we worked with our new offset print house to print these invites on crisp white linen paper as a 5x5 four color piece. the pinks were soooo vibrant and beautiful.

next we worked with just a mom confections to design custom sugar cookies. she bakes and decorates the cookies to match the invitation we've designed. and guess what? they are the most delicious cookies too!! once they were bagged and tied with ribbon we could not believe just how cute they were.

the ox rocks | red egg and ginger

we love trying new things! this is our first red egg and ginger party invitation...and are client thinks "it is totally perfect, exactly what we wanted - a nod to tradition but still unique and fresh!"




red egg and ginger parties have their origins in ancient chinese culture. as in other countries, infant mortality rates in china were quite high prior to the medical advances of the twentieth century. a baby who reached one month of age was likely to survive, and so the event was celebrated. today the party is usually held within the first 3 months after the baby is born as a way for the proud parents to introduce their latest addition to friends and relatives.

guests attending red egg and ginger parties bring gifts. lysee or "lucky money" in red envelopes is often given to baby boys, while girls may receive expensive jewelry. the guests don't leave empty handed, either. the parents hand out red-dyed eggs, symbolizing happiness and the renewal of life.

ahoy maties | a purple pirate birthday

we got a call from a very excited mother of a soon-to-be 6 year old who wanted a pirate girl party. we quickly jumped right into the action planning a party complete with invites, a treasure hunt and booty bags!

the invitation includes:

- customized illustration of pirate girl

- high end backing cardstock and envelope

- festively printed guest mailing address on envelope

- pirate girl sticker seal

who says pirates are only for boys? arrrrrrgghh!

crisp green apple | wedding invitations

we LOVE it when clients come to us with visions and ideas but have NO idea how to pull things together.

such was the case with these invites. our bride knew she wanted brown and blue worked into the palette and also wanted to use a custom apple illustration that a friend illustrated for her based on a pillow she had seen in a magazine.

put it all together and what do you get? these fresh and sweet yet modern invites.

we designed an invitation, reply card and directions insert and printed everything for our client. she choose our DIY (do it yourself) design package, so she glued all of the pieces together.

she also provided us with her guest list so that we could custom print the guest's mailing address on the envelopes to match the fonts used on the invitations.

another successful collaboration!

welcome little monkey

a client asked us to help with some cookie favors for a baby shower. we think the little sock monkey and colored sugar cookies in a basket looked too cute to eat!